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This section looks at the demand for C skills within the Wales region 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 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2231
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching permanent IT job ads93106
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.049 %0.043 %
As % of the category below13.96 %10.46 %
Salaries quoted8478
Average minimum salary£30,917£32,183
Average salary£35,359£35,091
% change on same period last year+0.76 %
Average maximum salary£39,801£38,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,294£36,884
% change on same period last year+1.11 %
Wales IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads6661013
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.352 %0.415 %
Salaries quoted619921
Average minimum salary£29,146£27,741
Average salary£32,614£30,540
% change on same period last year+6.79 %
Average maximum salary£36,082£33,339
UK excluding London average salary£35,180£35,575
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
C UKC
UK

C
Demand Trend

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

Wales C Demand Trend

C
Salary Trend

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

Wales C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C across the Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Wales C Salary Histogram

C
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South WalesUp+2091£35,668+6.57 %
West WalesUp+45£29,300-1.67 %
C UKC
UK

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Wales 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.

1126 (60.00 %)C++
269 (32.86 %)UNIX
351 (24.29 %)Windows
448 (22.86 %)Embedded C
544 (20.95 %)Linux
642 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
642 (20.00 %)Electronics
737 (17.62 %)Oracle
836 (17.14 %)Software Engineering
935 (16.67 %)UML
1034 (16.19 %)SQL Server
1131 (14.76 %)Tomcat
1131 (14.76 %)Degree
1228 (13.33 %)Symbian
1228 (13.33 %)Perl
1327 (12.86 %)PHP
1327 (12.86 %)Smartphone
1426 (12.38 %)Pocket PC
1426 (12.38 %)SC Cleared
1426 (12.38 %)VB
1426 (12.38 %)Visual Studio
1426 (12.38 %)ATL
1426 (12.38 %)Solaris
1426 (12.38 %)Windows CE
1426 (12.38 %)CodeWarrior
1523 (10.95 %)Microsoft
1620 (9.524 %)DVB
1620 (9.524 %)Manufacturing
1719 (9.048 %)Project Management
1816 (7.619 %)Health

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Wales 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.

