C Contracts with Work from Home Options

C
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 232 333
Rank change year-on-year +50 +101 -28
Contract jobs citing C 169 257 315
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.16% 1.06% 0.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.40% 2.90% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 128 193
10th Percentile £400 £375 £400
25th Percentile £469 £441 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% +41.98%
75th Percentile £569 £661 £650
90th Percentile £625 £810 £725
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% +27.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 52 25
10th Percentile £37.50 £19.15 £45.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £46.25 £47.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £52.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £85.00 £65.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £90.00 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% +7.14% +17.89%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,972 8,852 16,936
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.16% 36.52% 38.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,601 6,537 12,643
10th Percentile £350 £388 £381
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £672 £638
90th Percentile £800 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 184 185
10th Percentile £27.25 £32.03 £20.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £51.19 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £62.25
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £51.25
% change year-on-year -0.80% +21.95% +15.62%

C
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

C trend for jobs with a WFH option

C
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C.

C daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

C
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

C daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C.

C hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

C
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

C hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (3.55%) Confluence
2 1 (0.59%) Apache
2 1 (0.59%) nginx
2 1 (0.59%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 1 (0.59%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (10.06%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (2.37%) Academy Housing
1 4 (2.37%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 2 (1.18%) Endur
2 2 (1.18%) OpenLink RightAngle
2 2 (1.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.59%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 31 (18.34%) AWS
2 11 (6.51%) Azure
3 4 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (2.37%) Power Automate
3 4 (2.37%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.37%) PowerApps
4 3 (1.78%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (1.78%) Amazon EKS
4 3 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (1.78%) Datadog
4 3 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (1.78%) SaaS
5 2 (1.18%) Amazon S3
5 2 (1.18%) Amazon SQS
5 2 (1.18%) GitHub
5 2 (1.18%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (0.59%) Amazon ELB
6 1 (0.59%) Azure Batch
6 1 (0.59%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.14%) Diameter Protocol
2 6 (3.55%) 802.11
2 6 (3.55%) TCP/IP
2 6 (3.55%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (2.96%) J1939
4 4 (2.37%) Wireless
5 2 (1.18%) HTTP
6 1 (0.59%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.59%) DHCP
6 1 (0.59%) DNS
6 1 (0.59%) Firewall
6 1 (0.59%) Internet
6 1 (0.59%) IPv4
6 1 (0.59%) Modbus
6 1 (0.59%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.59%) RS-232
6 1 (0.59%) RTSP
6 1 (0.59%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.59%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.73%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.78%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (1.78%) DB2
4 2 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.18%) MySQL
4 2 (1.18%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.59%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.59%) CouchDB
5 1 (0.59%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.59%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.59%) Ingres
5 1 (0.59%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.59%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.59%) Redis
5 1 (0.59%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 32 (18.93%) PVCS
2 31 (18.34%) Visual Studio
3 13 (7.69%) Git
4 11 (6.51%) JIRA
5 7 (4.14%) Jenkins
5 7 (4.14%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (2.37%) Bitbucket
6 4 (2.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (2.37%) Subversion
7 3 (1.78%) JMeter
8 2 (1.18%) Cucumber
8 2 (1.18%) Cypress.io
8 2 (1.18%) GitLab
8 2 (1.18%) JUnit
8 2 (1.18%) Maven
8 2 (1.18%) Mocha
8 2 (1.18%) Selenium
8 2 (1.18%) SoapUI
8 2 (1.18%) TestNG
8 2 (1.18%) WebDriver
General
1 15 (8.88%) Social Skills
1 15 (8.88%) Telecoms
2 14 (8.28%) Automotive
2 14 (8.28%) Electronics
2 14 (8.28%) Public Sector
