The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT jobs advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C over the 3 months to 24 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 Guildford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 52 60 45
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -15
Permanent jobs citing C 33 22 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 3.679% 3.022% 2.155%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.957% 4.314% 3.876%
Number of salaries quoted 22 20 10
Average salary £35,000 £41,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.15% +17.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £35,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £49,250 £50,000 £42,750
UK excluding London average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
554 510 258
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 61.76% 70.05% 55.60%
Number of salaries quoted 474 493 241
Average salary £37,500 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C
Surrey

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C across the Guildford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Guildford C Salary Histogram

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 37 (71.15%) C++
2 27 (51.92%) Linux
3 19 (36.54%) Java
3 19 (36.54%) C#
4 17 (32.69%) Windows
4 17 (32.69%) Degree
5 15 (28.85%) .NET
6 13 (25.00%) Finance
6 13 (25.00%) VHDL
6 13 (25.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 13 (25.00%) Mathematics
6 13 (25.00%) Security Cleared
7 11 (21.15%) Telecoms
8 10 (19.23%) ASP.NET
8 10 (19.23%) Computer Science
9 9 (17.31%) Physics
9 9 (17.31%) Web Development
9 9 (17.31%) OO
9 9 (17.31%) SQL
10 8 (15.38%) Firmware
10 8 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
10 8 (15.38%) Signal Processing
11 7 (13.46%) PCI DSS
11 7 (13.46%) IVR
11 7 (13.46%) OOD
12 6 (11.54%) SQL Server
12 6 (11.54%) Software Engineering
12 6 (11.54%) Project Management
13 5 (9.615%) Device Driver
13 5 (9.615%) Wireless

