Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for C skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

LinkC
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank3536
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads31218928
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK4.584 %4.476 %
As % of the Programming Languages category9.487 %9.766 %
Salaries quoted26377159
Average salary£40,000£37,500
Average salary % change on the same period last year+6.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000
% change on same period last year+7.140 %
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
3289891422
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.32 %45.83 %
Salaries quoted2814877127
Average salary£37,500£37,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£34,000

C
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing C within 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 citing C within the UK.

C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

C Salary Histogram

C
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandUp+22941£40,000+6.66 %
LondonUp+31958£45,000+1.12 %
South EastDown-3737£39,250+4.66 %
East of EnglandDown-3404£40,000+6.66 %
South WestDown-8335£35,000-
City of LondonUp+33300£55,000-
CambridgeshireDown-1253£40,000+6.66 %
BerkshireDown-2212£45,000+8.43 %
CambridgeDown-2176£40,000+6.66 %
East MidlandsUp+10155£35,000+6.06 %
BristolDown-9134£35,000-
HampshireDown-13132£40,000+14.28 %
YorkshireDown-4120£33,250+2.30 %
SurreyDown-10119£40,000+14.28 %
North WestDown-24109£31,500-4.54 %
BuckinghamshireNo change0105£31,500-16.00 %
HertfordshireUp+2699£38,000-5.00 %
ReadingUp+687£42,500-
OxfordshireUp+2382£31,500-11.26 %
WiltshireUp+172£37,500-5.06 %
North EastUp+770£37,500+7.14 %
WalesUp+968£28,500-18.57 %
LincolnshireUp+2167£57,500+91.66 %
ScotlandDown-665£35,000+4.47 %
West MidlandsDown-6062£35,000+7.69 %
South WalesUp+661£28,500-18.57 %
Milton KeynesUp+760£31,500-10.00 %
West YorkshireUp+659£32,500-7.14 %
Tyne and WearUp+1657£37,500+7.14 %
LincolnUp+1756£61,250+22.50 %

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

13434 (46.17 %)C++
21480 (19.90 %)Java
31447 (19.45 %)Degree
41413 (19.00 %)Windows
51405 (18.89 %)Linux
61216 (16.35 %)UNIX
71066 (14.33 %)SQL
8997 (13.40 %).NET
9981 (13.19 %)C#
10840 (11.29 %)Finance
11676 (9.088 %)SQL Server
12636 (8.551 %)Embedded C
13635 (8.537 %)Oracle
14614 (8.255 %)Computer Science
15575 (7.731 %)Microsoft
16532 (7.152 %)OO
17531 (7.139 %)XML
18486 (6.534 %)Perl
19460 (6.184 %)Telecoms
20434 (5.835 %)Pensions
21429 (5.768 %)Games
22416 (5.593 %)Project Management
23405 (5.445 %)Mathematics
24403 (5.418 %)UML
25394 (5.297 %)HTML
26385 (5.176 %)Software Engineering
27371 (4.988 %)ASP.NET
28365 (4.907 %)TCP/IP
29353 (4.746 %)Security Cleared
30349 (4.692 %)PHP

