C Contracts in Essex

C
East of England > Essex

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 12 34 48
Rank change year-on-year +22 +14 -6
Contract jobs citing C 19 4 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 8.48% 1.63% 1.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.62% 4.88% 4.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £305 £90 £485
25th Percentile £388 £147 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £246 £575
Median % change year-on-year +123.35% -57.17% -
75th Percentile £575 £347 £675
90th Percentile - £405 £705
East of England median daily rate £550 £494 £513
% change year-on-year +11.39% -3.66% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 1
Median hourly rate £80.00 £57.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% +4.55% +8.44%
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +19.17%

All Programming Languages
Essex

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 Essex with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 84 82 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 37.50% 33.33% 37.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 50 97
10th Percentile £263 £221 £270
25th Percentile £422 £381 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £500 £485
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% +3.09% +3.19%
75th Percentile £575 £553 £586
90th Percentile £600 £594 £631
East of England median daily rate £475 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 14
10th Percentile - £58.95 £26.98
25th Percentile £52.50 £63.00 £47.50
Median hourly rate £64.75 £69.75 £66.56
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +4.79% +44.70%
75th Percentile £80.00 £76.88 £76.64
90th Percentile - £78.45 £77.22
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year - +16.07% +31.76%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for C in Essex

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for C in Essex

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Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

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

Daily rate histogram for C in Essex

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for C in Essex

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Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Essex 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
Brentwood +2 12 £250 - 3
Basildon +2 5 - - 1
C
East of England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 (5.26%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) RTMP
1 1 (5.26%) RTP
1 1 (5.26%) RTSP
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Git
2 1 (5.26%) CMake
2 1 (5.26%) Gerrit
2 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Multimedia
2 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Developer
2 5 (26.32%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Principal Embedded Software Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Principal Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Principal Software Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Software Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) C Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Embedded Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Embedded C Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Linux Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Audio Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) C/C++ Developer
5 1 (5.26%) C++ Developer
5 1 (5.26%) DTV Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) DTV Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Technical Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (57.89%) Yocto
2 1 (5.26%) FFmpeg
2 1 (5.26%) GStreamer
2 1 (5.26%) Middleware
2 1 (5.26%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) STB
2 2 (10.53%) Digital TV
3 1 (5.26%) Device Driver
3 1 (5.26%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 10 (52.63%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Unix
2 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Multithreading
1 6 (31.58%) Open Source
2 5 (26.32%) Agile
2 5 (26.32%) Software Engineering
3 2 (10.53%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.26%) Agile Project Management
4 1 (5.26%) Coaching
4 1 (5.26%) Code Quality
4 1 (5.26%) Computer Science
4 1 (5.26%) Mentoring
4 1 (5.26%) Programme Management
4 1 (5.26%) Project Management
4 1 (5.26%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) C++
1 8 (42.11%) Embedded C
2 6 (31.58%) Bash
3 1 (5.26%) Embedded C++
3 1 (5.26%) Java
3 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (5.26%) Degree
1 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Broadcom