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 15 (28.85%) .NET
2 10 (19.23%) ASP.NET
3 5 (9.615%) WinForms
3 5 (9.615%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 5 (9.615%) ASP.NET MVC
4 4 (7.692%) FreeSWITCH
4 4 (7.692%) XML
5 3 (5.769%) Web Services
5 3 (5.769%) JSP
6 2 (3.846%) .NET Framework
6 2 (3.846%) WCF
6 2 (3.846%) J2EE
6 2 (3.846%) ADO.NET
6 2 (3.846%) HTML
6 2 (3.846%) SOAP
7 1 (1.923%) OpenGL
7 1 (1.923%) DirectX
7 1 (1.923%) STL
7 1 (1.923%) CSS
7 1 (1.923%) ActiveX
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.769%) Tomcat
2 2 (3.846%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (3.846%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (5.769%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.923%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.615%) Wireless
2 4 (7.692%) Asterisk PBX
3 3 (5.769%) Gigabit Ethernet
3 3 (5.769%) VoIP
3 3 (5.769%) Ethernet
3 3 (5.769%) SNMP
3 3 (5.769%) SONET
3 3 (5.769%) RTP
3 3 (5.769%) GSM
3 3 (5.769%) SDH
3 3 (5.769%) LTE
4 2 (3.846%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (3.846%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (3.846%) Network Security
4 2 (3.846%) M3UA
4 2 (3.846%) SCTP
4 2 (3.846%) UMTS
4 2 (3.846%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.846%) VPN
4 2 (3.846%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.846%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (3.846%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.923%) MySQL
3 1 (1.923%) MS Access
3 1 (1.923%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 4 (7.692%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.846%) GCC
2 2 (3.846%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (3.846%) Eclipse
2 2 (3.846%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.923%) Subversion
3 1 (1.923%) Rational Rose
General
1 13 (25.00%) Finance
2 11 (21.15%) Telecoms
3 4 (7.692%) Retail
3 4 (7.692%) Electronics
4 3 (5.769%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.923%) Games
Job Titles
1 26 (50.00%) Developer
2 8 (15.38%) Graduate
2 8 (15.38%) Software Engineer
3 7 (13.46%) Graduate Developer
3 7 (13.46%) Hardware Engineer
4 6 (11.54%) Senior Developer
4 6 (11.54%) Software Developer
5 5 (9.615%) Graduate Software Developer
6 4 (7.692%) C Developer
6 4 (7.692%) Support Engineer
7 3 (5.769%) Senior C Developer
7 3 (5.769%) Electronics Engineer
8 2 (3.846%) Cisco Consultant
8 2 (3.846%) Junior Python Developer
8 2 (3.846%) Cisco Security Consultant
8 2 (3.846%) Cisco Network Consultant
8 2 (3.846%) Pre Sales Consultant
8 2 (3.846%) Telecoms Engineer
8 2 (3.846%) C++ Software Engineer
8 2 (3.846%) C# Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (25.00%) VHDL
1 13 (25.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 13 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 10 (19.23%) Computer Science
3 9 (17.31%) Physics
4 8 (15.38%) Firmware
5 7 (13.46%) IVR
6 5 (9.615%) Device Driver
7 3 (5.769%) ASIC
7 3 (5.769%) iPhone
7 3 (5.769%) CUDA
8 2 (3.846%) Cryptography
9 1 (1.923%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.923%) N-Tier
9 1 (1.923%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (1.923%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 27 (51.92%) Linux
2 17 (32.69%) Windows
3 3 (5.769%) Android
4 1 (1.923%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (17.31%) Web Development
1 9 (17.31%) OO
2 8 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (15.38%) Signal Processing
3 7 (13.46%) OOD
4 6 (11.54%) Software Engineering
4 6 (11.54%) Project Management
5 5 (9.615%) MVC
5 5 (9.615%) TDD
6 4 (7.692%) Image Processing
6 4 (7.692%) Scrum
7 3 (5.769%) ITIL
7 3 (5.769%) UML
7 3 (5.769%) Mobile Commerce
7 3 (5.769%) E-Commerce
7 3 (5.769%) Product Management
7 3 (5.769%) Reverse Engineering
7 3 (5.769%) Digital Signal Processing
7 3 (5.769%) Problem Management
8 2 (3.846%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 37 (71.15%) C++
2 19 (36.54%) Java
2 19 (36.54%) C#
3 9 (17.31%) SQL
4 5 (9.615%) VB.NET
4 5 (9.615%) Perl
4 5 (9.615%) Python
5 4 (7.692%) Embedded C
6 3 (5.769%) VB6
6 3 (5.769%) VB
6 3 (5.769%) Embedded C++
7 2 (3.846%) Bash shell
7 2 (3.846%) MATLAB
7 2 (3.846%) T-SQL
7 2 (3.846%) VC++
7 2 (3.846%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.923%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.923%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 17 (32.69%) Degree
2 13 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (9.615%) PhD
4 3 (5.769%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (5.769%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.769%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.923%) HND
5 1 (1.923%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.46%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (7.692%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 3 (5.769%) Nagios
Vendors
1 4 (7.692%) Cisco
2 3 (5.769%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.769%) Altera
2 3 (5.769%) Xilinx
3 2 (3.846%) Agilent
3 2 (3.846%) IronPort
3 2 (3.846%) CheckPoint
3 2 (3.846%) Juniper
3 2 (3.846%) Oracle
3 2 (3.846%) Blue Coat
4 1 (1.923%) QNX
4 1 (1.923%) Apple
4 1 (1.923%) Twitter
Guildford, Surrey
The successful candidate needs to have a degree in a discipline based on Physical Sciences or Engineering with some understanding of materials science. Substantial experience in programming using...
Sente Software Ltd.
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 8 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Strong C or C++ programming skills... - Experience or knowledge in some of the following areas is a significant benefit: LINUX, scripting, embedded systems, IP networking protocols, IP and...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £25000 to £30000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Demonstrable talent coding in at least one major language (C#, Java, J2EE, C, C++) - Experience developing on Windows platform... - Extensive C#/.NET development experience - VB6/VB.NET - MCPD...
OpenBet Technology
Salary: Unspecified Competitive
Posted: 30 April 2013
Guildford, Surrey United Kingdom
Responsibilities of the Senior Developer (C#, Java, J2EE, C, C++): - Develop new features and functionality for retail betting systems... - Demonstrable talent coding in at least one major language (...
OpenBet
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Guildford
Summary: Experienced Electronics Engineer, VHDL, FPGA, embedded C/C++, complex PCB design, Signal Processing, MUST be UK national for this position, Guildford, to £55k + 10% pension... - Simulating and...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £55k + benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
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Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
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