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1997 (13.40 %).NET
2531 (7.139 %)XML
3394 (5.297 %)HTML
4371 (4.988 %)ASP.NET
5286 (3.845 %)J2EE
6252 (3.388 %)CSS
7243 (3.267 %)WebServices
8166 (2.232 %)AJAX
9162 (2.178 %)Middleware
10153 (2.057 %)OpenGL
11120 (1.613 %)MFC
12107 (1.439 %).NET Framework
13104 (1.398 %)Flash
14103 (1.385 %)STL
1596 (1.291 %)XHTML
1691 (1.223 %)Spring
1790 (1.210 %)XSLT
1884 (1.129 %)SOAP
1973 (0.981 %)J2ME
2072 (0.968 %)DirectX
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1168 (2.259 %)Apache
2135 (1.815 %)SharePoint
3111 (1.492 %)MS Exchange
495 (1.277 %)SAS
590 (1.210 %)Tomcat
689 (1.197 %)IIS
767 (0.901 %)WebLogic
850 (0.672 %)SharePoint Server 2007
947 (0.632 %)Exchange Server 2003
1036 (0.484 %)CMS
1133 (0.444 %)Exchange Server 2007
1227 (0.363 %)Lotus Notes
1326 (0.350 %)Lotus Domino
1423 (0.309 %)MQSeries
1518 (0.242 %)Oracle HTTP Server
1518 (0.242 %)WebSphere MQ
1616 (0.215 %)Rendezvous
1715 (0.202 %)Oracle Workflow
1814 (0.188 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1913 (0.175 %)Liferay
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1284 (3.818 %)MS Excel
2149 (2.003 %)MATLAB
3123 (1.654 %)MS Office
3123 (1.654 %)MS Visio
438 (0.511 %)Simulink
525 (0.336 %)3ds Max
623 (0.309 %)Photoshop
722 (0.296 %)Maya
818 (0.242 %)MS Project
913 (0.175 %)S-PLUS
913 (0.175 %)MS PowerPoint
913 (0.175 %)CA Clarity
1012 (0.161 %)SPSS
1111 (0.148 %)Spreadsheet
127 (0.094 %)Fireworks
135 (0.067 %)AutoCAD
144 (0.054 %)PrintSoft PReS
144 (0.054 %)Adobe Illustrator
153 (0.040 %)Stateflow
162 (0.027 %)InfoPath
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
144 (0.592 %)SAP CO
243 (0.578 %)SAP FI/CO
243 (0.578 %)SAP FI
325 (0.336 %)Endur
423 (0.309 %)Navision
522 (0.296 %)Dynamics NAV
522 (0.296 %)Oracle 11i
618 (0.242 %)SAP MDM
716 (0.215 %)Dynamics CRM
716 (0.215 %)Dynamics AX
716 (0.215 %)Oracle EBS
814 (0.188 %)SAP R/3
814 (0.188 %)Summit
912 (0.161 %)RMDS
1011 (0.148 %)SAP SD
1110 (0.134 %)Oracle Financials
1110 (0.134 %)SAP QM
129 (0.121 %)Temenos Globus
129 (0.121 %)Oracle Applications
137 (0.094 %)Microsoft CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1365 (4.907 %)TCP/IP
2282 (3.791 %)Internet
3234 (3.146 %)Wireless
4163 (2.191 %)Firewall
5131 (1.761 %)GSM
6119 (1.600 %)DNS
7111 (1.492 %)VoIP
8103 (1.385 %)SNMP
996 (1.291 %)UMTS
1091 (1.223 %)SMTP
1190 (1.210 %)SAN
1279 (1.062 %)HTTP
1376 (1.022 %)DHCP
1472 (0.968 %)LAN
1569 (0.928 %)DVB
1663 (0.847 %)NAS
1762 (0.834 %)LDAP
1762 (0.834 %)VPN
1860 (0.807 %)SSL
1956 (0.753 %)Ethernet
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1676 (9.088 %)SQL Server
2242 (3.254 %)MySQL
3153 (2.057 %)SQL Server 2005
491 (1.223 %)ETL
589 (1.197 %)Oracle 10g
681 (1.089 %)GIS
779 (1.062 %)RDBMS
873 (0.981 %)Oracle Reports
967 (0.901 %)SAP BW
967 (0.901 %)Oracle 8/8i
1066 (0.887 %)SQL Server 2000
1156 (0.753 %)Oracle 9i
1251 (0.686 %)Datawarehouse
1348 (0.645 %)DB2
1442 (0.565 %)BusinessObjects
1539 (0.524 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1637 (0.497 %)Crystal Reports
1736 (0.484 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1835 (0.471 %)MS Access
1933 (0.444 %)Oracle 11g
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1184 (2.474 %)Visual Studio
