The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded C skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Embedded C over the 3 months to 23 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded C
Rank 118 131 106
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -25
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 8 3 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.448% 0.150% 0.835%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.785% 0.234% 1.371%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 10
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -2.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £29,900
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £32,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +13.33%
All Programming Languages
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1019 1281 1021
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 57.12% 63.99% 60.92%
Number of salaries quoted 841 1144 898
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Embedded C
North West

Embedded C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Embedded C Salary Trend

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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Chester -17 4 £35,000 +7.69%
Northwich - 3 £37,500 -
Embedded C
North West

Embedded C
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 10 (76.92%) C
2 9 (69.23%) Linux
2 9 (69.23%) TCP/IP
3 7 (53.85%) C++
4 6 (46.15%) Embedded C++
4 6 (46.15%) Embedded Linux
4 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
4 6 (46.15%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (38.46%) pSOS
5 5 (38.46%) STB
6 4 (30.77%) Ethernet
7 3 (23.08%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 3 (23.08%) HND
7 3 (23.08%) Finance
7 3 (23.08%) Aerospace
7 3 (23.08%) Military
7 3 (23.08%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
7 3 (23.08%) Subversion
7 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
7 3 (23.08%) SCADA
7 3 (23.08%) DO-178B
7 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
7 3 (23.08%) BC Cleared
8 1 (7.692%) Degree
8 1 (7.692%) Electronics
8 1 (7.692%) Windows
8 1 (7.692%) .NET
8 1 (7.692%) C#

Embedded C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 1 (7.692%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) TCP/IP
2 4 (30.77%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 3 (23.08%) Subversion
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
1 3 (23.08%) Aerospace
1 3 (23.08%) Military
2 1 (7.692%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Software Engineer
2 9 (69.23%) Senior Software Engineer
3 5 (38.46%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 5 (38.46%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 5 (38.46%) Embedded C Engineer
3 5 (38.46%) Linux Engineer
3 5 (38.46%) Senior Linux Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Design Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Software Design Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) C# Software Developer
5 1 (7.692%) C# Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Software Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (38.46%) STB
3 3 (23.08%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 3 (23.08%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Linux
2 6 (46.15%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (38.46%) pSOS
4 1 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) C
2 7 (53.85%) C++
3 6 (46.15%) Embedded C++
4 1 (7.692%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) HND
2 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) BC Cleared
3 1 (7.692%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) DO-178B
Chester, North West
They build large and robust systems that are used on ships and boast across the world, as such having experience working embedded C or software systems that integrate...
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013