C Contract Job Trends in Essex

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 job vacancy trend in Essex

C
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing C.

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.

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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python