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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 177 | 242 | 395 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +65 | +153 | -80 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 563 | 628 | 585 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.32% | 1.10% | 0.66% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.42% | 3.17% | 1.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 245 | 326 | 281 |
| 10th Percentile | £391 | £375 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £463 | £488 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £536 | £560 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.29% | -2.61% | +27.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £675 | £656 |
| 90th Percentile | £699 | £800 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £544 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.75% | - | +23.46% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 191 | 110 | 91 |
| 10th Percentile | £46.25 | £37.80 | £44.69 |
| 25th Percentile | £57.08 | £48.63 | £48.92 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £60.00 | £56.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | +7.14% | +23.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £65.56 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £77.00 | £65.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £57.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +14.04% | +23.91% |
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 | 12,728 | 19,825 | 31,917 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.92% | 34.62% | 36.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,055 | 14,305 | 23,279 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £390 | £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 | £655 |
| 90th Percentile | £765 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +1.01% | +15.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 493 | 443 | 502 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.09 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.36 | £60.70 | £50.10 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.73% | +21.16% | +17.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.60 | £78.00 | £72.43 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +24.82% |
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.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C over the 6 months to 20 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 20 May 2024.
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Top 16 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 20 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 | +55 | 516 | £538 | -6.43% | 712 |
| UK excluding London | +71 | 431 | £544 | +8.75% | 618 |
| Work from Home | +38 | 170 | £535 | -2.73% | 296 |
| East of England | +26 | 139 | £550 | +10.00% | 146 |
| South East | +15 | 102 | £545 | +3.81% | 183 |
| London | -20 | 93 | £500 | -21.78% | 135 |
| South West | +22 | 90 | £581 | +10.71% | 121 |
| Midlands | +69 | 64 | £535 | +33.75% | 68 |
| West Midlands | +72 | 57 | £535 | +42.67% | 31 |
| North of England | +18 | 23 | £525 | - | 63 |
| Scotland | +39 | 17 | £494 | +6.18% | 38 |
| North West | +8 | 12 | £525 | -4.55% | 37 |
| East Midlands | +18 | 7 | £445 | -1.11% | 37 |
| North East | - | 6 | - | - | 6 |
| Yorkshire | +9 | 5 | £550 | +13.40% | 21 |
| Wales | +17 | 1 | - | - | 11 |
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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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