C Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

C
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring C skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing C 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.23% - 2.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.87% - 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £625 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate - - £47.50
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate - - £47.50

All Programming Languages
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 115 76 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 26.68% 31.28% 23.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 52 16
10th Percentile £366 £314 £234
25th Percentile £400 £335 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £385 £465
Median % change year-on-year +23.38% -17.12% -17.79%
75th Percentile £568 £510 £524
90th Percentile £596 £584 £585
North East median daily rate £475 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +18.75% -15.79% -16.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 9
10th Percentile £42.80 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £47.50
75th Percentile £60.00 - £68.75
90th Percentile £62.50 - -
North East median hourly rate £57.50 £46.18 £47.50
% change year-on-year +24.51% -2.78% -17.39%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

C job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

C
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing C.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing C

C
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing C.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing C

C
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 2 February 2026. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £625 - 7
C
North East

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) ProC
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle