C Contracts in Wales

C
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 53 59
Rank change year-on-year +11 +6 +2
Contract jobs citing C 1 4 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.26% 0.68% 1.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.93% 2.96% 5.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £433 £473
25th Percentile - £444 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -9.52% +21.74%
75th Percentile - £494 £554
90th Percentile - £498 £564
UK median daily rate £536 £560 £575
% change year-on-year -4.29% -2.61% +27.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £17.18 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £17.48 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £18.82 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +179.03% -5.50% -54.75%
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.81 -
90th Percentile - £19.91 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £59.45 £56.00
% change year-on-year +9.33% +6.17% +17.89%

All Programming Languages
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 107 135 289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 28.16% 22.80% 29.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 104 207
10th Percentile £356 £363 £370
25th Percentile £385 £413 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -7.14% +17.65%
75th Percentile £550 £616 £620
90th Percentile £591 £659 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 3
10th Percentile £15.57 £17.18 £17.00
25th Percentile £17.96 £17.48 £18.09
Median hourly rate £20.24 £18.82 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +7.55% -5.50% -21.15%
75th Percentile £22.11 £19.81 -
90th Percentile £35.75 £19.91 -
UK median hourly rate £62.36 £62.50 £51.19
% change year-on-year -0.23% +22.11% +16.99%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for C in Wales

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for C in Wales

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for C in Wales

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Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Wales region over the 6 months to 28 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
South Wales +15 1 - - 6
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree