The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Warwickshire region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 25 21 28
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +7
Contract jobs citing C 8 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 3.509% 2.954% 0.897%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.11% 13.73% 3.226%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
Average daily rate £325 £285 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.03% +8.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £360 £320
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +2.73%
All Programming Languages
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
72 51 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 31.58% 21.52% 27.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 28 33
Average daily rate £325 £275 £353
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -21.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £385 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 6
Average hourly rate £12.50 £16.50 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.24% +6.45%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C
West Midlands

C
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing C across the Warwickshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Warwickshire C Jobs Demand Trend

C
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire C Daily Rate Trend

C
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Warwickshire C Daily Rate Histogram

C
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire C Hourly Rate Trend

C
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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Warwick - 4 - -
Stratford-upon-Avon -3 1 - -
Leamington Spa - - - -
Rugby - - - -
C
West Midlands

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region 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.

1 8 (66.67%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) SQL
3 4 (33.33%) .NET
3 4 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 3 (25.00%) Degree
4 3 (25.00%) Mathematics
5 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 2 (16.67%) Migration
5 2 (16.67%) MS Office
6 1 (8.333%) ITIL
6 1 (8.333%) Automotive
6 1 (8.333%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (8.333%) Programme Management
6 1 (8.333%) Identity Management
6 1 (8.333%) Electronics
6 1 (8.333%) Embedded C
6 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
6 1 (8.333%) HP
6 1 (8.333%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (8.333%) Apple
6 1 (8.333%) Six Sigma
6 1 (8.333%) MATLAB
6 1 (8.333%) Simulink
6 1 (8.333%) LDAP
6 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
6 1 (8.333%) MS Exchange
6 1 (8.333%) HTTP
6 1 (8.333%) Oracle
6 1 (8.333%) MS Project

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region 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.

Application Development
1 4 (33.33%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Office
2 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
2 1 (8.333%) Simulink
2 1 (8.333%) Office 365
2 1 (8.333%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) LDAP
1 1 (8.333%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 8 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Automotive
2 1 (8.333%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) IT Manager
1 4 (33.33%) Business Manager
1 4 (33.33%) Head of IT
1 4 (33.33%) IT Services Manager
1 4 (33.33%) Service Manager
2 1 (8.333%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (8.333%) Identity Management Specialist
2 1 (8.333%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (8.333%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 1 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (8.333%) Business Analyst
2 1 (8.333%) Tester
2 1 (8.333%) Software Engineer
2 1 (8.333%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (8.333%) iPhone
2 1 (8.333%) iPad
2 1 (8.333%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (8.333%) CAN bus
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Project Management
2 4 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (8.333%) Programme Management
4 1 (8.333%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (8.333%) Business Analysis
4 1 (8.333%) Test Scripting
4 1 (8.333%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (8.333%) Six Sigma
4 1 (8.333%) Identity Management
4 1 (8.333%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (8.333%) Embedded C
2 1 (8.333%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.333%) Six Sigma Green Belt
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.333%) HP
2 1 (8.333%) Apple
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle