Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 29 October 2020

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C over the 6 months to 29 October 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

C
England > South East
6 months to
29 Oct 2020		 Same period 2019 Same period 2018
Rank 69 68 64
Rank change year-on-year -1 -4 0
Permanent jobs citing C 320 1,055 1,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.93% 4.14% 4.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.63% 7.70% 7.64%
Number of salaries quoted 288 833 1,031
Median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median salary % change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
10th Percentile £33,375 £30,800 £27,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £56,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.00% - +3.09%

C is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for coding skills.

All Programming Languages
South East
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,824 13,695 16,480
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East 59.29% 53.77% 56.62%
Number of salaries quoted 4,149 11,844 14,313
Median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median salary % change year-on-year +10.53% - +5.56%
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £28,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £68,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% -

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for C in the South East

C
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C in the South East.

Salary trend for C in the South East

C
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the South East over the 6 months to 29 October 2020.

Salary histogram for C in the South East

C
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 October 2020. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Job
Vacancies
Hampshire +5 130 £50,000 -4.76% 38
Thames Valley +12 110 £55,000 +18.28% 45
Berkshire +63 54 £55,000 - 15
Buckinghamshire +18 37 £55,000 +10.00% 14
Surrey -15 29 £47,500 -13.64% 13
Oxfordshire -3 19 £50,000 +25.00% 16
West Sussex -38 18 £52,500 -4.55% 9
East Sussex +24 15 £35,000 -22.22% 6
Kent +40 12 £75,000 +63.04% 8
Sussex +2 2 £52,500 -25.00% 1
C
England

For the 6 months to 29 October 2020, IT jobs citing C also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region with a requirement for C.

1 182 (56.88%) C++
2 122 (38.13%) Software Engineering
3 111 (34.69%) Linux
4 80 (25.00%) Python
4 80 (25.00%) Degree
5 68 (21.25%) Agile Software Development
6 67 (20.94%) Java
7 65 (20.31%) C#
8 60 (18.75%) JavaScript
9 49 (15.31%) Electronics
10 46 (14.38%) Computer Science
11 45 (14.06%) HTML
12 44 (13.75%) Security Cleared
13 43 (13.44%) .NET
13 43 (13.44%) Embedded C
14 41 (12.81%) Windows
15 40 (12.50%) Telecoms
16 38 (11.88%) SQL
17 37 (11.56%) AWS
18 36 (11.25%) Problem-Solving
19 35 (10.94%) Git (software)
20 33 (10.31%) Firmware
21 32 (10.00%) Test Automation
22 31 (9.69%) CSS
23 30 (9.38%) Microsoft
24 29 (9.06%) MySQL
24 29 (9.06%) Finance
25 28 (8.75%) Unit Testing
26 27 (8.44%) Mathematics
26 27 (8.44%) Azure

