Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C over the 3 months to 19 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 for the West Midlands region.

 C
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank255035
Rank change year-on-year
Up+25Down-15
Matching permanent IT job ads211177430
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands5.889 %3.814 %4.894 %
As % of the Programming Languages category13.12 %7.839 %11.13 %
Salaries quoted203153325
Average salary£37,500£34,750£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.910 %-0.710 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,750£24,000£25,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
160822583862
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands44.88 %48.65 %43.96 %
Salaries quoted142918993309
Average salary£34,000£32,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.610 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£24,000£23,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
C EnglandC
England

C
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

West Midlands C Salary Histogram

C
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 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
BirminghamUp+1265£40,000+23.07 %
WarwickshireUp+526£37,500+7.14 %
CoventryUp+921£37,000+5.71 %
StaffordshireUp+312£32,500-45.83 %
HerefordshireUp+2510£45,000+63.63 %
WorcestershireUp+610£32,500-
SolihullDown-29£38,000+16.92 %
ShropshireUp+132£34,000-24.44 %
WolverhamptonUp+82£24,500+2.08 %
Sutton ColdfieldNew entry-1£22,500-
C EnglandC
England

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1144 (35.64 %)C++
291 (22.52 %)SQL
388 (21.78 %)Java
478 (19.31 %)Perl
575 (18.56 %)C#
669 (17.08 %)PHP
767 (16.58 %).NET
856 (13.86 %)SQL Server
953 (13.12 %)UNIX
1051 (12.62 %)Linux
1150 (12.38 %)Degree
1237 (9.158 %)Windows
1237 (9.158 %)Microsoft
1333 (8.168 %)SAP
1432 (7.921 %)Web Services
1527 (6.683 %)Delphi
1626 (6.436 %)ASP.NET
1626 (6.436 %)OO
1724 (5.941 %)Solaris
1724 (5.941 %)SOAP
1724 (5.941 %)Oracle
1724 (5.941 %)Ruby
1823 (5.693 %)HTML
1823 (5.693 %)MS Excel
1823 (5.693 %)Finance
1823 (5.693 %)Open Source
1920 (4.950 %)Pharmaceutical
1920 (4.950 %)Internet
2019 (4.703 %)J2EE
2019 (4.703 %)VB

