C Contracts in the South East

C
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 93 109 190
Rank change year-on-year +16 +81 -30
Contract jobs citing C 102 103 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.88% 1.84% 0.81%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.42% 6.67% 3.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 57 24
10th Percentile £400 £228 £392
25th Percentile £425 £413 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% +5.00% +29.03%
75th Percentile £613 £590 £561
90th Percentile £688 £688 £588
England median daily rate £538 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.43% - +35.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 20 15
10th Percentile - £19.00 £44.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £21.79 £46.88
Median hourly rate £58.30 £49.04 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.88% -6.59% +22.63%
75th Percentile £61.60 £54.06 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £60.30 £55.15
England median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% +7.14% +23.08%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,212 1,544 2,022
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.28% 27.63% 26.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 841 1,096 1,312
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £412 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £612 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 83 84
10th Percentile £35.00 £19.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £26.10 £19.88
Median hourly rate £60.87 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.67% +57.14% -14.11%
75th Percentile £67.02 £67.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £75.00 £62.15
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.05
% change year-on-year - +22.43% +20.12%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for C in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C in the South East.

Daily rate trend for C in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for C in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for C in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Hourly rate histogram for C in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the South East 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
Hampshire -28 40 £550 +4.76% 25
Thames Valley +7 31 £625 +15.26% 63
Surrey +26 16 £400 -20.00% 29
Berkshire -8 16 £625 +11.71% 14
Middlesex - 12 £625 -
Oxfordshire +5 8 £450 -14.29% 28
Buckinghamshire +35 7 - - 21
Kent +7 1 - - 5
West Sussex +7 1 - - 14
C
England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (0.98%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (4.90%) Teamcenter
2 4 (3.92%) LabWindows
3 3 (2.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 19 (18.63%) Azure
2 7 (6.86%) AWS
3 4 (3.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 4 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (3.92%) Azure Monitor
4 3 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (2.94%) Azure Functions
4 3 (2.94%) Datadog
4 3 (2.94%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.94%) Serverless
5 2 (1.96%) GitHub
6 1 (0.98%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.98%) Azure Cognitive Search
6 1 (0.98%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (0.98%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.84%) 802.11
1 8 (7.84%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (5.88%) RS-232
3 5 (4.90%) Wireless
4 2 (1.96%) Firewall
4 2 (1.96%) J1939
4 2 (1.96%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.98%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.98%) MPLS
5 1 (0.98%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.98%) VPN
5 1 (0.98%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.94%) Amazon Redshift
1 3 (2.94%) Geospatial Data
1 3 (2.94%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.96%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (11.76%) Git
2 8 (7.84%) Subversion
3 5 (4.90%) JIRA
3 5 (4.90%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (3.92%) Visual Studio
5 3 (2.94%) ClearCase
5 3 (2.94%) ClearQuest
5 3 (2.94%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.96%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.98%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.98%) GitLab
7 1 (0.98%) MagicDraw
7 1 (0.98%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.98%) Selenium
General
1 18 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 15 (14.71%) Public Sector
3 12 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (8.82%) Automotive
