C
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 54 | 133 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +79 | +29 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 0 | 57 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | - | 2.93% | 0.25% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 13.41% | 0.96% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 36 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £486 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £507 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £535 | £375 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +42.67% | -20.63% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £538 | £413 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £428 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £535 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | -10.83% | +5.45% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £57.50 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £68.00 | £65.00 | £58.70 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.62% | +10.73% | +6.73% |
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
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 West Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 343 | 425 | 628 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 25.50% | 21.83% | 26.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 211 | 308 | 439 |
| 10th Percentile | £235 | £260 | £362 |
| 25th Percentile | £401 | £350 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £456 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.11% | -13.10% | +14.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £575 | £595 |
| 90th Percentile | £689 | £638 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £540 | £565 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -4.42% | +2.73% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 15 | 13 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.85 | £40.10 | £21.73 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.87 | £55.00 | £23.81 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.50 | £57.50 | £29.32 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -52.17% | +96.13% | +68.59% |
| 75th Percentile | £31.33 | £58.75 | £64.69 |
| 90th Percentile | £33.91 | £69.75 | £98.25 |
| England median hourly rate | £62.75 | £62.50 | £61.84 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.40% | +1.07% | +23.68% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C in the West Midlands.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C in the West Midlands.