C
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited C over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 176 | 242 | 364 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +66 | +122 | -51 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 588 | 610 | 620 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.35% | 1.10% | 0.71% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.46% | 3.23% | 1.97% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 261 | 326 | 320 |
| 10th Percentile | £391 | £372 | £405 |
| 25th Percentile | £460 | £450 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £535 | £560 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.46% | -2.61% | +27.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £810 | £746 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £543 | £500 | £517 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.50% | -3.29% | +27.65% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 187 | 107 | 86 |
| 10th Percentile | £46.25 | £36.68 | £45.47 |
| 25th Percentile | £56.65 | £47.50 | £49.26 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £58.50 | £56.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | +4.46% | +17.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £65.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £87.50 | £66.38 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £61.25 | £57.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.12% | +7.46% | +20.00% |
All Programming Languages
UK
C falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 13,173 | 18,905 | 31,483 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.16% | 34.04% | 36.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,279 | 13,615 | 23,014 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £381 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £456 | £460 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £678 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £765 | £788 | £763 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | - | +14.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 534 | 437 | 496 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.55 | £30.45 | £19.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +19.62% | +16.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.25 | £61.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.88 | £79.19 | £70.38 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +24.26% |
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 12 June 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 12 June 2024.
C
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 12 June 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 | +57 | 541 | £538 | -10.38% | 561 |
| UK excluding London | +64 | 446 | £543 | +8.50% | 498 |
| Work from Home | +36 | 169 | £535 | -2.73% | 213 |
| East of England | +17 | 134 | £550 | +11.39% | 101 |
| South East | +26 | 114 | £550 | +4.76% | 138 |
| London | -13 | 103 | £500 | -23.08% | 89 |
| South West | +20 | 92 | £563 | +9.76% | 96 |
| Midlands | +69 | 65 | £535 | +33.75% | 65 |
| West Midlands | +70 | 58 | £535 | +42.67% | 30 |
| North of England | +6 | 30 | £523 | -12.92% | 57 |
| North West | +13 | 17 | £525 | -12.50% | 36 |
| Scotland | +43 | 16 | £656 | +38.16% | 40 |
| East Midlands | +7 | 7 | £445 | -1.11% | 35 |
| Yorkshire | -1 | 7 | £510 | -15.00% | 16 |
| North East | - | 6 | - | - | 6 |
| Wales | +20 | 1 | - | - | 13 |
C
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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