4 9 (8.82%) Electronics
5 6 (5.88%) Aerospace
6 5 (4.90%) Billing
6 5 (4.90%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.94%) Aviation
7 3 (2.94%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.98%) Finance
8 1 (0.98%) Marketing
8 1 (0.98%) Military
8 1 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (36.27%) Software Engineer
2 24 (23.53%) Developer
3 19 (18.63%) Senior
4 15 (14.71%) Embedded Engineer
4 15 (14.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 12 (11.76%) C Developer
6 10 (9.80%) Administrator
6 10 (9.80%) C++ Software Engineer
6 10 (9.80%) Systems Administrator
7 9 (8.82%) Senior Systems Administrator
8 7 (6.86%) Lead
8 7 (6.86%) Senior Software Engineer
9 5 (4.90%) Analyst
9 5 (4.90%) FPGA Engineer
9 5 (4.90%) Software Developer
9 5 (4.90%) Systems Engineer
10 4 (3.92%) C/C++ Developer
10 4 (3.92%) C++ Developer
10 4 (3.92%) DevOps Engineer
11 3 (2.94%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.80%) 802.1X
1 10 (9.80%) Itk
2 4 (3.92%) React
3 3 (2.94%) .NET
3 3 (2.94%) J2EE
3 3 (2.94%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.96%) ADO
4 2 (1.96%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.96%) Node.js
5 1 (0.98%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.98%) CSS
5 1 (0.98%) DirectX
5 1 (0.98%) HTML
5 1 (0.98%) Middleware
5 1 (0.98%) OpenGL
5 1 (0.98%) OpenGL ES
5 1 (0.98%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.80%) Algorithms
2 6 (5.88%) VHDL
3 5 (4.90%) FPGA
4 4 (3.92%) Device Driver
4 4 (3.92%) Public Cloud
5 3 (2.94%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.94%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.94%) Private Cloud
5 3 (2.94%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.96%) CAN bus
6 2 (1.96%) FMCG
6 2 (1.96%) GNSS
6 2 (1.96%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 24 (23.53%) Linux
2 9 (8.82%) Windows
3 8 (7.84%) Unix
4 6 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (3.92%) Windows 10
5 4 (3.92%) Windows Server
5 4 (3.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (3.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.98%) Android
6 1 (0.98%) Solaris
6 1 (0.98%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (42.16%) Software Engineering
2 27 (26.47%) Agile
3 25 (24.51%) DevOps
4 21 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (14.71%) OO
6 13 (12.75%) Kanban
6 13 (12.75%) Scrum
7 10 (9.80%) PLM
7 10 (9.80%) Validation
8 9 (8.82%) Change Management
8 9 (8.82%) Full Stack Development
9 8 (7.84%) Test Automation
10 7 (6.86%) Computer Science
11 6 (5.88%) Mentoring
11 6 (5.88%) Signal Processing
11 6 (5.88%) Software Testing
12 5 (4.90%) Embedded Software Development
12 5 (4.90%) Open Source
12 5 (4.90%) Performance Improvement
12 5 (4.90%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 54 (52.94%) C++
2 25 (24.51%) Python
3 18 (17.65%) Embedded C
4 14 (13.73%) Java
5 13 (12.75%) SQL
6 11 (10.78%) Perl
7 10 (9.80%) Shell Script
8 9 (8.82%) ProC
9 8 (7.84%) PL/SQL
9 8 (7.84%) Tcl
10 7 (6.86%) Embedded C++
10 7 (6.86%) MATLAB
11 6 (5.88%) C#
12 5 (4.90%) Assembly Language
13 3 (2.94%) Bash
13 3 (2.94%) JavaScript
13 3 (2.94%) PowerShell
13 3 (2.94%) Ruby
14 2 (1.96%) Ada
14 2 (1.96%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 31 (30.39%) Security Cleared
2 17 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 12 (11.76%) DV Cleared
4 8 (7.84%) Degree
5 4 (3.92%) Master's Degree
5 4 (3.92%) PhD
6 2 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.98%) CCIE
7 1 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.92%) JTAG
2 3 (2.94%) AUTOSAR
3 2 (1.96%) IEC 61508
3 2 (1.96%) QA
4 1 (0.98%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.98%) DO-178B
4 1 (0.98%) MISRA
4 1 (0.98%) MISRA C
System Software
1 10 (9.80%) Firmware
2 5 (4.90%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (2.94%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (6.86%) Terraform
2 4 (3.92%) Ansible
3 3 (2.94%) HP ALM
3 3 (2.94%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.94%) Nagios
3 3 (2.94%) Progress Chef
3 3 (2.94%) Puppet
4 2 (1.96%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 16 (15.69%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.80%) Oracle
3 4 (3.92%) Xilinx
4 3 (2.94%) HP
4 3 (2.94%) New Relic
4 3 (2.94%) Sparx
4 3 (2.94%) Splunk
5 2 (1.96%) Atmel
5 2 (1.96%) Micro Focus
5 2 (1.96%) SAP
6 1 (0.98%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.98%) Cisco
6 1 (0.98%) Citrix
6 1 (0.98%) F5
6 1 (0.98%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.98%) IBM
6 1 (0.98%) QinetiQ
6 1 (0.98%) QNX
6 1 (0.98%) Zscaler