The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT jobs advertised for the Stockport region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C over the 3 months to 23 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 Stockport region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 27 32 31
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -1
Permanent jobs citing C 14 8 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stockport 6.897% 3.883% 4.469%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.046% 5.797% 6.061%
Number of salaries quoted 14 7 7
Average salary £31,500 £34,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.35% +7.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,700 £21,400 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,250 £41,500 £31,700
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Stockport
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
174 138 132
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stockport 85.71% 66.99% 73.74%
Number of salaries quoted 172 126 122
Average salary £33,500 £32,500 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.07% +12.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,350 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C
Manchester

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stockport 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 Stockport region.

Stockport C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C across the Stockport region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Stockport C Salary Histogram

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stockport 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 21 (84.00%) C++
2 20 (80.00%) Java
2 20 (80.00%) Linux
3 19 (76.00%) UNIX
4 16 (64.00%) SQL Server
5 15 (60.00%) Oracle
6 14 (56.00%) MySQL
7 13 (52.00%) Logistics
8 12 (48.00%) SCADA
8 12 (48.00%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (48.00%) UML
8 12 (48.00%) OOA/OOD
9 11 (44.00%) Retail
10 10 (40.00%) E-Commerce
10 10 (40.00%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (32.00%) TDD
11 8 (32.00%) Spring
12 6 (24.00%) Degree
12 6 (24.00%) Windows
13 4 (16.00%) C#
13 4 (16.00%) .NET
14 3 (12.00%) PHP
14 3 (12.00%) ASP.NET
14 3 (12.00%) SOAP
14 3 (12.00%) AIX
14 3 (12.00%) Finance
15 2 (8.000%) Manufacturing
15 2 (8.000%) Marketing
15 2 (8.000%) Unit Testing
15 2 (8.000%) Reverse Engineering

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stockport 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 8 (32.00%) Spring
2 4 (16.00%) .NET
3 3 (12.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (12.00%) SOAP
4 2 (8.000%) ATL
4 2 (8.000%) JSP
4 2 (8.000%) HTML
5 1 (4.000%) .NET Framework
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (64.00%) SQL Server
2 14 (56.00%) MySQL
3 1 (4.000%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (8.000%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (44.00%) Retail
2 10 (40.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (12.00%) Finance
4 2 (8.000%) Manufacturing
4 2 (8.000%) Marketing
4 2 (8.000%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 19 (76.00%) Software Engineer
2 6 (24.00%) Developer
3 2 (8.000%) C++ Developer
3 2 (8.000%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (8.000%) Junior
3 2 (8.000%) Junior Software Engineer
3 2 (8.000%) C Developer
3 2 (8.000%) C Software Engineer
3 2 (8.000%) Applications Developer
3 2 (8.000%) Programmer
3 2 (8.000%) Graduate
4 1 (4.000%) Software Developer
4 1 (4.000%) Senior C Software Engineer
4 1 (4.000%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (4.000%) VB6 Developer
4 1 (4.000%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (4.000%) VB Developer
4 1 (4.000%) C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (48.00%) SCADA
1 12 (48.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (8.000%) Social Media
3 1 (4.000%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 20 (80.00%) Linux
2 19 (76.00%) UNIX
3 6 (24.00%) Windows
4 3 (12.00%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Logistics
2 12 (48.00%) UML
2 12 (48.00%) OOA/OOD
3 10 (40.00%) E-Commerce
4 8 (32.00%) TDD
5 2 (8.000%) Unit Testing
5 2 (8.000%) Reverse Engineering
5 2 (8.000%) ERP
5 2 (8.000%) OO
5 2 (8.000%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 21 (84.00%) C++
2 20 (80.00%) Java
3 4 (16.00%) C#
4 3 (12.00%) PHP
5 2 (8.000%) SQL
5 2 (8.000%) JavaScript
5 2 (8.000%) Perl
6 1 (4.000%) VB
6 1 (4.000%) VB6
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 15 (60.00%) Oracle
Stockport, Cheshire
Key skills - C++ Developer, C Developer, Software Engineer, Windows Development C++ Developer / C Developer is urgently needed for a high profile client!... We are looking for C++ Developers...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013