C
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 346 | 189 | 241 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -157 | +52 | +140 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 178 | 549 | 662 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.61% | 1.26% | 1.11% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.79% | 4.27% | 3.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 72 | 231 | 329 |
| 10th Percentile | £270 | £325 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £334 | £450 | £465 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £484 | £535 | £563 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.63% | -4.89% | -2.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £588 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £413 | £538 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -23.33% | +7.60% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 40 | 189 | 119 |
| 10th Percentile | £54.70 | £46.25 | £37.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £61.50 | £59.00 | £48.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £68.00 | £65.00 | £58.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.62% | +11.11% | +6.36% |
| 75th Percentile | £85.00 | £70.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.50 | £85.00 | £75.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £68.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.62% | - | +16.07% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 9,942 | 12,854 | 20,901 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.01% | 29.49% | 35.02% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,743 | 9,130 | 15,092 |
| 10th Percentile | £360 | £350 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £419 | £425 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £769 | £760 | £780 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £489 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -2.20% | +3.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 245 | 485 | 471 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.49 | £31.25 | £26.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £33.91 | £46.25 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.50 | £60.70 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.31% | -0.33% | +21.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £78.75 | £77.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £63.87 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.20% | - | +26.21% |
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.
C
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
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 30 April 2025.
C
Top 14 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 30 April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -159 | 149 | £500 | -6.54% | 849 |
| UK excluding London | -148 | 89 | £413 | -23.33% | 746 |
| London | +18 | 64 | £525 | +16.67% | 183 |
| Work from Home | -49 | 60 | £500 | -6.54% | 593 |
| East of England | -28 | 34 | £400 | -27.27% | 121 |
| South West | -17 | 21 | £600 | - | 94 |
| Scotland | +5 | 12 | £285 | -42.28% | 66 |
| South East | -39 | 12 | £500 | - | 188 |
| East Midlands | +12 | 5 | £168 | -71.61% | 55 |
| Midlands | -31 | 5 | £168 | -68.69% | 124 |
| North of England | +14 | 3 | - | - | 140 |
| Yorkshire | +14 | 2 | - | - | 62 |
| Wales | +6 | 2 | £525 | - | 27 |
| North East | -5 | 1 | - | - | 24 |
C
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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