C
East of England > Essex
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring C skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 9 | 24 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +15 | +22 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 0 | 14 | 12 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex | - | 10.37% | 5.13% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 36.84% | 17.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £201 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £525 | £300 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £550 | £320 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +71.88% | -36.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £575 | £353 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £403 |
| East of England median daily rate | £400 | £538 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.58% | +13.16% | -13.64% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £56.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £80.00 | £57.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +39.13% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £58.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| East of England median hourly rate | £54.00 | £65.00 | £70.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.92% | -7.14% | +21.74% |
All Programming Languages
Essex
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 Essex.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 40 | 38 | 68 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex | 32.00% | 28.15% | 29.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 21 | 13 | 48 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £173 | £272 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £213 | £322 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £300 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +66.67% | -40.00% | +1.01% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £550 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £662 | £570 | £607 |
| East of England median daily rate | £503 | £425 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.24% | -15.00% | -2.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 12 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £37.80 | £22.00 | £59.40 |
| 25th Percentile | £42.38 | £51.06 | £64.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £50.00 | £65.00 | £74.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.08% | -12.16% | +6.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £80.00 | £77.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | - | £78.80 |
| East of England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £69.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.80% | +21.05% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Essex
Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.
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Daily Rate Trend in Essex
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing C.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Essex
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing C.
