C
England > South West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 82 | 58 | 71 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -24 | +13 | +40 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing C | 33 | 88 | 88 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West | 1.71% | 3.18% | 2.63% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 7.86% | 13.10% | 9.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 24 | 44 |
| 10th Percentile | £490 | £440 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £523 | £427 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.76% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £592 | £566 |
| 90th Percentile | £646 | £625 | £650 |
| England median daily rate | £547 | £538 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.58% | -2.18% | -5.58% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 27 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £66.78 | £51.75 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £58.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £68.00 | £70.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.86% | +7.69% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73.75 | - | £66.63 |
| 90th Percentile | £82.75 | £85.00 | £69.50 |
| England median hourly rate | £68.00 | £68.13 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.18% | +4.81% | +14.04% |
All Programming Languages
South 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 South West.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 420 | 672 | 939 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West | 21.73% | 24.30% | 28.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 269 | 421 | 637 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £375 | £370 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £430 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £525 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.52% | +2.44% | -2.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £600 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £649 | £685 | £713 |
| England median daily rate | £515 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.36% | - | -4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 46 | 91 | 79 |
| 10th Percentile | £61.63 | £65.00 | £48.20 |
| 25th Percentile | £65.00 | £66.64 | £60.91 |
| Median hourly rate | £68.00 | £70.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.86% | +7.69% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73.75 | £72.50 | £75.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.10 | £78.00 | £78.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £55.00 | £65.00 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.38% | +4.00% | +13.64% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.
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Daily Rate Trend in the South West
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing C.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in the South West over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing C.
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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in the South West over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.
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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the South West
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 West region over the 6 months to 22 August 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | -13 | 22 | £500 | - | 37 |
| Gloucestershire | -6 | 9 | £588 | +6.82% | 34 |
| Wiltshire | +20 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:
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