C Contracts in Essex

C
East of England > Essex

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 37 46
Rank change year-on-year +24 +9 -2
Contract jobs citing C 21 3 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 9.72% 1.19% 2.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.42% 3.33% 6.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £265 - £485
25th Percentile £288 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £575
75th Percentile £575 - £675
90th Percentile - - £705
East of England median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
Median hourly rate £80.00 - £55.00
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +21.05%

All Programming Languages
Essex

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 Essex with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 86 90 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 39.81% 35.57% 37.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 54 97
10th Percentile £265 £228 £270
25th Percentile £421 £282 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £500 £485
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% +3.09% +4.08%
75th Percentile £575 £553 £594
90th Percentile £600 £591 £631
East of England median daily rate £477 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -2.15% +2.63% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 14
10th Percentile £52.50 £35.33 £26.98
25th Percentile £53.63 £54.56 £47.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £69.75 £66.56
Median % change year-on-year +0.36% +4.79% +44.70%
75th Percentile £80.00 £76.88 £76.64
90th Percentile - £78.45 £77.22
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year - +16.07% +36.59%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Job vacancy trend for C in Essex

C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C in Essex.

Daily rate trend for C in Essex

C
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in Essex over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C in Essex

C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C in Essex.

Hourly rate trend for C in Essex

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 23 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
Brentwood +1 14 £275 - 4
Basildon - 5 - - 1
C
East of England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 (4.76%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) RTMP
1 1 (4.76%) RTP
1 1 (4.76%) RTSP
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) CMake
2 1 (4.76%) Gerrit
2 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Multimedia
2 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Developer
2 5 (23.81%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Principal Embedded Software Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Principal Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Principal Software Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Software Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Audio Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) C Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Embedded Developer
4 2 (9.52%) DTV Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Embedded C Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Firmware Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Linux Developer
5 1 (4.76%) C/C++ Developer
5 1 (4.76%) C++ Developer
5 1 (4.76%) DTV Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (66.67%) Yocto
2 1 (4.76%) FFmpeg
2 1 (4.76%) GStreamer
2 1 (4.76%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) STB
2 3 (14.29%) Digital TV
3 1 (4.76%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 12 (57.14%) Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Unix
2 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Open Source
2 8 (38.10%) Agile
3 6 (28.57%) Multithreading
4 5 (23.81%) Software Engineering
5 2 (9.52%) Embedded Software Development
6 1 (4.76%) Agile Project Management
6 1 (4.76%) Coaching
6 1 (4.76%) Computer Science
6 1 (4.76%) Mentoring
6 1 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (4.76%) Programme Management
6 1 (4.76%) Project Management
6 1 (4.76%) Sprint Planning
6 1 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (38.10%) C++
1 8 (38.10%) Embedded C
2 6 (28.57%) Bash
3 1 (4.76%) Embedded C++
3 1 (4.76%) Java
3 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (4.76%) Degree
1 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Broadcom