The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT jobs advertised for the North East 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 34 44 47
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +3
Permanent jobs citing C 39 29 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 5.652% 3.368% 3.005%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.83% 7.572% 5.867%
Number of salaries quoted 30 22 21
Average salary £33,000 £31,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.45% -11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £22,675 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £39,750 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
All Programming Languages
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
360 383 375
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 52.17% 44.48% 51.23%
Number of salaries quoted 322 303 305
Average salary £33,500 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.47% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,250 £21,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C
England

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

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

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Tyne and Wear +5 24 £22,500 -27.41%
Durham +11 14 £33,000 -2.94%
Teesside - 1 £32,500 -
C
England

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 31 (40.79%) Microsoft
2 28 (36.84%) Linux
3 26 (34.21%) Degree
4 22 (28.95%) C++
5 19 (25.00%) SQL
5 19 (25.00%) .NET
6 18 (23.68%) MS Excel
7 17 (22.37%) TCP/IP
7 17 (22.37%) C#
8 16 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (19.74%) HTML
9 15 (19.74%) SharePoint
10 14 (18.42%) Computer Science
11 13 (17.11%) MCSE
11 13 (17.11%) Windows
12 12 (15.79%) SQL Server
13 11 (14.47%) Configuration Management
13 11 (14.47%) VSS/SourceSafe
13 11 (14.47%) CSS
13 11 (14.47%) Python
13 11 (14.47%) Subversion
14 10 (13.16%) Embedded Systems
14 10 (13.16%) OOP
14 10 (13.16%) Cisco
15 9 (11.84%) Java
15 9 (11.84%) MCDST
15 9 (11.84%) Qt
16 8 (10.53%) QlikView
16 8 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
16 8 (10.53%) HND

