Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C over the 3 months to 12 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 Yorkshire region.

 C
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank125081
Rank change year-on-year
Up+38Up+31
Matching contract IT job ads1373747
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire9.468 %2.373 %1.357 %
As % of the Programming Languages category26.65 %8.333 %4.757 %
Daily rates quoted401510
Average daily rate£326£321£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.630 %-11.51 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£125£200£332
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£428£450£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£350£350
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-
Hourly rates quoted28314
Average hourly rate£21.50£25.00£30.35
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.00 %-17.61 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£20.20£25.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£26.28£29.48£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.50£33.40£35.00
% change year-on-year
-20.65 %-4.570 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
514444988
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire35.52 %28.48 %28.52 %
Daily rates quoted19999194
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£150£200£240
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£375£400£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted6053110
Average hourly rate£21.50£23.50£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.510 %-14.54 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£12.00£19.30
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£27.50£32.50£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£31.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
-9.520 %-10.00 %
C EnglandC
England

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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 12 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
West YorkshireUp+3993£350-2.77 %
South YorkshireUp+1522£150-53.84 %
North YorkshireUp+1115£375+17.18 %
East YorkshireNew entry-2--
C EnglandC
England

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

167 (23.93 %)Finance
253 (18.93 %)SQL
344 (15.71 %)Oracle
439 (13.93 %)Microsoft
535 (12.50 %)SQL Server
634 (12.14 %)Windows
732 (11.43 %)Java
827 (9.643 %)MS Office
925 (8.929 %)Project Management
925 (8.929 %)NHS
1020 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2005
1020 (7.143 %)MS Excel
1119 (6.786 %)Web Services
1119 (6.786 %)UNIX
1218 (6.429 %)PRINCE2
1218 (6.429 %)J2EE
1317 (6.071 %)ITIL
1317 (6.071 %)Migration
1416 (5.714 %)Active Directory
1515 (5.357 %)Windows XP
1515 (5.357 %)PL/SQL
1614 (5.000 %).NET
1614 (5.000 %)Health
1713 (4.643 %)Stakeholder Management
1713 (4.643 %)Linux
1812 (4.286 %)Security Cleared
1911 (3.929 %)Banking
1911 (3.929 %)HTML
1911 (3.929 %)Datawarehouse
1911 (3.929 %)Sun

