C Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

C
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring C skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing C 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.25% - 3.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.91% - 13.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £625 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate - - £47.50
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate - - £47.50

All Programming Languages
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 110 70 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 27.78% 31.82% 24.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 47 13
10th Percentile £373 £310 £191
25th Percentile £400 £343 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £477
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -16.14% -15.95%
75th Percentile £568 £514 £530
90th Percentile £596 £595 £606
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £475 £385 £465
% change year-on-year +23.38% -17.12% -17.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 9
10th Percentile £42.80 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £47.50
75th Percentile £60.00 - £68.75
90th Percentile £62.50 - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £55.00 - £47.50

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

C job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

C
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing C.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing C

C
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing C.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing C

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) ProC
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle