The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the West Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 50 55 66
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +11
Permanent jobs citing C 70 56 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 4.611% 3.911% 2.607%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.940% 9.349% 5.790%
Number of salaries quoted 29 40 23
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £25,450 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £54,300
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Programming Languages
West Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
783 599 639
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 51.58% 41.83% 45.03%
Number of salaries quoted 680 504 575
Average salary £37,500 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.63% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £25,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C
South East

C
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing C across the West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

West Sussex C Jobs Demand Trend

C
Salary Trend

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

West Sussex C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C across the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Sussex 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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Crawley +13 40 £43,750 +16.66%
Chichester -7 8 £38,000 +16.92%
Worthing +1 4 £40,000 +110.52%
Horsham +1 2 - -
East Grinstead - 2 £43,750 -
Shoreham-by-Sea - 1 £42,500 -
C
South East

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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.

1 79 (68.10%) C++
2 69 (59.48%) Electronics
3 65 (56.03%) Windows
4 63 (54.31%) Degree
5 60 (51.72%) Military
6 49 (42.24%) OO
7 48 (41.38%) Software Testing
8 46 (39.66%) Software Engineering
9 44 (37.93%) Linux
10 42 (36.21%) Waterfall
11 38 (32.76%) Rational DOORS
11 38 (32.76%) Aerospace
12 34 (29.31%) Management Information System
12 34 (29.31%) UNIX
13 33 (28.45%) MS Office
13 33 (28.45%) Security Cleared
13 33 (28.45%) Computer Science
14 32 (27.59%) SC Cleared
15 31 (26.72%) UML
16 28 (24.14%) SQL
16 28 (24.14%) Configuration Management
16 28 (24.14%) Embedded Software Development
17 27 (23.28%) Communications Security
17 27 (23.28%) Information Management
17 27 (23.28%) Chip and PIN
17 27 (23.28%) Telecoms
18 26 (22.41%) Avionics
18 26 (22.41%) DO-178B
19 25 (21.55%) Requirements Management
19 25 (21.55%) Middleware

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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.

