Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

LinkC
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank4360
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads9961791
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK2.899 %2.326 %
As % of the Programming Languages category8.728 %7.038 %
Daily rates quoted306449
Average daily rate£325£375
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-13.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£188£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£503£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£350
% change on same period last year-10.71 %
Hourly rates quoted197295
Average hourly rate£35.00£35.00
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.50£18.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.00£35.00
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1141125447
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK33.22 %33.05 %
Daily rates quoted45608324
Average daily rate£365£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-8.750 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£330
% change on same period last year-9.090 %
Hourly rates quoted7631682
Average hourly rate£29.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-10.76 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.00£43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£34.50
% change on same period last year-13.04 %

Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

C
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

C Demand Trend

C
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C within the UK.

C Daily Rate Trend

C
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

C Daily Rate Histogram

C
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C within the UK.

C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

C Hourly Rate Histogram

C
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+18942£325-13.33 %
South EastUp+17339£316-9.64 %
LondonUp+33296£385-9.41 %
HampshireUp+15136£325+18.18 %
City of LondonUp+32100£425-10.52 %
South WestDown-973£316-2.76 %
East of EnglandDown-771£238-38.70 %
North WestUp+4069£322-8.00 %
BerkshireUp+3163£338-6.25 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2929£303-30.85 %
CambridgeshireDown-728£250-23.07 %
HertfordshireUp+924£238-47.22 %
West MidlandsUp+724£345-1.42 %
Milton KeynesUp+4323£343+3.93 %
BristolUp+123£316+5.33 %
SurreyUp+1722£350-
ReadingUp+2120£320-1.53 %
WalesUp+1919£325+30.00 %
CambridgeDown-919£265-18.46 %
ScotlandUp+3617£300-14.28 %
YorkshireUp+1815£283-13.07 %
East MidlandsUp+3714£305+8.44 %
EssexUp+1214£120-66.66 %
GloucestershireDown-1414£306-9.32 %
ManchesterUp+3313£300-
South WalesUp+1413£333+33.00 %
MiddlesexUp+1013£163-56.66 %
WiltshireDown-113£300-7.69 %
FarehamDown-211--
CheshireUp+3310£335+3.07 %

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing C also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited C.

1734 (33.59 %)C++
2430 (19.68 %)Security Cleared
3351 (16.06 %)UNIX
3351 (16.06 %)Windows
4321 (14.69 %)SQL
5286 (13.09 %)Linux
6255 (11.67 %)SC Cleared
7248 (11.35 %)Oracle
8229 (10.48 %)Java
9189 (8.650 %)Embedded C
10182 (8.330 %)C#
11175 (8.009 %)Finance
12174 (7.963 %)Telecoms
13171 (7.826 %)XML
14159 (7.277 %).NET
15157 (7.185 %)Microsoft
16143 (6.545 %)UML
17129 (5.904 %)Perl
18119 (5.446 %)Banking
19112 (5.126 %)Degree
20107 (4.897 %)SQL Server
21100 (4.577 %)Solaris
2299 (4.531 %)DV Cleared
2398 (4.485 %)ClearCase
2496 (4.394 %)OO
2593 (4.256 %)Aerospace
2692 (4.211 %)VHDL
2789 (4.073 %)Ada
2888 (4.027 %)JavaScript
2888 (4.027 %)3G