269 (0.928 %)ProC
367 (0.901 %)Oracle Forms
464 (0.860 %)ClearCase
559 (0.793 %)Subversion
643 (0.578 %)Eclipse
733 (0.444 %)JDeveloper
831 (0.417 %)Ant
929 (0.390 %)LoadRunner
1027 (0.363 %)JUnit
1125 (0.336 %)ClearQuest
1222 (0.296 %)QuickTest Pro
1222 (0.296 %)Xcode
1319 (0.255 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1418 (0.242 %)LabVIEW
1515 (0.202 %)Dreamweaver
1614 (0.188 %)Selenium
1713 (0.175 %)Team Foundation Server
1812 (0.161 %)JIRA
1911 (0.148 %)NUnit
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1840 (11.29 %)Finance
2460 (6.184 %)Telecoms
3434 (5.835 %)Pensions
4429 (5.768 %)Games
5343 (4.611 %)Electronics
6336 (4.517 %)Health
7275 (3.697 %)Education
8244 (3.280 %)Marketing
9233 (3.133 %)Government
10211 (2.837 %)Retail
11206 (2.770 %)Banking
12139 (1.869 %)Insurance
13135 (1.815 %)Manufacturing
14130 (1.748 %)Electric
15109 (1.465 %)3D Graphics
15109 (1.465 %)Front Office
16102 (1.371 %)Aerospace
1784 (1.129 %)Automotive
1883 (1.116 %)Online Games
1972 (0.968 %)Local Government
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11898 (25.52 %)Developer
21405 (18.89 %)Software Engineer
3508 (6.830 %)Analyst
4473 (6.359 %)Consultant
5453 (6.090 %)Software Developer
6411 (5.526 %)C++ Developer
7381 (5.122 %)Programmer
8300 (4.033 %)C Developer
9271 (3.643 %)Architect
10260 (3.496 %)C++ Software Engineer
11252 (3.388 %)Senior Software Engineer
12230 (3.092 %)Embedded Software Engineer
13222 (2.985 %)Senior Developer
14217 (2.917 %)Graduate
15216 (2.904 %)C Software Engineer
16178 (2.393 %)Support Engineer
17170 (2.286 %)Administrator
17170 (2.286 %)C# Developer
18169 (2.272 %)Team Leader
19165 (2.218 %)Development Manager
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1614 (8.255 %)Computer Science
2405 (5.445 %)Mathematics
3249 (3.348 %)Physics
4223 (2.998 %)Device Driver
5166 (2.232 %)Multithreading
6155 (2.084 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
7149 (2.003 %)Firmware
8142 (1.909 %)FMCG
9136 (1.828 %)VHDL
10102 (1.371 %)iPhone
1194 (1.264 %)DTV
1291 (1.223 %)Derivative
1389 (1.197 %)MPEG
1471 (0.955 %)Client/Server
1564 (0.860 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1660 (0.807 %)STB
1751 (0.686 %)Equities
1850 (0.672 %)NHS
1949 (0.659 %)Management Information System
2045 (0.605 %)N-Tier
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11413 (19.00 %)Windows
21405 (18.89 %)Linux
31216 (16.35 %)UNIX
4227 (3.052 %)Solaris
5158 (2.124 %)Windows Server 2003
6156 (2.097 %)Windows CE
7146 (1.963 %)Embedded Linux
8143 (1.923 %)Windows 2000
9131 (1.761 %)Windows XP
10119 (1.600 %)Windows Mobile
1199 (1.331 %)VxWorks
1262 (0.834 %)AIX
1351 (0.686 %)HPUX
1351 (0.686 %)Nucleus RTOS
1450 (0.672 %)Mac OS X
1546 (0.618 %)Windows NT
1645 (0.605 %)Red Hat Linux
1743 (0.578 %)Windows Vista
1841 (0.551 %)Android
1940 (0.538 %)Windows 2000 Server
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1532 (7.152 %)OO
2416 (5.593 %)Project Management
3403 (5.418 %)UML
4385 (5.176 %)Software Engineering
5174 (2.339 %)Web Development
6168 (2.259 %)E-Commerce
7158 (2.124 %)Agile Software Development
8151 (2.030 %)ITIL
9146 (1.963 %)Business Development
10144 (1.936 %)Business Intelligence
11140 (1.882 %)OOD
12116 (1.560 %)Validation
