C
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited C over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 189 | 242 | 379 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +53 | +137 | -67 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 545 | 662 | 614 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.26% | 1.11% | 0.69% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.28% | 3.16% | 1.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 227 | 330 | 291 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £375 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £473 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £535 | £564 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.10% | -1.96% | +35.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £675 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £695 | £775 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £538 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.60% | - | +25.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 189 | 122 | 99 |
| 10th Percentile | £46.25 | £37.87 | £43.67 |
| 25th Percentile | £59.00 | £49.06 | £47.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £58.20 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.68% | +5.82% | +22.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £65.56 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £75.00 | £68.60 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £56.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +16.07% | +23.76% |
All Programming Languages
UK
C is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,747 | 20,965 | 32,275 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.44% | 35.05% | 36.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,054 | 15,147 | 23,495 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £783 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +3.09% | +14.12% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 480 | 477 | 511 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.39 | £19.91 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.07 | £60.70 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.04% | +21.40% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.88 | £77.00 | £67.80 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £49.25 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +26.90% | +15.88% |
C
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C.
C
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
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Top 16 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 |
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| England | +63 | 499 | £536 | -10.67% | 626 |
| UK excluding London | +76 | 426 | £538 | +7.60% | 583 |
| Work from Home | +37 | 166 | £535 | -2.73% | 269 |
| East of England | +34 | 150 | £550 | +10.00% | 128 |
| South East | +13 | 97 | £500 | -4.76% | 161 |
| South West | +33 | 89 | £600 | +17.07% | 117 |
| London | -58 | 79 | £450 | -29.60% | 87 |
| Midlands | +71 | 60 | £535 | +33.75% | 72 |
| West Midlands | +80 | 57 | £535 | +42.67% | 35 |
| Scotland | +25 | 16 | £494 | +2.86% | 52 |
| North of England | +10 | 15 | £525 | +8.25% | 63 |
| North West | -1 | 8 | £525 | +3.96% | 41 |
| North East | - | 6 | - | - | 5 |
| East Midlands | +16 | 3 | £590 | +31.11% | 37 |
| Wales | +11 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| Yorkshire | +8 | 1 | - | - | 17 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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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