C Contracts in Wales

C
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited C over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 55 61
Rank change year-on-year +10 +6 0
Contract jobs citing C 1 6 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.26% 0.95% 1.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.87% 3.87% 4.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 4
10th Percentile - £416 £478
25th Percentile - £422 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £475 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -17.39% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £500 £638
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £535 £561 £575
% change year-on-year -4.63% -2.43% +35.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £17.18 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £17.48 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £18.82 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +179.03% -5.50% -54.75%
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.81 -
90th Percentile - £19.91 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £58.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +11.11% +6.36% +22.22%

All Programming Languages
Wales

C is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 115 155 312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 29.41% 24.49% 31.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 122 226
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £381 £413 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +21.39%
75th Percentile £545 £613 £625
90th Percentile £599 £663 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 7
10th Percentile £15.51 £17.18 £18.45
25th Percentile £16.98 £17.48 £19.91
Median hourly rate £21.49 £18.82 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year +14.19% -9.33% -17.00%
75th Percentile £24.96 £19.81 £22.88
90th Percentile £39.56 £19.91 £25.00
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £60.55 £50.00
% change year-on-year +1.73% +21.10% +14.29%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for C in Wales

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C in Wales.

Daily rate trend for C in Wales

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for C in Wales

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Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Wales region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Wales +11 1 - - 5
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C