12116 (1.560 %)PRINCE2
13111 (1.492 %)Configuration Management
14102 (1.371 %)Migration
14102 (1.371 %)Workflow
1595 (1.277 %)OOP
1691 (1.223 %)CRM
1785 (1.143 %)Image Processing
1881 (1.089 %)ERP
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13434 (46.17 %)C++
21480 (19.90 %)Java
31066 (14.33 %)SQL
4981 (13.19 %)C#
5636 (8.551 %)Embedded C
6486 (6.534 %)Perl
7349 (4.692 %)PHP
8346 (4.652 %)JavaScript
9310 (4.168 %)VB
10303 (4.074 %)Python
11270 (3.630 %)Embedded C++
12242 (3.254 %)VB.NET
13238 (3.200 %)Assembly Language
14142 (1.909 %)PL/SQL
15128 (1.721 %)Shell Script
16118 (1.586 %)VC++
17114 (1.533 %)Objective-C
18111 (1.492 %)Ada
1989 (1.197 %)Ruby
2081 (1.089 %)VB6
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11447 (19.45 %)Degree
2353 (4.746 %)Security Cleared
3156 (2.097 %)PhD
4133 (1.788 %)Microsoft Certification
594 (1.264 %)SC Cleared
678 (1.049 %)MCSE
767 (0.901 %)Cisco Certification
855 (0.739 %)CCNA
952 (0.699 %)DV Cleared
1049 (0.659 %)ISEB
1140 (0.538 %)MCP
1239 (0.524 %)SAP Certification
1328 (0.376 %)CCNP
1427 (0.363 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1526 (0.350 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1622 (0.296 %)CISSP
1721 (0.282 %)ITIL Certification
1721 (0.282 %)Postgraduate
1819 (0.255 %)HND
1916 (0.215 %)BC Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1166 (2.232 %)QA
254 (0.726 %)SLA
326 (0.350 %)ISO9001
424 (0.323 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
514 (0.188 %)ISO9000
611 (0.148 %)JTAG
710 (0.134 %)PCI DSS
88 (0.108 %)ISO27001
95 (0.067 %)COBIT
104 (0.054 %)Basel II
113 (0.040 %)TickIT
122 (0.027 %)ISO17799
122 (0.027 %)GCP
131 (0.013 %)GMP
131 (0.013 %)WCAG
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1196 (2.635 %)Active Directory
276 (1.022 %)VMware Infrastructure
329 (0.390 %)MSMQ
424 (0.323 %)VMware ESX
521 (0.282 %)Veritas Volume Manager
620 (0.269 %)Sendmail
716 (0.215 %)XenDesktop
814 (0.188 %)Citrix Presentation Server
814 (0.188 %)VMware Workstation
911 (0.148 %)Oracle RAC
1010 (0.134 %)Nmap
1010 (0.134 %)Squid
119 (0.121 %)Backup Exec
119 (0.121 %)ISA Server
128 (0.108 %)Postfix
128 (0.108 %)Oracle RMAN
137 (0.094 %)NFS
137 (0.094 %)qmail
146 (0.081 %)RACF
146 (0.081 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
122 (0.296 %)Tivoli
218 (0.242 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
312 (0.161 %)OpenView Configuration Management
410 (0.134 %)Nessus
410 (0.134 %)WSUS
57 (0.094 %)AutoSys
57 (0.094 %)OpenView
57 (0.094 %)Data Guard
66 (0.081 %)SCCM
75 (0.067 %)CONTROL-M
75 (0.067 %)SCOM
84 (0.054 %)BMC PATROL
84 (0.054 %)MOM
93 (0.040 %)Cisco IPCC
93 (0.040 %)Oracle Statspack
102 (0.027 %)HP Data Protector
102 (0.027 %)HP NNM
102 (0.027 %)CiscoWorks
102 (0.027 %)Unicenter
102 (0.027 %)MIMEsweeper
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1635 (8.537 %)Oracle
2575 (7.731 %)Microsoft
3297 (3.993 %)SAP
4166 (2.232 %)HP
5148 (1.990 %)Cisco
6142 (1.909 %)VMware
7111 (1.492 %)Sybase
8107 (1.439 %)IBM
996 (1.291 %)Symbian
1081 (1.089 %)Sun
1161 (0.820 %)JBoss
1257 (0.766 %)EMC
1354 (0.726 %)Citrix
1445 (0.605 %)Red Hat
1445 (0.605 %)Intel
1542 (0.565 %)Business Objects
1640 (0.538 %)Xilinx
1735 (0.471 %)Apple
1834 (0.457 %)Adobe
1933 (0.444 %)BT