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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 15 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 179 | 249 | 391 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +70 | +142 | -72 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 563 | 620 | 584 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.32% | 1.09% | 0.67% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.44% | 3.13% | 1.84% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 244 | 318 | 279 |
| 10th Percentile | £391 | £375 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £462 | £473 | £481 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £536 | £560 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.38% | -2.61% | +27.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £675 | £655 |
| 90th Percentile | £701 | £800 | £771 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £545 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.00% | - | +23.46% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 191 | 111 | 95 |
| 10th Percentile | £46.25 | £37.80 | £44.68 |
| 25th Percentile | £57.50 | £48.05 | £48.54 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £60.00 | £56.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | +7.14% | +23.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £65.38 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £77.00 | £66.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £56.75 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +14.54% | +24.04% |
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 | 12,689 | 19,807 | 31,680 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.82% | 34.69% | 36.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,016 | 14,288 | 23,102 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £392 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £533 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.09% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £653 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £785 | £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 | 491 | 450 | 512 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.24 | £19.56 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.10 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +24.75% | +16.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £78.00 | £74.30 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +24.05% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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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 15 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 15 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 15 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 |
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| England | +57 | 515 | £538 | -6.76% | 583 |
| UK excluding London | +70 | 430 | £545 | +9.00% | 511 |
| Work from Home | +48 | 172 | £535 | -2.73% | 260 |
| East of England | +26 | 142 | £550 | +10.00% | 99 |
| South East | +15 | 100 | £545 | +3.81% | 149 |
| London | -20 | 93 | £500 | -23.08% | 103 |
| South West | +33 | 88 | £600 | +14.29% | 109 |
| Midlands | +82 | 64 | £535 | +33.75% | 60 |
| West Midlands | +70 | 57 | £535 | +42.67% | 28 |
| North of England | +8 | 23 | £525 | - | 58 |
| Scotland | +44 | 17 | £494 | +4.50% | 36 |
| North West | +10 | 12 | £525 | -4.55% | 36 |
| East Midlands | +17 | 7 | £445 | -1.11% | 32 |
| North East | - | 6 | - | - | 8 |
| Yorkshire | +10 | 5 | £550 | +13.40% | 15 |
| Wales | +20 | 1 | - | - | 10 |
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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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