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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the West Yorkshire region.

 C
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank135168
Rank change year-on-year
Up+38Up+17
Matching contract IT job ads991318
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire9.278 %1.486 %0.998 %
As % of the Programming Languages category27.27 %5.485 %3.719 %
Daily rates quoted3864
Average daily rate£333£360£343
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.630 %+5.100 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£125£215£311
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£447£475£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£350£350
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-
Hourly rates quoted1306
Average hourly rate£19.25-£27.75
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.60-£25.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£31.00-£31.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.00£33.40£35.00
% change year-on-year
-22.15 %-4.570 %
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
363237484
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire34.02 %27.09 %26.84 %
Daily rates quoted14652118
Average daily rate£250£300£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£175£200£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£375£400£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted302857
Average hourly rate£19.63£26.75£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.63 %+7.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.25£11.53£20.15
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£31.50£35.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£31.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-8.060 %-11.42 %
C YorkshireC
Yorkshire

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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

West Yorkshire 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 across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire C Daily Rate Trend

C
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

West Yorkshire 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 across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

West Yorkshire C Hourly Rate Histogram

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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010. 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
LeedsUp+1829£350+9.37 %
HalifaxNew entry-28£195-
BradfordNo change04--
PudseyNew entry-3--
BingleyNew entry-2--
C YorkshireC
Yorkshire

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

165 (34.76 %)Finance
228 (14.97 %)Microsoft
327 (14.44 %)Oracle
426 (13.90 %)SQL
525 (13.37 %)SQL Server
623 (12.30 %)Project Management
719 (10.16 %)MS Office
719 (10.16 %)NHS
817 (9.091 %)Windows
817 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2005
915 (8.021 %)Stakeholder Management
1014 (7.487 %)PRINCE2
1014 (7.487 %)Java
1113 (6.952 %)ITIL
1212 (6.417 %)MS Excel
1212 (6.417 %)Banking
1310 (5.348 %)Linux
1310 (5.348 %).NET
149 (4.813 %)Migration
149 (4.813 %)C++
149 (4.813 %)UNIX
149 (4.813 %)XML
149 (4.813 %)HP
158 (4.278 %)Windows XP
158 (4.278 %)Eclipse
158 (4.278 %)J2EE
158 (4.278 %)T-SQL
158 (4.278 %)MS Project
158 (4.278 %)SAP
167 (3.743 %)MS Access

