C
UK > England
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 | 338 | 172 | 223 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -166 | +51 | +127 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 147 | 509 | 603 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in England | 0.60% | 1.37% | 1.20% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.79% | 4.66% | 3.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 58 | 213 | 295 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £325 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £403 | £450 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £535 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.54% | -10.83% | +5.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £588 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £706 | £775 |
| UK median daily rate | £475 | £535 | £563 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.21% | -4.89% | -2.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 37 | 183 | 110 |
| 10th Percentile | £55.00 | £46.25 | £39.85 |
| 25th Percentile | £63.50 | £59.50 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £68.00 | £65.00 | £58.70 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.62% | +10.73% | +6.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £85.00 | £70.00 | £65.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.50 | £85.00 | £76.33 |
| UK median hourly rate | £68.00 | £65.00 | £58.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.62% | +11.11% | +6.36% |
All Programming Languages
England
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 England.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 8,221 | 10,920 | 17,806 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England | 33.76% | 29.36% | 35.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5,687 | 7,931 | 13,003 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £350 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £425 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £565 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -4.42% | +2.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £652 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £788 | £775 | £798 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 214 | 441 | 430 |
| 10th Percentile | £25.25 | £35.52 | £26.24 |
| 25th Percentile | £37.65 | £48.00 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.75 | £62.50 | £61.84 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.40% | +1.07% | +23.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £80.00 | £77.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.50 | £60.70 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.31% | -0.33% | +21.40% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C in England.
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Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C in England.
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Hourly Rate Histogram in England
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 |
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| London | +21 | 64 | £513 | +13.89% | 230 |
| East of England | -34 | 33 | £400 | -27.27% | 190 |
| South West | -18 | 20 | £600 | - | 135 |
| South East | -38 | 12 | £500 | - | 277 |
| East Midlands | +8 | 5 | £168 | -62.36% | 70 |
| Midlands | -37 | 5 | £168 | -68.69% | 160 |
| North of England | +2 | 3 | - | - | 185 |
| Yorkshire | +7 | 2 | - | - | 78 |
| North East | -5 | 1 | - | - | 36 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:
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