Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the North East region.

 C
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank211531
Rank change year-on-year
Down-6Up+16
Matching permanent IT job ads277558
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East6.959 %9.830 %5.254 %
As % of the Programming Languages category13.92 %18.38 %10.14 %
Salaries quoted267051
Average salary£29,000£35,000£31,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.14 %+12.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£20,750£24,950£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,500£55,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-
North East IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
194408572
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East50.00 %53.47 %51.81 %
Salaries quoted179363486
Average salary£29,500£32,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.230 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£42,500£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
C EnglandC
England

C
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

C
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C across the North East region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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 WearDown-619£27,500-33.33 %
DurhamUp+24£21,500-60.90 %
C EnglandC
England

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

140 (53.33 %)C++
214 (18.67 %)C#
312 (16.00 %).NET
312 (16.00 %)Windows
48 (10.67 %)JavaScript
48 (10.67 %)SQL Server
48 (10.67 %)SQL
48 (10.67 %)Degree
57 (9.333 %)Marketing
57 (9.333 %)Robotics
57 (9.333 %)System Testing
57 (9.333 %)XHTML
66 (8.000 %)CSS
66 (8.000 %)Finance
66 (8.000 %)Automotive
75 (6.667 %)Games
75 (6.667 %)Software Engineering
75 (6.667 %)OOP
75 (6.667 %)OO
75 (6.667 %)MFC
75 (6.667 %)ASP.NET
75 (6.667 %)Ethernet
75 (6.667 %)Mathematics
84 (5.333 %)Assembly Language
84 (5.333 %)PHP
84 (5.333 %)VC++
84 (5.333 %)Linux
84 (5.333 %)ASP
84 (5.333 %)Electronics
93 (4.000 %)Manufacturing

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

North East IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
112 (16.00 %).NET
27 (9.333 %)XHTML
36 (8.000 %)CSS
45 (6.667 %)MFC
45 (6.667 %)ASP.NET
54 (5.333 %)ASP
62 (2.667 %).NET Framework
62 (2.667 %)OpenGL
62 (2.667 %)ADO.NET
62 (2.667 %)J2EE
62 (2.667 %)XML
71 (1.333 %)XSLT
71 (1.333 %)Flash
71 (1.333 %)Spring
71 (1.333 %)AJAX
71 (1.333 %)Adobe Flex
71 (1.333 %)HTML
North East IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (4.000 %)ColdFusion
22 (2.667 %)IIS
31 (1.333 %)SharePoint
North East IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (1.333 %)MS Office
11 (1.333 %)MS Excel
11 (1.333 %)MS Visio
North East IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (6.667 %)Ethernet
23 (4.000 %)TCP/IP
32 (2.667 %)Wireless
41 (1.333 %)LAN
41 (1.333 %)WAN
41 (1.333 %)VPN
41 (1.333 %)Firewall
North East IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (10.67 %)SQL Server
23 (4.000 %)Datawarehouse
32 (2.667 %)BusinessObjects
32 (2.667 %)MySQL
41 (1.333 %)OLAP
41 (1.333 %)Crystal Reports
41 (1.333 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (1.333 %)Oracle 9i
North East IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (4.000 %)Visual Studio
13 (4.000 %)Subversion
21 (1.333 %)Dreamweaver
21 (1.333 %)LabVIEW
North East IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (9.333 %)Marketing
26 (8.000 %)Finance
26 (8.000 %)Automotive
35 (6.667 %)Games
44 (5.333 %)Electronics
53 (4.000 %)Manufacturing
53 (4.000 %)Electric
53 (4.000 %)Pensions
62 (2.667 %)Insurance
62 (2.667 %)3D Graphics
71 (1.333 %)Telecoms
71 (1.333 %)Health
71 (1.333 %)Back Office
71 (1.333 %)Military
71 (1.333 %)Banking
71 (1.333 %)Investment Banking
North East IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
127 (36.00 %)Developer
214 (18.67 %)Software Engineer
38 (10.67 %)C++ Developer
38 (10.67 %)Analyst
46 (8.000 %)Applications Developer
46 (8.000 %)Programmer
55 (6.667 %)Senior Software Engineer
55 (6.667 %)Web Developer
55 (6.667 %)Development Engineer
64 (5.333 %)Software Developer
73 (4.000 %)Embedded Software Engineer
73 (4.000 %)C++ Software Engineer
73 (4.000 %)ColdFusion Developer
73 (4.000 %)C Software Engineer
73 (4.000 %)IT Support
73 (4.000 %)Embedded C Software Engineer
73 (4.000 %)Embedded C Engineer
82 (2.667 %)Chief Technology Officer
82 (2.667 %)UAT Analyst
82 (2.667 %)Graphics Programmer
North East IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (9.333 %)Robotics
25 (6.667 %)Mathematics
33 (4.000 %)Physics
33 (4.000 %)Firmware
42 (2.667 %)MPEG
51 (1.333 %)Computer Science
51 (1.333 %)Flash Lite
51 (1.333 %)Open Source
North East IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
112 (16.00 %)Windows
24 (5.333 %)Linux
32 (2.667 %)UNIX
41 (1.333 %)Windows XP
41 (1.333 %)Windows Vista
41 (1.333 %)Android
North East IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (9.333 %)System Testing
25 (6.667 %)OOP
25 (6.667 %)OO
25 (6.667 %)Software Engineering
33 (4.000 %)ITIL
33 (4.000 %)Project Management
42 (2.667 %)Document Management
42 (2.667 %)Software Testing
42 (2.667 %)Incident Management
42 (2.667 %)Time Management
42 (2.667 %)Data Mapping
42 (2.667 %)Web Accessibility
42 (2.667 %)User Acceptance Testing
51 (1.333 %)Unit Testing
51 (1.333 %)Software Architecture
51 (1.333 %)Web Marketing
51 (1.333 %)Web Development
51 (1.333 %)Problem Management
51 (1.333 %)Release Management
51 (1.333 %)Business Analysis
North East IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
140 (53.33 %)C++
214 (18.67 %)C#
38 (10.67 %)JavaScript
38 (10.67 %)SQL
44 (5.333 %)PHP
44 (5.333 %)VC++
44 (5.333 %)Assembly Language
53 (4.000 %)Embedded C
53 (4.000 %)Embedded C++
53 (4.000 %)Java
62 (2.667 %)T-SQL
71 (1.333 %)VB
71 (1.333 %)ActionScript
71 (1.333 %)Objective-C
71 (1.333 %)ActionScript 3.0
71 (1.333 %)ActionScript 2.0
North East IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (10.67 %)Degree
23 (4.000 %)ISEB
32 (2.667 %)ITIL Certification
32 (2.667 %)ISTQB
North East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.667 %)ISO9000
12 (2.667 %)SLA
North East IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (1.333 %)Active Directory
North East IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (4.000 %)EMC
22 (2.667 %)Oracle
22 (2.667 %)Business Objects
31 (1.333 %)SAP
31 (1.333 %)Cognos
31 (1.333 %)Symbian
31 (1.333 %)Microsoft
31 (1.333 %)QNX