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

 C
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank292025
Rank change year-on-year
Down-9Up+5
Matching permanent IT job ads67101227
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire5.271 %8.962 %7.222 %
As % of the Programming Languages category9.753 %16.56 %12.77 %
Salaries quoted6581215
Average salary£32,500£30,250£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.430 %-19.33 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,100£22,400£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£60,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
6876101777
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire54.05 %54.13 %56.54 %
Salaries quoted6295271635
Average salary£35,000£32,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.690 %-7.140 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£23,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
C South EastC
South East

C
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing C across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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
OxfordDown-2518£30,000-
AbingdonDown-209£22,500+12.50 %
BicesterUp+64£25,000-15.25 %
Henley-on-ThamesNew entry-2£25,000-
C South EastC
South East

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

1130 (70.65 %)C++
252 (28.26 %)Degree
348 (26.09 %)Linux
445 (24.46 %)Java
536 (19.57 %)Games
625 (13.59 %)Computer Science
723 (12.50 %)PhD
821 (11.41 %)Physics
920 (10.87 %)Mathematics
920 (10.87 %)Animation
1019 (10.33 %)C#
1118 (9.783 %)Windows
1217 (9.239 %)Firewall
1316 (8.696 %)SQL Server
1316 (8.696 %)Python
1415 (8.152 %)Lua
1415 (8.152 %)Software Engineering
1513 (7.065 %)Finance
1612 (6.522 %)Swing
1612 (6.522 %)MySQL
1711 (5.978 %).NET
1810 (5.435 %)Oracle
199 (4.891 %)SQL
199 (4.891 %)Microsoft
199 (4.891 %)CRM
199 (4.891 %)Navision
199 (4.891 %)Dynamics NAV
208 (4.348 %)Beowulf
208 (4.348 %)Bash shell
208 (4.348 %)Perl

