The first table below looks at the demand for the C Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C Software Engineer
Rank 110 105 88
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a C Software Engineer 17 20 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.903% 1.011% 1.651%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.947% 1.050% 1.749%
Number of salaries quoted 8 16 35
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,950 £45,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,750 £53,750 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1796 1905 2058
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 95.43% 96.26% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1589 1612 1879
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
C Software Engineer
Cambridgeshire

C Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing C Software Engineer across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridge C Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

C Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge C Software Engineer Salary Trend

C Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited C Software Engineer in their job title 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 with C Software Engineer in their job title.

1 32 (100.00%) C
2 30 (93.75%) Linux
3 24 (75.00%) Degree
4 18 (56.25%) TCP/IP
4 18 (56.25%) Ethernet
5 17 (53.13%) Device Driver
6 15 (46.88%) VMware
6 15 (46.88%) VHDL
6 15 (46.88%) Verilog
6 15 (46.88%) Electronic Design Automation
6 15 (46.88%) Xen
7 11 (34.38%) C++
8 10 (31.25%) Embedded C
9 8 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
10 7 (21.88%) Electronics
11 6 (18.75%) Broadband
11 6 (18.75%) Multimedia
11 6 (18.75%) Wireless
12 3 (9.375%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (6.250%) Ajax
13 2 (6.250%) CppUnit
13 2 (6.250%) JSON
13 2 (6.250%) jQuery
13 2 (6.250%) Python
13 2 (6.250%) Embedded C++
13 2 (6.250%) Java
13 2 (6.250%) FTP
13 2 (6.250%) HTTP
13 2 (6.250%) SNMP
14 1 (3.125%) Perl

C Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited C Software Engineer in their job title 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 with C Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (6.250%) Ajax
1 2 (6.250%) JSON
1 2 (6.250%) jQuery
Communications & Networking
1 18 (56.25%) Ethernet
1 18 (56.25%) TCP/IP
2 6 (18.75%) Wireless
2 6 (18.75%) Broadband
3 2 (6.250%) FTP
3 2 (6.250%) HTTP
3 2 (6.250%) SNMP
Development Applications
1 2 (6.250%) CppUnit
2 1 (3.125%) Git (software)
2 1 (3.125%) Subversion
General
1 7 (21.88%) Electronics
2 6 (18.75%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 17 (53.13%) Device Driver
2 15 (46.88%) VHDL
2 15 (46.88%) Verilog
3 8 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 30 (93.75%) Linux
2 3 (9.375%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (3.125%) Android
3 1 (3.125%) Windows CE
3 1 (3.125%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (46.88%) Electronic Design Automation
2 1 (3.125%) Video Processing
2 1 (3.125%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (3.125%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (100.00%) C
2 11 (34.38%) C++
3 10 (31.25%) Embedded C
4 2 (6.250%) Embedded C++
4 2 (6.250%) Java
4 2 (6.250%) Python
5 1 (3.125%) Perl
5 1 (3.125%) Objective-C
5 1 (3.125%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 24 (75.00%) Degree
System Software
1 15 (46.88%) Xen
Vendors
1 15 (46.88%) VMware
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You'll be degree educated and have 5 years+ experience working with C C++ code across ideally Linux and Windows... My client is working on a suite of...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum + Fantastic
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
An exciting opportunity has become available for a C embedded engineer to design and develop new wireless technology for a worldwide company. You will work within a small...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Key Skills: Embedded, C, C++, Embedded, Embedded Linux... Due to their growing client base, they are expanding the team and require an expert in embedded systems... - Strong involvement...
Auburn Rose
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013