The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT jobs advertised for the Portsmouth region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C over the 3 months to 24 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 Portsmouth region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 35 33 25
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -8
Permanent jobs citing C 4 5 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 1.860% 2.475% 7.177%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.030% 4.310% 13.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 15
Average salary £38,250 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.37% +6.66%
UK excluding London average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Portsmouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
132 116 114
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 61.40% 57.43% 54.55%
Number of salaries quoted 119 113 113
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,875
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -1.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C
Hampshire

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C across the Portsmouth region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Portsmouth C Salary Histogram

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 39 (82.98%) Linux
2 33 (70.21%) C++
3 22 (46.81%) Python
4 19 (40.43%) UNIX
5 18 (38.30%) Windows
6 16 (34.04%) Degree
7 13 (27.66%) C#
7 13 (27.66%) Device Driver
7 13 (27.66%) Electronics
8 12 (25.53%) PHP
8 12 (25.53%) Java
8 12 (25.53%) JavaScript
8 12 (25.53%) CSS
9 11 (23.40%) PhD
9 11 (23.40%) MATLAB
10 10 (21.28%) Manufacturing
11 9 (19.15%) Software Engineering
11 9 (19.15%) Scrum
11 9 (19.15%) GWT
11 9 (19.15%) Computer Science
11 9 (19.15%) Web Development
11 9 (19.15%) HTML5
12 8 (17.02%) Puppet
12 8 (17.02%) Machine Learning
12 8 (17.02%) Red Hat
13 7 (14.89%) Firmware
13 7 (14.89%) Agile Software Development
13 7 (14.89%) Embedded C
13 7 (14.89%) Embedded C++
13 7 (14.89%) UML

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 12 (25.53%) CSS
2 9 (19.15%) GWT
2 9 (19.15%) HTML5
3 3 (6.383%) XML
3 3 (6.383%) HTML
4 2 (4.255%) .NET
4 2 (4.255%) ASP
4 2 (4.255%) ASP.NET
4 2 (4.255%) Web Services
5 1 (2.128%) FastCGI
5 1 (2.128%) OpenCV
Application Platforms
1 4 (8.511%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (4.255%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.511%) NAS
1 4 (8.511%) Fibre Channel
1 4 (8.511%) SAN
2 1 (2.128%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.255%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (4.255%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.128%) FogBugz
General
1 13 (27.66%) Electronics
2 10 (21.28%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.255%) Finance
Job Titles
1 23 (48.94%) Software Engineer
2 10 (21.28%) Test Engineer
3 7 (14.89%) C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (14.89%) C Software Engineer
4 6 (12.77%) Test Development Engineer
4 6 (12.77%) Development Engineer
5 4 (8.511%) Storage Engineer
6 3 (6.383%) Developer
6 3 (6.383%) Architect
6 3 (6.383%) Embedded C Engineer
6 3 (6.383%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 3 (6.383%) Embedded C Software Engineer
6 3 (6.383%) Test Strategist
6 3 (6.383%) Linux Engineer
6 3 (6.383%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
6 3 (6.383%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
6 3 (6.383%) Embedded C++ Engineer
6 3 (6.383%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
6 3 (6.383%) Python Software Engineer
7 2 (4.255%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 13 (27.66%) Device Driver
2 9 (19.15%) Computer Science
3 8 (17.02%) Machine Learning
4 7 (14.89%) Firmware
5 1 (2.128%) VHDL
5 1 (2.128%) Mathematics
5 1 (2.128%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 39 (82.98%) Linux
2 19 (40.43%) UNIX
3 18 (38.30%) Windows
4 1 (2.128%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (19.15%) Software Engineering
1 9 (19.15%) Scrum
1 9 (19.15%) Web Development
2 7 (14.89%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (14.89%) UML
3 6 (12.77%) Integration Testing
4 4 (8.511%) Yield Management
4 4 (8.511%) Test Strategy
4 4 (8.511%) Data Analysis
4 4 (8.511%) Benchmarking
5 1 (2.128%) MOF
5 1 (2.128%) PRINCE
5 1 (2.128%) Data Management
5 1 (2.128%) TOGAF
5 1 (2.128%) OOP
5 1 (2.128%) OO
5 1 (2.128%) ITIL
5 1 (2.128%) PRINCE2
5 1 (2.128%) Image Processing
5 1 (2.128%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 33 (70.21%) C++
2 22 (46.81%) Python
3 13 (27.66%) C#
4 12 (25.53%) PHP
4 12 (25.53%) Java
4 12 (25.53%) JavaScript
5 11 (23.40%) MATLAB
6 7 (14.89%) Embedded C
6 7 (14.89%) Embedded C++
7 4 (8.511%) Bash shell
7 4 (8.511%) Korn
7 4 (8.511%) Shell Script
8 3 (6.383%) Perl
9 2 (4.255%) SQL
9 2 (4.255%) VB
9 2 (4.255%) VB.NET
9 2 (4.255%) Tcl
10 1 (2.128%) Delphi
10 1 (2.128%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 16 (34.04%) Degree
2 11 (23.40%) PhD
3 1 (2.128%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (2.128%) NCIE
3 1 (2.128%) MCTS
3 1 (2.128%) MCITP
System Software
1 1 (2.128%) vSphere
1 1 (2.128%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.128%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (17.02%) Puppet
2 1 (2.128%) SCCM
2 1 (2.128%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (17.02%) Red Hat
2 2 (4.255%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.128%) VMware
3 1 (2.128%) Symantec
3 1 (2.128%) CommVault
3 1 (2.128%) NetApp
3 1 (2.128%) EMC
3 1 (2.128%) Citrix
3 1 (2.128%) Oracle
3 1 (2.128%) 3PAR