Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C over the 3 months to 17 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 Cambridgeshire region.

 C
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank61010
Rank change year-on-year
Up+4No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads366247601
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire15.40 %11.13 %14.00 %
As % of the Programming Languages category29.59 %19.48 %24.27 %
Salaries quoted313194509
Average salary£36,000£40,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00 %+6.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£28,650£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£55,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£36,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.850 %-
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
123712682476
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire52.06 %57.14 %57.68 %
Salaries quoted112710952104
Average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£45,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
C East of EnglandC
East of England

C
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

Cambridgeshire C Salary Histogram

C
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeUp+7291£37,500-6.25 %
PeterboroughUp+2010£35,000+16.66 %
C East of EnglandC
East of England

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

1470 (79.66 %)C++
2322 (54.58 %)Degree
3207 (35.08 %)Linux
4158 (26.78 %)Java
5134 (22.71 %)Computer Science
6130 (22.03 %)Windows
7104 (17.63 %)Electronics
7104 (17.63 %)Software Engineering
891 (15.42 %)Assembly Language
990 (15.25 %)Education
1080 (13.56 %)Embedded C
1174 (12.54 %)UNIX
1272 (12.20 %)C#
1370 (11.86 %)Mathematics
1468 (11.53 %)Perl
1468 (11.53 %)Python
1468 (11.53 %)Device Driver
1561 (10.34 %)Wireless
1561 (10.34 %)Internet
1653 (8.983 %).NET
1752 (8.814 %)PhD
1850 (8.475 %)Open Source
1949 (8.305 %)SQL
2047 (7.966 %)Physics
2145 (7.627 %)Embedded C++
2145 (7.627 %)Symbian
2244 (7.458 %)OO
2342 (7.119 %)Windows CE
2342 (7.119 %)Pensions
2440 (6.780 %)UML

