The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham requiring C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited C over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
20
13
31
Rank change year-on-year
-7
+18
-11
Contract jobs citing C
3
25
4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham
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 Cheltenham.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
28
57
71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham
45.16%
30.65%
45.51%
Number of daily rates quoted
17
44
45
10th Percentile
-
£374
£395
25th Percentile
£575
£525
£525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£615
£550
£700
Median % change year-on-year
+11.82%
-21.43%
+33.33%
75th Percentile
£676
£681
-
90th Percentile
£693
£764
£738
Gloucestershire median daily rate
£600
£550
£528
% change year-on-year
+9.09%
+4.27%
+0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
1
0
Median hourly rate
-
£75.00
-
Gloucestershire median hourly rate
£68.00
£72.50
£78.00
% change year-on-year
-6.21%
-7.05%
+115.17%
C Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham
Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.
C Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C in Cheltenham.
C Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C in Cheltenham.
C Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing C also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheltenham region with a requirement for C.
C Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:
