C
East of England > Essex
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring C skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 20 | 12 | 10 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -8 | -2 | +31 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 2 | 6 | 26 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Essex | 1.74% | 6.38% | 11.16% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 10.00% | 20.69% | 24.76% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £340 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £363 | £300 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £400 | £320 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £419 | £384 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £430 | £491 |
| East of England median daily rate | £525 | £400 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | +31.25% | +6.67% | -31.82% |
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 | 20 | 29 | 105 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex | 17.39% | 30.85% | 45.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11 | 14 | 65 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £313 | £255 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £315 | £300 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £375 | £318 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.84% | -29.28% | -10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £662 | £324 | £551 |
| 90th Percentile | £682 | £381 | £600 |
| East of England median daily rate | £500 | £458 | £477 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.11% | -3.93% | -4.60% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £65.50 | £31.00 | £47.62 |
| 25th Percentile | £66.25 | £32.50 | £52.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £67.50 | £35.00 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +92.86% | -36.36% | +120.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.75 | £117.50 | £66.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.50 | £167.00 | £80.20 |
| East of England median hourly rate | £68.21 | £66.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.35% | +1.54% | - |
C
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.
C
Daily Rate Trend in Essex
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing C.
C
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing C.
C
Contract Job Locations in Essex
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Essex region over the 6 months to 22 February 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentwood | +1 | 2 | - | - | |
| C East of England |
|||||
C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||