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
112 (6.522 %)Swing
211 (5.978 %).NET
37 (3.804 %)XML
46 (3.261 %)HTML
46 (3.261 %)Web Services
55 (2.717 %)CSS
64 (2.174 %)Smarty
64 (2.174 %)Flash
64 (2.174 %)jQuery
73 (1.630 %)ASP.NET
81 (0.543 %)EJB
81 (0.543 %)J2EE
81 (0.543 %)ASP
81 (0.543 %)XSL
81 (0.543 %)EJB 3.0
81 (0.543 %).NET Framework
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (3.804 %)IIS
25 (2.717 %)SharePoint
32 (1.087 %)CMS
41 (0.543 %)Lotus Notes
41 (0.543 %)Apache
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (3.804 %)MS Excel
22 (1.087 %)MATLAB
22 (1.087 %)MS Office
31 (0.543 %)Simulink
31 (0.543 %)Stateflow
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (4.891 %)Navision
19 (4.891 %)Dynamics NAV
24 (2.174 %)Dynamics CRM
24 (2.174 %)Dynamics AX
24 (2.174 %)Dynamics GP
24 (2.174 %)Microsoft CRM
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
117 (9.239 %)Firewall
26 (3.261 %)SMTP
35 (2.717 %)SAN
35 (2.717 %)Internet
41 (0.543 %)DAB
41 (0.543 %)Intranet
41 (0.543 %)Symposium
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (8.696 %)SQL Server
212 (6.522 %)MySQL
34 (2.174 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
34 (2.174 %)DTS
43 (1.630 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
52 (1.087 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
61 (0.543 %)Oracle 10g
61 (0.543 %)PostgreSQL
61 (0.543 %)Crystal Reports
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.543 %)NUnit
11 (0.543 %)Selenium
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
136 (19.57 %)Games
220 (10.87 %)Animation
313 (7.065 %)Finance
48 (4.348 %)Electronics
57 (3.804 %)Pensions
66 (3.261 %)Marketing
75 (2.717 %)Telemarketing
83 (1.630 %)Health
92 (1.087 %)Automotive
92 (1.087 %)Education
101 (0.543 %)Electric
101 (0.543 %)Advertising
101 (0.543 %)Publishing
101 (0.543 %)Back Office
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
173 (39.67 %)Developer
238 (20.65 %)Software Engineer
323 (12.50 %)Graduate
418 (9.783 %)Programmer
517 (9.239 %)Network Programmer
615 (8.152 %)Technical Leader
714 (7.609 %)Java Developer
714 (7.609 %)Software Developer
812 (6.522 %)Java Swing Developer
99 (4.891 %)C++ Developer
108 (4.348 %)C Developer
108 (4.348 %)Linux Engineer
117 (3.804 %)Support Engineer
117 (3.804 %)Consultant
117 (3.804 %)Development Manager
117 (3.804 %)C Software Engineer
117 (3.804 %)Dynamics NAV Consultant
117 (3.804 %)Dynamics NAV Developer
126 (3.261 %)C++ Software Engineer
126 (3.261 %)C# Software Engineer
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
125 (13.59 %)Computer Science
221 (11.41 %)Physics
320 (10.87 %)Mathematics
48 (4.348 %)Beowulf
57 (3.804 %)Open Source
66 (3.261 %)SaaS
66 (3.261 %)VHDL
66 (3.261 %)Verilog
74 (2.174 %)Device Driver
83 (1.630 %)Clustering
92 (1.087 %)EPoS
101 (0.543 %)Client/Server
101 (0.543 %)Grid Computing
101 (0.543 %)Artificial Intelligence
101 (0.543 %)Informatics
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
148 (26.09 %)Linux
218 (9.783 %)Windows
38 (4.348 %)UNIX
44 (2.174 %)Windows CE
53 (1.630 %)Red Hat Linux
62 (1.087 %)Windows Vista
62 (1.087 %)Windows 7
62 (1.087 %)Windows XP
71 (0.543 %)HPUX
71 (0.543 %)Solaris
71 (0.543 %)Windows Server 2003
71 (0.543 %)Debian
71 (0.543 %)Fedora
71 (0.543 %)Embedded Linux
71 (0.543 %)Windows Server 2008
71 (0.543 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
115 (8.152 %)Software Engineering
29 (4.891 %)CRM
37 (3.804 %)ERP
46 (3.261 %)Requirements Analysis
54 (2.174 %)Computer Architecture
54 (2.174 %)SOA
54 (2.174 %)Business Intelligence
54 (2.174 %)RDF
54 (2.174 %)TDD
63 (1.630 %)Project Management
72 (1.087 %)Agile Software Development
72 (1.087 %)Bioinformatics
72 (1.087 %)PRINCE2
72 (1.087 %)OO
72 (1.087 %)Software Testing
72 (1.087 %)Risk Analysis
81 (0.543 %)Test Scripting
81 (0.543 %)System Testing
81 (0.543 %)Time Management
81 (0.543 %)Data Migration
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1130 (70.65 %)C++
245 (24.46 %)Java
319 (10.33 %)C#
416 (8.696 %)Python
515 (8.152 %)Lua
69 (4.891 %)SQL
78 (4.348 %)Perl
78 (4.348 %)Bash shell
86 (3.261 %)Ruby
86 (3.261 %)Embedded C
86 (3.261 %)PHP
86 (3.261 %)JavaScript
94 (2.174 %)PHP5
103 (1.630 %)Fortran
111 (0.543 %)VBScript
111 (0.543 %)Embedded C++
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
152 (28.26 %)Degree
223 (12.50 %)PhD
36 (3.261 %)RHCE
44 (2.174 %)Microsoft Certification
52 (1.087 %)MCP
52 (1.087 %)MCSE
61 (0.543 %)MCSD
61 (0.543 %)PMP
61 (0.543 %)PMI Certification
61 (0.543 %)Security Cleared
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.087 %)QA
21 (0.543 %)DICOM
21 (0.543 %)SLA
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (1.087 %)Active Directory
21 (0.543 %)Samba
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
110 (5.435 %)Oracle
29 (4.891 %)Microsoft
33 (1.630 %)Red Hat
41 (0.543 %)Yahoo!
41 (0.543 %)Lotus
41 (0.543 %)Cisco