The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C over the 3 months to 22 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 33 56 30
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -26
Permanent jobs citing C 154 107 200
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 6.270% 4.141% 6.040%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.69% 7.446% 13.27%
Number of salaries quoted 125 86 184
Average salary £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.03% +3.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £59,000 £47,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1214 1437 1507
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 49.43% 55.61% 45.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1013 1177 1281
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,475 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £56,000
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Welwyn Garden City +8 34 £47,500 -17.39%
Stevenage +12 27 £40,000 -11.11%
Borehamwood +1 15 £32,500 -13.33%
Hemel Hempstead +10 11 £29,000 -31.76%
Watford +7 7 £26,000 -39.53%
Hertford - 7 £60,000 -
St Albans -3 6 £45,000 +28.57%
Rickmansworth - 4 £36,500 -
Kings Langley +2 3 £37,500 +15.38%
Letchworth -18 2 £21,000 -27.58%
Cheshunt - 2 - -
Royston -2 1 £50,000 -
Welwyn - 1 £47,500 -
C
East of England

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 158 (56.43%) C++
2 119 (42.50%) Degree
3 87 (31.07%) Java
4 71 (25.36%) Linux
5 66 (23.57%) C#
6 59 (21.07%) Retail
7 57 (20.36%) Agile Software Development
8 56 (20.00%) E-Commerce
9 55 (19.64%) Python
10 52 (18.57%) Windows
11 49 (17.50%) Marketing
12 44 (15.71%) SQL
12 44 (15.71%) Project Management
12 44 (15.71%) Scrum
13 43 (15.36%) Computer Science
14 42 (15.00%) Embedded C
15 39 (13.93%) Software Engineering
16 36 (12.86%) XML
17 34 (12.14%) Microsoft
18 33 (11.79%) Web Services
19 32 (11.43%) Electronics
20 31 (11.07%) MS Excel
21 30 (10.71%) UML
21 30 (10.71%) LabVIEW
22 29 (10.36%) Validation
23 28 (10.00%) .NET
24 26 (9.286%) Delphi
24 26 (9.286%) PhD
25 24 (8.571%) QA
26 23 (8.214%) Mathematics

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 36 (12.86%) XML
2 33 (11.79%) Web Services
3 28 (10.00%) .NET
4 16 (5.714%) HTML
5 14 (5.000%) CSS
6 13 (4.643%) OpenGL
7 9 (3.214%) ASP.NET
7 9 (3.214%) SOAP
7 9 (3.214%) Cocoa
7 9 (3.214%) Cocoa Touch
7 9 (3.214%) Qt
7 9 (3.214%) REST
8 8 (2.857%) JSON
8 8 (2.857%) soapUI
8 8 (2.857%) Servlets
8 8 (2.857%) ASP
9 6 (2.143%) XMPP
9 6 (2.143%) Spring
9 6 (2.143%) CORBA
9 6 (2.143%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 5 (1.786%) Apache
2 2 (0.714%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.357%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.357%) IIS
3 1 (0.357%) Lync
Applications
1 31 (11.07%) MS Excel
2 12 (4.286%) MS Office
3 3 (1.071%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (0.714%) Simulink
5 1 (0.357%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.357%) MS Project
5 1 (0.357%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.786%) Taleo
2 2 (0.714%) SiteCatalyst
2 2 (0.714%) SAP FI
2 2 (0.714%) SAP CO
2 2 (0.714%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.357%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.357%) Temenos Globus
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.143%) HTTP
1 20 (7.143%) Internet
2 13 (4.643%) Wireless
3 6 (2.143%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.786%) SMPP
4 5 (1.786%) WAN
4 5 (1.786%) Intranet
4 5 (1.786%) LTE
5 4 (1.429%) SAN
5 4 (1.429%) UMTS
5 4 (1.429%) DNS
5 4 (1.429%) Ethernet
5 4 (1.429%) FTP
5 4 (1.429%) LAN
6 3 (1.071%) TETRA
6 3 (1.071%) RTP