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing C also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1171 (7.826 %)XML
2159 (7.277 %).NET
376 (3.478 %)HTML
468 (3.112 %)Middleware
559 (2.700 %)Motif
658 (2.654 %)ASP.NET
752 (2.380 %)OpenGL
851 (2.334 %)CSS
950 (2.288 %)Cocoa
1043 (1.968 %)WebServices
1136 (1.648 %)AJAX
1234 (1.556 %)J2EE
1330 (1.373 %)JSP
1429 (1.327 %)Flash
1528 (1.281 %)ASP
1528 (1.281 %)SOAP
1627 (1.236 %)XSLT
1726 (1.190 %)STL
1822 (1.007 %)DirectX
1921 (0.961 %)J2ME
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
131 (1.419 %)Apache
131 (1.419 %)IIS
227 (1.236 %)SharePoint
227 (1.236 %)Rendezvous
325 (1.144 %)MS Exchange
421 (0.961 %)Tomcat
516 (0.732 %)Tuxedo
614 (0.641 %)SharePoint Server 2007
712 (0.549 %)Exchange Server 2003
811 (0.503 %)WebLogic
910 (0.458 %)CMS
910 (0.458 %)SAS
108 (0.366 %)ActiveMQ
108 (0.366 %)Exchange Server 2007
117 (0.320 %)Oracle Application Server
126 (0.275 %)TIBCO EMS
126 (0.275 %)MapXtreme
135 (0.229 %)BizTalk Server
144 (0.183 %)Content Management Server
144 (0.183 %)Documentum
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
181 (3.707 %)MATLAB
259 (2.700 %)Simulink
356 (2.563 %)MS Excel
454 (2.471 %)MS Office
518 (0.824 %)MS PowerPoint
518 (0.824 %)Spreadsheet
617 (0.778 %)MS Visio
714 (0.641 %)MS Project
85 (0.229 %)AutoCAD
85 (0.229 %)CATIA
94 (0.183 %)Photoshop
94 (0.183 %)NASTRAN
94 (0.183 %)Adobe Captivate
102 (0.092 %)Acrobat
102 (0.092 %)Adobe Illustrator
102 (0.092 %)Paint Shop Pro
111 (0.046 %)Maya
111 (0.046 %)3ds Max
111 (0.046 %)InfoPath
111 (0.046 %)FreeHand
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
116 (0.732 %)Summit
213 (0.595 %)Endur
310 (0.458 %)SAP PS
310 (0.458 %)SAP IS-U
47 (0.320 %)Dynamics NAV
47 (0.320 %)Dynamics CRM
47 (0.320 %)RMDS
56 (0.275 %)Sophis RISQUE
65 (0.229 %)SAP CO
65 (0.229 %)SAP FI/CO
65 (0.229 %)SAP FI
65 (0.229 %)SAP MM
74 (0.183 %)PeopleSoft Financials
74 (0.183 %)BusinessWorks
74 (0.183 %)assyst
74 (0.183 %)TIBCO iProcess
74 (0.183 %)Hyperion Planning
83 (0.137 %)Oracle 11i
83 (0.137 %)Oracle Applications
92 (0.092 %)Oracle ERP
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
188 (4.027 %)3G
265 (2.975 %)DHCP
364 (2.929 %)DNS
462 (2.838 %)TCP/IP
462 (2.838 %)LTE
560 (2.746 %)VoIP
644 (2.014 %)Internet
740 (1.831 %)Ethernet
740 (1.831 %)WCDMA
836 (1.648 %)LAN
836 (1.648 %)Wireless
934 (1.556 %)WAN
1030 (1.373 %)UMTS
1128 (1.281 %)UTRAN
1227 (1.236 %)Firewall
1325 (1.144 %)SAN
1424 (1.098 %)GSM
1424 (1.098 %)SMTP
1523 (1.053 %)HTTP
1620 (0.915 %)DVB
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1107 (4.897 %)SQL Server
244 (2.014 %)MySQL
331 (1.419 %)SQL Server 2005
429 (1.327 %)Datawarehouse
429 (1.327 %)BusinessObjects
429 (1.327 %)GIS
520 (0.915 %)Oracle 10g
619 (0.870 %)RDBMS
619 (0.870 %)Ingres
717 (0.778 %)Oracle Reports
717 (0.778 %)SQL Server 2000
717 (0.778 %)BusinessObjects XI
816 (0.732 %)Oracle 9i
816 (0.732 %)OLTP
915 (0.686 %)Oracle 8/8i
1014 (0.641 %)ETL
1112 (0.549 %)Informix
1210 (0.458 %)DataStage
139 (0.412 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
139 (0.412 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
198 (4.485 %)ClearCase