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 19 (25.00%) .NET
2 15 (19.74%) HTML
3 11 (14.47%) CSS
4 9 (11.84%) Qt
5 7 (9.211%) ASP.NET
5 7 (9.211%) SOAP
5 7 (9.211%) MFC
5 7 (9.211%) Windows SharePoint Services
6 4 (5.263%) WPF
6 4 (5.263%) XML
6 4 (5.263%) WinForms
7 2 (2.632%) JSON
7 2 (2.632%) ASP
8 1 (1.316%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 15 (19.74%) SharePoint
2 7 (9.211%) SharePoint Server
3 4 (5.263%) WordPress
3 4 (5.263%) MS Exchange
4 3 (3.947%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 18 (23.68%) MS Excel
2 5 (6.579%) MS Office
3 4 (5.263%) Photoshop
3 4 (5.263%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (2.632%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (2.632%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (3.947%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (3.947%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.316%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.316%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 17 (22.37%) TCP/IP
2 8 (10.53%) Ethernet
3 7 (9.211%) Internet
4 6 (7.895%) VoIP
5 4 (5.263%) VLAN
5 4 (5.263%) DHCP
5 4 (5.263%) SMTP
5 4 (5.263%) DNS
5 4 (5.263%) SAN
5 4 (5.263%) Firewall
6 3 (3.947%) Kerberos
6 3 (3.947%) ZigBee
7 2 (2.632%) Modbus
7 2 (2.632%) GPRS
7 2 (2.632%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.316%) Wireless
8 1 (1.316%) DWDM
8 1 (1.316%) SDH
8 1 (1.316%) Bluetooth
8 1 (1.316%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 8 (10.53%) QlikView
3 4 (5.263%) MySQL
3 4 (5.263%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (5.263%) RDBMS
3 4 (5.263%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.632%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 11 (14.47%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 11 (14.47%) Subversion
2 6 (7.895%) Visual Studio
3 4 (5.263%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (5.263%) ProC
General
1 8 (10.53%) Manufacturing
2 7 (9.211%) Electronics
2 7 (9.211%) Telecoms
2 7 (9.211%) Marketing
3 4 (5.263%) Back Office
4 3 (3.947%) Advertising
4 3 (3.947%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 19 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 12 (15.79%) Developer
3 8 (10.53%) Graduate
3 8 (10.53%) Support Engineer
3 8 (10.53%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 7 (9.211%) Consultant
4 7 (9.211%) Field Engineer
4 7 (9.211%) Software Developer
5 6 (7.895%) Field Service Engineer
6 5 (6.579%) QA Manager
6 5 (6.579%) Project Manager
6 5 (6.579%) Junior
7 4 (5.263%) Oracle Developer
7 4 (5.263%) Network Support
7 4 (5.263%) Help Desk Engineer
7 4 (5.263%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 4 (5.263%) Designer
7 4 (5.263%) Firmware Engineer
7 4 (5.263%) Help Desk Support Engineer
7 4 (5.263%) Junior IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.42%) Computer Science
2 10 (13.16%) Embedded Systems
3 7 (9.211%) Firmware
4 6 (7.895%) Mathematics
5 5 (6.579%) Visualisation
6 4 (5.263%) Blackberry
6 4 (5.263%) Replication
7 3 (3.947%) NHS
7 3 (3.947%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 28 (36.84%) Linux
2 13 (17.11%) Windows
3 7 (9.211%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (9.211%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (5.263%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (3.947%) Windows XP
5 3 (3.947%) Windows 8
6 2 (2.632%) UNIX
6 2 (2.632%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (14.47%) Configuration Management
2 10 (13.16%) OOP
3 8 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (10.53%) Scrum
4 7 (9.211%) Refactoring
4 7 (9.211%) Multithreading
5 6 (7.895%) Time Management
5 6 (7.895%) B2B
6 5 (6.579%) Project Management
6 5 (6.579%) Business Development
7 4 (5.263%) Data Analysis
7 4 (5.263%) User Experience Design
7 4 (5.263%) Web Usability
7 4 (5.263%) Capacity Planning
7 4 (5.263%) Embedded Software Development
7 4 (5.263%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (5.263%) ITIL
7 4 (5.263%) Web Design
8 3 (3.947%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 22 (28.95%) C++
2 19 (25.00%) SQL
3 17 (22.37%) C#
4 11 (14.47%) Python
5 9 (11.84%) Java
6 7 (9.211%) VC++
6 7 (9.211%) ECMAScript
6 7 (9.211%) Perl
6 7 (9.211%) PHP
7 6 (7.895%) Embedded C
8 4 (5.263%) PL/SQL
8 4 (5.263%) JavaScript
8 4 (5.263%) Embedded C++
8 4 (5.263%) Assembly Language
9 3 (3.947%) VB.NET
10 2 (2.632%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 26 (34.21%) Degree
2 16 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (17.11%) MCSE
4 9 (11.84%) MCDST
5 8 (10.53%) HND
6 6 (7.895%) HNC
7 5 (6.579%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (5.263%) MCSA
8 4 (5.263%) CCNA
8 4 (5.263%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (3.947%) MCP
10 2 (2.632%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (1.316%) NCIE
11 1 (1.316%) MCTS
11 1 (1.316%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.579%) QA
2 3 (3.947%) SLA
3 2 (2.632%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 7 (9.211%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.579%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.263%) Forefront TMG
3 4 (5.263%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (5.263%) ISA Server
3 4 (5.263%) VMware ESX
4 1 (1.316%) vSphere
4 1 (1.316%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (5.263%) Backup Exec
2 1 (1.316%) SCCM
2 1 (1.316%) SCOM
Vendors
1 31 (40.79%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.16%) Cisco
3 5 (6.579%) VMware
4 4 (5.263%) Oracle
4 4 (5.263%) Adobe
4 4 (5.263%) Sophos
5 2 (2.632%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.316%) CommVault
6 1 (1.316%) NetApp
6 1 (1.316%) EMC
6 1 (1.316%) Nortel
6 1 (1.316%) Citrix
6 1 (1.316%) Symantec
6 1 (1.316%) 3PAR
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