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
153 (8.983 %).NET
228 (4.746 %)XML
327 (4.576 %)HTML
419 (3.220 %)ODBC
517 (2.881 %)AJAX
614 (2.373 %)Servlets
614 (2.373 %)OpenGL
712 (2.034 %)CSS
712 (2.034 %)OpenVG
810 (1.695 %)JSP
99 (1.525 %)Web Services
99 (1.525 %)WinForms
108 (1.356 %)J2SE
108 (1.356 %).NET Framework
117 (1.186 %)Ruby on Rails
126 (1.017 %)XHTML
126 (1.017 %)Java SE
135 (0.847 %)SOAP
135 (0.847 %)MFC
144 (0.678 %)JDBC
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
118 (3.051 %)Apache
216 (2.712 %)Tomcat
38 (1.356 %)CMS
44 (0.678 %)Mathematica
53 (0.508 %)SharePoint
62 (0.339 %)WebSphere Application Server
62 (0.339 %)MS Exchange
62 (0.339 %)Exchange Server 2007
71 (0.169 %)Lotus Domino
71 (0.169 %)IIS
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
118 (3.051 %)MATLAB
210 (1.695 %)S-PLUS
33 (0.508 %)MS Excel
33 (0.508 %)MS Office
33 (0.508 %)Simulink
42 (0.339 %)FrameMaker
42 (0.339 %)MS Visio
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
161 (10.34 %)Wireless
161 (10.34 %)Internet
231 (5.254 %)3G
231 (5.254 %)HTTP
325 (4.237 %)3GPP
421 (3.559 %)SMTP
520 (3.390 %)HSUPA
520 (3.390 %)TCP/IP
520 (3.390 %)HSDPA
619 (3.220 %)VoIP
717 (2.881 %)GPRS
816 (2.712 %)ZigBee
915 (2.542 %)TETRA
1014 (2.373 %)Ethernet
1113 (2.203 %)DSL
1211 (1.864 %)LTE
1211 (1.864 %)Wi-Fi
1310 (1.695 %)2G
1310 (1.695 %)GSM
147 (1.186 %)HSPA
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
127 (4.576 %)MySQL
210 (1.695 %)SQL Server
32 (0.339 %)GIS
32 (0.339 %)RDBMS
41 (0.169 %)SQL Server 2008
41 (0.169 %)Text Mining
41 (0.169 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.169 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (0.169 %)Data Mining
41 (0.169 %)PostgreSQL
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
117 (2.881 %)Eclipse
212 (2.034 %)Subversion
37 (1.186 %)Visual Studio
42 (0.339 %)ProC
42 (0.339 %)Maven
42 (0.339 %)Telelogic Rhapsody
51 (0.169 %)TestComplete
51 (0.169 %)Rational Performance Tester
51 (0.169 %)SilkPerformer
51 (0.169 %)LoadRunner
51 (0.169 %)JMeter
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1104 (17.63 %)Electronics
290 (15.25 %)Education
342 (7.119 %)Pensions
434 (5.763 %)3D Graphics
529 (4.915 %)Manufacturing
622 (3.729 %)Games
721 (3.559 %)Health
721 (3.559 %)Insurance
817 (2.881 %)Marketing
916 (2.712 %)Finance
1013 (2.203 %)Online Games
1112 (2.034 %)Publishing
1210 (1.695 %)Telecoms
136 (1.017 %)Pharmaceutical
144 (0.678 %)Aerospace
153 (0.508 %)Multimedia
153 (0.508 %)Government
162 (0.339 %)Electric
162 (0.339 %)Banking
171 (0.169 %)Front Office
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1217 (36.78 %)Software Engineer
2116 (19.66 %)Developer
394 (15.93 %)Graduate
475 (12.71 %)Embedded Software Engineer
551 (8.644 %)Software Developer
643 (7.288 %)Senior Software Engineer
739 (6.610 %)Java Developer
832 (5.424 %)Graduate Developer
832 (5.424 %)C++ Developer
927 (4.576 %)Programmer
1026 (4.407 %)Hardware Engineer
1026 (4.407 %)Firmware Engineer
1124 (4.068 %)Architect
1124 (4.068 %)C Software Engineer
1219 (3.220 %)Test Engineer
1219 (3.220 %)C++ Software Engineer
1318 (3.051 %)Embedded C Engineer
1318 (3.051 %)Software Architect
1417 (2.881 %)Analyst
1417 (2.881 %)Embedded C Software Engineer
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1134 (22.71 %)Computer Science
270 (11.86 %)Mathematics
368 (11.53 %)Device Driver
450 (8.475 %)Open Source
547 (7.966 %)Physics
631 (5.254 %)Firmware
719 (3.220 %)Client/Server
815 (2.542 %)VHDL
914 (2.373 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
109 (1.525 %)Statistics
118 (1.356 %)Applied Mathematics
127 (1.186 %)Economics
127 (1.186 %)Verilog
135 (0.847 %)Life Science
135 (0.847 %)Multithreading
144 (0.678 %)Grid Computing
144 (0.678 %)IVR
144 (0.678 %)W3C
144 (0.678 %)IPTV
144 (0.678 %)Artificial Intelligence
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1207 (35.08 %)Linux
2130 (22.03 %)Windows
374 (12.54 %)UNIX
442 (7.119 %)Windows CE
535 (5.932 %)Solaris
633 (5.593 %)Embedded Linux
719 (3.220 %)AIX
87 (1.186 %)Android
93 (0.508 %)Windows Mobile
102 (0.339 %)Debian
102 (0.339 %)Symbian OS
102 (0.339 %)Windows Server 2003
102 (0.339 %)Windows XP
102 (0.339 %)Windows 2000
102 (0.339 %)Windows Server 2008
111 (0.169 %)Mac OS
111 (0.169 %)Mac OS X
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1104 (17.63 %)Software Engineering
244 (7.458 %)OO
340 (6.780 %)UML
424 (4.068 %)Validation
520 (3.390 %)Unit Testing
520 (3.390 %)Project Management
619 (3.220 %)OOD
619 (3.220 %)Software Architecture
714 (2.373 %)Refactoring
714 (2.373 %)Agile Software Development
811 (1.864 %)Software Testing
99 (1.525 %)OOP
108 (1.356 %)Use Case
108 (1.356 %)System Testing
117 (1.186 %)Image Processing
126 (1.017 %)Rapid Prototyping
126 (1.017 %)Computer Architecture
135 (0.847 %)Content Management
144 (0.678 %)Configuration Management
144 (0.678 %)Requirements Analysis
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1470 (79.66 %)C++
2158 (26.78 %)Java
391 (15.42 %)Assembly Language
480 (13.56 %)Embedded C
572 (12.20 %)C#
668 (11.53 %)Perl
668 (11.53 %)Python
749 (8.305 %)SQL
845 (7.627 %)Embedded C++
937 (6.271 %)JavaScript
1032 (5.424 %)PHP
1131 (5.254 %)VC++
127 (1.186 %)Ruby
136 (1.017 %)VB
144 (0.678 %)Fortran
144 (0.678 %)VB.NET
152 (0.339 %)Objective-C
152 (0.339 %)Shell Script
161 (0.169 %)ActionScript
161 (0.169 %)Delphi
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1322 (54.58 %)Degree
252 (8.814 %)PhD
310 (1.695 %)Security Cleared
44 (0.678 %)Microsoft Certification
44 (0.678 %)MCSE
44 (0.678 %)MCITP
52 (0.339 %)SC Cleared
61 (0.169 %)CISSP
61 (0.169 %)Cisco Certification
61 (0.169 %)ISEB
61 (0.169 %)CCIE
61 (0.169 %)CCDP
61 (0.169 %)ITIL Certification
61 (0.169 %)PMP
61 (0.169 %)PMI Certification
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (0.678 %)QA
23 (0.508 %)SLA
32 (0.339 %)JTAG
32 (0.339 %)PCI DSS
41 (0.169 %)ISO9001
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (0.678 %)VMware Infrastructure
23 (0.508 %)ISA Server
31 (0.169 %)Hyper-V
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.169 %)HP Quality Center
11 (0.169 %)WSUS
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
145 (7.627 %)Symbian
225 (4.237 %)Adobe
311 (1.864 %)Hitachi
49 (1.525 %)Xilinx
49 (1.525 %)Microsoft
58 (1.356 %)Oracle
67 (1.186 %)Anite
76 (1.017 %)Wall Street Systems
84 (0.678 %)VMware
84 (0.678 %)Telelogic
84 (0.678 %)EMC
84 (0.678 %)Sybase
93 (0.508 %)Citrix
93 (0.508 %)Sophos
93 (0.508 %)Websense
93 (0.508 %)Clearswift
102 (0.339 %)Sun
111 (0.169 %)JBoss
111 (0.169 %)Avaya
111 (0.169 %)Cisco