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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 3 8 14
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +6
Permanent jobs citing C 15 8 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Fife 36.59% 13.33% 7.576%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.00% 25.00% 19.23%
Number of salaries quoted 14 4 5
Average salary £39,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.42% +7.69%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Fife
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
30 32 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Fife 73.17% 53.33% 39.39%
Number of salaries quoted 25 25 22
Average salary £39,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.42% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,700 £31,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,300 £33,750 £41,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C
Scotland

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Fife 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 Fife region.

Fife C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C across the Fife region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Fife 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 Fife 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
Dunfermline 0 11 £39,000 +20.00%
Glenrothes - 4 £150,000 -
C
Scotland

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Fife 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 26 (83.87%) Degree
2 20 (64.52%) C++
3 15 (48.39%) C#
3 15 (48.39%) Telecoms
3 15 (48.39%) Automotive
3 15 (48.39%) Software Engineering
3 15 (48.39%) Computer Science
4 10 (32.26%) Manufacturing
4 10 (32.26%) Aerospace
4 10 (32.26%) Carbide.c++
5 8 (25.81%) Lean Manufacturing
5 8 (25.81%) Electronics
5 8 (25.81%) Six Sigma
6 7 (22.58%) Configuration Management
6 7 (22.58%) VB
6 7 (22.58%) LabVIEW
6 7 (22.58%) Military
6 7 (22.58%) SC Cleared
6 7 (22.58%) DV Cleared
6 7 (22.58%) Security Cleared
6 7 (22.58%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
7 6 (19.35%) Finance
8 5 (16.13%) Validation
8 5 (16.13%) Retail
8 5 (16.13%) Linux
8 5 (16.13%) Embedded C
8 5 (16.13%) Embedded C++
8 5 (16.13%) Smartcard
8 5 (16.13%) EPoS
8 5 (16.13%) EFTPOS

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Fife 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 5 (16.13%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.13%) NFC
Development Applications
1 10 (32.26%) Carbide.c++
2 7 (22.58%) LabVIEW
General
1 15 (48.39%) Telecoms
1 15 (48.39%) Automotive
2 10 (32.26%) Manufacturing
2 10 (32.26%) Aerospace
3 8 (25.81%) Electronics
4 7 (22.58%) Military
5 6 (19.35%) Finance
6 5 (16.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (64.52%) Software Engineer
2 11 (35.48%) Senior Software Engineer
3 7 (22.58%) Senior Test Engineer
3 7 (22.58%) Test Development Engineer
3 7 (22.58%) Test Engineer
3 7 (22.58%) Development Engineer
3 7 (22.58%) Senior Development Engineer
4 2 (6.452%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.226%) Planning Manager
Miscellaneous
1 15 (48.39%) Computer Science
2 7 (22.58%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 5 (16.13%) Smartcard
3 5 (16.13%) EPoS
3 5 (16.13%) EFTPOS
3 5 (16.13%) Mobile Payment
4 1 (3.226%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (48.39%) Software Engineering
2 8 (25.81%) Lean Manufacturing
2 8 (25.81%) Six Sigma
3 7 (22.58%) Configuration Management
4 5 (16.13%) Validation
5 2 (6.452%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (6.452%) Project Management
5 2 (6.452%) Risk Management
6 1 (3.226%) Supply Chain Management
6 1 (3.226%) Business Analysis
6 1 (3.226%) ERP
6 1 (3.226%) PRINCE2
6 1 (3.226%) Earned Value Management
6 1 (3.226%) Business Development
6 1 (3.226%) Matrix Management
6 1 (3.226%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (64.52%) C++
2 15 (48.39%) C#
3 7 (22.58%) VB
4 5 (16.13%) Embedded C
4 5 (16.13%) Embedded C++
5 1 (3.226%) Java
Qualifications
1 26 (83.87%) Degree
2 7 (22.58%) SC Cleared
2 7 (22.58%) DV Cleared
2 7 (22.58%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.226%) CCA