Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Embedded C skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Embedded C over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

 Embedded C
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank489334347
Rank change year-on-year
Down-155Up+13
Matching permanent IT job ads2024051006
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.234 %0.476 %0.494 %
As % of the Programming Languages category0.478 %1.011 %1.082 %
Salaries quoted172356773
Average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£30,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£49,200£47,500£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£39,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.000 %-
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
422824005292956
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.88 %47.05 %45.67 %
Salaries quoted363033383877791
Average salary£40,000£36,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.580 %-2.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£60,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %

Embedded C
Demand Trend

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

Embedded C Demand Trend

Embedded C
Salary Trend

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

Embedded C Salary Trend

Embedded C
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Embedded C over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 within the UK.

Embedded C Salary Histogram

Embedded 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 Embedded C within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. 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
EnglandDown-162187£40,000+6.66 %
East of EnglandUp+3481£36,000-4.00 %
CambridgeshireUp+3758£37,500-6.25 %
CambridgeUp+1340£38,000-7.87 %
South EastDown-10534£40,000-
West YorkshireUp+2027£49,000+15.29 %
YorkshireUp+1427£49,000+15.29 %
South WestDown-4822£32,500-7.14 %
HertfordshireUp+918£36,000-4.00 %
BradfordUp+2215£50,000+11.11 %
HampshireDown-2514£40,000-
SurreyUp+1112£42,500+6.25 %
BristolDown-912£32,500-13.33 %
LondonDown-4412£40,000-5.88 %
LeedsNew entry-12£40,000-
SuffolkDown-411£37,500+20.00 %
Northern IrelandUp+810£35,000-
BelfastDown-710£35,000-
County AntrimDown-810£35,000-
SouthamptonUp+76£41,250+4.43 %
North WestDown-35£35,250-6.00 %
GloucestershireDown-165£45,000+28.57 %
ManchesterDown-34£39,000+4.00 %
ScotlandDown-44£33,500-1.47 %
EdinburghDown-144£33,500-6.94 %
Tyne and WearUp+213£32,500-
EssexUp+193£31,500-21.25 %
North EastUp+193£32,500-
StevenageUp+63£36,000-4.00 %
FelixstoweUp+33£35,000-

Embedded C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Embedded 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 Embedded C.

1394 (100.00 %)C
2258 (65.48 %)C++
3175 (44.42 %)Embedded C++
4153 (38.83 %)Degree
5106 (26.90 %)Electronics
689 (22.59 %)Linux
774 (18.78 %)Java
856 (14.21 %)Firmware
955 (13.96 %)UML
1054 (13.71 %)Software Engineering
1054 (13.71 %)Embedded Linux
1148 (12.18 %)Computer Science
1246 (11.68 %)Wireless
1343 (10.91 %)Manufacturing
1440 (10.15 %)VxWorks
1539 (9.898 %)OO
1539 (9.898 %)DTV
1638 (9.645 %)DVB
1737 (9.391 %)Assembly Language
1836 (9.137 %)Nucleus RTOS
1934 (8.629 %)Mathematics
2030 (7.614 %)C#
2030 (7.614 %)Physics
2129 (7.360 %)TCP/IP
2228 (7.107 %)Windows
2228 (7.107 %)Project Management
2327 (6.853 %)Aerospace
2327 (6.853 %)Electric
2327 (6.853 %)IPTV
2426 (6.599 %)GSM

