C Contracts in the East of England

C
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 44 72
Rank change year-on-year +28 +28 0
Contract jobs citing C 143 89 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 7.57% 4.45% 3.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.48% 14.96% 10.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 21 17
10th Percentile £300 £425 £408
25th Percentile £463 £481 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £638 £560 £575
90th Percentile £800 - £612
England median daily rate £538 £577 £575
% change year-on-year -6.85% +0.35% +35.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 37 41
10th Percentile £60.00 £55.15 £48.50
25th Percentile £61.88 - £56.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% +21.05%
75th Percentile £82.50 £77.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £90.00 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% +7.14% +23.76%

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 the East of England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 403 595 775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 21.32% 29.75% 30.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 342 455
10th Percentile £314 £301 £296
25th Percentile £405 £403 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £686 £638
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 101 87
10th Percentile £52.50 £51.25 £35.00
25th Percentile £60.00 £53.75 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.07% +27.27%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £88.53 £77.00 £67.92
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.85
% change year-on-year - +22.91% +18.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for C in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for C in the East of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in the East of England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for C in the East of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in the East of England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the East of England region over the 6 months to 10 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
Hertfordshire +17 91 - - 13
Cambridgeshire +2 30 £550 +10.00% 84
Essex +25 22 £425 - 7
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England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 26 (18.18%) Simulink
2 2 (1.40%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (2.80%) Power Automate
1 4 (2.80%) Power Platform
1 4 (2.80%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (24.48%) Modbus
1 35 (24.48%) RS-422
1 35 (24.48%) RS-485
2 7 (4.90%) 5G
3 4 (2.80%) NAS
3 4 (2.80%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (2.80%) Wireshark
4 2 (1.40%) 5G NR
4 2 (1.40%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.70%) 4G
5 1 (0.70%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.70%) RTMP
5 1 (0.70%) RTP
5 1 (0.70%) RTSP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.80%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (9.79%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (6.99%) Rational Rhapsody
3 9 (6.29%) Git
4 8 (5.59%) JIRA
5 7 (4.90%) Subversion
6 5 (3.50%) GCC
7 4 (2.80%) gcov
7 4 (2.80%) GDB
7 4 (2.80%) Gradle
7 4 (2.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (2.10%) CppUnit
8 3 (2.10%) PVCS
9 2 (1.40%) Rational Team Concert
10 1 (0.70%) CMake
10 1 (0.70%) Gerrit
10 1 (0.70%) VTune
General
1 48 (33.57%) Electronics
2 41 (28.67%) Social Skills
3 8 (5.59%) Aerospace
4 7 (4.90%) Telecoms
5 5 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.50%) Law
5 5 (3.50%) Multimedia
6 2 (1.40%) Automotive
6 2 (1.40%) Aviation
6 2 (1.40%) Military
6 2 (1.40%) Wearables
7 1 (0.70%) Finance
7 1 (0.70%) Games
7 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.70%) Marketing
7 1 (0.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 81 (56.64%) Software Engineer
2 34 (23.78%) C++ Software Engineer
3 28 (19.58%) Embedded Engineer
3 28 (19.58%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 27 (18.88%) C Software Engineer
5 18 (12.59%) Developer
6 17 (11.89%) FPGA Engineer
7 16 (11.19%) Design Engineer
7 16 (11.19%) FPGA Design Engineer
8 15 (10.49%) C/C++ Software Engineer
9 10 (6.99%) Ada Engineer
9 10 (6.99%) Ada Software Engineer
9 10 (6.99%) Embedded C Engineer
9 10 (6.99%) Embedded C Software Engineer
10 8 (5.59%) Architect
10 8 (5.59%) Linux Engineer
10 8 (5.59%) Software Architect
11 7 (4.90%) Real Time Engineer
11 7 (4.90%) Real Time Software Engineer
12 6 (4.20%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.49%) Yocto
2 9 (6.29%) DirectX
2 9 (6.29%) OpenGL
2 9 (6.29%) Vulkan
3 8 (5.59%) OpenGL ES
4 5 (3.50%) LLVM
5 4 (2.80%) .NET
5 4 (2.80%) REST
6 3 (2.10%) JSON
6 3 (2.10%) YAML
7 1 (0.70%) FFmpeg
7 1 (0.70%) GStreamer
7 1 (0.70%) Middleware
7 1 (0.70%) NumPy
7 1 (0.70%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 1 (0.70%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 28 (19.58%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (13.99%) FPGA
2 20 (13.99%) Verilog
3 17 (11.89%) VHDL
4 9 (6.29%) Ray Tracing
5 8 (5.59%) 3D Graphics
6 7 (4.90%) STB
7 4 (2.80%) Digital TV
7 4 (2.80%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (2.10%) ASIC
8 3 (2.10%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.40%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.70%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.70%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 28 (19.58%) Linux
2 4 (2.80%) Unix
3 1 (0.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (56.64%) Software Engineering
2 45 (31.47%) Agile
3 38 (26.57%) Software Testing
3 38 (26.57%) Unit Testing
4 35 (24.48%) Continuous Improvement
4 35 (24.48%) Continuous Integration
4 35 (24.48%) Customer Requirements
4 35 (24.48%) DevOps
4 35 (24.48%) Pair Programming
4 35 (24.48%) TDD
5 29 (20.28%) Validation
6 25 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (13.99%) UVM
8 17 (11.89%) FPGA Design
9 16 (11.19%) Open Source
9 16 (11.19%) Signal Processing
10 14 (9.79%) Verification and Validation
11 13 (9.09%) Multithreading
12 12 (8.39%) Embedded Software Development
13 10 (6.99%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 91 (63.64%) C++
2 40 (27.97%) C#
3 20 (13.99%) SystemVerilog
4 18 (12.59%) Embedded C
5 11 (7.69%) Python
6 10 (6.99%) Ada
7 9 (6.29%) Bash
7 9 (6.29%) MATLAB
8 8 (5.59%) Embedded C++
9 6 (4.20%) SQL
10 3 (2.10%) Assembly Language
10 3 (2.10%) Shell Script
10 3 (2.10%) Tcl
11 2 (1.40%) Fortran
11 2 (1.40%) VB
12 1 (0.70%) GLSL
12 1 (0.70%) HLSL
12 1 (0.70%) Java
12 1 (0.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 33 (23.08%) Degree
2 14 (9.79%) PhD
3 12 (8.39%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.80%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.80%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 3 (2.10%) Firmware
1 3 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 20 (13.99%) Xilinx
2 17 (11.89%) Intel
2 17 (11.89%) Microsemi
3 10 (6.99%) IBM
4 4 (2.80%) Klocwork
4 4 (2.80%) Perforce
5 3 (2.10%) Cadence
5 3 (2.10%) Synopsys
5 3 (2.10%) VMware
6 2 (1.40%) Broadcom
6 2 (1.40%) MathWorks
6 2 (1.40%) Twitter
7 1 (0.70%) SAP