Application Development
1 25 (21.55%) Middleware
2 22 (18.97%) JSF
3 10 (8.621%) XML
4 8 (6.897%) POSIX
5 7 (6.034%) HTML5
5 7 (6.034%) Ajax
5 7 (6.034%) HTML
5 7 (6.034%) J2EE
5 7 (6.034%) CSS
6 6 (5.172%) SVG
6 6 (5.172%) JSON
6 6 (5.172%) CSS3
6 6 (5.172%) HTML5 Canvas
7 4 (3.448%) OpenGL
7 4 (3.448%) Web Services
8 3 (2.586%) SOAP
9 2 (1.724%) .NET
9 2 (1.724%) QML
9 2 (1.724%) Qt
10 1 (0.862%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 7 (6.034%) Apache
1 7 (6.034%) IIS
1 7 (6.034%) ArcGIS
2 6 (5.172%) Amazon AWS
3 3 (2.586%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.862%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.862%) Documentum
4 1 (0.862%) Site Server
Applications
1 33 (28.45%) MS Office
2 25 (21.55%) MS Excel
3 13 (11.21%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.862%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.862%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (0.862%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.724%) Internet
1 2 (1.724%) Firewall
1 2 (1.724%) Network Security
2 1 (0.862%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.897%) GIS
2 3 (2.586%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (0.862%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.862%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.862%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 38 (32.76%) Rational DOORS
2 25 (21.55%) ClearQuest
2 25 (21.55%) ClearCase
3 6 (5.172%) Eclipse
4 5 (4.310%) Visual Studio
5 3 (2.586%) Git (software)
6 2 (1.724%) Subversion
7 1 (0.862%) JIRA
7 1 (0.862%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.862%) LabVIEW
General
1 69 (59.48%) Electronics
2 60 (51.72%) Military
3 38 (32.76%) Aerospace
4 27 (23.28%) Telecoms
5 26 (22.41%) Avionics
6 8 (6.897%) Finance
7 6 (5.172%) Games
7 6 (5.172%) Automotive
7 6 (5.172%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.724%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.724%) Marketing
9 1 (0.862%) Billing
Job Titles
1 54 (46.55%) Software Engineer
2 23 (19.83%) Developer
3 17 (14.66%) Senior Software Engineer
4 10 (8.621%) C++ Developer
5 9 (7.759%) Technical Architect
5 9 (7.759%) Architect
6 7 (6.034%) Designer
6 7 (6.034%) Software Architect
7 6 (5.172%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (5.172%) Web Developer
7 6 (5.172%) C++ Software Engineer
8 5 (4.310%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 4 (3.448%) Team Leader
9 4 (3.448%) Hardware Engineer
10 3 (2.586%) Real Time Software Engineer
10 3 (2.586%) Real Time Embedded Engineer
10 3 (2.586%) Real Time Engineer
10 3 (2.586%) Software Team Leader
10 3 (2.586%) C Software Engineer
10 3 (2.586%) Real Time Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 34 (29.31%) Management Information System
2 33 (28.45%) Computer Science
3 27 (23.28%) Chip and PIN
4 24 (20.69%) Cryptography
5 22 (18.97%) Device Driver
5 22 (18.97%) Mathematics
6 10 (8.621%) Client/Server
7 7 (6.034%) Visualisation
7 7 (6.034%) Embedded Systems
7 7 (6.034%) Animation
7 7 (6.034%) 3D Graphics
8 6 (5.172%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 6 (5.172%) CPLD
9 4 (3.448%) PMI
9 4 (3.448%) Firmware
10 3 (2.586%) IBM Mainframe
10 3 (2.586%) Mainframe
11 2 (1.724%) Blackberry
11 2 (1.724%) Physics
12 1 (0.862%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 65 (56.03%) Windows
2 44 (37.93%) Linux
3 34 (29.31%) UNIX
4 25 (21.55%) VxWorks
5 5 (4.310%) Mac OS X
6 4 (3.448%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (2.586%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (2.586%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.724%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (1.724%) Android
8 2 (1.724%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (42.24%) OO
2 48 (41.38%) Software Testing
3 46 (39.66%) Software Engineering
4 42 (36.21%) Waterfall
5 31 (26.72%) UML
6 28 (24.14%) Configuration Management
6 28 (24.14%) Embedded Software Development
7 27 (23.28%) Communications Security
7 27 (23.28%) Information Management
8 25 (21.55%) Requirements Management
9 24 (20.69%) Computer Security
10 22 (18.97%) Validation
10 22 (18.97%) Continuous Integration
11 14 (12.07%) Unit Testing
12 13 (11.21%) SSADM
12 13 (11.21%) Digital Signal Processing
12 13 (11.21%) Signal Processing
12 13 (11.21%) Yourdon
13 12 (10.34%) Integration Testing
14 9 (7.759%) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1 79 (68.10%) C++
2 28 (24.14%) SQL
3 25 (21.55%) Ada
4 24 (20.69%) Java
5 23 (19.83%) C#
6 14 (12.07%) Python
7 9 (7.759%) PL/SQL
8 8 (6.897%) Fortran
9 6 (5.172%) VB
9 6 (5.172%) JavaScript
9 6 (5.172%) Erlang
10 4 (3.448%) Embedded C
11 2 (1.724%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.862%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.862%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.862%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.862%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 63 (54.31%) Degree
2 33 (28.45%) Security Cleared
3 32 (27.59%) SC Cleared
4 13 (11.21%) PhD
5 7 (6.034%) HND
6 6 (5.172%) EMC Certification
7 4 (3.448%) PMI Certification
8 3 (2.586%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.724%) MCP
9 2 (1.724%) HNC
9 2 (1.724%) ISEB
10 1 (0.862%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.862%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.862%) CCNA
10 1 (0.862%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (22.41%) DO-178B
2 24 (20.69%) ISO 9000
3 23 (19.83%) TickIT
4 22 (18.97%) ISO 9001
5 3 (2.586%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.862%) QA
6 1 (0.862%) DO-254
6 1 (0.862%) ARP4761
System Software
1 1 (0.862%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 1 (0.862%) XenApp
1 1 (0.862%) vSphere
1 1 (0.862%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.862%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (0.862%) SCCM
1 1 (0.862%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (6.897%) Perforce
2 7 (6.034%) EMC
2 7 (6.034%) ESRI
3 5 (4.310%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.310%) QNX
4 4 (3.448%) Oracle
4 4 (3.448%) IBM
5 1 (0.862%) Northgate
5 1 (0.862%) Citrix
5 1 (0.862%) Intel
5 1 (0.862%) Cognos
5 1 (0.862%) JBoss
5 1 (0.862%) SAP
5 1 (0.862%) VMware
5 1 (0.862%) Cognizant
5 1 (0.862%) Primavera
Crawley, West Sussex
Fluency with C/C++ (Fortran also preferred) is essential for the role, as well as Object Oriented / API, UNIX /POSIX programming, debugging and profiling, optimizing experience and client /...
CGG Veritas
Salary: Competitve Salary dependant on experience plus benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
West Sussex
Required Skills *Embedded Software *Microcontrollers / Microprocessors *C / C++ *QNX or Linux Desirable *Open GL (Scrolling Graphics) *DSP This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your career as an...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
West Sussex
Web Application Developer (C++ OR Java, HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, Linux or UNIX, AJAX) - West Sussex - near Crawley and East Grinstead - up to £50,000 pa plus substantial...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Healthcare and pension
Posted: 20 May 2013
Chichester, West Sussex
C, C++) & PC software design and development... MySQL)... Apache, JBoss, Java)... Proven experience of generating and managing; technical requirements specifications, software architecture, configuration management, risk management processes, verification...
s-com
Salary: £0.00 per annum + DOE plus benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Mandatory Skills Required: * JavaScript * HTML * CSS * XML * Java * C/C++ * Web Services/SOAP * Cross-platform web server development e.g. Apache, IIS * Web design * RDBMS integration e.g...
Reed Technology
Salary: £35000 - £47000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Littlehampton, West Sussex
Embedded C Microcontrollers Firmware Engineer - Worthing/Brighton Area required for global leader in the design and manufacture of High Voltage Power Supplies providing complete solutions UK wide.
Real Time Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Littlehampton, West Sussex
Suitable Embedded Firmware Engineers will have firmware development experience for embedded systems, PIC micros familiarity and a hardware background... - C programming fluency... Desirables include Labview, Visual Basic, Assembler,...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £35000 to £42000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013