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This section looks at the demand for C skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank74
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads612731
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.323 %0.299 %
As % of the category below29.49 %38.17 %
Salaries quoted496595
Average minimum salary£34,227£34,050
Average salary£38,270£38,067
% change on same period last year+0.53 %
Average maximum salary£42,312£42,084
UK excluding London average salary£37,294£36,884
% change on same period last year+1.11 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads20751915
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.095 %0.784 %
Salaries quoted18311596
Average minimum salary£32,337£32,719
Average salary£36,075£36,305
% change on same period last year-0.63 %
Average maximum salary£39,812£39,891
UK excluding London average salary£35,180£35,575
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
C CambridgeshireC
Cambridgeshire

C
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Cambridge C Salary Histogram

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

1733 (61.13 %)C++
2432 (36.03 %)Degree
3372 (31.03 %)Linux
4252 (21.02 %)Windows
5216 (18.02 %)UNIX
6205 (17.10 %)Java
7204 (17.01 %)C#
8187 (15.60 %)Computer Science
9181 (15.10 %)Embedded C
10164 (13.68 %)Perl
11154 (12.84 %)Electronics
12140 (11.68 %)Python
13139 (11.59 %)Wireless
14117 (9.758 %).NET
1596 (8.007 %)Telecoms
1695 (7.923 %)TCP/IP
1792 (7.673 %)Assembly Language
1891 (7.590 %)Mathematics
1987 (7.256 %)Embedded C++
2082 (6.839 %)Embedded Linux
2179 (6.589 %)PhD
2277 (6.422 %)MATLAB
2277 (6.422 %)Health
2374 (6.172 %)Pensions
2473 (6.088 %)Microsoft
2571 (5.922 %)Software Engineering
2669 (5.755 %)SQL
2763 (5.254 %)OO
2861 (5.088 %)PHP
2960 (5.004 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1117 (9.758 %).NET
231 (2.585 %)XML
329 (2.419 %)ASP.NET
427 (2.252 %)HTML
520 (1.668 %)WinForms
619 (1.585 %)J2EE
715 (1.251 %)CSS
715 (1.251 %)AJAX
814 (1.168 %)ASP.NET 2.0
913 (1.084 %)JSP
1011 (0.917 %)SOAP
1011 (0.917 %)Middleware
1110 (0.834 %)ODBC
129 (0.751 %)WebServices
129 (0.751 %)OpenGL
138 (0.667 %)STL
147 (0.584 %)MFC
147 (0.584 %)DirectX
156 (0.500 %)DOM
156 (0.500 %)Ruby on Rails
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
130 (2.502 %)Apache
221 (1.751 %)Tomcat
312 (1.001 %)MS Exchange
44 (0.334 %)Documentum
53 (0.250 %)SharePoint
62 (0.167 %)IIS
62 (0.167 %)BizTalk Server
71 (0.083 %)CMS
71 (0.083 %)JBoss
71 (0.083 %)WebLogic
Cambridge IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
177 (6.422 %)MATLAB
226 (2.168 %)MS Excel
322 (1.835 %)MS Visio
322 (1.835 %)MS Office
416 (1.334 %)S-PLUS
513 (1.084 %)3ds Max
611 (0.917 %)Maya
78 (0.667 %)FrameMaker
78 (0.667 %)Simulink
85 (0.417 %)FreeHand
91 (0.083 %)MS Project
Cambridge IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (0.917 %)Summit
25 (0.417 %)Navision
25 (0.417 %)Dynamics NAV
32 (0.167 %)Dynamics CRM
32 (0.167 %)SAP SD
32 (0.167 %)Pivotal CRM
