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This section looks at the demand for C skills across the UK with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C over the last 3 months to 13 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC
Location
3 months to 13 May 2008Same period last year
Rank3635
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads909910223
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.451 %4.390 %
As % of the category below9.732 %9.390 %
Salaries quoted74988313
Average minimum salary£36,269£37,174
Average salary£40,056£40,896
% change on same period last year-2.05 %
Average maximum salary£43,844£44,619
UK excluding London average salary£37,759£38,050
% change on same period last year-0.76 %
Programming Languages UKProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads93495108871
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled45.74 %46.75 %
Salaries quoted7845287169
Average minimum salary£37,729£38,879
Average salary£41,436£42,690
% change on same period last year-2.93 %
Average maximum salary£45,143£46,501
UK excluding London average salary£35,410£35,464
% change on same period last year-0.15 %

C
Demand Trend

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

C Demand Trend

C
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing C across the UK.

C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C across the UK over the past 3 months.

C Salary Histogram

C
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandNo change08623£39,939-2.26 %
2South EastUp+32512£39,685-1.44 %
3LondonDown-172133£48,440+0.14 %
4South WestDown-11181£35,422+1.93 %
5East of EnglandDown-31094£38,271-2.80 %
6BerkshireUp+8747£43,194+4.99 %
7CambridgeshireDown-4688£37,325-5.88 %
8HampshireUp+4663£36,342-2.22 %
9City of LondonDown-6593£54,541+2.43 %
10CambridgeDown-2578£37,238-6.28 %
11North WestUp+6564£34,916+7.56 %
12SurreyDown-1492£38,580-12.82 %
13BristolDown-1434£35,249+5.33 %
14YorkshireDown-10425£34,734+4.41 %
14West MidlandsDown-1425£35,912+6.10 %
15ManchesterDown-3258£33,024+1.45 %
16BuckinghamshireDown-9252£37,518-2.73 %
17CheshireUp+15221£36,533+14.36 %
18East MidlandsUp+21218£33,067+5.90 %
19ScotlandDown-3198£35,931-0.65 %
20West YorkshireDown-21196£35,230+7.16 %
21GloucestershireUp+3195£34,646-4.52 %
21ReadingUp+5195£43,605+9.11 %
22OxfordshireUp+5183£36,818+5.08 %
23HertfordshireDown-21169£41,721+5.98 %
24WiltshireDown-12158£35,403+0.50 %
25SomersetDown-3146£34,650+3.90 %
26BirminghamUp+19138£37,285+4.17 %
27EssexUp+33116£39,374+6.37 %
28OxfordUp+5115£37,598+9.71 %

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing C also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing C.

19216 (50.64 %)C++
23899 (21.42 %)Java
33774 (20.74 %)Degree
43517 (19.32 %)Unix
53427 (18.83 %)Linux
63250 (17.86 %)Windows
73134 (17.22 %)SQL
82623 (14.41 %)Finance
92475 (13.60 %).NET
102287 (12.57 %)Oracle
112278 (12.52 %)C#
122061 (11.32 %)SQL Server
132040 (11.21 %)Embedded C
141733 (9.522 %)OO
151676 (9.209 %)Perl
161516 (8.330 %)XML
171444 (7.934 %)Microsoft
181436 (7.890 %)Electronics
191339 (7.357 %)Telecoms
201302 (7.154 %)VB
211166 (6.407 %)Computer Science
221165 (6.401 %)UML
231104 (6.066 %)HTML
241096 (6.022 %)TCP/IP
251004 (5.516 %)Banking
26977 (5.368 %)Pensions
27942 (5.176 %)Project Management
28886 (4.868 %)Software Engineering
29867 (4.764 %)Embedded C++
30863 (4.742 %)Mathematics