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
167 (16.58 %).NET
232 (7.921 %)Web Services
326 (6.436 %)ASP.NET
424 (5.941 %)SOAP
523 (5.693 %)HTML
619 (4.703 %)J2EE
718 (4.455 %)CSS
816 (3.960 %)XML
816 (3.960 %)LAMP
912 (2.970 %)MFC
1011 (2.723 %)ASP
1011 (2.723 %)AJAX
119 (2.228 %)Spring
127 (1.733 %)WinForms
127 (1.733 %)Hibernate
127 (1.733 %).NET Framework
127 (1.733 %)Drools
127 (1.733 %)RESTful
136 (1.485 %)Flash
136 (1.485 %)Ruby on Rails
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
115 (3.713 %)SharePoint
26 (1.485 %)Apache
34 (0.990 %)SAS
34 (0.990 %)BizTalk Server
43 (0.743 %)Jetty
43 (0.743 %)Tomcat
43 (0.743 %)WebLogic
43 (0.743 %)Lotus Notes
52 (0.495 %)NetWeaver
52 (0.495 %)MS Exchange
61 (0.248 %)WordPress
61 (0.248 %)CMS
61 (0.248 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (0.248 %)Joomla!
61 (0.248 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61 (0.248 %)Exchange Server 2007
West Midlands IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
123 (5.693 %)MS Excel
212 (2.970 %)MS Office
36 (1.485 %)MATLAB
36 (1.485 %)Simulink
44 (0.990 %)Photoshop
53 (0.743 %)Stateflow
53 (0.743 %)AutoCAD
62 (0.495 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.495 %)Spreadsheet
71 (0.248 %)MS Project
71 (0.248 %)MS Visio
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (2.475 %)Dynamics NAV
29 (2.228 %)SAP FI/CO
29 (2.228 %)SAP CO
29 (2.228 %)SAP SD
29 (2.228 %)SAP FI
37 (1.733 %)Navision
37 (1.733 %)LabWindows
43 (0.743 %)Dynamics AX
43 (0.743 %)Dynamics GP
52 (0.495 %)SAP Retail
52 (0.495 %)Dynamics CRM
52 (0.495 %)Oracle ERP
52 (0.495 %)SAP MM
61 (0.248 %)SAP PP
61 (0.248 %)SAP WM
61 (0.248 %)Oracle EBS
61 (0.248 %)SAP HR
61 (0.248 %)SAP APO
61 (0.248 %)SAP R/3
61 (0.248 %)Oracle Applications
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
120 (4.950 %)Internet
218 (4.455 %)UMTS
314 (3.465 %)GPRS
314 (3.465 %)3GPP
412 (2.970 %)GSM
511 (2.723 %)Wireless
67 (1.733 %)WAN
67 (1.733 %)Intranet
76 (1.485 %)TCP/IP
76 (1.485 %)LAN
85 (1.238 %)Ethernet
85 (1.238 %)HSPA
94 (0.990 %)ASN.1
94 (0.990 %)3G
94 (0.990 %)DSL
94 (0.990 %)Firewall
103 (0.743 %)LTE
103 (0.743 %)SMTP
112 (0.495 %)ATM
112 (0.495 %)VPN
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
156 (13.86 %)SQL Server
211 (2.723 %)MySQL
310 (2.475 %)SQL Server 2005
49 (2.228 %)MS Access
58 (1.980 %)SQL Server 2000
67 (1.733 %)SQL Server 2008
67 (1.733 %)RDBMS
67 (1.733 %)BusinessObjects
76 (1.485 %)GIS
76 (1.485 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
84 (0.990 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
84 (0.990 %)Crystal Reports
84 (0.990 %)Datawarehouse
84 (0.990 %)ETL
93 (0.743 %)Oracle Reports
93 (0.743 %)Oracle 10g
93 (0.743 %)BusinessObjects XI
102 (0.495 %)SQL Server Integration Services
102 (0.495 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
102 (0.495 %)SAP BW
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
110 (2.475 %)Visual Studio
24 (0.990 %)Oracle Forms
33 (0.743 %)JUnit
33 (0.743 %)MSTest
33 (0.743 %)ProC
41 (0.248 %)InstallShield
41 (0.248 %)Log4j
41 (0.248 %)Team Foundation Server
41 (0.248 %)JDeveloper
West Midlands IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
123 (5.693 %)Finance
220 (4.950 %)Pharmaceutical
317 (4.208 %)Pensions
416 (3.960 %)Telecoms
515 (3.713 %)Health
614 (3.465 %)Retail
713 (3.218 %)Games
811 (2.723 %)Education
811 (2.723 %)Insurance
99 (2.228 %)Government
99 (2.228 %)Electronics
108 (1.980 %)Electric
117 (1.733 %)Manufacturing
125 (1.238 %)Banking
133 (0.743 %)3D Graphics
133 (0.743 %)Back Office
133 (0.743 %)Construction
141 (0.248 %)Aerospace
141 (0.248 %)Financial Institution
141 (0.248 %)Military
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1158 (39.11 %)Developer
251 (12.62 %)Software Developer
251 (12.62 %)Analyst
329 (7.178 %)Consultant
427 (6.683 %)Software Engineer
521 (5.198 %)C# Developer
620 (4.950 %)Web Developer
