C Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

C
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring C skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 21 18
Rank change year-on-year -9 -3 +9
Contract jobs citing C 16 21 34
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 4.52% 5.44% 6.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.16% 18.92% 32.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 14 19
10th Percentile - - £423
25th Percentile - £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -25.58% +7.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile - £586 £560
90th Percentile - £588 £566
East of England median daily rate £438 £519 £450
% change year-on-year -15.66% +15.28% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.25 £52.50 £53.75
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £43.75 £61.25 £61.88
90th Percentile - £63.50 £62.25
East of England median hourly rate £54.25 £65.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year -16.54% -3.70% +3.85%

All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire

C falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 113 111 105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 31.92% 28.76% 20.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 62 66
10th Percentile £243 £300 £413
25th Percentile £350 £344 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £431 £498
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% -13.32% -0.50%
75th Percentile £558 £550 £560
90th Percentile £661 £588 £625
East of England median daily rate £501 £420 £500
% change year-on-year +19.17% -16.00% -5.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 16
10th Percentile £28.41 £44.08 £21.14
25th Percentile £31.25 £46.56 £43.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £55.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.75 £66.25
90th Percentile £44.75 £63.88 £77.50
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £69.00
% change year-on-year - -5.80% +20.00%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

C job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

C
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing C.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing C

C
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing C.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing C

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 30 October 2025. 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
Jobs
Cambridge +3 15 £400 -32.77% 53
C
East of England

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 13 (81.25%) WebLogic
1 13 (81.25%) WebSphere
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Bluetooth
1 1 (6.25%) HTTP
1 1 (6.25%) MQTT
1 1 (6.25%) SSL
1 1 (6.25%) UWB
1 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (6.25%) ZigBee
General
1 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Consultant
2 2 (12.50%) Software Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) PCB Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Research Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Research Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (81.25%) .NET
1 13 (81.25%) HTML
1 13 (81.25%) Middleware
1 13 (81.25%) Node.js
2 1 (6.25%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Acoustics
1 1 (6.25%) CUDA
1 1 (6.25%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (18.75%) CI/CD
2 3 (18.75%) Customer Requirements
2 3 (18.75%) ITSM
2 3 (18.75%) Knowledge Management
2 3 (18.75%) Performance Metrics
2 3 (18.75%) Performance Testing
3 2 (12.50%) Software Engineering
4 1 (6.25%) Data Collection
4 1 (6.25%) Machine Learning
4 1 (6.25%) Power Management
4 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.25%) Project Management
4 1 (6.25%) Prototyping
4 1 (6.25%) Schematic Capture
4 1 (6.25%) Signal Processing
4 1 (6.25%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) C++
2 14 (87.50%) Java
3 13 (81.25%) PHP
4 3 (18.75%) Python
5 1 (6.25%) Go
5 1 (6.25%) MATLAB
5 1 (6.25%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Degree
1 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
1 1 (6.25%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (6.25%) Firmware
Vendors
1 13 (81.25%) Dynatrace