Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 21 May 2019

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 21 May 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

C
East of England > Cambridgeshire
6 months to
21 May 2019		 Same period 2018 Same period 2017
Rank 39 32 15
Rank change year-on-year -7 -17 +18
Contract jobs citing C 39 53 84
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 3.73% 5.08% 7.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.54% 12.83% 17.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 24 18
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £500 £475 £425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% +6.25%
10th Percentile £347 £306 £346
90th Percentile £575 £488 £482
East of England median daily rate £410 £475 £405
% change year-on-year -13.68% +17.28% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 26
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £46.50 £43.75 £42.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +6.29% +2.94% +13.33%
10th Percentile £41.25 £34.88 £37.50
90th Percentile £58.23 £52.20 £49.38
East of England median hourly rate £45.00 £42.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% -4.55% +15.41%

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 Cambridgeshire with a requirement for coding skills.

All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 409 413 467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 39.14% 39.56% 44.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 193 219
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 £400 £350
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +12.50% +14.29% -9.68%
10th Percentile £305 £269 £230
90th Percentile £625 £525 £497
East of England median daily rate £445 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +4.71% +6.25% +3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 32 55
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £47.50 £42.25 £41.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +12.43% +3.05% +9.33%
10th Percentile £16.95 £18.50 £32.75
90th Percentile £54.10 £52.40 £48.25
East of England median hourly rate £45.50 £40.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year +13.75% -2.44% +5.47%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing C as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for C in Cambridgeshire

C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing C in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor daily rate trend for C in Cambridgeshire

C
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing C in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2019.

Contractor daily rate histogram for C in Cambridgeshire

C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate trend for C in Cambridgeshire

C
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing C in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2019.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for C in Cambridgeshire

C
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 21 May 2019. 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
Job
Vacancies
Cambridge -9 33 £509 +50.74% 114
Peterborough - 3 - - 1
C
East of England

For the 6 months to 21 May 2019, IT contractor jobs citing C also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridgeshire region with a requirement for C.

1 15 (38.46%) C++
1 15 (38.46%) Python
1 15 (38.46%) Software Engineering
2 14 (35.90%) Linux
3 12 (30.77%) Embedded C
4 10 (25.64%) Unix
4 10 (25.64%) Computer Science
5 8 (20.51%) Analytics
6 7 (17.95%) Visualisation
6 7 (17.95%) PhD
6 7 (17.95%) SQL
7 6 (15.38%) Java
7 6 (15.38%) MATLAB
7 6 (15.38%) Degree
7 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (12.82%) R
8 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (12.82%) Mathematics
8 5 (12.82%) Simulink
8 5 (12.82%) Data Modelling
8 5 (12.82%) ETL
9 4 (10.26%) Windows
9 4 (10.26%) Project Management
9 4 (10.26%) Change Management
9 4 (10.26%) Law
9 4 (10.26%) Data Management
9 4 (10.26%) Bioinformatics
9 4 (10.26%) Biology
9 4 (10.26%) Apache Spark
9 4 (10.26%) Relational Database

C
Co-occurring IT Skills in Cambridgeshire by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 4 (10.26%) Apache Spark
2 2 (5.13%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Simulink
2 2 (5.13%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.56%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.13%) Amazon AWS
1 2 (5.13%) Amazon EMR
1 2 (5.13%) Amazon S3
1 2 (5.13%) Amazon SQS
1 2 (5.13%) Google Cloud Platform
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Azure
2 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) Internet
1 3 (7.69%) Wireless
2 1 (2.56%) 3G
2 1 (2.56%) 5G
2 1 (2.56%) Bluetooth
2 1 (2.56%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.56%) Firewall
2 1 (2.56%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) Apache Hive
1 4 (10.26%) Big Data
1 4 (10.26%) Relational Database
2 3 (7.69%) Amazon Redshift
2 3 (7.69%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (5.13%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (5.13%) Data Mining
3 2 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (5.13%) Hadoop
3 2 (5.13%) HBase
3 2 (5.13%) MongoDB
3 2 (5.13%) MySQL
3 2 (5.13%) NoSQL
3 2 (5.13%) Oracle BI EE
3 2 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (5.13%) Sqoop
4 1 (2.56%) GIS
4 1 (2.56%) Power BI
4 1 (2.56%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Ant
1 3 (7.69%) CMake
1 3 (7.69%) Gradle
1 3 (7.69%) Maven
2 2 (5.13%) ERwin
2 2 (5.13%) Git (software)
3 1 (2.56%) JIRA
3 1 (2.56%) LabVIEW
3 1 (2.56%) Subversion
General
1 4 (10.26%) Law
2 3 (7.69%) Automotive
3 2 (5.13%) Finance
4 1 (2.56%) Electronics
4 1 (2.56%) Games
4 1 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 10 (25.64%) Software Engineer
2 9 (23.08%) Developer
3 5 (12.82%) Embedded Engineer
3 5 (12.82%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) Build Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) C Software Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) C# Developer
4 3 (7.69%) C++ Developer
4 3 (7.69%) C++/C# Developer
4 3 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 3 (7.69%) Senior Build Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) Senior Developer
4 3 (7.69%) Senior Software Developer
4 3 (7.69%) Software Developer
5 2 (5.13%) C Developer
5 2 (5.13%) Consultant
5 2 (5.13%) Embedded C Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Embedded C Software Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) IT Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) Kafka
1 2 (5.13%) Natural Language Processing
2 1 (2.56%) WS-I
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (10.26%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (7.69%) Data Structures
3 3 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.13%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 2 (5.13%) User Experience
5 1 (2.56%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.56%) ASIC
5 1 (2.56%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.56%) Life Science
5 1 (2.56%) Smart Energy
5 1 (2.56%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 14 (35.90%) Linux
2 10 (25.64%) Unix
3 4 (10.26%) Windows
4 2 (5.13%) Solaris
5 1 (2.56%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (2.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (38.46%) Software Engineering
2 10 (25.64%) Computer Science
3 8 (20.51%) Analytics
4 7 (17.95%) Visualisation
5 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (12.82%) Data Modelling
6 5 (12.82%) ETL
6 5 (12.82%) Mathematics
7 4 (10.26%) Bioinformatics
7 4 (10.26%) Biology
7 4 (10.26%) Change Management
7 4 (10.26%) Data Management
7 4 (10.26%) Data Science
7 4 (10.26%) Machine Learning
7 4 (10.26%) Project Management
8 3 (7.69%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (7.69%) Open Source
8 3 (7.69%) Scrum
8 3 (7.69%) Signal Processing
8 3 (7.69%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 15 (38.46%) C++
1 15 (38.46%) Python
2 12 (30.77%) Embedded C
3 7 (17.95%) SQL
4 6 (15.38%) Java
4 6 (15.38%) MATLAB
5 5 (12.82%) R
6 3 (7.69%) C#
6 3 (7.69%) Embedded C++
6 3 (7.69%) Perl
7 1 (2.56%) Assembly Language
7 1 (2.56%) Fortran
7 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
7 1 (2.56%) VB
7 1 (2.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (17.95%) PhD
2 6 (15.38%) Degree
3 3 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.56%) CCNA
4 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) Data Quality
1 2 (5.13%) QA
2 1 (2.56%) MISRA
System Software
1 3 (7.69%) Firmware
2 2 (5.13%) Apache Flume
Vendors
1 3 (7.69%) MicroStrategy
2 2 (5.13%) Hortonworks
3 1 (2.56%) Cisco
3 1 (2.56%) NetApp
3 1 (2.56%) Salesforce.com
3 1 (2.56%) SAP