719 (4.703 %)Administrator
719 (4.703 %)C++ Developer
818 (4.455 %).NET Developer
818 (4.455 %)Programmer
915 (3.713 %)Architect
1012 (2.970 %)Project Manager
1012 (2.970 %)Business Analyst
1012 (2.970 %)SAP Consultant
1111 (2.723 %)Systems Administrator
1210 (2.475 %)Applications Developer
1210 (2.475 %)Java Developer
1210 (2.475 %)C Developer
1210 (2.475 %)C Programmer
West Midlands IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
123 (5.693 %)Open Source
217 (4.208 %)Mathematics
39 (2.228 %)SaaS
48 (1.980 %)Computer Science
48 (1.980 %)Management Information System
48 (1.980 %)Handset
56 (1.485 %)Firmware
56 (1.485 %)Applied Mathematics
65 (1.238 %)Mainframe
65 (1.238 %)Streaming Video
74 (0.990 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
74 (0.990 %)Physics
74 (0.990 %)VHDL
74 (0.990 %)French Language
83 (0.743 %)Data Extraction
92 (0.495 %)AS400
92 (0.495 %)Replication
92 (0.495 %)Clustering
92 (0.495 %)Client/Server
92 (0.495 %)EPoS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
153 (13.12 %)UNIX
251 (12.62 %)Linux
337 (9.158 %)Windows
424 (5.941 %)Solaris
57 (1.733 %)FreeBSD
57 (1.733 %)OpenBSD
64 (0.990 %)Windows XP
73 (0.743 %)Windows Server 2003
73 (0.743 %)AIX
81 (0.248 %)Windows CE
81 (0.248 %)Windows 2000 Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
126 (6.436 %)OO
217 (4.208 %)ITIL
314 (3.465 %)OOP
314 (3.465 %)Software Engineering
413 (3.218 %)Project Management
511 (2.723 %)Information Management
511 (2.723 %)Business Development
610 (2.475 %)Incident Management
610 (2.475 %)SOA
610 (2.475 %)CRM
610 (2.475 %)Regression Testing
78 (1.980 %)E-Commerce
78 (1.980 %)ERP
78 (1.980 %)PRINCE2
78 (1.980 %)UML
78 (1.980 %)Business Analysis
87 (1.733 %)Systems Analysis
87 (1.733 %)Agile Software Development
96 (1.485 %)Web Development
96 (1.485 %)Business Intelligence
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1144 (35.64 %)C++
291 (22.52 %)SQL
388 (21.78 %)Java
478 (19.31 %)Perl
575 (18.56 %)C#
669 (17.08 %)PHP
727 (6.683 %)Delphi
824 (5.941 %)Ruby
919 (4.703 %)VB
1017 (4.208 %)Python
1017 (4.208 %)JavaScript
1115 (3.713 %)VB.NET
1213 (3.218 %)COBOL
1213 (3.218 %)Assembly Language
1310 (2.475 %)PHP5
1310 (2.475 %)TTCN
148 (1.980 %)Embedded C
156 (1.485 %)T-SQL
164 (0.990 %)VBA
164 (0.990 %)Groovy
West Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
150 (12.38 %)Degree
26 (1.485 %)Security Cleared
35 (1.238 %)Citrix Certification
44 (0.990 %)Microsoft Certification
44 (0.990 %)SAP Certification
53 (0.743 %)ACCA
62 (0.495 %)CISA
62 (0.495 %)CISM
62 (0.495 %)PRINCE2 Certification
62 (0.495 %)SC Cleared
62 (0.495 %)CISSP
62 (0.495 %)ISEB
62 (0.495 %)CCA
62 (0.495 %)MCP
62 (0.495 %)PhD
71 (0.248 %)CCNP
71 (0.248 %)CCNA
71 (0.248 %)MCSE
71 (0.248 %)Cisco Certification
71 (0.248 %)BC Cleared
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (1.485 %)SLA
24 (0.990 %)PCI DSS
33 (0.743 %)ISO27001
33 (0.743 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
42 (0.495 %)BS7799
42 (0.495 %)QA
51 (0.248 %)Basel II
West Midlands IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (1.980 %)Active Directory
22 (0.495 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (0.248 %)VMware Server
31 (0.248 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.248 %)XenApp
31 (0.248 %)vSphere
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.248 %)OpenView
11 (0.248 %)CiscoWorks
11 (0.248 %)OpenView Configuration Management
11 (0.248 %)Cisco IPCC
11 (0.248 %)Cisco UCCE
West Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
137 (9.158 %)Microsoft
233 (8.168 %)SAP
324 (5.941 %)Oracle
413 (3.218 %)GUPTA
57 (1.733 %)Business Objects
57 (1.733 %)JBoss
57 (1.733 %)Citrix
66 (1.485 %)IBM
66 (1.485 %)VMware
74 (0.990 %)Remedy
74 (0.990 %)BT
74 (0.990 %)Cisco
74 (0.990 %)HP
83 (0.743 %)EMC
83 (0.743 %)Intel
83 (0.743 %)BEA
83 (0.743 %)Lotus
83 (0.743 %)Micro Focus
92 (0.495 %)Infragistics
92 (0.495 %)Dell