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The table below looks at the demand for C skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited C over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6680
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads4166
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.065 %0.070 %
As % of the category below5.430 %5.164 %
Daily rates quoted613
Average minimum daily rate£443£302
Average daily rate£468£327
% change on same period last year+42.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£493£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£352
% change on same period last year-2.35 %
Hourly rates quoted77
Average minimum hourly rate£28.09£32.96
Average hourly rate£28.78£36.53
% change on same period last year-21.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.48£40.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.31£34.15
% change on same period last year+0.47 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads7551278
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.197 %1.360 %
Daily rates quoted131255
Average minimum daily rate£282£311
Average daily rate£305£328
% change on same period last year-6.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£329£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£331
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
Hourly rates quoted9198
Average minimum hourly rate£25.97£25.13
Average hourly rate£27.75£26.98
% change on same period last year+2.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.53£28.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.03£32.70
% change on same period last year-5.10 %
C EnglandC
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily 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 1 December 2008.

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 1 December 2008.

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 1 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West YorkshireDown-520£510+52.80 %
South YorkshireUp+3110£410+82.22 %
North YorkshireUp+87£433-
C EnglandC
England

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, 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.

129 (24.79 %)Embedded C
227 (23.08 %)Windows
319 (16.24 %)Oracle
418 (15.38 %)Visual Studio
418 (15.38 %)Motorola
517 (14.53 %)UNIX
517 (14.53 %)SQL
517 (14.53 %)C++
616 (13.68 %)SQL Server
616 (13.68 %)Microsoft
715 (12.82 %)Firmware
715 (12.82 %)C#
812 (10.26 %)Windows Server 2003
911 (9.402 %)Java
911 (9.402 %)MS Excel
911 (9.402 %)Replication
1010 (8.547 %)Finance
1010 (8.547 %)SQL Server 2005
1010 (8.547 %)Security Cleared
1010 (8.547 %)Transact-SQL
119 (7.692 %).NET
119 (7.692 %)MySQL
119 (7.692 %)Windows 2000 Server
128 (6.838 %)AJAX
128 (6.838 %)Health
128 (6.838 %)JavaScript
128 (6.838 %)DTS
128 (6.838 %)SQL Server 2000
137 (5.983 %)Electronics
137 (5.983 %)Shell Script