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
119 (6.786 %)Web Services
218 (6.429 %)J2EE
314 (5.000 %).NET
411 (3.929 %)HTML
510 (3.571 %)XML
510 (3.571 %)Spring
510 (3.571 %)JSF
69 (3.214 %)CSS
77 (2.500 %)ASP.NET
77 (2.500 %)EJB
86 (2.143 %)Hibernate
95 (1.786 %)DHTML
104 (1.429 %)AJAX
113 (1.071 %)ASP
113 (1.071 %)JSP
113 (1.071 %)Struts
113 (1.071 %)XHTML
113 (1.071 %)Middleware
113 (1.071 %)Struts2
122 (0.714 %)Spring Web Flow
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (2.857 %)SharePoint
27 (2.500 %)MS Exchange
35 (1.786 %)Apache
44 (1.429 %)CMS
44 (1.429 %)SAS
53 (1.071 %)Lotus Notes
53 (1.071 %)WebLogic
62 (0.714 %)SharePoint Portal Server
62 (0.714 %)IIS
62 (0.714 %)Tomcat
71 (0.357 %)Oracle HTTP Server
71 (0.357 %)Documentum
71 (0.357 %)Lotus Domino
71 (0.357 %)BizTalk Server
71 (0.357 %)Oracle Workflow
71 (0.357 %)ATG Dynamo
71 (0.357 %)Oracle Application Server
71 (0.357 %)ESB
71 (0.357 %)SharePoint Server 2007
71 (0.357 %)GlassFish
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
127 (9.643 %)MS Office
220 (7.143 %)MS Excel
310 (3.571 %)MS Project
44 (1.429 %)MS Visio
51 (0.357 %)MS PowerPoint
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.357 %)Oracle Financials
11 (0.357 %)SAP CRM
11 (0.357 %)Oracle EBS
11 (0.357 %)Oracle Clinical
11 (0.357 %)Oracle ASCP
11 (0.357 %)SAP IS-U
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (2.143 %)HTTP
16 (2.143 %)VPN
25 (1.786 %)Internet
34 (1.429 %)Wireless
34 (1.429 %)Firewall
34 (1.429 %)LAN
34 (1.429 %)WAN
34 (1.429 %)SAN
43 (1.071 %)NAS
52 (0.714 %)VoIP
52 (0.714 %)Broadband
52 (0.714 %)TCP/IP
52 (0.714 %)ADSL
61 (0.357 %)DNS
61 (0.357 %)ATM
61 (0.357 %)SMTP
61 (0.357 %)LDAP
61 (0.357 %)NetScreen
61 (0.357 %)Extranet
61 (0.357 %)Intranet
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
135 (12.50 %)SQL Server
220 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2005
311 (3.929 %)Datawarehouse
49 (3.214 %)MS Access
56 (2.143 %)SQL Server 2000
65 (1.786 %)ETL
65 (1.786 %)MySQL
65 (1.786 %)Crystal Reports
65 (1.786 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
74 (1.429 %)SQL Server Integration Services
74 (1.429 %)BusinessObjects
83 (1.071 %)Oracle 10g
83 (1.071 %)DTS
83 (1.071 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
83 (1.071 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
83 (1.071 %)SQL Server 2008
92 (0.714 %)Data Cleansing
92 (0.714 %)Oracle Reports
92 (0.714 %)Informix
101 (0.357 %)Oracle 9i
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
110 (3.571 %)Maven
28 (2.857 %)Eclipse
34 (1.429 %)Ant
34 (1.429 %)Visual Studio
34 (1.429 %)Oracle Forms
43 (1.071 %)Synon
43 (1.071 %)Subversion
52 (0.714 %)TestDirector
61 (0.357 %)ClearCase
61 (0.357 %)JUnit
61 (0.357 %)PVCS
61 (0.357 %)ClearQuest
61 (0.357 %)QuickTest Pro
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
167 (23.93 %)Finance
214 (5.000 %)Health
311 (3.929 %)Banking
45 (1.786 %)Aerospace
45 (1.786 %)Insurance
54 (1.429 %)Retail
54 (1.429 %)Government
63 (1.071 %)Billing
72 (0.714 %)Retail Banking
72 (0.714 %)Manufacturing
72 (0.714 %)Local Government
72 (0.714 %)Games
81 (0.357 %)Legal
81 (0.357 %)Electronics
81 (0.357 %)Back Office
81 (0.357 %)Graphic Design
81 (0.357 %)Auditing
81 (0.357 %)Online Games
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
169 (24.64 %)Analyst
262 (22.14 %)Developer
324 (8.571 %)Project Manager
422 (7.857 %)Business Analyst
422 (7.857 %)Java Developer
514 (5.000 %)Consultant
613 (4.643 %)Administrator
78 (2.857 %)Support Analyst
78 (2.857 %)Software Developer
87 (2.500 %)3rd Line Support
87 (2.500 %)Service Analyst
87 (2.500 %)Data Analyst
87 (2.500 %).NET Developer
87 (2.500 %)Service Desk Analyst
87 (2.500 %)C++/Java Developer
96 (2.143 %)Java Software Developer
96 (2.143 %)Software Engineer
96 (2.143 %)Architect
105 (1.786 %)Web Developer
