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This section looks at the demand for C skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4642
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads186218
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.100 %0.091 %
As % of the category below9.514 %10.67 %
Salaries quoted177199
Average minimum salary£34,563£33,132
Average salary£38,939£37,437
% change on same period last year+4.01 %
Average maximum salary£43,314£41,741
UK excluding London average salary£37,543£36,565
% change on same period last year+2.67 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads19552044
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.052 %0.852 %
Salaries quoted17481759
Average minimum salary£35,600£34,888
Average salary£39,121£38,452
% change on same period last year+1.74 %
Average maximum salary£42,641£42,016
UK excluding London average salary£35,268£35,641
% change on same period last year-1.04 %
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Hertfordshire C Salary Histogram

C
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WatfordDown-1229£36,861+13.73 %
St AlbansUp+1720£58,250+115.74 %
Welwyn Garden CityNew entry-14£27,786-
Potters BarNew entry-14£45,423-
StevenageUp+1212£40,375-5.00 %
Kings LangleyNew entry-1£29,500-
BerkhamstedNew entry-1£42,500-
C East of EnglandC
East of England

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1175 (49.86 %)C++
287 (24.79 %)Windows
379 (22.51 %)SQL
472 (20.51 %)SQL Server
571 (20.23 %)Oracle
663 (17.95 %)UNIX
762 (17.66 %)Degree
861 (17.38 %)Linux
960 (17.09 %)Java
1050 (14.25 %)Finance
1149 (13.96 %).NET
1236 (10.26 %)PL/SQL
1236 (10.26 %)C#
1236 (10.26 %)HTML
1236 (10.26 %)UML
1335 (9.972 %)TCP/IP
1433 (9.402 %)Health
1531 (8.832 %)J2EE
1630 (8.547 %)Multithreading
1729 (8.262 %)Project Management
1827 (7.692 %)Oracle Forms
1827 (7.692 %)Oracle Reports
1926 (7.407 %)JavaScript
1926 (7.407 %)Cisco
2025 (7.123 %)Embedded C
2124 (6.838 %)JDeveloper
2223 (6.553 %)VB
2223 (6.553 %)Retail
2322 (6.268 %)Marketing
2322 (6.268 %)OO

