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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 25 32 53
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +21
Permanent jobs citing C 74 35 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 7.234% 5.393% 2.795%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.91% 8.951% 4.223%
Number of salaries quoted 40 26 19
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £31,500 £29,800
10% offered a salary of more than £45,550 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
573 391 521
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 56.01% 60.25% 66.20%
Number of salaries quoted 509 343 500
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £30,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £62,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C
Oxfordshire

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

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

Oxford C Salary Histogram

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 73 (45.06%) C++
2 69 (42.59%) C#
3 68 (41.98%) Linux
4 62 (38.27%) Degree
5 49 (30.25%) Microsoft
6 43 (26.54%) SQL
6 43 (26.54%) Java
7 41 (25.31%) SQL Server
8 39 (24.07%) Ruby
9 36 (22.22%) Mathematics
9 36 (22.22%) .NET
9 36 (22.22%) JavaScript
10 32 (19.75%) Windows
10 32 (19.75%) WCF
10 32 (19.75%) WPF
11 31 (19.14%) Computer Science
12 30 (18.52%) AMQP
13 29 (17.90%) OO
14 28 (17.28%) T-SQL
14 28 (17.28%) LINQ
14 28 (17.28%) .NET Framework
15 27 (16.67%) Python
16 25 (15.43%) Open Source
17 24 (14.81%) Games
18 22 (13.58%) Perl
19 20 (12.35%) CRM
19 20 (12.35%) SQL Server 2008
20 18 (11.11%) OOP
20 18 (11.11%) Electronics
21 17 (10.49%) Assembly Language