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing C also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
12475 (13.60 %).NET
21516 (8.330 %)XML
31104 (6.066 %)HTML
4727 (3.995 %)J2EE
5709 (3.896 %)ASP.NET
6414 (2.275 %)WebServices
7387 (2.126 %)ASP
8346 (1.901 %)CSS
9320 (1.758 %)WebSphere
10294 (1.615 %)Middleware
11282 (1.549 %)AJAX
12281 (1.544 %)MFC
13258 (1.418 %)SOAP
14232 (1.275 %).NET Framework
15230 (1.264 %)JSP
16220 (1.209 %)XSLT
17161 (0.885 %)Spring
18143 (0.786 %)XHTML
19129 (0.709 %)Hibernate
20126 (0.692 %)STL
Application Platforms
1421 (2.313 %)Apache
2248 (1.363 %)WebLogic
3223 (1.225 %)IIS
4220 (1.209 %)Tomcat
5204 (1.121 %)MS Exchange
6150 (0.824 %)Exchange Server 2003
7135 (0.742 %)SharePoint
8128 (0.703 %)SAS
9111 (0.610 %)JBoss
1092 (0.505 %)CMS
1170 (0.385 %)WebSphere MQ
1266 (0.363 %)CICS
1359 (0.324 %)Exchange Server 2000
1449 (0.269 %)ColdFusion
1547 (0.258 %)OpenROAD
1645 (0.247 %)BizTalk Server
1744 (0.242 %)Lotus Notes
1837 (0.203 %)MQSeries
1837 (0.203 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1929 (0.159 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1707 (3.885 %)MS Excel
2369 (2.027 %)MS Office
3338 (1.857 %)MATLAB
4145 (0.797 %)MS Visio
589 (0.489 %)Simulink
683 (0.456 %)Photoshop
769 (0.379 %)MS Project
854 (0.297 %)3ds Max
948 (0.264 %)SPSS
1040 (0.220 %)MS PowerPoint
1138 (0.209 %)S-PLUS
1234 (0.187 %)Adobe Illustrator
1234 (0.187 %)Maya
1316 (0.088 %)AutoCAD
1415 (0.082 %)Quicktime
1511 (0.060 %)CA Clarity
169 (0.049 %)InfoPath
178 (0.044 %)InDesign
187 (0.038 %)FrameMaker
187 (0.038 %)Acrobat
Business Applications
1142 (0.780 %)Summit
287 (0.478 %)Oracle Applications
374 (0.407 %)Navision
459 (0.324 %)Dynamics NAV
540 (0.220 %)Dynamics CRM
634 (0.187 %)Oracle EBS
731 (0.170 %)LabWindows
829 (0.159 %)Oracle 11i
927 (0.148 %)Microsoft CRM
1025 (0.137 %)FRONT ARENA
1121 (0.115 %)Pivotal CRM
1121 (0.115 %)Oracle Financials
1219 (0.104 %)Oracle BRM
1317 (0.093 %)SageCRM MME
1415 (0.082 %)Kondor+
1514 (0.077 %)Dynamics AX
1611 (0.060 %)AWD
1611 (0.060 %)Endur
1710 (0.055 %)WebTrends
189 (0.049 %)Fidessa
Communications & Networking
11096 (6.022 %)TCP/IP
2692 (3.802 %)Wireless
3680 (3.736 %)Internet
4303 (1.665 %)VoIP
5261 (1.434 %)Ethernet
6259 (1.423 %)GSM
6259 (1.423 %)Firewall
7251 (1.379 %)DVB
8236 (1.297 %)WAN
9234 (1.286 %)3G
10229 (1.258 %)LAN
11223 (1.225 %)DNS
12194 (1.066 %)UMTS
13188 (1.033 %)SNMP
14184 (1.011 %)VPN
15180 (0.989 %)WINS
16170 (0.934 %)SAN
17158 (0.868 %)GPRS
18126 (0.692 %)Network Security
19125 (0.687 %)Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
12061 (11.32 %)SQL Server
2434 (2.385 %)MySQL
3419 (2.302 %)RDBMS
4281 (1.544 %)SQL Server 2000
5265 (1.456 %)SQL Server 2005
6228 (1.253 %)Datawarehouse
7220 (1.209 %)Oracle 10g
8201 (1.104 %)DB2
9178 (0.978 %)Oracle 9i
10153 (0.841 %)Oracle 8/8i
11151 (0.830 %)Crystal Reports
11151 (0.830 %)GIS
12149 (0.819 %)Informix
13140 (0.769 %)Oracle Reports
14136 (0.747 %)Ingres
15118 (0.648 %)BusinessObjects
1696 (0.527 %)MS Access
1767 (0.368 %)SQL Server 7
1865 (0.357 %)OLAP
1960 (0.330 %)ETL
Development Applications
1501 (2.753 %)Visual Studio
