C Contracts in the North of England

C
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 178 211
Rank change year-on-year +15 +33 -51
Contract jobs citing C 23 35 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.49% 0.63% 0.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.93% 2.17% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 22 24
10th Percentile - £364 £391
25th Percentile £445 £431 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% +84.62%
75th Percentile £569 £626 £625
90th Percentile £650 £638 £634
England median daily rate £538 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.43% - +27.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 4
10th Percentile £44.68 £37.80 £28.80
25th Percentile £46.25 £38.90 £33.75
Median hourly rate £47.50 £45.82 £41.84
Median % change year-on-year +3.67% +9.51% -4.37%
75th Percentile £48.75 £49.19 £44.68
90th Percentile £70.50 £50.49 £44.69
England median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% +7.14% +23.08%

All Programming Languages
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,190 1,612 2,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 25.60% 28.82% 31.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 842 1,181 1,729
10th Percentile £325 £363 £325
25th Percentile £404 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £569 £600 £575
90th Percentile £625 £688 £650
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 28 51
10th Percentile £37.63 £30.01 £14.25
25th Percentile £43.57 £39.45 £21.64
Median hourly rate £47.50 £49.29 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% +15.96% +63.46%
75th Percentile £68.75 £64.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.50 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.77
% change year-on-year - +23.10% +19.46%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for C in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for C in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for C in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the North of England region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
North West +9 12 £525 -4.55% 34
North East - 6 - - 8
Yorkshire +3 5 £550 +13.40% 16
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (4.35%) Apache
1 1 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (4.35%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (39.13%) AWS
2 7 (30.43%) Azure
3 3 (13.04%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (13.04%) SaaS
4 2 (8.70%) GCP
4 2 (8.70%) GitHub
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Batch
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) J1939
2 1 (4.35%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) DB2
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.35%) Flink
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Git
2 1 (4.35%) Bitbucket
2 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 7 (30.43%) Automotive
2 6 (26.09%) Electronics
3 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Banking
4 3 (13.04%) Finance
5 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.35%) German Language
6 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Software Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) Embedded Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Architect
3 3 (13.04%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Automation Tester
5 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) FPGA Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Java Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Java Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Research Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Research Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Senior
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Software Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (26.09%) .NET
2 3 (13.04%) HTML
2 3 (13.04%) React
2 3 (13.04%) SOAP
3 2 (8.70%) J2EE
3 2 (8.70%) JSP
3 2 (8.70%) Playwright
3 2 (8.70%) REST
3 2 (8.70%) RESTful
3 2 (8.70%) Spring Boot
3 2 (8.70%) XML
4 1 (4.35%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET
4 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (4.35%) CSS
4 1 (4.35%) CSS3
4 1 (4.35%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (4.35%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) CAN bus
1 3 (13.04%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (13.04%) Mainframe
1 3 (13.04%) Public Cloud
2 2 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.35%) Device Driver
3 1 (4.35%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (4.35%) FPGA
3 1 (4.35%) Verilog
3 1 (4.35%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Android
2 3 (13.04%) Apple iOS
2 3 (13.04%) Linux
3 2 (8.70%) Unix
3 2 (8.70%) Windows
4 1 (4.35%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (69.57%) Software Engineering
2 8 (34.78%) Agile
3 7 (30.43%) SDLC
4 5 (21.74%) Waterfall
5 4 (17.39%) DevOps
5 4 (17.39%) Project Management
6 3 (13.04%) Analytics
6 3 (13.04%) API Design
6 3 (13.04%) Architectural Design
6 3 (13.04%) Containerisation
6 3 (13.04%) Domain-Driven Design
6 3 (13.04%) ERP
6 3 (13.04%) Microservices
6 3 (13.04%) Product Requirements
7 2 (8.70%) Architectural Patterns
7 2 (8.70%) CI/CD
7 2 (8.70%) Non-Functional Testing
7 2 (8.70%) Performance Tuning
7 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (8.70%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) Java
2 7 (30.43%) Embedded C
3 5 (21.74%) JavaScript
4 4 (17.39%) C++
5 3 (13.04%) Bash
5 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
6 2 (8.70%) C#
6 2 (8.70%) SQL
6 2 (8.70%) TypeScript
7 1 (4.35%) Fortran
7 1 (4.35%) Python
7 1 (4.35%) Rust
7 1 (4.35%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Ansible
1 3 (13.04%) Functional Safety
1 3 (13.04%) Terraform
2 2 (8.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Google
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Intel
2 1 (4.35%) Microsemi
2 1 (4.35%) SAP
2 1 (4.35%) Xilinx