Embedded C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Embedded 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 Embedded C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
124 (6.091 %).NET
211 (2.792 %)Middleware
38 (2.030 %)Qt
46 (1.523 %)HTML
46 (1.523 %)CSS
55 (1.269 %)XML
55 (1.269 %)Flash
55 (1.269 %)J2ME
55 (1.269 %).NET Framework
64 (1.015 %)Web Services
64 (1.015 %)WinForms
64 (1.015 %)XSD
64 (1.015 %)MFC
73 (0.761 %)J2EE
82 (0.508 %)JDBC
82 (0.508 %)JSP
82 (0.508 %)SOAP
82 (0.508 %)Struts
82 (0.508 %)JMS
82 (0.508 %)Spring
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (0.508 %)Tomcat
12 (0.508 %)OpenROAD
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
122 (5.584 %)MATLAB
215 (3.807 %)Simulink
35 (1.269 %)Stateflow
44 (1.015 %)MS Excel
51 (0.254 %)MS Visio
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
146 (11.68 %)Wireless
238 (9.645 %)DVB
329 (7.360 %)TCP/IP
426 (6.599 %)GSM
524 (6.091 %)Internet
620 (5.076 %)GPRS
718 (4.569 %)LTE
817 (4.315 %)Ethernet
914 (3.553 %)3GPP
1013 (3.299 %)ZigBee
1112 (3.046 %)HSUPA
1112 (3.046 %)HSDPA
1112 (3.046 %)DHCP
1210 (2.538 %)UMTS
1210 (2.538 %)2G
1210 (2.538 %)3G
139 (2.284 %)FTP
148 (2.030 %)TETRA
157 (1.777 %)HSPA
165 (1.269 %)HTTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (2.792 %)SQL Server
28 (2.030 %)MySQL
35 (1.269 %)Ingres
42 (0.508 %)RDBMS
42 (0.508 %)MS Access
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
19 (2.284 %)Subversion
24 (1.015 %)Bugzilla
24 (1.015 %)ClearCase
33 (0.761 %)Visual Studio
33 (0.761 %)VSS/SourceSafe
42 (0.508 %)Ant
42 (0.508 %)JUnit
42 (0.508 %)Eclipse
42 (0.508 %)InstallShield
42 (0.508 %)Maven
42 (0.508 %)MyEclipse
51 (0.254 %)WinDbg
51 (0.254 %)LabVIEW
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1106 (26.90 %)Electronics
243 (10.91 %)Manufacturing
327 (6.853 %)Electric
327 (6.853 %)Aerospace
426 (6.599 %)Telecoms
521 (5.330 %)Automotive
521 (5.330 %)Education
614 (3.553 %)Pensions
710 (2.538 %)Marketing
710 (2.538 %)Government
89 (2.284 %)Multimedia
96 (1.523 %)Insurance
96 (1.523 %)Finance
104 (1.015 %)Health
112 (0.508 %)Local Government
121 (0.254 %)Avionics
121 (0.254 %)3D Graphics
121 (0.254 %)Military
121 (0.254 %)Chemicals
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1185 (46.95 %)Software Engineer
2108 (27.41 %)Embedded Software Engineer
383 (21.07 %)Embedded C Engineer
478 (19.80 %)C Software Engineer
563 (15.99 %)Embedded C Software Engineer
651 (12.94 %)Developer
744 (11.17 %)C++ Software Engineer
840 (10.15 %)Embedded C/C++ Engineer
840 (10.15 %)Embedded C++ Engineer
932 (8.122 %)Consultant
932 (8.122 %)Software Consultant
1030 (7.614 %)Senior Software Engineer
1030 (7.614 %)Embedded C++ Software Engineer
1129 (7.360 %)Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
1129 (7.360 %)Firmware Engineer
1224 (6.091 %)Senior Consultant
1320 (5.076 %)C Developer
1418 (4.569 %)Graduate
1516 (4.061 %)C++ Developer
1614 (3.553 %)Embedded C Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
156 (14.21 %)Firmware
248 (12.18 %)Computer Science
339 (9.898 %)DTV
434 (8.629 %)Mathematics
530 (7.614 %)Physics
627 (6.853 %)IPTV
724 (6.091 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
823 (5.838 %)Device Driver
920 (5.076 %)VHDL
1016 (4.061 %)STB
1113 (3.299 %)MPEG
1113 (3.299 %)Handset
129 (2.284 %)Multithreading
138 (2.030 %)MHEG
147 (1.777 %)Social Network
156 (1.523 %)SCADA
164 (1.015 %)Life Science
173 (0.761 %)CPLD
173 (0.761 %)Open Source
173 (0.761 %)ASIC
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
189 (22.59 %)Linux
254 (13.71 %)Embedded Linux
340 (10.15 %)VxWorks
436 (9.137 %)Nucleus RTOS
528 (7.107 %)Windows
618 (4.569 %)Windows CE
713 (3.299 %)UNIX
811 (2.792 %)Windows Mobile
93 (0.761 %)Android
102 (0.508 %)Mac OS
111 (0.254 %)Windows Vista
111 (0.254 %)pSOS
111 (0.254 %)Windows 2000
111 (0.254 %)Windows XP
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
155 (13.96 %)UML
254 (13.71 %)Software Engineering
339 (9.898 %)OO
428 (7.107 %)Project Management
523 (5.838 %)OOD
619 (4.822 %)Software Architecture
715 (3.807 %)Validation
715 (3.807 %)Use Case
814 (3.553 %)Configuration Management
912 (3.046 %)Agile Software Development
912 (3.046 %)Unit Testing
1010 (2.538 %)System Testing
1010 (2.538 %)Video Processing
118 (2.030 %)Image Processing
124 (1.015 %)Information Security
124 (1.015 %)Software Testing
124 (1.015 %)Project Planning
124 (1.015 %)Yourdon
124 (1.015 %)OOP
133 (0.761 %)Network Design
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1394 (100.00 %)C
2258 (65.48 %)C++
3175 (44.42 %)Embedded C++
474 (18.78 %)Java
537 (9.391 %)Assembly Language
630 (7.614 %)C#
719 (4.822 %)Perl
812 (3.046 %)Python
911 (2.792 %)SQL
106 (1.523 %)JavaScript
113 (0.761 %)Tcl
122 (0.508 %)Groovy
122 (0.508 %)VB
131 (0.254 %)VC++
131 (0.254 %)Delphi
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1153 (38.83 %)Degree
223 (5.838 %)Security Cleared
316 (4.061 %)PhD
47 (1.777 %)SC Cleared
54 (1.015 %)DV Cleared
61 (0.254 %)HND
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (2.284 %)QA
22 (0.508 %)JTAG
31 (0.254 %)TickIT
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (0.761 %)Samba
21 (0.254 %)NFS
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
116 (4.061 %)EMC
210 (2.538 %)QNX
37 (1.777 %)Anite
46 (1.523 %)Xilinx
46 (1.523 %)Atmel
55 (1.269 %)Adobe
55 (1.269 %)Intel
64 (1.015 %)Symbian
64 (1.015 %)Microsoft
72 (0.508 %)OpenTV
72 (0.508 %)Google
72 (0.508 %)Motorola
81 (0.254 %)Borland
81 (0.254 %)Agilent
81 (0.254 %)MontaVista
81 (0.254 %)Hitachi