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1139 (11.59 %)Wireless
295 (7.923 %)TCP/IP
345 (3.753 %)3G
434 (2.836 %)SSL
533 (2.752 %)Bluetooth
632 (2.669 %)DVB
731 (2.585 %)UMTS
731 (2.585 %)Internet
829 (2.419 %)GSM
928 (2.335 %)2G
1026 (2.168 %)WCDMA
1124 (2.002 %)3GPP
1221 (1.751 %)Wi-Fi
1318 (1.501 %)UWB
1417 (1.418 %)HTTP
1516 (1.334 %)ATM
1614 (1.168 %)RFID
1713 (1.084 %)VoIP
1811 (0.917 %)RTSP
1910 (0.834 %)RNC
Cambridge IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
147 (3.920 %)SQL Server
217 (1.418 %)SQL Server 2000
217 (1.418 %)SQL Server 2005
39 (0.751 %)MySQL
39 (0.751 %)RDBMS
47 (0.584 %)GIS
55 (0.417 %)Text Mining
55 (0.417 %)Crystal Reports
64 (0.334 %)Data Mining
72 (0.167 %)Informix
81 (0.083 %)Oracle Reports
81 (0.083 %)Oracle 9i
81 (0.083 %)Cognos Impromptu
81 (0.083 %)DTS
81 (0.083 %)Oracle Discoverer
81 (0.083 %)Oracle 10g
81 (0.083 %)BusinessObjects
81 (0.083 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81 (0.083 %)PostgreSQL
81 (0.083 %)dBASE
Cambridge IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
121 (1.751 %)Visual Studio
214 (1.168 %)VSS/SourceSafe
310 (0.834 %)TestDirector
48 (0.667 %)WinRunner
56 (0.500 %)Subversion
65 (0.417 %)Flash
65 (0.417 %)ClearCase
74 (0.334 %)Eclipse
82 (0.167 %)PVCS
82 (0.167 %)Rational Rose
82 (0.167 %)TestComplete
82 (0.167 %)LabVIEW
91 (0.083 %)ProC
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1154 (12.84 %)Electronics
296 (8.007 %)Telecoms
377 (6.422 %)Health
474 (6.172 %)Pensions
551 (4.254 %)Finance
640 (3.336 %)Insurance
739 (3.253 %)Manufacturing
837 (3.086 %)Marketing
933 (2.752 %)Education
1029 (2.419 %)Multimedia
1118 (1.501 %)Automotive
1214 (1.168 %)3D Graphics
1313 (1.084 %)Games
149 (0.751 %)Government
158 (0.667 %)Pharmaceutical
165 (0.417 %)Aerospace
165 (0.417 %)Back Office
165 (0.417 %)Publishing
165 (0.417 %)Retail
174 (0.334 %)Banking
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1450 (37.53 %)Software Engineer
2301 (25.10 %)Developer
3149 (12.43 %)Embedded Software Engineer
4137 (11.43 %)Software Developer
5109 (9.091 %)C++ Developer
6108 (9.008 %)C Software Engineer
798 (8.173 %)C Developer
877 (6.422 %)C++ Software Engineer
970 (5.838 %)Graduate
1049 (4.087 %)Consultant
1049 (4.087 %)Senior Software Engineer
1148 (4.003 %)C++ Software Developer
1242 (3.503 %)Test Engineer
1341 (3.420 %)Linux Engineer
1440 (3.336 %)C# Developer
1535 (2.919 %)Embedded C Engineer
1632 (2.669 %)Analyst
1731 (2.585 %)Junior
1830 (2.502 %)Embedded Software Developer
1929 (2.419 %)Project Manager
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1187 (15.60 %)Computer Science
291 (7.590 %)Mathematics
360 (5.004 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
458 (4.837 %)STB
557 (4.754 %)VHDL
654 (4.504 %)Verilog
752 (4.337 %)Physics
849 (4.087 %)DTV
944 (3.670 %)IPTV
1035 (2.919 %)Device Driver
1127 (2.252 %)MPEG
1216 (1.334 %)Cryptography
1315 (1.251 %)Handset
1414 (1.168 %)Firmware
1414 (1.168 %)PKI
1510 (0.834 %)IVR
169 (0.751 %)Streaming Video
178 (0.667 %)Applied Mathematics
