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

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 29 52
Rank change year-on-year 0 +23 -17
Contract jobs citing C 30 30 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 6.00% 5.24% 3.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.61% 17.65% 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 98 170 252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 19.60% 29.72% 30.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 118 165
10th Percentile £405 £384 £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 £579 £625
East of England median daily rate £477 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -4.60% +5.26% +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% +69.13%
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% +30.23%

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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 12 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 12 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 12 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 22 £625 +23.46% 62
Peterborough -5 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 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (13.33%) Power Automate
1 4 (13.33%) Power Platform
1 4 (13.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) 5G
2 2 (6.67%) 5G NR
2 2 (6.67%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (3.33%) 4G
3 1 (3.33%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) GCC
2 4 (13.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (10.00%) Git
3 3 (10.00%) JIRA
3 3 (10.00%) Subversion
4 1 (3.33%) VTune
General
1 5 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (10.00%) Electronics
3 2 (6.67%) Aerospace
3 2 (6.67%) Automotive
3 2 (6.67%) Military
3 2 (6.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Telecoms
3 2 (6.67%) Wearables
4 1 (3.33%) Finance
4 1 (3.33%) Games
4 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.33%) Marketing
4 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (36.67%) Software Engineer
2 8 (26.67%) Architect
2 8 (26.67%) Software Architect
3 5 (16.67%) Compiler Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) Developer
3 5 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Applications Developer
4 4 (13.33%) Systems Developer
5 3 (10.00%) Senior
5 3 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Verification Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) C++ Programmer
7 1 (3.33%) Development Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Graphics Programmer
7 1 (3.33%) Research Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Senior Development Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (30.00%) DirectX
1 9 (30.00%) OpenGL
1 9 (30.00%) Vulkan
2 8 (26.67%) OpenGL ES
3 5 (16.67%) LLVM
4 4 (13.33%) .NET
4 4 (13.33%) REST
5 3 (10.00%) JSON
5 3 (10.00%) YAML
6 1 (3.33%) NumPy
6 1 (3.33%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 1 (3.33%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 9 (30.00%) Ray Tracing
2 8 (26.67%) 3D Graphics
3 4 (13.33%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (10.00%) ASIC
4 3 (10.00%) FPGA
4 3 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (10.00%) Verilog
5 2 (6.67%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (3.33%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Linux
1 3 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (43.33%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (36.67%) Software Engineering
3 8 (26.67%) Software Architecture
4 6 (20.00%) Open Source
5 5 (16.67%) Performance Analysis
5 5 (16.67%) Workflow
6 4 (13.33%) SDLC
6 4 (13.33%) Web Development
7 3 (10.00%) Computer Science
7 3 (10.00%) OO
7 3 (10.00%) Project Management
7 3 (10.00%) Software Testing
7 3 (10.00%) UVM
7 3 (10.00%) Validation
8 2 (6.67%) Battery Management
8 2 (6.67%) Customer Service
8 2 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (6.67%) Systems Analysis
9 1 (3.33%) Agile
9 1 (3.33%) Linear Algebra
Programming Languages
1 22 (73.33%) C++
2 6 (20.00%) Python
2 6 (20.00%) SQL
3 5 (16.67%) C#
4 3 (10.00%) Assembly Language
4 3 (10.00%) Bash
4 3 (10.00%) Shell Script
4 3 (10.00%) SystemVerilog
4 3 (10.00%) Tcl
5 2 (6.67%) VB
6 1 (3.33%) Embedded C
6 1 (3.33%) GLSL
6 1 (3.33%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 14 (46.67%) PhD
2 13 (43.33%) Degree
3 9 (30.00%) Master's Degree
4 2 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) Cadence
1 3 (10.00%) Synopsys
1 3 (10.00%) Xilinx
2 1 (3.33%) SAP