The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C over the 3 months to 21 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 21 49 45
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -4
Permanent jobs citing C 71 74 60
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 7.267% 5.312% 4.781%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.77% 7.948% 8.708%
Number of salaries quoted 44 45 43
Average salary £38,500 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.75% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £24,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,750 £59,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
556 931 689
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 56.91% 66.83% 54.90%
Number of salaries quoted 482 760 586
Average salary £39,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C
East of England

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex C Jobs Demand Trend

C
Salary Trend

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

Essex C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C across the Essex region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 21 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
Brentwood +4 23 - -
Basildon - 13 £37,500 -
Chelmsford +26 9 £40,000 -27.27%
Colchester +14 7 £28,000 -37.43%
Harlow +34 3 £22,250 -62.12%
Maldon - 1 £45,000 -
C
East of England

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

1 59 (57.84%) C++
2 57 (55.88%) Linux
3 36 (35.29%) Degree
4 31 (30.39%) Embedded C
5 28 (27.45%) Windows
6 27 (26.47%) Broadband
7 26 (25.49%) .NET
8 25 (24.51%) Embedded C++
8 25 (24.51%) TCP/IP
9 23 (22.55%) SQL
10 21 (20.59%) DVB
11 20 (19.61%) Manufacturing
12 18 (17.65%) POSIX
12 18 (17.65%) Software Architecture
13 17 (16.67%) Multithreading
13 17 (16.67%) DTV
14 16 (15.69%) Embedded Linux
15 15 (14.71%) Finance
16 14 (13.73%) Software Engineering
16 14 (13.73%) Firmware
17 13 (12.75%) C#
17 13 (12.75%) STB
18 12 (11.76%) OOP
19 11 (10.78%) Automotive
19 11 (10.78%) Change Control
20 10 (9.804%) Device Driver
20 10 (9.804%) Electronics
20 10 (9.804%) Subversion
20 10 (9.804%) UNIX
20 10 (9.804%) SQL Server

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

Application Development
1 26 (25.49%) .NET
2 18 (17.65%) POSIX
3 9 (8.824%) Middleware
4 8 (7.843%) Qt
5 3 (2.941%) .NET Framework
5 3 (2.941%) OpenGL
5 3 (2.941%) DirectX
5 3 (2.941%) CGI
5 3 (2.941%) HTML
5 3 (2.941%) MFC
6 1 (0.980%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.980%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.980%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (2.941%) Quicktime
2 2 (1.961%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 27 (26.47%) Broadband
2 25 (24.51%) TCP/IP
3 21 (20.59%) DVB
4 7 (6.863%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (6.863%) Wireless
5 5 (4.902%) FTP
5 5 (4.902%) Firewall
6 4 (3.922%) Bluetooth
6 4 (3.922%) HTTP
6 4 (3.922%) LAN
7 3 (2.941%) 4G
7 3 (2.941%) DLNA
7 3 (2.941%) DSL
7 3 (2.941%) 802.11
7 3 (2.941%) VoIP
7 3 (2.941%) WAN
7 3 (2.941%) DHCP
7 3 (2.941%) DNS
7 3 (2.941%) UPnP
7 3 (2.941%) TELNET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.804%) SQL Server
2 9 (8.824%) MySQL
3 1 (0.980%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.980%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (9.804%) Subversion
2 5 (4.902%) JIRA
2 5 (4.902%) ClearCase
3 3 (2.941%) Trac
4 2 (1.961%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 20 (19.61%) Manufacturing
2 15 (14.71%) Finance
3 11 (10.78%) Automotive
4 10 (9.804%) Electronics
5 4 (3.922%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.941%) Back Office
7 1 (0.980%) Military
7 1 (0.980%) Retail
7 1 (0.980%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 47 (46.08%) Software Engineer
2 31 (30.39%) Developer
3 17 (16.67%) C++ Developer
4 15 (14.71%) Senior Software Engineer
5 13 (12.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 13 (12.75%) Software Developer
6 7 (6.863%) Linux Engineer
6 7 (6.863%) Graduate
7 6 (5.882%) Administrator
7 6 (5.882%) Systems Administrator
7 6 (5.882%) C++ Software Engineer
8 5 (4.902%) C Software Engineer
9 4 (3.922%) Analyst
9 4 (3.922%) Test Analyst
9 4 (3.922%) Hardware Engineer
9 4 (3.922%) Software Test Analyst
9 4 (3.922%) Principal Engineer
10 3 (2.941%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
10 3 (2.941%) Graduate Software Developer
10 3 (2.941%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.67%) DTV
2 14 (13.73%) Firmware
3 13 (12.75%) STB
4 10 (9.804%) Device Driver
5 4 (3.922%) Physics
5 4 (3.922%) Telematics
5 4 (3.922%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (2.941%) Machine Learning
6 3 (2.941%) MPEG
6 3 (2.941%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (2.941%) Streaming Video
7 2 (1.961%) Computer Science
8 1 (0.980%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.980%) Mathematics
8 1 (0.980%) Replication
8 1 (0.980%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 57 (55.88%) Linux
2 28 (27.45%) Windows
3 16 (15.69%) Embedded Linux
4 10 (9.804%) UNIX
5 6 (5.882%) Debian
6 3 (2.941%) Android
7 2 (1.961%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (17.65%) Software Architecture
2 17 (16.67%) Multithreading
3 14 (13.73%) Software Engineering
4 12 (11.76%) OOP
5 11 (10.78%) Change Control
6 8 (7.843%) OO
6 8 (7.843%) Configuration Management
7 6 (5.882%) Validation
8 5 (4.902%) OOD
9 4 (3.922%) CMMI
9 4 (3.922%) Content Management
9 4 (3.922%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (3.922%) Automated Testing
9 4 (3.922%) Test Scripting
10 3 (2.941%) Scrum
10 3 (2.941%) TDD
11 2 (1.961%) Requirements Analysis
11 2 (1.961%) System Testing
11 2 (1.961%) Embedded Software Development
12 1 (0.980%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 59 (57.84%) C++
2 31 (30.39%) Embedded C
3 25 (24.51%) Embedded C++
4 23 (22.55%) SQL
5 13 (12.75%) C#
6 9 (8.824%) PHP
6 9 (8.824%) JavaScript
7 6 (5.882%) Perl
7 6 (5.882%) Korn
7 6 (5.882%) Bash shell
8 4 (3.922%) Python
8 4 (3.922%) Delphi
9 3 (2.941%) Fortran
9 3 (2.941%) Java
9 3 (2.941%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.980%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.980%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (35.29%) Degree
2 4 (3.922%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.941%) MCDST
3 3 (2.941%) HNC
3 3 (2.941%) HND
3 3 (2.941%) MCSE
4 1 (0.980%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.980%) CCNP
4 1 (0.980%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.941%) JTAG
2 1 (0.980%) QA
System Software
1 6 (5.882%) VMware ESX
1 6 (5.882%) vSphere
1 6 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (9.804%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.882%) VMware
2 6 (5.882%) Red Hat
3 4 (3.922%) EMC
3 4 (3.922%) VeriFone
4 3 (2.941%) Cisco
5 2 (1.961%) QNX
6 1 (0.980%) Twitter
6 1 (0.980%) Intel
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Salary: £34000 - £38000 per annum
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