C
England > North West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 | - | 126 | 133 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +7 | +21 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 0 | 11 | 24 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West | - | 0.40% | 0.75% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 1.60% | 2.58% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £347 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £445 | £407 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £485 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -7.62% | -12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £538 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £594 | £720 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £535 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | -10.83% | +5.45% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £43.80 | £37.80 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £51.92 | £37.97 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £68.12 | £40.59 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +67.81% | +14.86% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £84.14 | £46.47 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £92.16 | £48.13 |
| England median hourly rate | £68.00 | £65.00 | £58.70 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.62% | +10.73% | +6.73% |
All Programming Languages
North West
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 the North West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 537 | 689 | 929 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West | 27.29% | 25.01% | 29.09% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 398 | 516 | 700 |
| 10th Percentile | £359 | £325 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.05% | -5.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £540 | £544 | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £613 | £651 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £540 | £565 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -4.42% | +2.73% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 7 | 32 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £55.75 | £41.25 | £20.46 |
| 25th Percentile | £65.25 | £44.72 | £37.80 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £48.43 | £40.59 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +44.54% | +19.32% | -2.19% |
| 75th Percentile | £86.00 | £69.53 | £51.93 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.10 | £80.15 | £62.95 |
| England median hourly rate | £62.75 | £62.50 | £61.84 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.40% | +1.07% | +23.68% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C in the North West.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C in the North West.