C Contracts in Cambridgeshire

C
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 29 46
Rank change year-on-year +1 +17 -7
Contract jobs citing C 30 30 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 5.76% 5.45% 3.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.70% 19.23% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 20 15
10th Percentile £433 £425 £425
25th Percentile £463 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £638 £560 £575
90th Percentile £800 £562 £595
East of England median daily rate £550 £494 £513
% change year-on-year +11.39% -3.66% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 10
10th Percentile - £25.00 £55.15
25th Percentile £35.50 £28.75 £56.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £37.50 £57.25
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -34.50% +16.84%
75th Percentile £47.00 £46.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £53.30 £50.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +19.17%

All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 101 156 248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 19.39% 28.36% 29.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 106 164
10th Percentile £363 £378 £299
25th Percentile £410 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £469 £469
Median % change year-on-year +5.87% - +12.28%
75th Percentile £563 £525 £538
90th Percentile £593 £575 £625
East of England median daily rate £475 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 11 15
10th Percentile £35.50 - £12.48
25th Percentile £35.52 £47.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -12.28% +69.13%
75th Percentile £63.75 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £66.25 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year - +16.07% +31.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for C in Cambridgeshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C in Cambridgeshire.

Daily rate trend for C in Cambridgeshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C in Cambridgeshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C in Cambridgeshire.

Hourly rate trend for C in Cambridgeshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C in Cambridgeshire

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Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Cambridge 0 20 £625 +25.00% 49
Peterborough 0 2 - -
Huntingdon - 1 £375 - 1
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East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (3.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (13.33%) Power Automate
1 4 (13.33%) Power Platform
1 4 (13.33%) PowerApps
2 1 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.33%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) 5G
2 2 (6.67%) 5G NR
2 2 (6.67%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (3.33%) 4G
3 1 (3.33%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 3 (10.00%) GCC
2 3 (10.00%) Git
2 3 (10.00%) JIRA
2 3 (10.00%) Subversion
3 1 (3.33%) VTune
General
1 3 (10.00%) Electronics
1 3 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (10.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.67%) Aerospace
2 2 (6.67%) Automotive
2 2 (6.67%) Finance
2 2 (6.67%) Military
2 2 (6.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (6.67%) Wearables
3 1 (3.33%) Games
3 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.33%) Marketing
3 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (36.67%) Software Engineer
2 8 (26.67%) Architect
2 8 (26.67%) Software Architect
3 7 (23.33%) Embedded Engineer
3 7 (23.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 5 (16.67%) Developer
5 4 (13.33%) Applications Developer
5 4 (13.33%) Systems Developer
6 3 (10.00%) Compiler Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Senior
6 3 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Verification Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 1 (3.33%) C Programmer
8 1 (3.33%) C++ Programmer
8 1 (3.33%) Games Programmer
8 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Developer
8 1 (3.33%) Programmer
8 1 (3.33%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (30.00%) DirectX
1 9 (30.00%) OpenGL
1 9 (30.00%) Vulkan
2 8 (26.67%) OpenGL ES
3 4 (13.33%) .NET
3 4 (13.33%) REST
4 3 (10.00%) JSON
4 3 (10.00%) LLVM
4 3 (10.00%) YAML
5 1 (3.33%) NumPy
5 1 (3.33%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (3.33%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 9 (30.00%) Ray Tracing
2 8 (26.67%) 3D Graphics
3 4 (13.33%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (10.00%) ASIC
4 3 (10.00%) FPGA
4 3 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (10.00%) Verilog
5 2 (6.67%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (3.33%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Linux
1 3 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (36.67%) Software Engineering
3 8 (26.67%) Software Architecture
4 5 (16.67%) Workflow
5 4 (13.33%) Open Source
5 4 (13.33%) SDLC
5 4 (13.33%) Web Development
6 3 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (10.00%) OO
6 3 (10.00%) Performance Analysis
6 3 (10.00%) Project Management
6 3 (10.00%) Software Testing
6 3 (10.00%) UVM
6 3 (10.00%) Validation
7 2 (6.67%) Battery Management
7 2 (6.67%) Customer Service
7 2 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (6.67%) Systems Analysis
8 1 (3.33%) Inventory Management
8 1 (3.33%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 20 (66.67%) C++
2 6 (20.00%) Python
2 6 (20.00%) SQL
3 5 (16.67%) C#
4 3 (10.00%) Assembly Language
4 3 (10.00%) Bash
4 3 (10.00%) Shell Script
4 3 (10.00%) SystemVerilog
4 3 (10.00%) Tcl
5 2 (6.67%) Embedded C
5 2 (6.67%) VB
6 1 (3.33%) GLSL
6 1 (3.33%) HLSL
6 1 (3.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 14 (46.67%) Degree
2 12 (40.00%) PhD
3 9 (30.00%) Master's Degree
4 2 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) ISO 13485
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) Cadence
1 3 (10.00%) Synopsys
1 3 (10.00%) Xilinx
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) SAP