C
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 11 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 179 | 248 | 377 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +69 | +129 | -54 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 559 | 631 | 597 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.30% | 1.09% | 0.68% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.39% | 3.14% | 1.88% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 240 | 320 | 284 |
| 10th Percentile | £384 | £375 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £453 | £464 | £481 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £535 | £561 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.63% | -2.43% | +35.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £591 | £675 | £657 |
| 90th Percentile | £689 | £800 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £540 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.00% | - | +23.46% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 189 | 113 | 96 |
| 10th Percentile | £46.25 | £37.94 | £44.69 |
| 25th Percentile | £59.00 | £48.60 | £48.56 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £60.00 | £56.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | +7.14% | +24.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £65.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £77.00 | £71.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £56.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +15.04% | +24.18% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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 with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,734 | 20,114 | 31,724 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.61% | 34.80% | 36.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,061 | 14,492 | 23,124 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £394 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.64% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £653 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £783 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +2.04% | +15.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 488 | 462 | 508 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.14 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.36 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.43 | £62.50 | £50.64 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.12% | +23.43% | +17.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.88 | £78.00 | £74.65 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.20 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +24.50% | +22.44% |
C
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C.
C
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.
C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C.
C
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.
C
Top 15 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +53 | 513 | £538 | -7.84% | 589 |
| UK excluding London | +67 | 427 | £540 | +8.00% | 523 |
| Work from Home | +39 | 170 | £535 | -2.73% | 245 |
| East of England | +27 | 143 | £550 | +10.00% | 108 |
| South East | +14 | 98 | £540 | +2.86% | 146 |
| London | -31 | 93 | £475 | -26.92% | 103 |
| South West | +29 | 89 | £600 | +14.29% | 111 |
| Midlands | +82 | 64 | £535 | +33.75% | 60 |
| West Midlands | +67 | 57 | £535 | +42.67% | 25 |
| North of England | +17 | 21 | £525 | +3.96% | 60 |
| Scotland | +40 | 17 | £494 | +4.50% | 40 |
| North West | +6 | 11 | £525 | -2.33% | 37 |
| East Midlands | +22 | 7 | £445 | -1.11% | 35 |
| North East | - | 6 | - | - | 8 |
| Yorkshire | +5 | 4 | £425 | -11.46% | 16 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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