C Contracts in Hertfordshire

C
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 27 34
Rank change year-on-year +20 +7 +8
Contract jobs citing C 98 50 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 11.94% 6.08% 5.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.78% 20.08% 15.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £320 £523
25th Percentile - £350 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -36.00% -
75th Percentile - £450 £706
90th Percentile - £480 £748
East of England median daily rate £543 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +8.50% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 28 34
10th Percentile £61.25 £56.78 £47.98
25th Percentile - - £56.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +41.18%
75th Percentile £85.00 £77.00 -
90th Percentile £90.00 £88.25 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +27.78%

All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 193 249 264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 23.51% 30.29% 33.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 104 124
10th Percentile £363 £363 £358
25th Percentile £403 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £523 £475
Median % change year-on-year -17.70% +10.00% -5.00%
75th Percentile £497 £602 £625
90th Percentile £650 £676 £655
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 83 55
10th Percentile £60.00 - £46.85
25th Percentile £61.25 £53.75 £48.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.07% +24.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £77.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year - +16.07% +24.44%

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

C
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

C
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C in Hertfordshire

C
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 25 April 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
Stevenage +7 95 - - 15
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 27 (27.55%) Simulink
2 2 (2.04%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 38 (38.78%) Modbus
1 38 (38.78%) RS-422
1 38 (38.78%) RS-485
2 4 (4.08%) 5G
2 4 (4.08%) NAS
2 4 (4.08%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (4.08%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 17 (17.35%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (10.20%) Rational Rhapsody
3 4 (4.08%) CppUnit
3 4 (4.08%) gcov
3 4 (4.08%) GDB
3 4 (4.08%) Git
3 4 (4.08%) Gradle
3 4 (4.08%) JIRA
3 4 (4.08%) PVCS
3 4 (4.08%) Subversion
4 2 (2.04%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 48 (48.98%) Electronics
2 30 (30.61%) Social Skills
3 7 (7.14%) Aerospace
4 5 (5.10%) Law
5 4 (4.08%) Multimedia
5 4 (4.08%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.04%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 70 (71.43%) Software Engineer
2 37 (37.76%) C++ Software Engineer
3 31 (31.63%) C Software Engineer
4 20 (20.41%) Embedded Engineer
4 20 (20.41%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 18 (18.37%) FPGA Engineer
6 17 (17.35%) C/C++ Software Engineer
6 17 (17.35%) Design Engineer
6 17 (17.35%) FPGA Design Engineer
7 12 (12.24%) Embedded C Engineer
7 12 (12.24%) Embedded C Software Engineer
8 10 (10.20%) Ada Engineer
8 10 (10.20%) Ada Software Engineer
9 8 (8.16%) Linux Engineer
10 7 (7.14%) Real Time Engineer
10 7 (7.14%) Real Time Software Engineer
11 4 (4.08%) C++ Developer
11 4 (4.08%) Developer
11 4 (4.08%) Validation Engineer
11 4 (4.08%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 29 (29.59%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (18.37%) FPGA
2 18 (18.37%) Verilog
2 18 (18.37%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.24%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (71.43%) Software Engineering
2 42 (42.86%) Unit Testing
3 38 (38.78%) Agile
3 38 (38.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 38 (38.78%) Continuous Integration
3 38 (38.78%) Customer Requirements
3 38 (38.78%) DevOps
3 38 (38.78%) Pair Programming
3 38 (38.78%) Software Testing
3 38 (38.78%) TDD
4 29 (29.59%) Validation
5 18 (18.37%) FPGA Design
5 18 (18.37%) UVM
6 17 (17.35%) Signal Processing
6 17 (17.35%) Verification and Validation
7 13 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (11.22%) Test Automation
8 11 (11.22%) Test Scripting
9 10 (10.20%) Embedded Software Development
9 10 (10.20%) UML
Programming Languages
1 67 (68.37%) C++
2 38 (38.78%) C#
3 18 (18.37%) SystemVerilog
4 11 (11.22%) Embedded C
5 10 (10.20%) Ada
6 9 (9.18%) Embedded C++
6 9 (9.18%) MATLAB
7 4 (4.08%) Python
8 2 (2.04%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 20 (20.41%) Degree
2 5 (5.10%) SC Cleared
2 5 (5.10%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.04%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 4 (4.08%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 18 (18.37%) Intel
1 18 (18.37%) Microsemi
1 18 (18.37%) Xilinx
2 10 (10.20%) IBM
3 4 (4.08%) Klocwork
3 4 (4.08%) Perforce
3 4 (4.08%) VMware
4 2 (2.04%) MathWorks
4 2 (2.04%) Twitter