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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Bristol region.

 C
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank26129
Rank change year-on-year
Down-14Down-3
Matching permanent IT job ads93206347
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol6.619 %11.54 %11.83 %
As % of the Programming Languages category10.74 %19.25 %23.80 %
Salaries quoted78180287
Average salary£37,500£36,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.160 %+10.76 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,850£27,500£20,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-
Bristol IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
86610701458
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol61.64 %59.94 %49.69 %
Salaries quoted7808851273
Average salary£32,500£35,000£31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.140 %+11.11 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£26,500£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£41,500£42,500£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
C South WestC
South West

C
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing C across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Bristol C Demand Trend

C
Salary Trend

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

Bristol C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Bristol C Salary Histogram

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Bristol region citing 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 C.

1114 (48.10 %)C++
298 (41.35 %)Degree
360 (25.32 %)Windows
450 (21.10 %)Linux
548 (20.25 %)SQL
641 (17.30 %)VB
641 (17.30 %)Computer Science
740 (16.88 %)Java
838 (16.03 %).NET
930 (12.66 %)Perl
1029 (12.24 %)DVB
1128 (11.81 %)SQL Server
1128 (11.81 %)OO
1227 (11.39 %)UNIX
1326 (10.97 %)C#
1424 (10.13 %)Pensions
1522 (9.283 %)VB.NET
1621 (8.861 %)OOD
1621 (8.861 %)Embedded C
1621 (8.861 %)Electronics
1621 (8.861 %)Electric
1720 (8.439 %)DCOM
1818 (7.595 %)Python
1818 (7.595 %)Health
1818 (7.595 %)STB
1917 (7.173 %)ODBC
2016 (6.751 %)MSI
2016 (6.751 %)RDBMS
2016 (6.751 %)Client/Server
2016 (6.751 %)OLAP

