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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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 139 | 94 | 109 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -45 | +15 | +93 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 11 | 102 | 105 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East | 0.37% | 1.87% | 1.86% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.38% | 8.37% | 6.81% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 49 | 58 |
| 10th Percentile | £460 | £400 | £228 |
| 25th Percentile | £472 | £425 | £408 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £545 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.26% | +3.81% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £613 | £589 |
| 90th Percentile | £519 | £688 | £684 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £538 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.06% | -6.43% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 34 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £19.00 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £46.25 | £21.79 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £58.30 | £49.04 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +18.88% | -4.78% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £61.60 | £54.06 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £65.00 | £60.30 |
| England median hourly rate | £68.00 | £65.00 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.62% | +8.33% | +7.14% |
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 | 795 | 1,218 | 1,541 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East | 26.72% | 22.29% | 27.36% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 536 | 846 | 1,090 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £325 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £431 | £412 | £414 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £501 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.10% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £608 | £612 |
| 90th Percentile | £663 | £675 | £688 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £563 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | -2.22% | +2.27% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 29 | 76 | 85 |
| 10th Percentile | £40.05 | £35.00 | £19.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £48.99 | £46.25 | £26.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £61.60 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.71% | +12.00% | +57.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £67.14 | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.62 | £76.25 | £75.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £63.00 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.80% | - | +23.43% |
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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 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thames Valley | +8 | 5 | £500 | -20.00% | 79 |
| Hampshire | -11 | 5 | £488 | -11.36% | 44 |
| Oxfordshire | -6 | 3 | - | - | 26 |
| Berkshire | +16 | 2 | £500 | -20.00% | 29 |
| Kent | +2 | 1 | - | - | 17 |
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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: