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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 21 33 24
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -9
Permanent jobs citing C 26 12 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 9.559% 4.724% 7.018%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.15% 8.889% 14.41%
Number of salaries quoted 10 8 9
Average salary £40,500 £32,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+24.61% +18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,500 £36,050 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
161 135 111
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 59.19% 53.15% 48.68%
Number of salaries quoted 116 75 70
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C
UK

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim +8 26 £40,500 +24.61%
C
UK

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 42 (70.00%) Java
2 39 (65.00%) C++
3 38 (63.33%) UNIX
4 34 (56.67%) Degree
5 31 (51.67%) Linux
6 21 (35.00%) SQL
7 20 (33.33%) Telecoms
8 19 (31.67%) Computer Science
9 18 (30.00%) Software Engineering
10 14 (23.33%) Web Services
10 14 (23.33%) Open Source
11 12 (20.00%) Middleware
11 12 (20.00%) Servlets
11 12 (20.00%) Finance
11 12 (20.00%) Video on Demand
11 12 (20.00%) JSON
12 11 (18.33%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (18.33%) XML
12 11 (18.33%) J2EE
13 10 (16.67%) MVC
13 10 (16.67%) Spring
13 10 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
13 10 (16.67%) QA
13 10 (16.67%) Spring MVC
13 10 (16.67%) Selenium
13 10 (16.67%) New Media
14 9 (15.00%) XMPP
15 8 (13.33%) Embedded C
16 7 (11.67%) Apache
16 7 (11.67%) Tomcat

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 14 (23.33%) Web Services
2 12 (20.00%) Middleware
2 12 (20.00%) Servlets
2 12 (20.00%) JSON
3 11 (18.33%) XML
3 11 (18.33%) J2EE
4 10 (16.67%) Spring
4 10 (16.67%) Spring MVC
5 9 (15.00%) XMPP
6 1 (1.667%) STL
6 1 (1.667%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 1 (1.667%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 7 (11.67%) Apache
1 7 (11.67%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.667%) WebLogic
2 1 (1.667%) GlassFish
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.667%) Broadband
2 1 (1.667%) HTTP
2 1 (1.667%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (16.67%) Selenium
General
1 20 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 12 (20.00%) Finance
3 5 (8.333%) Marketing
4 1 (1.667%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 13 (21.67%) Software Engineer
2 10 (16.67%) Tester
2 10 (16.67%) Automated Tester
3 7 (11.67%) Software Architect
3 7 (11.67%) Architect
4 6 (10.00%) Junior
5 5 (8.333%) Developer
5 5 (8.333%) C++ Developer
5 5 (8.333%) C++ Software Engineer
6 4 (6.667%) Java Software Engineer
6 4 (6.667%) Server Engineer
7 3 (5.000%) Java Developer
7 3 (5.000%) Programmer
7 3 (5.000%) Junior Programmer
7 3 (5.000%) C Programmer
7 3 (5.000%) C Software Engineer
7 3 (5.000%) C++ Programmer
7 3 (5.000%) Senior Software Engineer
7 3 (5.000%) Junior C Programmer
7 3 (5.000%) C++/Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (31.67%) Computer Science
2 14 (23.33%) Open Source
3 12 (20.00%) Video on Demand
4 10 (16.67%) New Media
5 2 (3.333%) IPTV
5 2 (3.333%) Equities
5 2 (3.333%) Firmware
5 2 (3.333%) Client/Server
5 2 (3.333%) DTV
6 1 (1.667%) Device Driver
6 1 (1.667%) Derivative
6 1 (1.667%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 1 (1.667%) STB
Operating Systems
1 38 (63.33%) UNIX
2 31 (51.67%) Linux
3 1 (1.667%) Android
3 1 (1.667%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (30.00%) Software Engineering
2 10 (16.67%) MVC
2 10 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (5.000%) Multithreading
4 2 (3.333%) Data Modelling
5 1 (1.667%) SOA
5 1 (1.667%) OO
5 1 (1.667%) Use Case
5 1 (1.667%) Unit Testing
5 1 (1.667%) Computer Architecture
5 1 (1.667%) Electronic Trading
5 1 (1.667%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 42 (70.00%) Java
2 39 (65.00%) C++
3 21 (35.00%) SQL
4 8 (13.33%) Embedded C
5 4 (6.667%) Python
6 3 (5.000%) C#
7 2 (3.333%) Bash shell
7 2 (3.333%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.667%) Perl
8 1 (1.667%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 34 (56.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (3.333%) Oracle
2 1 (1.667%) JBoss
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