The first 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 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 44 40 62
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +22
Permanent jobs citing C 89 75 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 4.855% 5.095% 2.716%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.768% 8.711% 4.335%
Number of salaries quoted 54 52 39
Average salary £42,500 £33,272 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.73% -2.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £26,416 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £51,250 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1015 861 1015
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 55.37% 58.49% 62.65%
Number of salaries quoted 907 761 942
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -2.59%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C
South East

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

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 17 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
Oxford +5 73 £42,500 -5.55%
Kidlington +4 12 £40,000 -
Banbury -4 1 - -
Abingdon - 1 £22,500 -
C
South East

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 110 (51.16%) C++
2 93 (43.26%) Linux
3 79 (36.74%) C#
4 71 (33.02%) Java
4 71 (33.02%) Degree
5 57 (26.51%) Microsoft
6 49 (22.79%) SQL
7 46 (21.40%) SQL Server
8 45 (20.93%) .NET
9 40 (18.60%) Windows
9 40 (18.60%) Ruby
10 39 (18.14%) JavaScript
11 37 (17.21%) Mathematics
12 34 (15.81%) OO
13 33 (15.35%) WCF
13 33 (15.35%) WPF
14 32 (14.88%) Computer Science
14 32 (14.88%) Electronics
15 31 (14.42%) LINQ
15 31 (14.42%) AMQP
16 29 (13.49%) .NET Framework
16 29 (13.49%) Embedded C
16 29 (13.49%) Python
16 29 (13.49%) T-SQL
17 27 (12.56%) Games
18 26 (12.09%) Open Source
19 25 (11.63%) Perl
19 25 (11.63%) Assembly Language
20 24 (11.16%) Automotive
21 22 (10.23%) CRM