233 (1.510 %)Visual Studio
328 (1.281 %)Xcode
425 (1.144 %)Subversion
523 (1.053 %)ProC
618 (0.824 %)Oracle Forms
716 (0.732 %)ARTiSAN
814 (0.641 %)Eclipse
913 (0.595 %)LoadRunner
1011 (0.503 %)ERwin
117 (0.320 %)ClearQuest
126 (0.275 %)TestDirector
135 (0.229 %)LabVIEW
144 (0.183 %)Rational Robot
144 (0.183 %)QuickTest Pro
144 (0.183 %)JUnit
144 (0.183 %)Git (software)
153 (0.137 %)VSS/SourceSafe
153 (0.137 %)FrontPage
162 (0.092 %)JIRA
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1175 (8.009 %)Finance
2174 (7.963 %)Telecoms
3119 (5.446 %)Banking
493 (4.256 %)Aerospace
582 (3.753 %)Government
670 (3.204 %)Investment Banking
764 (2.929 %)Electronics
851 (2.334 %)Games
851 (2.334 %)Military
945 (2.059 %)Electric
1044 (2.014 %)Front Office
1131 (1.419 %)Health
1228 (1.281 %)Marketing
1228 (1.281 %)Avionics
1327 (1.236 %)Manufacturing
1423 (1.053 %)Automotive
1522 (1.007 %)Retail
1621 (0.961 %)Billing
1720 (0.915 %)Education
1817 (0.778 %)Music
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1643 (29.43 %)Developer
2338 (15.47 %)Software Engineer
3159 (7.277 %)Analyst
4136 (6.224 %)C Developer
5120 (5.492 %)Consultant
6118 (5.400 %)C++ Developer
782 (3.753 %)Architect
881 (3.707 %)Project Manager
972 (3.295 %)Programmer
1064 (2.929 %)Software Developer
1156 (2.563 %)iPhone Developer
1246 (2.105 %)DSP Engineer
1345 (2.059 %)Embedded Software Engineer
1444 (2.014 %)Design Engineer
1543 (1.968 %)Administrator
1543 (1.968 %)Java Developer
1642 (1.922 %)C Software Engineer
1739 (1.785 %)Business Analyst
1838 (1.739 %)Test Engineer
1936 (1.648 %)C++ Software Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
192 (4.211 %)VHDL
283 (3.799 %)iPhone
368 (3.112 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
453 (2.426 %)Mathematics
546 (2.105 %)Device Driver
640 (1.831 %)Derivative
736 (1.648 %)Computer Science
835 (1.602 %)NHS
932 (1.465 %)Client/Server
1031 (1.419 %)DTV
1127 (1.236 %)Firmware
1223 (1.053 %)MPEG
1223 (1.053 %)Equities
1322 (1.007 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1322 (1.007 %)Physics
1421 (0.961 %)Clustering
1517 (0.778 %)STB
1517 (0.778 %)IPTV
1615 (0.686 %)Blackberry
1615 (0.686 %)Management Information System
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1351 (16.06 %)UNIX
1351 (16.06 %)Windows
2286 (13.09 %)Linux
3100 (4.577 %)Solaris
455 (2.517 %)Windows Server 2003
531 (1.419 %)VxWorks
531 (1.419 %)Windows XP
628 (1.281 %)HPUX
725 (1.144 %)Embedded Linux
822 (1.007 %)Mac OS
921 (0.961 %)Windows 2000
1018 (0.824 %)Mac OS X
1018 (0.824 %)VMS
1018 (0.824 %)Android
1117 (0.778 %)Windows Vista
1117 (0.778 %)Windows Mobile
1215 (0.686 %)AIX
1311 (0.503 %)Windows Server 2008
1410 (0.458 %)Red Hat Linux
159 (0.412 %)Windows NT
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1143 (6.545 %)UML
296 (4.394 %)OO
366 (3.021 %)Project Management
465 (2.975 %)Migration
551 (2.334 %)Configuration Management
645 (2.059 %)PRINCE2
739 (1.785 %)ITIL
739 (1.785 %)Change Management
835 (1.602 %)Validation
929 (1.327 %)Business Intelligence
929 (1.327 %)Requirements Analysis
1028 (1.281 %)Software Engineering
1028 (1.281 %)OOD
1126 (1.190 %)CRM
1126 (1.190 %)Unit Testing
