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England > South East
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 | 147 | 109 | 114 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -38 | +5 | +82 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 12 | 98 | 111 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East | 0.40% | 1.76% | 1.91% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.52% | 8.13% | 6.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 46 | 63 |
| 10th Percentile | £435 | £400 | £228 |
| 25th Percentile | £460 | £425 | £409 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £584 | £589 |
| 90th Percentile | £515 | £688 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £535 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | -10.83% | +5.45% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 32 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £19.00 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £46.25 | £31.12 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £54.90 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +9.80% | -2.91% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £61.60 | £57.13 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £65.00 | £66.59 |
| England median hourly rate | £68.00 | £65.00 | £58.70 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.62% | +10.73% | +6.73% |
All Programming Languages
South East
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 South East.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 792 | 1,205 | 1,596 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East | 26.31% | 21.68% | 27.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 529 | 831 | 1,136 |
| 10th Percentile | £353 | £325 | £328 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £514 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £608 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £679 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £540 | £565 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -4.42% | +2.73% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 29 | 73 | 91 |
| 10th Percentile | £40.05 | £35.00 | £19.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £48.99 | £46.25 | £32.30 |
| Median hourly rate | £56.75 | £60.00 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.42% | +9.09% | +26.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £64.52 | £65.00 | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £66.19 | £74.75 | £75.00 |
| 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 South East
Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C in the South East.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C in the South East.
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Contract Job Locations in the South East
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the South East 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampshire | -6 | 6 | £475 | -13.64% | 35 |
| Thames Valley | +20 | 5 | £500 | -11.11% | 94 |
| Oxfordshire | +1 | 3 | - | - | 26 |
| Berkshire | +18 | 2 | £500 | -23.08% | 31 |
| Kent | +8 | 1 | - | - | 16 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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: