C Contracts in the West Midlands

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England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 134 158
Rank change year-on-year +76 +24 -63
Contract jobs citing C 56 6 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.92% 0.25% 0.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.24% 0.93% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 3 6
10th Percentile £457 - £409
25th Percentile £512 £363 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £375 £473
Median % change year-on-year +42.67% -20.63% +16.67%
75th Percentile £538 £413 £510
90th Percentile - £428 £516
England median daily rate £535 £600 £555
% change year-on-year -10.83% +8.21% +30.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £48.38 - -
25th Percentile £56.25 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £58.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% +22.22%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 423 647 949
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 22.03% 26.55% 26.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 456 702
10th Percentile £260 £363 £325
25th Percentile £350 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £460
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +14.25% +14.88%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £540
90th Percentile £638 £700 £638
England median daily rate £540 £568 £550
% change year-on-year -4.85% +3.18% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 3
10th Percentile £40.10 £21.23 £16.46
25th Percentile £55.00 £23.61 £16.77
Median hourly rate £57.50 £25.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +127.72% +44.29% -54.84%
75th Percentile £58.75 £66.29 £46.88
90th Percentile £69.75 £98.50 £63.75
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +25.00% +16.63%

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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.

Job vacancy trend for C 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.

Daily rate trend for C in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 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.

Hourly rate trend for C in the West Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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
Shropshire - 48 £535 - 3
Birmingham +15 2 £420 -1.18% 9
Warwickshire 0 1 £475 +26.67% 8
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.79%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (8.93%) Simulink
1 5 (8.93%) Stateflow
1 5 (8.93%) TargetLink
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.57%) Data Lake
1 2 (3.57%) NoSQL
1 2 (3.57%) RDBMS
1 2 (3.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 40 (71.43%) PVCS
1 40 (71.43%) Visual Studio
2 5 (8.93%) Bitbucket
2 5 (8.93%) Git
2 5 (8.93%) Subversion
3 1 (1.79%) Ant
3 1 (1.79%) Gradle
3 1 (1.79%) JUnit
3 1 (1.79%) Maven
3 1 (1.79%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.79%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 16 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 6 (10.71%) Automotive
3 2 (3.57%) Finance
4 1 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.79%) Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (83.93%) Programmer
2 44 (78.57%) C Programmer
3 6 (10.71%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (8.93%) Control Systems Engineer
4 5 (8.93%) Principal Engineer
4 5 (8.93%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 3 (5.36%) C++ Programmer
6 2 (3.57%) Data Engineer
7 1 (1.79%) Architect
7 1 (1.79%) Embedded Engineer
7 1 (1.79%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 1 (1.79%) PL/SQL Programmer
7 1 (1.79%) Senior
7 1 (1.79%) Senior Data Engineer
7 1 (1.79%) Software Architect
7 1 (1.79%) Software Engineer
7 1 (1.79%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.50%) Algorithms
2 5 (8.93%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.57%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.79%) Infotainment
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (10.71%) Agile
2 6 (10.71%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 6 (10.71%) Software Engineering
2 6 (10.71%) UML
3 5 (8.93%) Black-Box Testing
3 5 (8.93%) Functional Testing
3 5 (8.93%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 5 (8.93%) Integration Testing
3 5 (8.93%) Line Management
3 5 (8.93%) Project Management
3 5 (8.93%) QMS
3 5 (8.93%) Quality Management
3 5 (8.93%) Software Audit
3 5 (8.93%) Software Testing
3 5 (8.93%) Validation
3 5 (8.93%) Verification and Validation
3 5 (8.93%) White-Box Testing
4 2 (3.57%) Data Modelling
5 1 (1.79%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 40 (71.43%) PL/SQL
2 14 (25.00%) C++
3 5 (8.93%) MATLAB
4 2 (3.57%) Java
4 2 (3.57%) Python
5 1 (1.79%) Scala
5 1 (1.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 48 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 48 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.93%) Degree
2 5 (8.93%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.71%) AUTOSAR
1 6 (10.71%) ISO 26262
2 5 (8.93%) MISRA
2 5 (8.93%) MISRA C
3 1 (1.79%) Automotive SPICE
Systems Management
1 1 (1.79%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.79%) IBM
2 1 (1.79%) QNX