C Contracts in Cambridgeshire

C
East of England > Cambridgeshire

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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 29 51
Rank change year-on-year +1 +22 -14
Contract jobs citing C 29 29 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 5.79% 5.18% 3.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.90% 17.68% 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 20 12
10th Percentile - £425 £428
25th Percentile £463 £481 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.64% -3.57% +20.00%
75th Percentile £638 £560 £578
90th Percentile £800 £562 £599
East of England median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 8
10th Percentile - £25.00 £53.45
25th Percentile £35.50 £28.75 £56.00
Median hourly rate £45.50 £37.50 £57.25
Median % change year-on-year +21.33% -34.50% +18.65%
75th Percentile £65.31 £46.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £79.38 £50.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +21.05%

All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 97 164 252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 19.36% 29.29% 29.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 114 165
10th Percentile £405 £372 £300
25th Percentile £433 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £525 £538
90th Percentile £619 £575 £625
East of England median daily rate £482 £494 £475
% change year-on-year -2.38% +3.95% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 10 13
10th Percentile £35.50 £22.00 £12.39
25th Percentile £35.52 £47.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £51.25 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -10.09% +72.73%
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £68.25 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year - +16.07% +31.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for C in Cambridgeshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C in Cambridgeshire.

Daily rate trend for C in Cambridgeshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C in Cambridgeshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C in Cambridgeshire.

Hourly rate trend for C in Cambridgeshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C in Cambridgeshire

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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 14 May 2024. 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 0 21 £625 +23.46% 55
Peterborough -3 2 - -
C
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

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

Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (13.79%) Power Automate
1 4 (13.79%) Power Platform
1 4 (13.79%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) 5G
2 2 (6.90%) 5G NR
2 2 (6.90%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (3.45%) 4G
3 1 (3.45%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) GCC
1 4 (13.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 3 (10.34%) Git
2 3 (10.34%) JIRA
2 3 (10.34%) Subversion
3 1 (3.45%) VTune
General
1 4 (13.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (10.34%) Electronics
3 2 (6.90%) Aerospace
3 2 (6.90%) Automotive
3 2 (6.90%) Military
3 2 (6.90%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
3 2 (6.90%) Wearables
4 1 (3.45%) Finance
4 1 (3.45%) Games
4 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.45%) Marketing
4 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Software Engineer
2 8 (27.59%) Architect
2 8 (27.59%) Software Architect
3 5 (17.24%) Developer
3 5 (17.24%) Embedded Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Applications Developer
4 4 (13.79%) Compiler Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Systems Developer
5 3 (10.34%) Senior
5 3 (10.34%) Senior Software Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Verification Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) C++ Programmer
7 1 (3.45%) Development Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Graphics Programmer
7 1 (3.45%) Research Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Development Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (31.03%) DirectX
1 9 (31.03%) OpenGL
1 9 (31.03%) Vulkan
2 8 (27.59%) OpenGL ES
3 4 (13.79%) .NET
3 4 (13.79%) LLVM
3 4 (13.79%) REST
4 3 (10.34%) JSON
4 3 (10.34%) YAML
5 1 (3.45%) NumPy
5 1 (3.45%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (3.45%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) Ray Tracing
2 8 (27.59%) 3D Graphics
3 4 (13.79%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (10.34%) ASIC
4 3 (10.34%) FPGA
4 3 (10.34%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (10.34%) Verilog
5 2 (6.90%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Linux
1 3 (10.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (34.48%) Software Engineering
3 8 (27.59%) Software Architecture
4 5 (17.24%) Open Source
4 5 (17.24%) Workflow
5 4 (13.79%) Performance Analysis
5 4 (13.79%) SDLC
5 4 (13.79%) Web Development
6 3 (10.34%) Computer Science
6 3 (10.34%) OO
6 3 (10.34%) Project Management
6 3 (10.34%) Software Testing
6 3 (10.34%) UVM
6 3 (10.34%) Validation
7 2 (6.90%) Battery Management
7 2 (6.90%) Customer Service
7 2 (6.90%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (6.90%) Systems Analysis
8 1 (3.45%) Agile
8 1 (3.45%) Linear Algebra
Programming Languages
1 21 (72.41%) C++
2 6 (20.69%) Python
2 6 (20.69%) SQL
3 5 (17.24%) C#
4 3 (10.34%) Assembly Language
4 3 (10.34%) Bash
4 3 (10.34%) Shell Script
4 3 (10.34%) SystemVerilog
4 3 (10.34%) Tcl
5 2 (6.90%) VB
6 1 (3.45%) Embedded C
6 1 (3.45%) GLSL
6 1 (3.45%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 13 (44.83%) Degree
1 13 (44.83%) PhD
2 9 (31.03%) Master's Degree
3 2 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Cadence
1 3 (10.34%) Synopsys
1 3 (10.34%) Xilinx
2 1 (3.45%) SAP