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (7.692 %).NET
28 (6.838 %)AJAX
37 (5.983 %)ASP
45 (4.274 %)XML
45 (4.274 %)Middleware
54 (3.419 %)J2EE
63 (2.564 %)WebServices
63 (2.564 %)Cocoa
63 (2.564 %).NET Framework
72 (1.709 %)ADO.NET
72 (1.709 %)XSL
81 (0.855 %)JMS
81 (0.855 %)Java RMI
81 (0.855 %)ASP.NET
81 (0.855 %)CSS
81 (0.855 %)Spring
81 (0.855 %)WebSphere
81 (0.855 %)HTML
81 (0.855 %)LAMP
81 (0.855 %)Hibernate
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (5.983 %)SharePoint
26 (5.128 %)BizTalk Server
34 (3.419 %)Commerce Server
34 (3.419 %)Commerce Server 2007
34 (3.419 %)Tuxedo
42 (1.709 %)Apache
51 (0.855 %)Tomcat
51 (0.855 %)WebLogic
51 (0.855 %)IIS
51 (0.855 %)JBoss
51 (0.855 %)OpenROAD
51 (0.855 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51 (0.855 %)Jetty
51 (0.855 %)Resin
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (9.402 %)MS Excel
25 (4.274 %)MS Office
31 (0.855 %)MS Project
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.855 %)SAP CRM
11 (0.855 %)InvestOne
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (5.128 %)Wireless
25 (4.274 %)Ethernet
33 (2.564 %)Broadband
33 (2.564 %)TCP/IP
33 (2.564 %)DOCSIS
33 (2.564 %)DVB
33 (2.564 %)Firewall
42 (1.709 %)Internet
42 (1.709 %)DNS
42 (1.709 %)SAN
51 (0.855 %)CTI
51 (0.855 %)VPN
51 (0.855 %)VoIP
51 (0.855 %)DHCP
51 (0.855 %)HTTP
51 (0.855 %)DWDM
51 (0.855 %)L2TP
51 (0.855 %)Intrusion Detection
51 (0.855 %)VLAN
51 (0.855 %)Network Security
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (13.68 %)SQL Server
210 (8.547 %)SQL Server 2005
39 (7.692 %)MySQL
48 (6.838 %)DTS
48 (6.838 %)SQL Server 2000
55 (4.274 %)MS Access
61 (0.855 %)RDBMS
61 (0.855 %)Crystal Reports
61 (0.855 %)Oracle Reports
61 (0.855 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (0.855 %)PostgreSQL
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
118 (15.38 %)Visual Studio
23 (2.564 %)ClearCase
23 (2.564 %)ClearQuest
32 (1.709 %)TestDirector
41 (0.855 %)ProC
41 (0.855 %)NUnit
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (8.547 %)Finance
28 (6.838 %)Health
37 (5.983 %)Electronics
37 (5.983 %)Marketing
46 (5.128 %)Electric
55 (4.274 %)Retail
62 (1.709 %)Banking
62 (1.709 %)Government
62 (1.709 %)Telecoms
62 (1.709 %)Aerospace
71 (0.855 %)Chemicals
71 (0.855 %)Military
71 (0.855 %)Insurance
71 (0.855 %)Pensions
71 (0.855 %)Retail Banking
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
132 (27.35 %)Developer
215 (12.82 %)Software Engineer
38 (6.838 %)DBA
38 (6.838 %)SQL DBA
47 (5.983 %)Software Developer
56 (5.128 %)Embedded Software Engineer
56 (5.128 %)Java Developer
56 (5.128 %)Embedded C Engineer
65 (4.274 %)Hardware Engineer
74 (3.419 %)BizTalk Developer
74 (3.419 %)Analyst
74 (3.419 %)Web Developer
74 (3.419 %)Consultant
83 (2.564 %)Project Manager
83 (2.564 %)Desktop Support
83 (2.564 %)Programmer
83 (2.564 %)C Software Engineer
83 (2.564 %)C Developer
83 (2.564 %)Senior RF Engineer
83 (2.564 %)Embedded C Software Engineer
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (12.82 %)Firmware
211 (9.402 %)Replication
35 (4.274 %)STB
35 (4.274 %)NHS
43 (2.564 %)EPoS
43 (2.564 %)DTV
43 (2.564 %)Celerra
52 (1.709 %)Freedom of Information
52 (1.709 %)Data Protection Act
52 (1.709 %)Freedom of Information Act
61 (0.855 %)SCADA
61 (0.855 %)Multithreading
61 (0.855 %)Clustering
61 (0.855 %)IVR
61 (0.855 %)Device Driver
61 (0.855 %)Smartcard
61 (0.855 %)Client/Server
61 (0.855 %)MPEG
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
127 (23.08 %)Windows
217 (14.53 %)UNIX
312 (10.26 %)Windows Server 2003
49 (7.692 %)Windows 2000 Server
57 (5.983 %)Solaris
65 (4.274 %)Windows 2000
65 (4.274 %)Windows XP
74 (3.419 %)Linux
82 (1.709 %)HPUX
82 (1.709 %)Windows Vista
82 (1.709 %)Windows Server 2008
91 (0.855 %)CentOS
91 (0.855 %)Red Hat Linux
91 (0.855 %)VxWorks
91 (0.855 %)Debian
91 (0.855 %)NetBSD
91 (0.855 %)Fedora
91 (0.855 %)Ubuntu
91 (0.855 %)Embedded Linux
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (8.547 %)Security Cleared
26 (5.128 %)UML
35 (4.274 %)OO
35 (4.274 %)E-Commerce
35 (4.274 %)User Acceptance Testing
44 (3.419 %)B2C
53 (2.564 %)Configuration Management
53 (2.564 %)Migration
53 (2.564 %)PRINCE2
53 (2.564 %)Test Scripting
53 (2.564 %)Data Migration
62 (1.709 %)Data Protection
62 (1.709 %)SC Cleared
62 (1.709 %)Resource Management
62 (1.709 %)Change Management
62 (1.709 %)Workflow
62 (1.709 %)Validation
62 (1.709 %)Information Security
62 (1.709 %)Agile Software Development
62 (1.709 %)Supplier Management
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
129 (24.79 %)Embedded C
217 (14.53 %)C++
217 (14.53 %)SQL
315 (12.82 %)C#
411 (9.402 %)Java
510 (8.547 %)Transact-SQL
68 (6.838 %)JavaScript
77 (5.983 %)Shell Script
85 (4.274 %)Embedded C++
94 (3.419 %)PL/SQL
94 (3.419 %)Perl
102 (1.709 %)Assembly Language
111 (0.855 %)PHP
111 (0.855 %)ActionScript
111 (0.855 %)Python
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (2.564 %)Degree
22 (1.709 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
22 (1.709 %)ISEB
31 (0.855 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (0.855 %)Sun Certification
31 (0.855 %)ISEB Practitioner
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.855 %)QA
11 (0.855 %)JTAG
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (1.709 %)NDS
21 (0.855 %)Active Directory
21 (0.855 %)VMware ESX
21 (0.855 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.855 %)NFS
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (2.564 %)EMC Navisphere
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
119 (16.24 %)Oracle
218 (15.38 %)Motorola
316 (13.68 %)Microsoft
47 (5.983 %)EMC
54 (3.419 %)Cisco
54 (3.419 %)Brocade
54 (3.419 %)Sun
54 (3.419 %)HP
62 (1.709 %)OpenTV
62 (1.709 %)VMware
71 (0.855 %)SAP
71 (0.855 %)VERITAS
71 (0.855 %)Red Hat
71 (0.855 %)QNX