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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 373 | 181 | 241 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -192 | +60 | +140 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 152 | 575 | 611 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.53% | 1.34% | 1.09% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.55% | 4.46% | 3.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 63 | 257 | 323 |
| 10th Percentile | £269 | £396 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £463 | £457 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £492 | £536 | £560 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.21% | -4.29% | -2.61% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £600 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £686 | £693 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £396 | £544 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -27.26% | +8.75% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 35 | 193 | 108 |
| 10th Percentile | £53.20 | £46.25 | £37.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £59.50 | £56.65 | £48.71 |
| Median hourly rate | £68.00 | £65.00 | £59.45 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.62% | +9.33% | +6.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £81.25 | £70.00 | £65.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £85.00 | £77.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £68.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.62% | - | +14.04% |
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 | 9,807 | 12,901 | 19,292 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.04% | 30.12% | 34.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,680 | 9,183 | 13,883 |
| 10th Percentile | £358 | £350 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £626 | £650 | £678 |
| 90th Percentile | £757 | £763 | £788 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.56% | -2.50% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 218 | 513 | 437 |
| 10th Percentile | £27.00 | £32.25 | £26.39 |
| 25th Percentile | £34.12 | £46.25 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £57.50 | £62.36 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.79% | -0.23% | +22.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.75 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £77.50 | £78.48 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £63.37 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.40% | - | +22.59% |
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 29 May 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 29 May 2025.
C
Top 15 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 29 May 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 | -181 | 123 | £513 | -4.74% | 2,983 |
| UK excluding London | -156 | 80 | £396 | -27.26% | 3,164 |
| London | +12 | 52 | £625 | +25.00% | 223 |
| Work from Home | -78 | 47 | £488 | -8.88% | 1,153 |
| East of England | -35 | 28 | £400 | -27.27% | 584 |
| South West | -26 | 18 | £600 | +3.23% | 396 |
| Scotland | +8 | 13 | £293 | -40.76% | 205 |
| South East | -53 | 8 | £500 | -9.09% | 780 |
| North of England | -11 | 6 | £375 | -28.57% | 630 |
| East Midlands | +5 | 5 | £168 | -62.36% | 241 |
| Midlands | -47 | 5 | £168 | -68.69% | 568 |
| North West | -5 | 3 | £375 | -28.57% | 275 |
| Wales | +5 | 2 | £525 | - | 95 |
| Yorkshire | +5 | 2 | - | - | 256 |
| North East | -6 | 1 | - | - | 100 |
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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