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 45 (20.93%) .NET
2 33 (15.35%) WCF
2 33 (15.35%) WPF
3 31 (14.42%) LINQ
4 29 (13.49%) .NET Framework
5 13 (6.047%) Flash
6 10 (4.651%) Qt
7 8 (3.721%) ASP.NET
8 7 (3.256%) Hibernate
8 7 (3.256%) Spring
9 6 (2.791%) JMS
9 6 (2.791%) JDBC
9 6 (2.791%) GWT
10 5 (2.326%) ASP.NET MVC
10 5 (2.326%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 4 (1.860%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 4 (1.860%) STL
11 4 (1.860%) OpenGL
12 3 (1.395%) HTML
12 3 (1.395%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 17 (7.907%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (1.860%) Lotus Domino
2 4 (1.860%) MS Exchange
2 4 (1.860%) SAS
2 4 (1.860%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (1.395%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.930%) IIS
4 2 (0.930%) Apache
4 2 (0.930%) nginx
4 2 (0.930%) Mathematica
5 1 (0.465%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 17 (7.907%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.930%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 14 (6.512%) BPCS
2 3 (1.395%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.930%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 31 (14.42%) AMQP
2 20 (9.302%) Ethernet
3 11 (5.116%) TCP/IP
4 8 (3.721%) DNS
5 5 (2.326%) SAN
6 4 (1.860%) VoIP
6 4 (1.860%) NAS
7 3 (1.395%) HTTP
8 2 (0.930%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.930%) DHCP
8 2 (0.930%) Internet
8 2 (0.930%) 3G
8 2 (0.930%) Firewall
8 2 (0.930%) Wireless
8 2 (0.930%) SSH
8 2 (0.930%) LTE
8 2 (0.930%) LDAP
8 2 (0.930%) SSL
8 2 (0.930%) 4G
9 1 (0.465%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (21.40%) SQL Server
2 21 (9.767%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (6.512%) MySQL
4 8 (3.721%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (2.791%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (2.791%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.791%) RDBMS
5 6 (2.791%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.930%) Big Data
6 2 (0.930%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.930%) SQLite
6 2 (0.930%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (0.465%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.465%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.465%) CouchDB
7 1 (0.465%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 15 (6.977%) Eclipse
2 9 (4.186%) Subversion
3 8 (3.721%) GCC
4 3 (1.395%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.930%) GDB
5 2 (0.930%) Git (software)
6 1 (0.465%) Hudson
6 1 (0.465%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.465%) TeamCity
General
1 32 (14.88%) Electronics
2 27 (12.56%) Games
3 24 (11.16%) Automotive
4 17 (7.907%) Telecoms
5 16 (7.442%) Finance
6 6 (2.791%) Marketing
7 5 (2.326%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.860%) Back Office
9 3 (1.395%) Advertising
9 3 (1.395%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 64 (29.77%) Developer
2 32 (14.88%) Software Engineer
3 31 (14.42%) Programmer
4 21 (9.767%) .NET Developer
5 17 (7.907%) Systems Engineer
6 16 (7.442%) Linux Engineer
7 15 (6.977%) Analyst
7 15 (6.977%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 14 (6.512%) Senior Developer
8 14 (6.512%) Firmware Engineer
9 13 (6.047%) Author
9 13 (6.047%) Technical Author
10 12 (5.581%) Senior Programmer
11 11 (5.116%) Administrator
12 10 (4.651%) Java Developer
13 9 (4.186%) Software Developer
13 9 (4.186%) Principal Engineer
14 8 (3.721%) 1st Line Support Analyst
14 8 (3.721%) Support Analyst
14 8 (3.721%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 37 (17.21%) Mathematics
2 32 (14.88%) Computer Science
3 26 (12.09%) Open Source
4 21 (9.767%) Firmware
5 18 (8.372%) Physics
6 17 (7.907%) MPEG
7 14 (6.512%) 3D Graphics
8 10 (4.651%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 10 (4.651%) iSeries
9 9 (4.186%) STB
10 8 (3.721%) AS400
11 5 (2.326%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (1.860%) Statistics
12 4 (1.860%) Device Driver
12 4 (1.860%) VHDL
12 4 (1.860%) Data Integration
13 2 (0.930%) PKI
13 2 (0.930%) Replication
14 1 (0.465%) Verilog
14 1 (0.465%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 93 (43.26%) Linux
2 40 (18.60%) Windows
3 18 (8.372%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (5.116%) Embedded Linux
5 10 (4.651%) UNIX
6 8 (3.721%) Windows 7
6 8 (3.721%) Windows XP
6 8 (3.721%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (2.326%) Android
8 4 (1.860%) VxWorks
9 3 (1.395%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.930%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (15.81%) OO
2 22 (10.23%) CRM
3 19 (8.837%) OOP
4 16 (7.442%) ERP
4 16 (7.442%) Configuration Management
4 16 (7.442%) Multithreading
5 14 (6.512%) User Acceptance Testing
5 14 (6.512%) Volume Testing
5 14 (6.512%) Game Development
6 12 (5.581%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (5.581%) Project Management
6 12 (5.581%) Workflow
7 11 (5.116%) Validation
7 11 (5.116%) Analytics
7 11 (5.116%) Stress Testing
8 10 (4.651%) Investment Management
8 10 (4.651%) E-Commerce
9 9 (4.186%) ITIL
9 9 (4.186%) Disaster Recovery
9 9 (4.186%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 110 (51.16%) C++
2 79 (36.74%) C#
3 71 (33.02%) Java
4 49 (22.79%) SQL
5 40 (18.60%) Ruby
6 39 (18.14%) JavaScript
7 29 (13.49%) T-SQL
7 29 (13.49%) Python
7 29 (13.49%) Embedded C
8 25 (11.63%) Assembly Language
8 25 (11.63%) Perl
9 13 (6.047%) PHP
9 13 (6.047%) ActionScript
9 13 (6.047%) ActionScript 3.0
9 13 (6.047%) Objective-C
10 9 (4.186%) Embedded C++
11 6 (2.791%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.860%) RPG
12 4 (1.860%) MATLAB
13 3 (1.395%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 71 (33.02%) Degree
2 10 (4.651%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (2.791%) MCDBA
3 6 (2.791%) PhD
4 4 (1.860%) HNC
4 4 (1.860%) HND
4 4 (1.860%) MCSE
4 4 (1.860%) SAS Certification
4 4 (1.860%) MCDST
5 1 (0.465%) MCTS
5 1 (0.465%) MCITP
5 1 (0.465%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.465%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.465%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.581%) SLA
2 5 (2.326%) QA
3 2 (0.930%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 9 (4.186%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.326%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.930%) Xen
3 2 (0.930%) qmail
3 2 (0.930%) Postfix
3 2 (0.930%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.465%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (2.791%) MOM
1 6 (2.791%) Puppet
2 2 (0.930%) Red Hat Spacewalk
2 2 (0.930%) Cobbler
2 2 (0.930%) YUM
3 1 (0.465%) Nessus
3 1 (0.465%) SCCM
3 1 (0.465%) SCOM
Vendors
1 57 (26.51%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.047%) Perforce
3 10 (4.651%) Cognos
4 7 (3.256%) Oracle
5 5 (2.326%) VMware
6 4 (1.860%) Lotus
6 4 (1.860%) Cisco
7 3 (1.395%) EMC
8 2 (0.930%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.465%) Salesforce.com
9 1 (0.465%) Coverity
9 1 (0.465%) Altera
9 1 (0.465%) Twitter
9 1 (0.465%) Citrix
9 1 (0.465%) NetApp
9 1 (0.465%) HP
9 1 (0.465%) Dell
9 1 (0.465%) SAP
Kidlington, Oxfordshire
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Posted: 16 May 2013
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Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
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Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus
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Salary: £32500 - £47000 per annum
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