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 (22.22%) .NET
2 32 (19.75%) WCF
2 32 (19.75%) WPF
3 28 (17.28%) LINQ
3 28 (17.28%) .NET Framework
4 12 (7.407%) Flash
5 6 (3.704%) ASP.NET
6 5 (3.086%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 5 (3.086%) ASP.NET MVC
6 5 (3.086%) Hibernate
6 5 (3.086%) Spring
7 4 (2.469%) OpenGL
7 4 (2.469%) JDBC
7 4 (2.469%) STL
7 4 (2.469%) JMS
7 4 (2.469%) GWT
7 4 (2.469%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 4 (2.469%) Qt
8 3 (1.852%) Web Services
8 3 (1.852%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 16 (9.877%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (2.469%) Lotus Domino
2 4 (2.469%) MS Exchange
2 4 (2.469%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (1.235%) Apache
3 2 (1.235%) Mathematica
3 2 (1.235%) nginx
4 1 (0.617%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.617%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (6.790%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.235%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 14 (8.642%) BPCS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (18.52%) AMQP
2 10 (6.173%) Ethernet
3 6 (3.704%) DNS
4 5 (3.086%) SAN
5 4 (2.469%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.469%) VoIP
5 4 (2.469%) NAS
6 2 (1.235%) DHCP
6 2 (1.235%) SSL
6 2 (1.235%) Kerberos
6 2 (1.235%) LDAP
6 2 (1.235%) SSH
7 1 (0.617%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (25.31%) SQL Server
2 20 (12.35%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (8.642%) MySQL
4 6 (3.704%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (3.704%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (3.704%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (2.469%) RDBMS
5 4 (2.469%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (1.235%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.235%) SQLite
6 2 (1.235%) Big Data
7 1 (0.617%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.617%) CouchDB
7 1 (0.617%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.617%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (4.321%) Eclipse
2 6 (3.704%) Subversion
3 2 (1.235%) GCC
3 2 (1.235%) GDB
3 2 (1.235%) Git (software)
4 1 (0.617%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (14.81%) Games
2 18 (11.11%) Electronics
3 16 (9.877%) Automotive
4 11 (6.790%) Finance
5 6 (3.704%) Marketing
6 5 (3.086%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.469%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.469%) Back Office
8 1 (0.617%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 51 (31.48%) Developer
2 28 (17.28%) Programmer
3 23 (14.20%) Software Engineer
4 20 (12.35%) .NET Developer
5 17 (10.49%) Systems Engineer
6 16 (9.877%) Linux Engineer
7 15 (9.259%) Author
7 15 (9.259%) Technical Author
8 14 (8.642%) Senior Developer
9 12 (7.407%) Senior Programmer
10 11 (6.790%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 9 (5.556%) Java Developer
11 9 (5.556%) Administrator
12 8 (4.938%) 1st Line Support
12 8 (4.938%) Support Analyst
12 8 (4.938%) Analyst
12 8 (4.938%) 1st Line Support Analyst
13 7 (4.321%) Firmware Engineer
13 7 (4.321%) Principal Engineer
13 7 (4.321%) Senior Games Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 36 (22.22%) Mathematics
2 31 (19.14%) Computer Science
3 25 (15.43%) Open Source
4 17 (10.49%) Physics
5 13 (8.025%) 3D Graphics
6 12 (7.407%) Firmware
7 10 (6.173%) iSeries
8 9 (5.556%) STB
8 9 (5.556%) MPEG
9 8 (4.938%) AS400
10 4 (2.469%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 3 (1.852%) VHDL
12 2 (1.235%) Replication
12 2 (1.235%) PKI
13 1 (0.617%) Digital Media
13 1 (0.617%) Embedded Systems
13 1 (0.617%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 68 (41.98%) Linux
2 32 (19.75%) Windows
3 14 (8.642%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (5.556%) Embedded Linux
4 9 (5.556%) UNIX
5 8 (4.938%) Windows Server 2003
5 8 (4.938%) Windows XP
5 8 (4.938%) Windows 7
6 2 (1.235%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (17.90%) OO
2 20 (12.35%) CRM
3 18 (11.11%) OOP
4 16 (9.877%) Configuration Management
5 15 (9.259%) Multithreading
6 14 (8.642%) Volume Testing
6 14 (8.642%) User Acceptance Testing
6 14 (8.642%) Workflow
6 14 (8.642%) ERP
7 12 (7.407%) Game Development
8 11 (6.790%) Stress Testing
9 10 (6.173%) Project Management
9 10 (6.173%) Investment Management
10 9 (5.556%) ITIL
10 9 (5.556%) Validation
10 9 (5.556%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (4.938%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (4.938%) E-Commerce
11 8 (4.938%) Web Development
11 8 (4.938%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 73 (45.06%) C++
2 69 (42.59%) C#
3 43 (26.54%) SQL
3 43 (26.54%) Java
4 39 (24.07%) Ruby
5 36 (22.22%) JavaScript
6 28 (17.28%) T-SQL
7 27 (16.67%) Python
8 22 (13.58%) Perl
9 17 (10.49%) Assembly Language
10 16 (9.877%) Embedded C
11 13 (8.025%) PHP
12 12 (7.407%) Objective-C
12 12 (7.407%) ActionScript
12 12 (7.407%) ActionScript 3.0
13 4 (2.469%) MATLAB
13 4 (2.469%) PL/SQL
13 4 (2.469%) RPG
14 2 (1.235%) Shell Script
14 2 (1.235%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 62 (38.27%) Degree
2 10 (6.173%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (3.704%) MCDBA
4 4 (2.469%) HNC
4 4 (2.469%) HND
4 4 (2.469%) MCSE
4 4 (2.469%) PhD
4 4 (2.469%) MCDST
5 1 (0.617%) MCTS
5 1 (0.617%) MCITP
5 1 (0.617%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.407%) SLA
2 4 (2.469%) QA
3 2 (1.235%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (2.469%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.235%) Xen
2 2 (1.235%) qmail
2 2 (1.235%) Postfix
2 2 (1.235%) Sendmail
3 1 (0.617%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.617%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (3.704%) Puppet
2 4 (2.469%) MOM
3 2 (1.235%) Red Hat Spacewalk
3 2 (1.235%) Cobbler
3 2 (1.235%) YUM
4 1 (0.617%) SCCM
4 1 (0.617%) SCOM
Vendors
1 49 (30.25%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.407%) Perforce
3 10 (6.173%) Cognos
4 5 (3.086%) Oracle
5 4 (2.469%) Lotus
5 4 (2.469%) Cisco
6 2 (1.235%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.617%) Twitter
7 1 (0.617%) HP
7 1 (0.617%) Dell
7 1 (0.617%) EMC
7 1 (0.617%) Citrix
7 1 (0.617%) NetApp
7 1 (0.617%) VMware
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