186 (0.500 %)Statistics
186 (0.500 %)Life Science
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1372 (31.03 %)Linux
2252 (21.02 %)Windows
3216 (18.02 %)UNIX
482 (6.839 %)Embedded Linux
543 (3.586 %)Solaris
640 (3.336 %)VxWorks
721 (1.751 %)Windows XP
819 (1.585 %)Debian
917 (1.418 %)Windows CE
1012 (1.001 %)Windows Server 2003
119 (0.751 %)OpenBSD
119 (0.751 %)Ubuntu
127 (0.584 %)Nucleus RTOS
127 (0.584 %)pSOS
136 (0.500 %)Windows NT
136 (0.500 %)HPUX
145 (0.417 %)Windows 2000
153 (0.250 %)ThreadX
153 (0.250 %)Windows Mobile
162 (0.167 %)Symbian OS
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
171 (5.922 %)Software Engineering
263 (5.254 %)OO
349 (4.087 %)UML
438 (3.169 %)Project Management
525 (2.085 %)Software Testing
623 (1.918 %)EDA
623 (1.918 %)OOD
719 (1.585 %)Data Security
818 (1.501 %)Agile Software Development
915 (1.251 %)Configuration Management
915 (1.251 %)Technical Architecture
1014 (1.168 %)Automated Testing
1014 (1.168 %)Zachman Framework
1113 (1.084 %)CAD
1113 (1.084 %)PRINCE2
1212 (1.001 %)Unit Testing
1311 (0.917 %)Document Management
1410 (0.834 %)Product Marketing
1410 (0.834 %)Validation
1410 (0.834 %)Extreme Programming
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1733 (61.13 %)C++
2205 (17.10 %)Java
3204 (17.01 %)C#
4181 (15.10 %)Embedded C
5164 (13.68 %)Perl
6140 (11.68 %)Python
792 (7.673 %)Assembly Language
887 (7.256 %)Embedded C++
969 (5.755 %)SQL
1061 (5.088 %)PHP
1149 (4.087 %)VB
1246 (3.837 %)VC++
1339 (3.253 %)JavaScript
1435 (2.919 %)VB6
1510 (0.834 %)VB.NET
169 (0.751 %)Ruby
169 (0.751 %)Korn
177 (0.584 %)Tcl
177 (0.584 %)Groovy
184 (0.334 %)VBA
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1432 (36.03 %)Degree
279 (6.589 %)PhD
317 (1.418 %)Microsoft Certification
46 (0.500 %)HND
46 (0.500 %)MCSE
55 (0.417 %)MCP
55 (0.417 %)ISEB
55 (0.417 %)ITIL Certification
64 (0.334 %)PRINCE2 Certification
64 (0.334 %)Postgraduate
73 (0.250 %)CISSP
81 (0.083 %)CNE
81 (0.083 %)Novell Certification
81 (0.083 %)GIAC
81 (0.083 %)ISTQB
81 (0.083 %)Chartered Engineer
Cambridge IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
134 (2.836 %)QA
24 (0.334 %)SLA
33 (0.250 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
33 (0.250 %)ISO9001
42 (0.167 %)JTAG
51 (0.083 %)PCI DSS
Cambridge IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
126 (2.168 %)Active Directory
29 (0.751 %)VMware ESX
32 (0.167 %)NFS
Cambridge IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (1.001 %)MOM
29 (0.751 %)Nessus
35 (0.417 %)SCOM
41 (0.083 %)Nagios
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
173 (6.088 %)Microsoft
214 (1.168 %)Oracle
311 (0.917 %)Red Hat
410 (0.834 %)MKS
410 (0.834 %)HP
59 (0.751 %)Intel
59 (0.751 %)Symbian
59 (0.751 %)Symantec
59 (0.751 %)Sophos
59 (0.751 %)Tripwire
67 (0.584 %)SAP
76 (0.500 %)Wall Street Systems
85 (0.417 %)Sun
94 (0.334 %)Citrix
94 (0.334 %)BMC
103 (0.250 %)IBM
103 (0.250 %)Perforce
112 (0.167 %)OpenTV
112 (0.167 %)QNX
112 (0.167 %)PeopleSoft
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