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
110 (5.348 %).NET
29 (4.813 %)XML
38 (4.278 %)J2EE
47 (3.743 %)Web Services
56 (3.209 %)ASP.NET
56 (3.209 %)HTML
65 (2.674 %)CSS
74 (2.139 %)Spring
74 (2.139 %)Middleware
83 (1.604 %)ASP
83 (1.604 %)XHTML
92 (1.070 %)Spring Web Flow
92 (1.070 %)AJAX
92 (1.070 %)Hibernate
92 (1.070 %)MFC
92 (1.070 %)DHTML
101 (0.535 %)Flash
101 (0.535 %)SOAP
101 (0.535 %)COM
101 (0.535 %)COM+
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (2.674 %)SharePoint
24 (2.139 %)SAS
33 (1.604 %)Apache
33 (1.604 %)Lotus Notes
33 (1.604 %)WebLogic
33 (1.604 %)MS Exchange
42 (1.070 %)SharePoint Portal Server
42 (1.070 %)CMS
42 (1.070 %)IIS
51 (0.535 %)Tomcat
51 (0.535 %)Lotus Domino
51 (0.535 %)Oracle Workflow
51 (0.535 %)Oracle Application Server
51 (0.535 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51 (0.535 %)Liferay
51 (0.535 %)ESB
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
119 (10.16 %)MS Office
212 (6.417 %)MS Excel
38 (4.278 %)MS Project
45 (2.674 %)MS Visio
51 (0.535 %)Photoshop
51 (0.535 %)Fireworks
51 (0.535 %)MS PowerPoint
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (1.604 %)SAP HR
21 (0.535 %)Oracle Financials
21 (0.535 %)SAP CRM
21 (0.535 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.535 %)Oracle ASCP
21 (0.535 %)SAP IS-U
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (1.604 %)Internet
13 (1.604 %)Firewall
22 (1.070 %)Wireless
22 (1.070 %)HTTP
22 (1.070 %)TCP/IP
22 (1.070 %)VPN
22 (1.070 %)SAN
31 (0.535 %)Extranet
31 (0.535 %)Intranet
31 (0.535 %)DNS
31 (0.535 %)LDAP
31 (0.535 %)ATM
31 (0.535 %)LAN
31 (0.535 %)WAN
31 (0.535 %)SMTP
31 (0.535 %)NetScreen
31 (0.535 %)NAS
31 (0.535 %)Network Security
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
125 (13.37 %)SQL Server
217 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2005
37 (3.743 %)MS Access
37 (3.743 %)Datawarehouse
45 (2.674 %)Crystal Reports
45 (2.674 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
54 (2.139 %)SQL Server Integration Services
54 (2.139 %)SQL Server 2000
63 (1.604 %)Oracle Discoverer
63 (1.604 %)BusinessObjects
63 (1.604 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
63 (1.604 %)SQL Server 2008
63 (1.604 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
72 (1.070 %)ETL
72 (1.070 %)MySQL
72 (1.070 %)Oracle Reports
72 (1.070 %)Informix
81 (0.535 %)Oracle 9i
81 (0.535 %)OLAP
81 (0.535 %)SQLPlus
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
18 (4.278 %)Eclipse
23 (1.604 %)Visual Studio
23 (1.604 %)Synon
32 (1.070 %)TestDirector
32 (1.070 %)Ant
41 (0.535 %)Oracle Forms
41 (0.535 %)ClearCase
41 (0.535 %)PVCS
41 (0.535 %)QuickTest Pro
41 (0.535 %)ClearQuest
41 (0.535 %)Subversion
41 (0.535 %)Maven
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
165 (34.76 %)Finance
212 (6.417 %)Banking
36 (3.209 %)Health
45 (2.674 %)Retail
53 (1.604 %)Insurance
53 (1.604 %)Retail Banking
62 (1.070 %)Aerospace
62 (1.070 %)Government
62 (1.070 %)Games
71 (0.535 %)Legal
71 (0.535 %)Manufacturing
71 (0.535 %)Back Office
71 (0.535 %)Electronics
71 (0.535 %)Local Government
71 (0.535 %)Billing
71 (0.535 %)Auditing
71 (0.535 %)Online Games
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
147 (25.13 %)Analyst
238 (20.32 %)Developer
322 (11.76 %)Business Analyst
420 (10.70 %)Project Manager
510 (5.348 %)Java Developer
510 (5.348 %)Administrator
67 (3.743 %)Consultant
67 (3.743 %)C++/Java Developer
76 (3.209 %)Software Developer
76 (3.209 %)Architect
85 (2.674 %).NET Developer
85 (2.674 %)C++ Developer