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
149 (13.96 %).NET
236 (10.26 %)HTML
331 (8.832 %)J2EE
420 (5.698 %)XML
517 (4.843 %)ASP.NET
613 (3.704 %)OpenGL
711 (3.134 %)WinForms
711 (3.134 %)WebServices
810 (2.849 %)Middleware
810 (2.849 %)ASP
99 (2.564 %)VXML
108 (2.279 %).NET Framework
108 (2.279 %)CSS
108 (2.279 %)JDBC
117 (1.994 %)COM
117 (1.994 %)DCOM
117 (1.994 %)DirectX
125 (1.425 %)POSIX
125 (1.425 %)SOAP
133 (0.855 %)XSL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (1.994 %)IIS
17 (1.994 %)SharePoint
25 (1.425 %)SharePoint Server 2007
34 (1.140 %)MS Exchange
43 (0.855 %)Tomcat
52 (0.570 %)Exchange Server 2003
52 (0.570 %)Apache
61 (0.285 %)WebSphere Application Server
61 (0.285 %)Lotus Notes
61 (0.285 %)Commerce Server
61 (0.285 %)IBM HTTP Server
61 (0.285 %)MQSeries
61 (0.285 %)Commerce Server 2007
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
116 (4.558 %)MS Excel
29 (2.564 %)MATLAB
35 (1.425 %)MS Office
44 (1.140 %)MS Project
52 (0.570 %)Photoshop
61 (0.285 %)MS Visio
61 (0.285 %)3ds Max
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.570 %)LabWindows
21 (0.285 %)Dynamics NAV
21 (0.285 %)Navision
21 (0.285 %)WebTrends
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
135 (9.972 %)TCP/IP
220 (5.698 %)ISDN
220 (5.698 %)X.25
317 (4.843 %)Wireless
413 (3.704 %)ATM
511 (3.134 %)Internet
511 (3.134 %)WiMAX
610 (2.849 %)GSM
610 (2.849 %)HTTP
78 (2.279 %)UMTS
87 (1.994 %)WLAN
95 (1.425 %)FTP
103 (0.855 %)VoIP
103 (0.855 %)LAN
103 (0.855 %)VPN
103 (0.855 %)SSL
112 (0.570 %)CTI
112 (0.570 %)CDMA
112 (0.570 %)SMS
112 (0.570 %)Firewall
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
172 (20.51 %)SQL Server
227 (7.692 %)Oracle Reports
320 (5.698 %)MySQL
412 (3.419 %)Oracle 10g
412 (3.419 %)Oracle 9i
510 (2.849 %)Datawarehouse
69 (2.564 %)DB2
78 (2.279 %)RDBMS
87 (1.994 %)SQL Server 2000
95 (1.425 %)SQL Server 2005
103 (0.855 %)MS Access
112 (0.570 %)Informix
112 (0.570 %)SQLBase
121 (0.285 %)Oracle 8/8i
121 (0.285 %)Data Mining
121 (0.285 %)SQL Server 2008
121 (0.285 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
121 (0.285 %)BusinessObjects
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
127 (7.692 %)Oracle Forms
224 (6.838 %)JDeveloper
315 (4.274 %)ProC
410 (2.849 %)LoadRunner
52 (0.570 %)Visual Studio
61 (0.285 %)VSS/SourceSafe
61 (0.285 %)Flash
61 (0.285 %)Dreamweaver
61 (0.285 %)MSI
61 (0.285 %)TestPartner
61 (0.285 %)WinRunner
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
150 (14.25 %)Finance
233 (9.402 %)Health
323 (6.553 %)Retail
422 (6.268 %)Marketing
518 (5.128 %)Pensions
518 (5.128 %)3D Graphics
617 (4.843 %)Government
714 (3.989 %)Banking
714 (3.989 %)Electronics
813 (3.704 %)Pharmaceutical
912 (3.419 %)Insurance
1011 (3.134 %)Aerospace
1110 (2.849 %)Local Government
129 (2.564 %)Chemicals
138 (2.279 %)Construction
146 (1.709 %)Automotive
146 (1.709 %)Telecoms
155 (1.425 %)Back Office
155 (1.425 %)Multimedia
163 (0.855 %)Games
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1105 (29.91 %)Developer
273 (20.80 %)Software Engineer
328 (7.977 %)Programmer
426 (7.407 %)Support Engineer
426 (7.407 %)Oracle Developer
524 (6.838 %)C++ Developer
524 (6.838 %)Embedded Software Engineer
623 (6.553 %)C++ Software Engineer
722 (6.268 %)C Developer
820 (5.698 %)Senior Software Engineer
918 (5.128 %)C# Developer
1017 (4.843 %)Software Developer
1116 (4.558 %)Analyst
1116 (4.558 %)Software Programmer
1214 (3.989 %)C Software Engineer
1313 (3.704 %)Design Engineer
1313 (3.704 %).NET Developer
1412 (3.419 %)Tester
1412 (3.419 %)C++ Programmer
1511 (3.134 %)Business Manager
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
130 (8.547 %)Multithreading
221 (5.983 %)EFT
316 (4.558 %)Mathematics
413 (3.704 %)Computer Science
59 (2.564 %)Device Driver
66 (1.709 %)AS400
74 (1.140 %)EPoS
74 (1.140 %)Streaming Video
74 (1.140 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
83 (0.855 %)MPEG
83 (0.855 %)Firmware
83 (0.855 %)Biotechnology
83 (0.855 %)German Language
92 (0.570 %)Physics
92 (0.570 %)IVR
92 (0.570 %)Speech Recognition
101 (0.285 %)CCTV
101 (0.285 %)APACS
101 (0.285 %)VHDL
101 (0.285 %)Verilog
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
187 (24.79 %)Windows
263 (17.95 %)UNIX
361 (17.38 %)Linux
417 (4.843 %)Windows CE
510 (2.849 %)Windows 2000
69 (2.564 %)Solaris
78 (2.279 %)Embedded Linux
86 (1.709 %)zOS
86 (1.709 %)OS/400
94 (1.140 %)Windows Mobile
94 (1.140 %)Windows Server 2003
94 (1.140 %)Windows XP
103 (0.855 %)Windows NT
112 (0.570 %)AIX
112 (0.570 %)Mac OS X
121 (0.285 %)Symbian OS
121 (0.285 %)HPUX
121 (0.285 %)NetWare
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
136 (10.26 %)UML
229 (8.262 %)Project Management
322 (6.268 %)OO
415 (4.274 %)PRINCE2
512 (3.419 %)OOA/OOD
512 (3.419 %)Migration
512 (3.419 %)Security Cleared
610 (2.849 %)Load Testing
610 (2.849 %)Service Delivery
610 (2.849 %)OOD
79 (2.564 %)Risk Assessment
88 (2.279 %)Business Development
97 (1.994 %)SC Cleared
97 (1.994 %)E-Commerce
106 (1.709 %)Change Management
106 (1.709 %)Automated Testing
115 (1.425 %)Software Engineering
115 (1.425 %)CAD
115 (1.425 %)CRM
115 (1.425 %)Web Development
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1175 (49.86 %)C++
279 (22.51 %)SQL
360 (17.09 %)Java
436 (10.26 %)C#
436 (10.26 %)PL/SQL
526 (7.407 %)JavaScript
625 (7.123 %)Embedded C
723 (6.553 %)VB
820 (5.698 %)PHP
919 (5.413 %)Embedded C++
1011 (3.134 %)Perl
1110 (2.849 %)Transact-SQL
129 (2.564 %)VB.NET
135 (1.425 %)Assembly Language
135 (1.425 %)Pascal
143 (0.855 %)VC++
152 (0.570 %)VB6
152 (0.570 %)VBA
152 (0.570 %)Delphi
152 (0.570 %)DHTML
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
162 (17.66 %)Degree
215 (4.274 %)PhD
311 (3.134 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
44 (1.140 %)Cisco Certification
53 (0.855 %)ACCA
53 (0.855 %)HND
53 (0.855 %)ISEB
62 (0.570 %)CCNA
62 (0.570 %)CCVP
71 (0.285 %)CCIE
71 (0.285 %)CCNP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (3.989 %)QA
25 (1.425 %)SLA
34 (1.140 %)JTAG
42 (0.570 %)ISO9000
51 (0.285 %)ISO9001
51 (0.285 %)ISO14001
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (3.704 %)Active Directory
22 (0.570 %)ISA Server
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
171 (20.23 %)Oracle
226 (7.407 %)Cisco
321 (5.983 %)Microsoft
412 (3.419 %)Symbian
510 (2.849 %)Ab Initio
64 (1.140 %)BT
64 (1.140 %)Citrix
73 (0.855 %)VMware
82 (0.570 %)GUPTA
82 (0.570 %)Avaya
82 (0.570 %)Novell
82 (0.570 %)VERITAS
82 (0.570 %)QNX
82 (0.570 %)Adobe
82 (0.570 %)HP
82 (0.570 %)Sybase
82 (0.570 %)PeopleSoft
91 (0.285 %)SAP
91 (0.285 %)Business Objects
91 (0.285 %)IBM