2289 (1.588 %)ClearCase
3236 (1.297 %)ProC
4215 (1.181 %)Eclipse
5166 (0.912 %)Flash
6157 (0.863 %)Oracle Forms
7119 (0.654 %)Subversion
8102 (0.560 %)VSS/SourceSafe
977 (0.423 %)Ant
1067 (0.368 %)TestDirector
1166 (0.363 %)LabVIEW
1263 (0.346 %)Rational Rose
1355 (0.302 %)JUnit
1447 (0.258 %)PVCS
1542 (0.231 %)QuickTest Pro
1640 (0.220 %)InstallShield
1738 (0.209 %)WinRunner
1836 (0.198 %)JDeveloper
1934 (0.187 %)PowerBuilder
2033 (0.181 %)CodeWarrior
General
12623 (14.41 %)Finance
21436 (7.890 %)Electronics
31339 (7.357 %)Telecoms
41004 (5.516 %)Banking
5977 (5.368 %)Pensions
6785 (4.313 %)Health
7519 (2.852 %)Marketing
8465 (2.555 %)Education
9407 (2.236 %)Government
10399 (2.192 %)Games
11398 (2.187 %)Manufacturing
12388 (2.132 %)Retail
13380 (2.088 %)Insurance
14327 (1.797 %)Investment Banking
15309 (1.698 %)Aerospace
16290 (1.593 %)Front Office
17285 (1.566 %)Automotive
18229 (1.258 %)Electric
19203 (1.115 %)Multimedia
20156 (0.857 %)Billing
Job Titles
15170 (28.41 %)Developer
24448 (24.44 %)Software Engineer
31284 (7.055 %)Analyst
41257 (6.907 %)C++ Developer
51243 (6.830 %)Embedded Software Engineer
61224 (6.725 %)Software Developer
7991 (5.445 %)Consultant
8841 (4.621 %)C Developer
9806 (4.429 %)C Software Engineer
10776 (4.264 %)Programmer
11726 (3.989 %)C++ Software Engineer
12608 (3.341 %)Architect
13582 (3.198 %)Senior Software Engineer
14521 (2.863 %)Team Leader
15506 (2.780 %)Java Developer
16488 (2.681 %)Graduate
17469 (2.577 %)Embedded C Engineer
18467 (2.566 %)Senior Developer
19442 (2.429 %).NET Developer
20413 (2.269 %)Project Manager
Miscellaneous
11166 (6.407 %)Computer Science
2863 (4.742 %)Mathematics
3578 (3.176 %)Device Driver
4368 (2.022 %)Firmware
5358 (1.967 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
6341 (1.874 %)MPEG
7308 (1.692 %)VHDL
8287 (1.577 %)Physics
9278 (1.527 %)DTV
10269 (1.478 %)Derivative
11258 (1.418 %)Handset
12242 (1.330 %)Client/Server
13211 (1.159 %)Multithreading
14194 (1.066 %)Equities
15170 (0.934 %)STB
16167 (0.918 %)Fixed Income
17136 (0.747 %)ASIC
18127 (0.698 %)IPTV
19106 (0.582 %)Verilog
20104 (0.571 %)EPoS
Operating Systems
13517 (19.32 %)Unix
23427 (18.83 %)Linux
33250 (17.86 %)Windows
4828 (4.549 %)Solaris
5496 (2.725 %)VxWorks
6432 (2.374 %)Embedded Linux
7267 (1.467 %)Windows 2000
8253 (1.390 %)AIX
9251 (1.379 %)Windows NT
9251 (1.379 %)Windows CE
10238 (1.308 %)Windows XP
11187 (1.027 %)Windows Mobile
12158 (0.868 %)Windows Server 2003
13146 (0.802 %)VMS
14136 (0.747 %)HPUX
15110 (0.604 %)Nucleus RTOS
16102 (0.560 %)Symbian OS
1779 (0.434 %)pSOS
1849 (0.269 %)Debian
1946 (0.253 %)Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
11733 (9.522 %)OO
21165 (6.401 %)UML
3942 (5.176 %)Project Management
4886 (4.868 %)Software Engineering
5521 (2.863 %)OOD
6389 (2.137 %)Configuration Management
7349 (1.918 %)ITIL
8327 (1.797 %)CRM
9304 (1.670 %)Business Intelligence
10293 (1.610 %)PRINCE2
11274 (1.505 %)Validation
12247 (1.357 %)OOA/OOD
13231 (1.269 %)OOP
14228 (1.253 %)Software Testing
14228 (1.253 %)Business Development
15227 (1.247 %)Web Development
16224 (1.231 %)Service Delivery
17211 (1.159 %)E-Commerce