105 (1.786 %)C++ Software Engineer
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
125 (8.929 %)NHS
26 (2.143 %)N-Tier
35 (1.786 %)PDA
35 (1.786 %)Multithreading
44 (1.429 %)Celerra
44 (1.429 %)Management Information System
44 (1.429 %)Blackberry
53 (1.071 %)Mainframe
53 (1.071 %)AS400
53 (1.071 %)NPfIT
53 (1.071 %)Credit Risk
62 (0.714 %)Firmware
71 (0.357 %)Client/Server
71 (0.357 %)Smartcard
71 (0.357 %)Device Driver
71 (0.357 %)IVR
71 (0.357 %)E-Learning
71 (0.357 %)Clustering
71 (0.357 %)Informatics
71 (0.357 %)Mathematics
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
134 (12.14 %)Windows
219 (6.786 %)UNIX
315 (5.357 %)Windows XP
413 (4.643 %)Linux
511 (3.929 %)Windows Server 2003
66 (2.143 %)Windows NT
74 (1.429 %)HPUX
74 (1.429 %)Solaris
83 (1.071 %)Red Hat Linux
92 (0.714 %)Windows 2000 Server
101 (0.357 %)NetWare
101 (0.357 %)Windows 2000
101 (0.357 %)Debian
101 (0.357 %)Ubuntu
101 (0.357 %)Windows Vista
101 (0.357 %)Windows Server 2008
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
125 (8.929 %)Project Management
218 (6.429 %)PRINCE2
317 (6.071 %)ITIL
317 (6.071 %)Migration
413 (4.643 %)Stakeholder Management
59 (3.214 %)Change Management
67 (2.500 %)UML
67 (2.500 %)Configuration Management
67 (2.500 %)Incident Management
67 (2.500 %)Supplier Management
76 (2.143 %)User Acceptance Testing
76 (2.143 %)Systems Analysis
76 (2.143 %)Service Management
76 (2.143 %)E-Commerce
76 (2.143 %)Business Intelligence
85 (1.786 %)RUP
85 (1.786 %)Data Analysis
85 (1.786 %)Software Engineering
85 (1.786 %)Data Migration
94 (1.429 %)Programme Management
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
153 (18.93 %)SQL
232 (11.43 %)Java
315 (5.357 %)PL/SQL
410 (3.571 %)JavaScript
410 (3.571 %)VB
59 (3.214 %)T-SQL
59 (3.214 %)C++
68 (2.857 %)C#
77 (2.500 %)VBA
85 (1.786 %)Shell Script
94 (1.429 %)VB6
94 (1.429 %)PHP
103 (1.071 %)Perl
103 (1.071 %)VB.NET
112 (0.714 %)REXX
121 (0.357 %)Assembly Language
121 (0.357 %)Embedded C
121 (0.357 %)VBScript
121 (0.357 %)Objective-C
121 (0.357 %)Ruby
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
112 (4.286 %)Security Cleared
27 (2.500 %)SC Cleared
36 (2.143 %)Sun Certification
44 (1.429 %)ISEB
44 (1.429 %)ITIL Certification
53 (1.071 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (1.071 %)PRINCE2 Certification
53 (1.071 %)MCSE
62 (0.714 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
62 (0.714 %)MCP
71 (0.357 %)Cisco Certification
71 (0.357 %)PMP
71 (0.357 %)CCSP
71 (0.357 %)CCNP
71 (0.357 %)CCDP
71 (0.357 %)MCSA
71 (0.357 %)ISEB Practitioner
71 (0.357 %)HP APS
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (1.786 %)SLA
24 (1.429 %)PCI DSS
33 (1.071 %)QA
42 (0.714 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.357 %)Basel II
51 (0.357 %)ISO27001
51 (0.357 %)HL7
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
116 (5.714 %)Active Directory
24 (1.429 %)NFS
33 (1.071 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (0.714 %)Veritas Volume Manager
42 (0.714 %)VMware ESX
42 (0.714 %)RACF
51 (0.357 %)ISA Server
51 (0.357 %)Terminal Services
51 (0.357 %)Oracle RMAN
51 (0.357 %)Oracle RAC
51 (0.357 %)Sendmail
51 (0.357 %)vSphere
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (1.786 %)Unicenter
24 (1.429 %)EMC Navisphere
32 (0.714 %)SCOM
41 (0.357 %)OpenView
41 (0.357 %)Tivoli
41 (0.357 %)BMC Marimba
41 (0.357 %)OVPM
41 (0.357 %)Data Guard
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
144 (15.71 %)Oracle
239 (13.93 %)Microsoft
311 (3.929 %)Sun
410 (3.571 %)Cisco
59 (3.214 %)HP
68 (2.857 %)Citrix
76 (2.143 %)EMC
85 (1.786 %)SAP
85 (1.786 %)CheckPoint
85 (1.786 %)CA
85 (1.786 %)Brocade
85 (1.786 %)VMware
94 (1.429 %)Business Objects
94 (1.429 %)Cognos
103 (1.071 %)IBM
103 (1.071 %)NetApp
103 (1.071 %)Lotus
103 (1.071 %)Red Hat
112 (0.714 %)Veritas
112 (0.714 %)Agresso