C Contracts in the North West

C
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 140 153
Rank change year-on-year +11 +13 -23
Contract jobs citing C 12 20 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.45% 0.65% 0.62%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.83% 2.22% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 20
10th Percentile - £342 £393
25th Percentile £445 £377 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +48.15%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £625
90th Percentile £673 £748 £634
England median daily rate £538 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.43% - +35.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £43.80 - £27.42
25th Percentile £51.92 £37.80 £30.30
Median hourly rate £68.12 £40.59 £35.34
Median % change year-on-year +67.81% +14.86% -22.33%
75th Percentile £84.14 £44.73 £40.14
90th Percentile £92.16 £47.14 £42.86
England median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% +7.14% +23.08%

All Programming Languages
North West

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 West with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 656 901 1,418
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 24.60% 29.35% 35.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 486 672 1,079
10th Percentile £325 £325 £315
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +23.46%
75th Percentile £542 £588 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £663
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 16 41
10th Percentile £39.25 £24.76 £14.25
25th Percentile £42.41 £37.78 £21.50
Median hourly rate £48.43 £44.05 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year +9.96% -11.47% +65.83%
75th Percentile £71.87 £56.68 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.45 £65.88 £77.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.05
% change year-on-year - +22.43% +20.12%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for C in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for C in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in the North West over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for C in the North West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in the North West over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 16 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
Manchester +5 7 £588 +0.64% 20
Cheshire - 4 £445 - 9
Cumbria - 1 - -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (8.33%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (8.33%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 6 (50.00%) AWS
3 3 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (25.00%) SaaS
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Batch
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) DB2
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.33%) Flink
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Git
2 1 (8.33%) Bitbucket
2 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (25.00%) Banking
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (8.33%) Automotive
3 1 (8.33%) German Language
3 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Software Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Developer
3 1 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) FPGA Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Research Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Research Software Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) .NET
2 3 (25.00%) React
2 3 (25.00%) SOAP
3 2 (16.67%) REST
3 2 (16.67%) RESTful
4 1 (8.33%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (8.33%) ASP.NET
4 1 (8.33%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (8.33%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (8.33%) CSS
4 1 (8.33%) CSS3
4 1 (8.33%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (8.33%) HTML
4 1 (8.33%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (25.00%) Mainframe
1 3 (25.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (8.33%) FPGA
2 1 (8.33%) Verilog
2 1 (8.33%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Android
1 3 (25.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (41.67%) SDLC
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) DevOps
3 4 (33.33%) Project Management
4 3 (25.00%) API Design
4 3 (25.00%) Architectural Design
4 3 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 3 (25.00%) Domain-Driven Design
4 3 (25.00%) ERP
4 3 (25.00%) Microservices
4 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 2 (16.67%) Analytics
5 2 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
5 2 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (8.33%) Parallel Programming
6 1 (8.33%) Product Requirements
6 1 (8.33%) Requirements Engineering
6 1 (8.33%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) Java
2 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (16.67%) C#
3 2 (16.67%) C++
3 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (8.33%) Bash
4 1 (8.33%) Embedded C
4 1 (8.33%) Fortran
4 1 (8.33%) Python
4 1 (8.33%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Ansible
1 3 (25.00%) Terraform
2 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Intel
2 1 (8.33%) Microsemi
2 1 (8.33%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) Xilinx