C Contracts in the North of England

C
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 175 217
Rank change year-on-year +6 +42 -63
Contract jobs citing C 20 41 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.42% 0.71% 0.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.67% 2.42% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 25 23
10th Percentile £416 £347 £390
25th Percentile £445 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £485 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% -19.17% +92.00%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £625
90th Percentile £570 £638 £632
England median daily rate £536 £577 £575
% change year-on-year -7.11% +0.35% +35.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 4
10th Percentile £44.68 £37.78 £28.80
25th Percentile £46.25 £37.97 £33.75
Median hourly rate £47.50 £42.80 £41.84
Median % change year-on-year +10.99% +2.28% -7.02%
75th Percentile £48.75 £48.92 £44.68
90th Percentile £70.50 £49.68 £44.69
England median hourly rate £65.00 £58.70 £56.00
% change year-on-year +10.73% +4.83% +23.76%

All Programming Languages
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,199 1,693 2,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 25.47% 29.15% 31.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 858 1,250 1,736
10th Percentile £317 £352 £325
25th Percentile £400 £420 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £575
90th Percentile £625 £688 £650
England median daily rate £545 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -3.17% +2.33% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 29 40
10th Percentile £37.63 £30.42 £14.25
25th Percentile £44.72 £38.50 £18.47
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.50 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% +44.78% +28.85%
75th Percentile £68.75 £63.75 £52.03
90th Percentile £74.50 £70.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.70 £50.50
% change year-on-year +2.97% +20.20% +17.44%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for C in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for C in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in the North of England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for C in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in the North of England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the North of England region over the 6 months to 6 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
North West +13 11 £525 - 42
North East - 6 - - 9
Yorkshire +7 3 £425 -11.46% 18
C
England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.00%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) AWS
2 7 (35.00%) Azure
3 3 (15.00%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (15.00%) SaaS
4 2 (10.00%) GCP
4 2 (10.00%) GitHub
5 1 (5.00%) Azure Batch
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) J1939
2 1 (5.00%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) DB2
1 3 (15.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (5.00%) Git
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (35.00%) Automotive
2 6 (30.00%) Electronics
3 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (15.00%) Banking
4 3 (15.00%) Finance
5 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.00%) German Language
6 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Software Engineer
2 6 (30.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 6 (30.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Architect
3 3 (15.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Automation Tester
4 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Developer
4 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) FPGA Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Research Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Research Software Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Senior
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Software Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) .NET
2 3 (15.00%) React
2 3 (15.00%) SOAP
3 2 (10.00%) Playwright
3 2 (10.00%) RESTful
4 1 (5.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (5.00%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (5.00%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (5.00%) CSS
4 1 (5.00%) CSS3
4 1 (5.00%) HTML
4 1 (5.00%) HTML5
4 1 (5.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) CAN bus
1 3 (15.00%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (15.00%) Mainframe
1 3 (15.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (5.00%) Device Driver
2 1 (5.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (5.00%) FPGA
2 1 (5.00%) Verilog
2 1 (5.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Android
2 3 (15.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (10.00%) Linux
4 1 (5.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (35.00%) SDLC
3 5 (25.00%) Agile
4 4 (20.00%) Project Management
5 3 (15.00%) API Design
5 3 (15.00%) Architectural Design
5 3 (15.00%) Containerisation
5 3 (15.00%) DevOps
5 3 (15.00%) Domain-Driven Design
5 3 (15.00%) ERP
5 3 (15.00%) Microservices
5 3 (15.00%) Waterfall
6 2 (10.00%) Analytics
6 2 (10.00%) Architectural Patterns
6 2 (10.00%) CI/CD
6 2 (10.00%) Non-Functional Testing
6 2 (10.00%) Performance Tuning
6 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
7 1 (5.00%) Requirements Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) Embedded C
2 5 (25.00%) Java
3 3 (15.00%) Bash
3 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (10.00%) C#
4 2 (10.00%) C++
4 2 (10.00%) TypeScript
5 1 (5.00%) Fortran
5 1 (5.00%) Python
5 1 (5.00%) Rust
5 1 (5.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
1 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Functional Safety
2 2 (10.00%) Ansible
2 2 (10.00%) Terraform
3 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Google
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Intel
2 1 (5.00%) Microsemi
2 1 (5.00%) SAP
2 1 (5.00%) Xilinx