18209 (1.148 %)ERP
19200 (1.099 %)Risk Management
Programming Languages
19216 (50.64 %)C++
23899 (21.42 %)Java
33134 (17.22 %)SQL
42278 (12.52 %)C#
52040 (11.21 %)Embedded C
61676 (9.209 %)Perl
71302 (7.154 %)VB
8867 (4.764 %)Embedded C++
9827 (4.544 %)JavaScript
10682 (3.747 %)PHP
11638 (3.505 %)VB.NET
12637 (3.500 %)Shell Script
13633 (3.478 %)Python
14593 (3.258 %)Assembly Language
15551 (3.027 %)PL/SQL
16349 (1.918 %)VC++
17249 (1.368 %)VBA
18223 (1.225 %)Delphi
19202 (1.110 %)Transact-SQL
20179 (0.984 %)Ada
Qualifications
13774 (20.74 %)Degree
2267 (1.467 %)Microsoft Certification
3236 (1.297 %)PhD
4178 (0.978 %)Cisco Certification
5163 (0.896 %)HND
6158 (0.868 %)MCSE
7119 (0.654 %)CCNA
8114 (0.626 %)ISEB
973 (0.401 %)MCP
1072 (0.396 %)CCNP
1166 (0.363 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1250 (0.275 %)CISSP
1344 (0.242 %)Oracle Certification
1443 (0.236 %)MCSA
1542 (0.231 %)HNC
1641 (0.225 %)ITIL Certification
1737 (0.203 %)CCDP
1737 (0.203 %)CCIE
1834 (0.187 %)OCP
1930 (0.165 %)CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1515 (2.830 %)QA
2212 (1.165 %)SLA
351 (0.280 %)ISO9000
449 (0.269 %)ISO9001
528 (0.154 %)WAI
624 (0.132 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
624 (0.132 %)Basel II
714 (0.077 %)COBIT
811 (0.060 %)MiFID
910 (0.055 %)TickIT
109 (0.049 %)ISO27001
116 (0.033 %)ISO17799
116 (0.033 %)HL7
123 (0.016 %)PCI QSA
132 (0.011 %)ISO/IEC 20000
132 (0.011 %)PCI DSS
132 (0.011 %)ISO15504
141 (0.005 %)ISO14001
141 (0.005 %)ISO8583
141 (0.005 %)BS7799
System Software
1339 (1.863 %)Active Directory
2104 (0.571 %)Oracle RAC
339 (0.214 %)ISA Server
436 (0.198 %)NetBackup
528 (0.154 %)NDS
627 (0.148 %)Oracle RMAN
726 (0.143 %)Terminal Services
726 (0.143 %)NFS
823 (0.126 %)MSMQ
921 (0.115 %)Backup Exec
921 (0.115 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1016 (0.088 %)Samba
1113 (0.071 %)VMware ESX
1113 (0.071 %)Xen
1212 (0.066 %)Snort
139 (0.049 %)MetaFrame
139 (0.049 %)Terminal Server
148 (0.044 %)RACF
148 (0.044 %)AquaLogic
157 (0.038 %)VMware Server
Systems Management
150 (0.275 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
231 (0.170 %)MOM
329 (0.159 %)SCCM
329 (0.159 %)SCOM
426 (0.143 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
522 (0.121 %)CA SiteMinder
621 (0.115 %)Tivoli
719 (0.104 %)OpenView Configuration Management
817 (0.093 %)Nessus
916 (0.088 %)AutoSys
916 (0.088 %)OpenView
1010 (0.055 %)Nagios
1010 (0.055 %)MAILsweeper
118 (0.044 %)Unicenter
127 (0.038 %)Legato
135 (0.027 %)Norton AntiVirus
135 (0.027 %)EMC NetWorker
135 (0.027 %)ServiceCenter
144 (0.022 %)Oracle Statspack
153 (0.016 %)AssetCenter
Vendors
12287 (12.57 %)Oracle
21444 (7.934 %)Microsoft
3634 (3.484 %)Sybase
4396 (2.176 %)Cisco
5324 (1.780 %)Symbian
6273 (1.500 %)IBM
7202 (1.110 %)SAP
8184 (1.011 %)HP
9161 (0.885 %)Sun
10141 (0.775 %)Citrix
11118 (0.648 %)Business Objects
12112 (0.615 %)Red Hat
13107 (0.588 %)TIBCO
1490 (0.495 %)VERITAS
1584 (0.462 %)BT
1683 (0.456 %)CheckPoint
1781 (0.445 %)Bloomberg
1781 (0.445 %)VMware
1781 (0.445 %)Google
1879 (0.434 %)EMC
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