C
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 11 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 107 | 112 | 125 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +5 | +13 | +43 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 5 | 17 | 18 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 0.30% | 0.73% | 0.63% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.19% | 3.56% | 2.84% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £501 | £534 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £503 | £584 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £625 | £683 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.00% | -8.42% | +17.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £528 | £653 | £766 |
| 90th Percentile | £534 | £681 | £825 |
| South East median daily rate | £513 | £550 | £538 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.82% | +2.33% | +7.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £61.60 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £63.30 | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | £52.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +23.81% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £76.50 | - |
| South East median hourly rate | - | £60.00 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +20.00% | -4.76% |
All Programming Languages
Thames Valley
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 Thames Valley.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 420 | 477 | 633 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 25.21% | 20.60% | 22.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 251 | 321 | 450 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £363 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £403 | £438 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | - | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £608 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £663 | £651 | £700 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £501 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.20% | -4.57% | +2.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 15 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.73 | £43.85 | £23.87 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.55 | £58.49 | £32.30 |
| Median hourly rate | £31.50 | £65.00 | £40.36 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -51.54% | +61.05% | -40.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £43.25 | £69.22 | £57.20 |
| 90th Percentile | £49.55 | £83.50 | £71.85 |
| South East median hourly rate | £53.69 | £65.00 | £55.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.40% | +18.18% | +4.27% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C in the Thames Valley.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C in the Thames Valley.
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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire | +12 | 4 | £513 | -18.00% | 17 |
| Oxfordshire | -12 | 1 | - | - | 22 |
| C South East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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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