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Bristol region citing 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 C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bristol IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
138 (16.03 %).NET
220 (8.439 %)DCOM
317 (7.173 %)ODBC
416 (6.751 %)MDX
511 (4.641 %)XML
610 (4.219 %)CSS
79 (3.797 %)STL
79 (3.797 %)Boost C++ Libraries
88 (3.376 %)HTML
97 (2.954 %)ASP.NET
105 (2.110 %)MFC
105 (2.110 %)ASP
105 (2.110 %)XHTML
114 (1.688 %)J2ME
123 (1.266 %)WDF
123 (1.266 %)XSLT
132 (0.844 %)DHTML
132 (0.844 %)J2EE
132 (0.844 %)Middleware
132 (0.844 %)Spring
Bristol IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (1.688 %)Apache
14 (1.688 %)SharePoint
23 (1.266 %)MS Exchange
32 (0.844 %)SAS
32 (0.844 %)IIS
41 (0.422 %)Exchange Server 2007
Bristol IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
16 (2.532 %)MATLAB
21 (0.422 %)Simulink
21 (0.422 %)Stateflow
Bristol IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (1.266 %)Maximo
22 (0.844 %)Academy Housing
Bristol IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
129 (12.24 %)DVB
212 (5.063 %)Internet
39 (3.797 %)Wireless
48 (3.376 %)TCP/IP
57 (2.954 %)Broadband
57 (2.954 %)HSPA
66 (2.532 %)iSCSI
66 (2.532 %)IPv6
73 (1.266 %)SAN
73 (1.266 %)DNS
82 (0.844 %)GSM
82 (0.844 %)Intranet
82 (0.844 %)NAS
91 (0.422 %)ZigBee
91 (0.422 %)ATM
Bristol IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
128 (11.81 %)SQL Server
216 (6.751 %)OLAP
216 (6.751 %)RDBMS
312 (5.063 %)SQL Server 2005
49 (3.797 %)Oracle OLAP
49 (3.797 %)Datawarehouse
58 (3.376 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
67 (2.954 %)MySQL
76 (2.532 %)ETL
76 (2.532 %)SQL Server 2008
84 (1.688 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
93 (1.266 %)Oracle 10g
93 (1.266 %)Oracle 8/8i
102 (0.844 %)Ingres
Bristol IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
113 (5.485 %)LoadRunner
212 (5.063 %)WinRunner
32 (0.844 %)Subversion
41 (0.422 %)TestDirector
41 (0.422 %)Visual Studio
Bristol IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
124 (10.13 %)Pensions
221 (8.861 %)Electronics
221 (8.861 %)Electric
318 (7.595 %)Health
410 (4.219 %)Telecoms
59 (3.797 %)Finance
59 (3.797 %)Education
65 (2.110 %)Games
74 (1.688 %)Insurance
83 (1.266 %)Marketing
92 (0.844 %)Advertising
101 (0.422 %)Military
101 (0.422 %)Multimedia
101 (0.422 %)Automotive
Bristol IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
153 (22.36 %)Developer
244 (18.57 %)Software Engineer
327 (11.39 %)Software Manager
417 (7.173 %)Analyst
417 (7.173 %)Test Engineer
515 (6.329 %)Graduate
613 (5.485 %)Applications Engineer
712 (5.063 %)Software Developer
712 (5.063 %)Development Manager
712 (5.063 %)C++ Developer
811 (4.641 %)Development Engineer
910 (4.219 %)Software Development Manager
910 (4.219 %)Test Development Engineer
910 (4.219 %)Support Engineer
109 (3.797 %)RF Engineer
109 (3.797 %)Graduate Software Engineer
109 (3.797 %)Software Support Engineer
118 (3.376 %)C++ Software Engineer
118 (3.376 %)Java Developer
118 (3.376 %)Consultant
Bristol IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
141 (17.30 %)Computer Science
218 (7.595 %)STB
316 (6.751 %)Client/Server
414 (5.907 %)Firmware
414 (5.907 %)DTV
414 (5.907 %)MHEG
510 (4.219 %)Mathematics
510 (4.219 %)Physics
510 (4.219 %)MPEG
67 (2.954 %)Streaming Video
76 (2.532 %)Device Driver
76 (2.532 %)SCADA
84 (1.688 %)Blackberry
84 (1.688 %)iPhone
Bristol IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
160 (25.32 %)Windows
250 (21.10 %)Linux
327 (11.39 %)UNIX
47 (2.954 %)Mac OS
54 (1.688 %)Android
54 (1.688 %)Windows Server 2008
63 (1.266 %)Windows Server 2003
72 (0.844 %)CentOS
72 (0.844 %)Red Hat Linux
81 (0.422 %)VxWorks
Bristol IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
128 (11.81 %)OO
221 (8.861 %)OOD
316 (6.751 %)Unit Testing
413 (5.485 %)Software Engineering
413 (5.485 %)Business Intelligence
413 (5.485 %)PRINCE
413 (5.485 %)PRINCE2
512 (5.063 %)Web Testing
512 (5.063 %)Test Management
611 (4.641 %)Data Analysis
611 (4.641 %)Project Management
79 (3.797 %)ITIL
88 (3.376 %)Software Architecture
97 (2.954 %)Validation
106 (2.532 %)CRM
106 (2.532 %)Database Tuning
115 (2.110 %)Test Scripting
124 (1.688 %)Performance Management
124 (1.688 %)Operations Management
124 (1.688 %)Asset Management
Bristol IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1114 (48.10 %)C++
248 (20.25 %)SQL
341 (17.30 %)VB
440 (16.88 %)Java
530 (12.66 %)Perl
626 (10.97 %)C#
722 (9.283 %)VB.NET
821 (8.861 %)Embedded C
918 (7.595 %)Python
1013 (5.485 %)Assembly Language
119 (3.797 %)PHP
128 (3.376 %)Embedded C++
136 (2.532 %)Ruby
145 (2.110 %)PowerHouse
145 (2.110 %)VB6
145 (2.110 %)JavaScript
152 (0.844 %)Ada
161 (0.422 %)PHP5
161 (0.422 %)ABAP
Bristol IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
198 (41.35 %)Degree
213 (5.485 %)ISEB
312 (5.063 %)ISEB Practitioner
312 (5.063 %)ISTQB
43 (1.266 %)Security Cleared
51 (0.422 %)MCITP
51 (0.422 %)SC Cleared
51 (0.422 %)BC Cleared
51 (0.422 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (0.422 %)MCP
51 (0.422 %)HNC
51 (0.422 %)MCSE
Bristol IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (6.751 %)QA
22 (0.844 %)SLA
31 (0.422 %)ISO9001
Bristol IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (0.844 %)Samba
12 (0.844 %)VMware ESX
21 (0.422 %)Active Directory
Bristol IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
116 (6.751 %)MSI
22 (0.844 %)Nagios
Bristol IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
115 (6.329 %)HP
214 (5.907 %)Oracle
35 (2.110 %)EMC
44 (1.688 %)Sybase
44 (1.688 %)Symbian
44 (1.688 %)Dundas
53 (1.266 %)VMware
53 (1.266 %)Kalido
53 (1.266 %)Microsoft
62 (0.844 %)Orchard
62 (0.844 %)SolarWinds
62 (0.844 %)Dell
62 (0.844 %)Red Hat
62 (0.844 %)SAP
71 (0.422 %)Cisco
71 (0.422 %)NCR
71 (0.422 %)Pegasus
71 (0.422 %)Borland
71 (0.422 %)Sage