3 7 (4.14%) Finance
4 4 (2.37%) Aerospace
4 4 (2.37%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (2.37%) Local Government
5 3 (1.78%) Banking
6 1 (0.59%) Billing
6 1 (0.59%) Law
6 1 (0.59%) Multimedia
6 1 (0.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 50 (29.59%) Software Engineer
2 31 (18.34%) Programmer
3 30 (17.75%) C Programmer
4 29 (17.16%) Embedded Engineer
4 29 (17.16%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 18 (10.65%) Developer
6 17 (10.06%) FPGA Engineer
7 16 (9.47%) Design Engineer
7 16 (9.47%) FPGA Design Engineer
8 14 (8.28%) C Software Engineer
9 12 (7.10%) Senior
10 11 (6.51%) Architect
11 10 (5.92%) C++ Software Engineer
12 9 (5.33%) Embedded C Engineer
12 9 (5.33%) Embedded C Software Engineer
13 8 (4.73%) DevOps Engineer
14 7 (4.14%) Analyst
15 5 (2.96%) C Developer
15 5 (2.96%) Software Architect
16 4 (2.37%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.88%) Spring Boot
2 12 (7.10%) .NET
3 9 (5.33%) J2EE
4 8 (4.73%) React
4 8 (4.73%) REST
5 7 (4.14%) RESTful
5 7 (4.14%) XML
6 6 (3.55%) 802.1X
6 6 (3.55%) HTML
6 6 (3.55%) Node.js
6 6 (3.55%) Spring
7 4 (2.37%) Middleware
8 3 (1.78%) Flash
8 3 (1.78%) iOS SDK
8 3 (1.78%) JSON
8 3 (1.78%) Yocto
9 2 (1.18%) Chai
9 2 (1.18%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (1.18%) IDoc
9 2 (1.18%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.43%) Verilog
2 20 (11.83%) VHDL
3 17 (10.06%) FPGA
4 6 (3.55%) Algorithms
4 6 (3.55%) Device Driver
5 5 (2.96%) CAN bus
5 5 (2.96%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.37%) Housing Association
6 4 (2.37%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.78%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.78%) iPad
7 3 (1.78%) iPhone
7 3 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.78%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.78%) NB-IoT
7 3 (1.78%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.18%) 3D Graphics
8 2 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.18%) STB
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.83%) Linux
2 8 (4.73%) Windows
3 6 (3.55%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.78%) Android
4 3 (1.78%) ThreadX
4 3 (1.78%) Unix
5 2 (1.18%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.59%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.59%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (35.50%) Software Engineering
2 26 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (11.83%) Agile
3 20 (11.83%) DevOps
3 20 (11.83%) Signal Processing
4 18 (10.65%) UVM
5 17 (10.06%) FPGA Design
6 13 (7.69%) Test Automation
7 11 (6.51%) Configuration Management
7 11 (6.51%) Validation
8 10 (5.92%) Computer Science
9 8 (4.73%) Multithreading
10 7 (4.14%) Software Architecture
10 7 (4.14%) Test Scripting
10 7 (4.14%) Verification and Validation
11 6 (3.55%) API Design
11 6 (3.55%) CI/CD
11 6 (3.55%) Microservices
11 6 (3.55%) Stakeholder Management
12 5 (2.96%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 70 (41.42%) C++
2 32 (18.93%) PL/SQL
2 32 (18.93%) Python
3 28 (16.57%) Java
4 25 (14.79%) Embedded C
5 18 (10.65%) SQL
5 18 (10.65%) SystemVerilog
6 11 (6.51%) Perl
7 10 (5.92%) Bash
8 9 (5.33%) C#
8 9 (5.33%) JavaScript
9 8 (4.73%) PowerShell
10 7 (4.14%) Shell Script
10 7 (4.14%) Tcl
11 4 (2.37%) Assembly Language
11 4 (2.37%) Embedded C++
11 4 (2.37%) MATLAB
11 4 (2.37%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.78%) Objective-C
12 3 (1.78%) Swift
Qualifications
1 52 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 38 (22.49%) SC Cleared
3 27 (15.98%) Degree
4 12 (7.10%) DV Cleared
5 7 (4.14%) Master's Degree
5 7 (4.14%) PhD
6 4 (2.37%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.59%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.96%) AUTOSAR
2 4 (2.37%) JTAG
3 1 (0.59%) ISO 20022
3 1 (0.59%) NIST
3 1 (0.59%) QA
System Software
1 17 (10.06%) Docker
2 9 (5.33%) Firmware
3 4 (2.37%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (2.37%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (2.37%) VMware NSX
3 4 (2.37%) vSphere
4 1 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (12.43%) Terraform
2 14 (8.28%) Ansible
3 12 (7.10%) Kubernetes
4 5 (2.96%) Functional Safety
5 4 (2.37%) Progress Chef
5 4 (2.37%) Puppet
6 3 (1.78%) Nagios
7 2 (1.18%) Kibana
8 1 (0.59%) Consul
8 1 (0.59%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.59%) Grafana
8 1 (0.59%) logstash
8 1 (0.59%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.59%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.59%) Packer
8 1 (0.59%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 17 (10.06%) Intel
1 17 (10.06%) Microsemi
1 17 (10.06%) Xilinx
2 11 (6.51%) Microsoft
3 8 (4.73%) Oracle
4 5 (2.96%) SAP
4 5 (2.96%) Splunk
5 4 (2.37%) Atlassian
5 4 (2.37%) Capita
6 3 (1.78%) New Relic
6 3 (1.78%) Renesas
7 2 (1.18%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.18%) OpenLink
7 2 (1.18%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.18%) Triple Point
7 2 (1.18%) webMethods
8 1 (0.59%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.59%) Google
8 1 (0.59%) Micro Focus
8 1 (0.59%) VMware