85 (2.674 %)C++ Software Engineer
85 (2.674 %)Java Software Engineer
85 (2.674 %)C++ Software Developer
85 (2.674 %)Software Engineer
85 (2.674 %)Java Software Developer
94 (2.139 %)Report Developer
94 (2.139 %)PMO Analyst
94 (2.139 %)Incident Manager
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
119 (10.16 %)NHS
25 (2.674 %)Multithreading
34 (2.139 %)Mainframe
34 (2.139 %)Management Information System
34 (2.139 %)N-Tier
43 (1.604 %)Credit Risk
52 (1.070 %)PDA
52 (1.070 %)Blackberry
52 (1.070 %)NPfIT
61 (0.535 %)Firmware
61 (0.535 %)Client/Server
61 (0.535 %)Device Driver
61 (0.535 %)Smartcard
61 (0.535 %)Informatics
61 (0.535 %)Mathematics
61 (0.535 %)iPhone
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
117 (9.091 %)Windows
210 (5.348 %)Linux
39 (4.813 %)UNIX
48 (4.278 %)Windows XP
56 (3.209 %)Windows Server 2003
64 (2.139 %)HPUX
73 (1.604 %)Windows NT
73 (1.604 %)Red Hat Linux
82 (1.070 %)Windows 2000 Server
82 (1.070 %)Solaris
91 (0.535 %)Windows 2000
91 (0.535 %)Debian
91 (0.535 %)Ubuntu
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
123 (12.30 %)Project Management
215 (8.021 %)Stakeholder Management
314 (7.487 %)PRINCE2
413 (6.952 %)ITIL
59 (4.813 %)Migration
66 (3.209 %)User Acceptance Testing
66 (3.209 %)Supplier Management
66 (3.209 %)Service Management
75 (2.674 %)Software Engineering
75 (2.674 %)Systems Analysis
84 (2.139 %)Incident Management
84 (2.139 %)E-Commerce
84 (2.139 %)Business Intelligence
84 (2.139 %)UML
84 (2.139 %)RUP
93 (1.604 %)CRM
93 (1.604 %)DSDM
93 (1.604 %)Programme Management
93 (1.604 %)Scrum
93 (1.604 %)Risk Management
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
126 (13.90 %)SQL
214 (7.487 %)Java
39 (4.813 %)C++
48 (4.278 %)T-SQL
56 (3.209 %)VBA
56 (3.209 %)C#
65 (2.674 %)JavaScript
65 (2.674 %)VB
73 (1.604 %)Shell Script
82 (1.070 %)REXX
82 (1.070 %)PL/SQL
91 (0.535 %)Perl
91 (0.535 %)PHP
91 (0.535 %)VBScript
91 (0.535 %)Objective-C
91 (0.535 %)Ruby
91 (0.535 %)VB6
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (3.209 %)Security Cleared
24 (2.139 %)SC Cleared
24 (2.139 %)ITIL Certification
24 (2.139 %)ISEB
33 (1.604 %)MCSE
33 (1.604 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (1.070 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
42 (1.070 %)PRINCE2 Certification
42 (1.070 %)MCP
51 (0.535 %)MCSA
51 (0.535 %)Sun Certification
51 (0.535 %)Cisco Certification
51 (0.535 %)PMP
51 (0.535 %)CCSP
51 (0.535 %)CCNP
51 (0.535 %)CCDP
51 (0.535 %)ISEB Practitioner
51 (0.535 %)HP APS
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (2.139 %)SLA
23 (1.604 %)QA
32 (1.070 %)PCI DSS
32 (1.070 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.535 %)Basel II
41 (0.535 %)ISO27001
41 (0.535 %)HL7
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
16 (3.209 %)Active Directory
22 (1.070 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (1.070 %)RACF
31 (0.535 %)VMware ESX
31 (0.535 %)vSphere
31 (0.535 %)Sendmail
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (1.070 %)Unicenter
21 (0.535 %)OpenView
21 (0.535 %)Tivoli
21 (0.535 %)BMC Marimba
21 (0.535 %)SCOM
21 (0.535 %)OVPM
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
128 (14.97 %)Microsoft
227 (14.44 %)Oracle
39 (4.813 %)HP
48 (4.278 %)SAP
54 (2.139 %)VMware
54 (2.139 %)Cisco
54 (2.139 %)Sun
63 (1.604 %)Business Objects
63 (1.604 %)Citrix
63 (1.604 %)Lotus
63 (1.604 %)Red Hat
63 (1.604 %)IBM
72 (1.070 %)Casewise
72 (1.070 %)CheckPoint
72 (1.070 %)CA
81 (0.535 %)Cognos
81 (0.535 %)Siebel
81 (0.535 %)Dell
81 (0.535 %)MicroStrategy
81 (0.535 %)NetApp