The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded C skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Embedded C over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded C
Rank 198 207 181
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -26
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 19 14 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.364% 0.224% 0.156%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.874% 0.459% 0.307%
Number of salaries quoted 18 14 8
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,450 £25,000 £36,750
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £60,000 £47,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +13.33%
All Programming Languages
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2175 3051 2607
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 41.65% 48.75% 50.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1922 2702 2302
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +2.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Embedded C
South East

Embedded C
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Embedded C across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Berkshire Embedded C Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded C
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Embedded C across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Embedded C Salary Trend

Embedded C
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Embedded C across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire Embedded C Salary Histogram

Embedded C
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded C within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Newbury +18 11 £41,250 -4.06%
Bracknell - 2 £34,000 -
Slough - 2 £40,000 -
Reading -11 1 £41,500 +0.60%
Embedded C
South East

Embedded C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Embedded C also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Embedded C.

1 52 (100.00%) C
2 37 (71.15%) C++
3 33 (63.46%) Linux
4 25 (48.08%) Windows
5 23 (44.23%) Device Driver
6 22 (42.31%) Embedded C++
7 20 (38.46%) Firmware
8 17 (32.69%) SNMP
9 16 (30.77%) SSL
9 16 (30.77%) SAS
9 16 (30.77%) Flash
9 16 (30.77%) FreeBSD
9 16 (30.77%) Clustering
9 16 (30.77%) FIX Protocol
9 16 (30.77%) iSCSI
9 16 (30.77%) Fibre Channel
9 16 (30.77%) Big Data
10 12 (23.08%) Degree
10 12 (23.08%) Electronics
11 11 (21.15%) TCP/IP
11 11 (21.15%) ZigBee
11 11 (21.15%) Embedded Systems
12 10 (19.23%) GSM
13 9 (17.31%) C#
14 8 (15.38%) .NET
14 8 (15.38%) Bluetooth
15 7 (13.46%) ThreadX
15 7 (13.46%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (13.46%) EMC
15 7 (13.46%) Assembly Language

Embedded C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Embedded C also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Embedded C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (30.77%) Flash
1 16 (30.77%) FIX Protocol
2 8 (15.38%) .NET
3 5 (9.615%) XML
3 5 (9.615%) POSIX
3 5 (9.615%) Middleware
4 3 (5.769%) MFC
5 1 (1.923%) SVG
5 1 (1.923%) CSS
5 1 (1.923%) HTML
5 1 (1.923%) WebGL
Application Platforms
1 16 (30.77%) SAS
2 5 (9.615%) IIS
3 3 (5.769%) CM System
Applications
1 3 (5.769%) MS Project
2 1 (1.923%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.923%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 17 (32.69%) SNMP
2 16 (30.77%) SSL
2 16 (30.77%) iSCSI
2 16 (30.77%) Fibre Channel
3 11 (21.15%) TCP/IP
3 11 (21.15%) ZigBee
4 10 (19.23%) GSM
5 8 (15.38%) Bluetooth
6 7 (13.46%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (11.54%) Ethernet
8 5 (9.615%) DVB
8 5 (9.615%) Wireless
9 4 (7.692%) GPRS
10 3 (5.769%) Internet
11 1 (1.923%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (30.77%) Big Data
2 1 (1.923%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.769%) PVCS
1 3 (5.769%) ClearCase
2 1 (1.923%) Subversion
General
1 12 (23.08%) Electronics
2 1 (1.923%) Automotive
2 1 (1.923%) Banking
Job Titles
1 34 (65.38%) Software Engineer
1 34 (65.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (7.692%) Team Leader
2 4 (7.692%) Electronics Engineer
3 3 (5.769%) Design Engineer
3 3 (5.769%) Hardware Engineer
3 3 (5.769%) Embedded C Engineer
3 3 (5.769%) Broadcast Engineer
3 3 (5.769%) Firmware Engineer
4 2 (3.846%) Applications Engineer
4 2 (3.846%) Build Engineer
4 2 (3.846%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (3.846%) C Software Engineer
4 2 (3.846%) Embedded C Software Engineer
4 2 (3.846%) Developer
4 2 (3.846%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (3.846%) Support Engineer
5 1 (1.923%) Lead Developer
5 1 (1.923%) Junior
5 1 (1.923%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 23 (44.23%) Device Driver
2 20 (38.46%) Firmware
3 16 (30.77%) Clustering
4 11 (21.15%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (13.46%) Computer Science
6 5 (9.615%) DTV
6 5 (9.615%) STB
7 3 (5.769%) VHDL
7 3 (5.769%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 1 (1.923%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 33 (63.46%) Linux
2 25 (48.08%) Windows
3 16 (30.77%) FreeBSD
4 7 (13.46%) ThreadX
4 7 (13.46%) Windows CE
4 7 (13.46%) VxWorks
5 1 (1.923%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (9.615%) Configuration Management
1 5 (9.615%) Software Engineering
2 4 (7.692%) Automated Testing
3 3 (5.769%) UML
3 3 (5.769%) Project Management
3 3 (5.769%) Embedded Software Development
3 3 (5.769%) Multithreading
4 2 (3.846%) Software Architecture
4 2 (3.846%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (3.846%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 52 (100.00%) C
2 37 (71.15%) C++
3 22 (42.31%) Embedded C++
4 9 (17.31%) C#
5 7 (13.46%) Assembly Language
6 6 (11.54%) SQL
7 5 (9.615%) VB.NET
7 5 (9.615%) Java
8 4 (7.692%) JavaScript
9 3 (5.769%) Ada
10 2 (3.846%) Python
11 1 (1.923%) PHP
11 1 (1.923%) MATLAB
11 1 (1.923%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 12 (23.08%) Degree
2 3 (5.769%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.923%) JTAG
1 1 (1.923%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 7 (13.46%) EMC
2 3 (5.769%) NEC
3 1 (1.923%) Freescale
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Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
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