6 3 (1.071%) MPLS
6 3 (1.071%) VoIP
6 3 (1.071%) ADSL
7 2 (0.714%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.500%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.286%) OLTP
2 12 (4.286%) MySQL
3 7 (2.500%) OLAP
3 7 (2.500%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (2.500%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (2.143%) Oracle OLAP
5 5 (1.786%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.786%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.071%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (1.071%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (0.714%) Big Data
7 2 (0.714%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.357%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.357%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.357%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 30 (10.71%) LabVIEW
2 20 (7.143%) Rational DOORS
3 9 (3.214%) Team Foundation Server
4 8 (2.857%) Subversion
4 8 (2.857%) WATIR
4 8 (2.857%) Selenium
4 8 (2.857%) FitNesse
5 7 (2.500%) Visual Studio
6 6 (2.143%) Maven
6 6 (2.143%) Ant
7 5 (1.786%) Eclipse
8 4 (1.429%) Rational Rhapsody
8 4 (1.429%) VTune
8 4 (1.429%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 4 (1.429%) Xcode
9 2 (0.714%) Git (software)
9 2 (0.714%) OpenDeploy
10 1 (0.357%) ClearQuest
10 1 (0.357%) ClearCase
10 1 (0.357%) GCC
General
1 59 (21.07%) Retail
2 49 (17.50%) Marketing
3 32 (11.43%) Electronics
4 21 (7.500%) Finance
5 18 (6.429%) Telecoms
6 16 (5.714%) Aerospace
7 6 (2.143%) Advertising
8 5 (1.786%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.429%) Publishing
9 4 (1.429%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.429%) Automotive
10 3 (1.071%) Avionics
10 3 (1.071%) French Language
10 3 (1.071%) German Language
11 2 (0.714%) Banking
11 2 (0.714%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.714%) Czech Language
11 2 (0.714%) Legal
12 1 (0.357%) Military
12 1 (0.357%) Games
Job Titles
1 65 (23.21%) Software Engineer
2 61 (21.79%) Developer
3 23 (8.214%) Analyst
4 21 (7.500%) Software Developer
5 20 (7.143%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 17 (6.071%) Project Manager
7 15 (5.357%) Architect
8 14 (5.000%) Systems Engineer
9 12 (4.286%) Embedded Software Developer
10 11 (3.929%) Junior
10 11 (3.929%) QA Engineer
11 10 (3.571%) Lead Architect
11 10 (3.571%) Lead Software Architect
11 10 (3.571%) Software Architect
12 8 (2.857%) Test Engineer
12 8 (2.857%) DBA
12 8 (2.857%) Business Analyst
13 6 (2.143%) Software Manager
13 6 (2.143%) iOS Developer
13 6 (2.143%) Agile Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 43 (15.36%) Computer Science
2 23 (8.214%) Mathematics
3 14 (5.000%) Handset
4 10 (3.571%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (3.571%) Mobile App
4 10 (3.571%) Firmware
5 9 (3.214%) iPhone
6 7 (2.500%) Chemistry
7 6 (2.143%) Physics
7 6 (2.143%) Visualisation
8 5 (1.786%) VHDL
8 5 (1.786%) 3D Graphics
8 5 (1.786%) Device Driver
9 4 (1.429%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
10 3 (1.071%) Clustering
10 3 (1.071%) Replication
10 3 (1.071%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.071%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.071%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.071%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 71 (25.36%) Linux
2 52 (18.57%) Windows
3 17 (6.071%) VxWorks
3 17 (6.071%) Android
4 15 (5.357%) Embedded Linux
5 12 (4.286%) Apple iOS
5 12 (4.286%) UNIX
6 9 (3.214%) Windows CE
7 7 (2.500%) Solaris
7 7 (2.500%) bada
8 5 (1.786%) FreeBSD
8 5 (1.786%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.714%) Windows Phone
