The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C over the 3 months to 17 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 Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 46 43 28
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -15
Permanent jobs citing C 10 9 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 2.545% 1.978% 7.322%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.808% 4.433% 11.90%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 35
Average salary £32,500 £28,250 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.04% -13.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,100 £28,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,600 £28,500 £40,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
208 203 294
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 52.93% 44.62% 61.51%
Number of salaries quoted 191 196 272
Average salary £34,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.61% -
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £21,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £40,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C
Northamptonshire

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton C Salary Trend

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 15 (50.00%) C++
2 13 (43.33%) C#
3 12 (40.00%) Windows
3 12 (40.00%) Linux
4 11 (36.67%) Java
5 10 (33.33%) VoIP
6 9 (30.00%) Computer Science
7 8 (26.67%) Software Engineering
8 7 (23.33%) Python
8 7 (23.33%) JavaScript
8 7 (23.33%) .NET
9 6 (20.00%) Manufacturing
9 6 (20.00%) SQL
9 6 (20.00%) VBScript
9 6 (20.00%) VB
9 6 (20.00%) ASP
9 6 (20.00%) ASP.NET
9 6 (20.00%) SQL Server
9 6 (20.00%) PhD
9 6 (20.00%) OO
9 6 (20.00%) Postgraduate
9 6 (20.00%) N-Tier
9 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
9 6 (20.00%) Ajax
9 6 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
9 6 (20.00%) Retail
9 6 (20.00%) LINQ
9 6 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
9 6 (20.00%) Signal Processing

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 7 (23.33%) .NET
2 6 (20.00%) LINQ
2 6 (20.00%) ASP
2 6 (20.00%) ASP.NET
2 6 (20.00%) Ajax
3 5 (16.67%) Java SE
4 1 (3.333%) HTML
4 1 (3.333%) MFC
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (6.667%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (33.33%) VoIP
2 4 (13.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.333%) Wireless
3 1 (3.333%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 6 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 6 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.333%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) NetBeans
1 5 (16.67%) Subversion
1 5 (16.67%) Git (software)
2 1 (3.333%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 6 (20.00%) Retail
2 4 (13.33%) Back Office
2 4 (13.33%) Telecoms
3 3 (10.00%) Automotive
4 2 (6.667%) Electronics
5 1 (3.333%) Finance
5 1 (3.333%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 15 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 7 (23.33%) Developer
3 6 (20.00%) Senior Developer
3 6 (20.00%) .NET Developer
3 6 (20.00%) Senior .NET Developer
3 6 (20.00%) C Software Engineer
3 6 (20.00%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Field Service Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Support Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Field Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (6.667%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.333%) Applications Support
7 1 (3.333%) Applications Support Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) C++ Developer
7 1 (3.333%) Support Analyst
7 1 (3.333%) Graduate
7 1 (3.333%) Software Developer
7 1 (3.333%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 9 (30.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (20.00%) N-Tier
3 1 (3.333%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (3.333%) Neural Network
Operating Systems
1 12 (40.00%) Windows
1 12 (40.00%) Linux
2 1 (3.333%) Windows XP
2 1 (3.333%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Software Engineering
2 6 (20.00%) Signal Processing
2 6 (20.00%) OO
3 5 (16.67%) OOD
4 3 (10.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (10.00%) OOP
5 2 (6.667%) Project Management
5 2 (6.667%) Workflow
5 2 (6.667%) Time Management
5 2 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (3.333%) TOGAF
6 1 (3.333%) Pattern Recognition
6 1 (3.333%) ITIL
6 1 (3.333%) Scrum
6 1 (3.333%) PRINCE
6 1 (3.333%) CAD
6 1 (3.333%) MOF
Programming Languages
1 15 (50.00%) C++
2 13 (43.33%) C#
3 11 (36.67%) Java
4 7 (23.33%) JavaScript
4 7 (23.33%) Python
5 6 (20.00%) SQL
5 6 (20.00%) VBScript
5 6 (20.00%) VB
6 4 (13.33%) Embedded C
7 1 (3.333%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) Postgraduate
1 6 (20.00%) PhD
2 5 (16.67%) Degree
3 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (13.33%) MCDST
3 4 (13.33%) MCSE
3 4 (13.33%) HNC
3 4 (13.33%) HND
4 1 (3.333%) MCTS
4 1 (3.333%) MCITP
4 1 (3.333%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (3.333%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.333%) SCCM
1 1 (3.333%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) Cisco
3 1 (3.333%) Citrix
3 1 (3.333%) VMware