Wales IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
126 (12.38 %)ATL
215 (7.143 %)XML
39 (4.286 %).NET
46 (2.857 %)ASP
46 (2.857 %)OpenGL
46 (2.857 %)DirectX
55 (2.381 %)ASP.NET
64 (1.905 %)JSP
73 (1.429 %)CSS
73 (1.429 %)XSLT
73 (1.429 %)HTML
73 (1.429 %)SVG
73 (1.429 %)Hibernate
73 (1.429 %)Spring
73 (1.429 %)AJAX
73 (1.429 %)JSTL
82 (0.952 %)WAP
91 (0.476 %)WebSphere
91 (0.476 %)Servlets
91 (0.476 %)J2EE
Wales IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
131 (14.76 %)Tomcat
23 (1.429 %)MS Exchange
23 (1.429 %)Apache
32 (0.952 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (0.952 %)Exchange Server 2007
41 (0.476 %)WebSphere Application Server
Wales IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (5.238 %)MS Office
24 (1.905 %)MS Excel
32 (0.952 %)MATLAB
32 (0.952 %)MS Project
Wales IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.952 %)Summit
21 (0.476 %)Microsoft CRM
Wales IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
120 (9.524 %)DVB
26 (2.857 %)TCP/IP
35 (2.381 %)Internet
43 (1.429 %)Wireless
43 (1.429 %)Broadband
51 (0.476 %)LAN
51 (0.476 %)Ethernet
51 (0.476 %)VPN
51 (0.476 %)DNS
51 (0.476 %)Cisco PIX
51 (0.476 %)LDAP
Wales IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
134 (16.19 %)SQL Server
23 (1.429 %)RDBMS
31 (0.476 %)BusinessObjects
31 (0.476 %)SQL Server 2005
Wales IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
126 (12.38 %)Visual Studio
126 (12.38 %)CodeWarrior
25 (2.381 %)COOL:Gen
25 (2.381 %)Eclipse
33 (1.429 %)Ant
41 (0.476 %)Rational Rose
Wales IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
142 (20.00 %)Electronics
220 (9.524 %)Manufacturing
316 (7.619 %)Health
413 (6.190 %)Education
57 (3.333 %)Government
57 (3.333 %)Insurance
66 (2.857 %)Military
74 (1.905 %)Law
82 (0.952 %)Pensions
82 (0.952 %)Automotive
82 (0.952 %)Telecoms
82 (0.952 %)Finance
91 (0.476 %)Aerospace
91 (0.476 %)Electric
91 (0.476 %)Multimedia
91 (0.476 %)Games
Wales IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
184 (40.00 %)Software Engineer
272 (34.29 %)Developer
351 (24.29 %)C++ Developer
444 (20.95 %)C++ Software Engineer
528 (13.33 %)Software Developer
625 (11.90 %)Analyst
723 (10.95 %)C++ Software Developer
822 (10.48 %)Symbian Developer
918 (8.571 %)Solutions Analyst
1016 (7.619 %)Graduate
1111 (5.238 %)C Software Engineer
1111 (5.238 %)Embedded C Engineer
1111 (5.238 %)Graduate Software Engineer
1210 (4.762 %)Embedded C Software Engineer
1210 (4.762 %)Embedded Software Engineer
137 (3.333 %)RF Engineer
146 (2.857 %)Electronics Engineer
146 (2.857 %)Software Development Engineer
146 (2.857 %)Lead Software Engineer
146 (2.857 %).NET Developer
Wales IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
127 (12.86 %)Smartphone
226 (12.38 %)Pocket PC
38 (3.810 %)Device Driver
38 (3.810 %)STB
46 (2.857 %)MPEG
46 (2.857 %)DTV
55 (2.381 %)PDA
63 (1.429 %)CCTV
63 (1.429 %)iDTV
72 (0.952 %)IPTV
81 (0.476 %)Replication
81 (0.476 %)NHS
81 (0.476 %)BBC
Wales IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
169 (32.86 %)UNIX
251 (24.29 %)Windows
344 (20.95 %)Linux
426 (12.38 %)Windows CE
426 (12.38 %)Solaris
514 (6.667 %)Embedded Linux
65 (2.381 %)AIX
73 (1.429 %)Windows Mobile
82 (0.952 %)Windows XP
91 (0.476 %)Mac OS X
91 (0.476 %)Symbian OS
91 (0.476 %)Windows NT
Wales IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
142 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
236 (17.14 %)Software Engineering
335 (16.67 %)UML
426 (12.38 %)SC Cleared
519 (9.048 %)Project Management
613 (6.190 %)OOA/OOD
712 (5.714 %)OO
88 (3.810 %)Test Scripting
97 (3.333 %)Yourdon
106 (2.857 %)Software Testing
106 (2.857 %)Integration Testing
115 (2.381 %)Asset Management
124 (1.905 %)Service Delivery
133 (1.429 %)Benchmarking
133 (1.429 %)Validation
133 (1.429 %)Competitive Intelligence
142 (0.952 %)Risk Analysis
142 (0.952 %)Programme Management
142 (0.952 %)Project Planning
142 (0.952 %)Configuration Management
Wales IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1126 (60.00 %)C++
248 (22.86 %)Embedded C
328 (13.33 %)Perl
427 (12.86 %)PHP
526 (12.38 %)VB
614 (6.667 %)Java
614 (6.667 %)SQL
712 (5.714 %)Delphi
811 (5.238 %)C#
99 (4.286 %)Embedded C++
106 (2.857 %)VB.NET
115 (2.381 %)VBA
115 (2.381 %)JavaScript
115 (2.381 %)Korn
123 (1.429 %)Assembly Language
132 (0.952 %)Shell Script
132 (0.952 %)Fortran
Wales IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
131 (14.76 %)Degree
28 (3.810 %)HNC
36 (2.857 %)Chartered Engineer
42 (0.952 %)Cisco Certification
42 (0.952 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (0.952 %)MCSE
42 (0.952 %)CCNP
51 (0.476 %)CCNA
51 (0.476 %)PhD
Wales IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.905 %)ISO9000
22 (0.952 %)SLA
Wales IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.476 %)Active Directory
11 (0.476 %)Backup Exec
Wales IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
137 (17.62 %)Oracle
228 (13.33 %)Symbian
323 (10.95 %)Microsoft
48 (3.810 %)Sybase
54 (1.905 %)Hitachi
63 (1.429 %)Cisco
72 (0.952 %)Sun
72 (0.952 %)EMC
81 (0.476 %)Symantec
81 (0.476 %)QNX
81 (0.476 %)Business Objects
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