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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 2 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 175 | 241 | 376 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +66 | +135 | -68 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 584 | 608 | 602 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.36% | 1.08% | 0.69% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.51% | 3.16% | 1.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 260 | 326 | 303 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £372 | £405 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £450 | £495 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £537 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.41% | -4.35% | +27.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £800 | £742 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £543 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.50% | - | +23.46% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 192 | 105 | 87 |
| 10th Percentile | £46.25 | £37.80 | £44.69 |
| 25th Percentile | £56.65 | £48.60 | £48.04 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £60.00 | £56.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | +7.14% | +17.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £65.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £83.30 | £65.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £57.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +14.04% | +20.00% |
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 | 12,943 | 19,224 | 31,631 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.04% | 34.10% | 36.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,180 | 13,863 | 23,133 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £385 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £460 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £679 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £755 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +14.68% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 522 | 432 | 487 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.54 | £19.51 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.00 | £62.50 | £51.12 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.80% | +22.26% | +14.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.06 | £61.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £79.07 | £71.15 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +28.05% |
C
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 2 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 2 June 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 2 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 |
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| England | +67 | 536 | £538 | -4.78% | 605 |
| UK excluding London | +79 | 447 | £543 | +8.50% | 527 |
| Work from Home | +41 | 171 | £535 | -2.73% | 252 |
| East of England | +17 | 137 | £550 | +11.39% | 108 |
| South East | +22 | 110 | £550 | +4.76% | 140 |
| London | -3 | 97 | £500 | -23.08% | 111 |
| South West | +30 | 94 | £563 | +9.76% | 102 |
| Midlands | +76 | 64 | £535 | +33.75% | 56 |
| West Midlands | +66 | 57 | £535 | +42.67% | 24 |
| North of England | +21 | 29 | £523 | -12.92% | 67 |
| Scotland | +38 | 17 | £525 | +9.09% | 48 |
| North West | +14 | 16 | £525 | -8.10% | 41 |
| East Midlands | +10 | 7 | £445 | -1.11% | 32 |
| Yorkshire | +9 | 7 | £510 | -15.00% | 22 |
| North East | - | 6 | - | - | 5 |
| Wales | +16 | 1 | - | - | 15 |
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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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