1225 (1.144 %)Risk Management
1324 (1.098 %)Web Development
1422 (1.007 %)Data Modelling
1521 (0.961 %)Agile Software Development
1620 (0.915 %)TDD
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1734 (33.59 %)C++
2321 (14.69 %)SQL
3229 (10.48 %)Java
4189 (8.650 %)Embedded C
5182 (8.330 %)C#
6129 (5.904 %)Perl
789 (4.073 %)Ada
888 (4.027 %)JavaScript
983 (3.799 %)Python
1073 (3.341 %)Objective-C
1168 (3.112 %)Shell Script
1266 (3.021 %)PL/SQL
1365 (2.975 %)Assembly Language
1456 (2.563 %)Embedded C++
1552 (2.380 %)VB
1552 (2.380 %)PHP
1640 (1.831 %)VB.NET
1721 (0.961 %)VC++
1721 (0.961 %)Fortran
1820 (0.915 %)T-SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1430 (19.68 %)Security Cleared
2255 (11.67 %)SC Cleared
3112 (5.126 %)Degree
499 (4.531 %)DV Cleared
530 (1.373 %)Microsoft Certification
624 (1.098 %)MCSE
712 (0.549 %)MCP
712 (0.549 %)Cisco Certification
712 (0.549 %)ISEB
810 (0.458 %)HND
99 (0.412 %)PhD
108 (0.366 %)HNC
108 (0.366 %)CCNA
108 (0.366 %)Oracle Certification
108 (0.366 %)PRINCE2 Certification
117 (0.320 %)CNE
117 (0.320 %)Novell Certification
126 (0.275 %)CITP
135 (0.229 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
135 (0.229 %)PMI Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
126 (1.190 %)QA
219 (0.870 %)SLA
34 (0.183 %)ISO9001
43 (0.137 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
43 (0.137 %)ISO27001
43 (0.137 %)PCI DSS
43 (0.137 %)JTAG
52 (0.092 %)WCAG
52 (0.092 %)BS7799
61 (0.046 %)Basel II
61 (0.046 %)GxP
61 (0.046 %)ISO17799
61 (0.046 %)ISO9000
61 (0.046 %)COBIT
61 (0.046 %)SNOMED CT
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
150 (2.288 %)Active Directory
212 (0.549 %)VMware Infrastructure
36 (0.275 %)Terminal Server
45 (0.229 %)ISA Server
45 (0.229 %)NFS
45 (0.229 %)NetBackup
45 (0.229 %)Oracle RAC
54 (0.183 %)Veritas Volume Manager
54 (0.183 %)VMware ESX
63 (0.137 %)Oracle RMAN
63 (0.137 %)Hyper-V
63 (0.137 %)NDS
63 (0.137 %)Terminal Services
72 (0.092 %)Nmap
72 (0.092 %)VMware Workstation
81 (0.046 %)Snort
81 (0.046 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
81 (0.046 %)Sendmail
81 (0.046 %)RACF
81 (0.046 %)Samba
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
113 (0.595 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
212 (0.549 %)SCCM
310 (0.458 %)OpenView
310 (0.458 %)BMC PATROL
49 (0.412 %)TIBCO Hawk
49 (0.412 %)Tivoli
55 (0.229 %)OVOW
64 (0.183 %)Netcool
64 (0.183 %)OpenView Configuration Management
73 (0.137 %)EMC NetWorker
82 (0.092 %)WSUS
82 (0.092 %)Netcool/Proviso
82 (0.092 %)OVOU
82 (0.092 %)Unicenter
82 (0.092 %)AutoSys
82 (0.092 %)Tivoli Remote Control
82 (0.092 %)Norton AntiVirus
82 (0.092 %)MIIS
91 (0.046 %)DameWare
91 (0.046 %)EMC Navisphere
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1248 (11.35 %)Oracle
2157 (7.185 %)Microsoft
376 (3.478 %)HP
474 (3.387 %)SAP
538 (1.739 %)Sybase
635 (1.602 %)Cisco
734 (1.556 %)Apple
829 (1.327 %)Business Objects
829 (1.327 %)Xilinx
928 (1.281 %)TIBCO
1027 (1.236 %)IBM
1027 (1.236 %)Sun
1123 (1.053 %)Remedy
1123 (1.053 %)Nokia
1222 (1.007 %)Citrix
1321 (0.961 %)VMware
1419 (0.870 %)EMC
1419 (0.870 %)Symbian
1517 (0.778 %)Mentor Graphics
1616 (0.732 %)Adobe