C Contracts in Hertfordshire

C
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 21 8 27
Rank change year-on-year -13 +19 +7
Contract jobs citing C 24 94 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 7.48% 11.27% 6.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.53% 50.00% 21.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £320
25th Percentile - - £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -36.00%
75th Percentile - - £450
90th Percentile - - £480
East of England median daily rate £400 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 85 31
10th Percentile £55.00 £61.25 £57.00
25th Percentile £59.00 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £77.00
90th Percentile £89.50 £90.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £80.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +23.08% - +13.04%

All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 102 188 246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 31.78% 22.54% 30.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 49 101
10th Percentile £399 £360 £363
25th Percentile £463 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £430 £500
Median % change year-on-year +27.91% -14.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £634 £506 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £676
East of England median daily rate £479 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +0.79% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 108 84
10th Percentile £49.77 £60.00 £53.75
25th Percentile £60.69 £61.25 £54.69
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - +16.07%
75th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.50 £90.00 £77.00
East of England median hourly rate £66.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.54% - +16.07%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for C in Hertfordshire

C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for C in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for C in Hertfordshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for C in Hertfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage -2 21 - - 34
C
East of England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 13 (54.17%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) SpaceWire
2 3 (12.50%) 3GPP
2 3 (12.50%) Ethernet
2 3 (12.50%) Wireless
3 1 (4.17%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (12.50%) Aerospace
2 2 (8.33%) Military
3 1 (4.17%) Aviation
3 1 (4.17%) Avionics
3 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Design Engineer
1 13 (54.17%) FPGA Design Engineer
1 13 (54.17%) FPGA Engineer
2 6 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Electrical Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Radio Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (54.17%) FPGA
1 13 (54.17%) Verilog
1 13 (54.17%) VHDL
2 3 (12.50%) PCIe
3 1 (4.17%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Linux
1 4 (16.67%) Unix
2 3 (12.50%) FreeRTOS
2 3 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) FPGA Design
1 13 (54.17%) UVM
2 11 (45.83%) Signal Processing
3 4 (16.67%) Test Scripting
4 3 (12.50%) Data Acquisition
4 3 (12.50%) Multithreading
4 3 (12.50%) Software Architecture
4 3 (12.50%) Software Testing
4 3 (12.50%) SysML
4 3 (12.50%) System Testing
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (12.50%) TestOps
4 3 (12.50%) UML
5 2 (8.33%) Application Security
5 2 (8.33%) Functional Testing
6 1 (4.17%) Software Engineering
6 1 (4.17%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (54.17%) SystemVerilog
2 5 (20.83%) Java
3 4 (16.67%) Bash
3 4 (16.67%) Python
3 4 (16.67%) Tcl
4 3 (12.50%) C++
4 3 (12.50%) VBA
5 1 (4.17%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 16 (66.67%) Degree
2 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 2 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 13 (54.17%) Intel
1 13 (54.17%) Microsemi
1 13 (54.17%) Xilinx
2 2 (8.33%) EMC
3 1 (4.17%) Twitter