9 2 (0.714%) VMS
9 2 (0.714%) AIX
9 2 (0.714%) Debian
10 1 (0.357%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.357%) SUSE
10 1 (0.357%) pSOS
10 1 (0.357%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (20.36%) Agile Software Development
2 56 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 44 (15.71%) Project Management
3 44 (15.71%) Scrum
4 39 (13.93%) Software Engineering
5 30 (10.71%) UML
6 29 (10.36%) Validation
7 22 (7.857%) TDD
8 21 (7.500%) Signal Processing
9 20 (7.143%) User Stories
9 20 (7.143%) Web Development
10 19 (6.786%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (6.071%) User Acceptance Testing
12 16 (5.714%) Embedded Software Development
13 15 (5.357%) ITIL
13 15 (5.357%) Software Testing
14 14 (5.000%) Analytics
15 13 (4.643%) SEO
15 13 (4.643%) Service Delivery
15 13 (4.643%) Mobile Marketing
Programming Languages
1 158 (56.43%) C++
2 87 (31.07%) Java
3 66 (23.57%) C#
4 55 (19.64%) Python
5 44 (15.71%) SQL
6 42 (15.00%) Embedded C
7 26 (9.286%) Delphi
8 23 (8.214%) JavaScript
9 20 (7.143%) Perl
10 19 (6.786%) PHP
11 17 (6.071%) Embedded C++
12 13 (4.643%) VB
13 12 (4.286%) Ruby
14 11 (3.929%) Assembly Language
14 11 (3.929%) Objective-C
15 10 (3.571%) MATLAB
15 10 (3.571%) Fortran
16 8 (2.857%) VB.NET
17 7 (2.500%) VC++
18 6 (2.143%) VB6
Qualifications
1 119 (42.50%) Degree
2 26 (9.286%) PhD
3 10 (3.571%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (2.857%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.857%) ISEB
5 6 (2.143%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.143%) PMP
5 6 (2.143%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.786%) MCP
6 5 (1.786%) ISTQB
7 4 (1.429%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.429%) MCSE
8 3 (1.071%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.714%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 1 (0.357%) RHCE
10 1 (0.357%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.571%) QA
2 8 (2.857%) SLA
3 3 (1.071%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.357%) DO-178B
System Software
1 2 (0.714%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.357%) Samba
2 1 (0.357%) VMware ESX
2 1 (0.357%) NFS
2 1 (0.357%) Postfix
2 1 (0.357%) Sendmail
2 1 (0.357%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.357%) Nmap
2 1 (0.357%) Squid
Systems Management
1 2 (0.714%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (0.714%) Netcool
1 2 (0.714%) Netcool/OMNIbus
1 2 (0.714%) Tivoli
1 2 (0.714%) Tivoli Monitoring
2 1 (0.357%) OpenView
2 1 (0.357%) Puppet
2 1 (0.357%) Cacti
Vendors
1 34 (12.14%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.857%) Oracle
3 12 (4.286%) Sun
4 8 (2.857%) Symbian
5 7 (2.500%) HP
6 6 (2.143%) Endeca
6 6 (2.143%) Cisco
7 5 (1.786%) ATG
7 5 (1.786%) Progress
8 4 (1.429%) Agilent
8 4 (1.429%) Apple
9 3 (1.071%) VMware
9 3 (1.071%) Altera
10 2 (0.714%) Omniture
10 2 (0.714%) Twitter
10 2 (0.714%) NetApp
10 2 (0.714%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.714%) TIBCO
10 2 (0.714%) SAP
10 2 (0.714%) JBoss
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Posted: 17 May 2013
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Salary: From £28,000 to £38,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum + Healthcare, Bonus, Pension
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Salary: to c£50k + benefits
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 1 May 2013
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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Posted: 21 May 2013
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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