C
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (5.31%) Confluence
2 9 (2.81%) Apache
3 5 (1.56%) IIS
3 5 (1.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (1.25%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.31%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 7 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.25%) Fusion 360
3 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.31%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.94%) Salesforce.com CRM
3 2 (0.63%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 2 (0.63%) JDE OneWorld
3 2 (0.63%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 37 (11.56%) AWS
2 27 (8.44%) Azure
3 15 (4.69%) Cloud Computing
4 9 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
4 9 (2.81%) Office 365
4 9 (2.81%) Serverless
5 6 (1.88%) GCP
6 5 (1.56%) SaaS
7 3 (0.94%) IaaS
7 3 (0.94%) Yarn
8 2 (0.63%) Amazon Kinesis
8 2 (0.63%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (0.31%) Azure Active Directory
9 1 (0.31%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.31%) GitHub
9 1 (0.31%) npm
9 1 (0.31%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.31%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.31%) ShareGate
9 1 (0.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.31%) TCP/IP
2 15 (4.69%) Network Security
3 13 (4.06%) DHCP
3 13 (4.06%) DNS
4 12 (3.75%) 5G
4 12 (3.75%) Wireless
5 10 (3.13%) 4G
6 9 (2.81%) H.323
7 8 (2.50%) Bluetooth
8 7 (2.19%) 3G
8 7 (2.19%) Software-Defined Radio
9 6 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (1.56%) 2G
10 5 (1.56%) Firewall
10 5 (1.56%) RTP
11 4 (1.25%) Ethernet
11 4 (1.25%) IPv4
11 4 (1.25%) IPv6
11 4 (1.25%) LTE
11 4 (1.25%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.06%) MySQL
2 7 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (2.19%) Relational Database
2 7 (2.19%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.56%) Big Data
4 5 (1.56%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.56%) Spatial Data
5 3 (0.94%) Amazon DynamoDB
5 3 (0.94%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.94%) Neo4j
5 3 (0.94%) Redis
6 2 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.63%) DB2
6 2 (0.63%) DB2 UDB
6 2 (0.63%) GIS
6 2 (0.63%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.63%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.63%) QlikView
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server 2019
Development Applications
1 35 (10.94%) Git (software)
2 23 (7.19%) JIRA
3 18 (5.63%) Eclipse
4 16 (5.00%) Visual Studio
5 15 (4.69%) Jenkins
6 10 (3.13%) Selenium
7 8 (2.50%) Subversion
8 5 (1.56%) JUnit
8 5 (1.56%) Maven
9 3 (0.94%) webpack
10 2 (0.63%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.63%) GitLab
10 2 (0.63%) Mockito
10 2 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.63%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.63%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.31%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.31%) Eclipse RCP
11 1 (0.31%) GDB
General
1 49 (15.31%) Electronics
2 40 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 29 (9.06%) Finance
4 20 (6.25%) Manufacturing
5 12 (3.75%) Public Sector
6 9 (2.81%) Aerospace
7 8 (2.50%) Games
7 8 (2.50%) Retail
8 5 (1.56%) Military
9 4 (1.25%) Advertising
9 4 (1.25%) Banking
9 4 (1.25%) Norwegian Language
10 3 (0.94%) Automotive
10 3 (0.94%) Marketing
11 1 (0.31%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 93 (29.06%) Software Engineer
2 61 (19.06%) Developer
3 57 (17.81%) Embedded Engineer
4 54 (16.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 31 (9.69%) C++ Software Engineer
6 23 (7.19%) C Software Engineer
6 23 (7.19%) C/C++ Software Engineer
7 19 (5.94%) Support Engineer
8 17 (5.31%) Embedded C++ Engineer
8 17 (5.31%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
9 16 (5.00%) Embedded C Engineer
10 15 (4.69%) C Developer
11 14 (4.38%) Architect
11 14 (4.38%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
11 14 (4.38%) Embedded C Software Engineer
11 14 (4.38%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
11 14 (4.38%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
11 14 (4.38%) Graduate
12 13 (4.06%) Python Developer
13 12 (3.75%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (14.06%) HTML
2 43 (13.44%) .NET
3 31 (9.69%) CSS
4 23 (7.19%) Web Services
5 17 (5.31%) REST
6 16 (5.00%) WebRTC
7 12 (3.75%) HTML5
8 11 (3.44%) Symfony
8 11 (3.44%) Vue.js
9 10 (3.13%) Spring
10 9 (2.81%) XML
11 8 (2.50%) .NET Core
11 8 (2.50%) AngularJS
11 8 (2.50%) Apache Flex
11 8 (2.50%) Django
11 8 (2.50%) jQuery
11 8 (2.50%) LAMP
11 8 (2.50%) Laravel
11 8 (2.50%) Node.js
12 7 (2.19%) React
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.50%) Algorithms
2 22 (6.88%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (6.56%) Embedded Systems
4 17 (5.31%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 13 (4.06%) Mobile App
6 11 (3.44%) Device Driver
6 11 (3.44%) PKI
7 10 (3.13%) SIMD
7 10 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
8 9 (2.81%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.81%) SCADA
9 8 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
9 8 (2.50%) ASIC
10 7 (2.19%) VHDL
11 6 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.88%) Industry 4.0
11 6 (1.88%) Verilog
11 6 (1.88%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.56%) Mainframe
12 5 (1.56%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 111 (34.69%) Linux
2 41 (12.81%) Windows
3 12 (3.75%) CentOS
3 12 (3.75%) Embedded Linux
4 9 (2.81%) Android
5 6 (1.88%) Windows 7
5 6 (1.88%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (1.88%) Windows XP
6 5 (1.56%) Unix
6 5 (1.56%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.25%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.25%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.94%) Solaris
8 3 (0.94%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.63%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.63%) Robot Operating System
9 2 (0.63%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (38.13%) Software Engineering
2 68 (21.25%) Agile Software Development
3 46 (14.38%) Computer Science
4 36 (11.25%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (10.00%) Test Automation
6 28 (8.75%) Unit Testing
7 27 (8.44%) Mathematics
7 27 (8.44%) Project Management
7 27 (8.44%) Signal Processing
8 24 (7.50%) SDLC
9 22 (6.88%) DevOps
9 22 (6.88%) OO
9 22 (6.88%) Scrum
10 21 (6.56%) Continuous Integration
11 19 (5.94%) OOP
12 18 (5.63%) UML
13 17 (5.31%) CAD
13 17 (5.31%) Embedded Software Development
13 17 (5.31%) Root Cause Analysis
14 16 (5.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 182 (56.88%) C++
2 80 (25.00%) Python
3 67 (20.94%) Java
4 65 (20.31%) C#
5 60 (18.75%) JavaScript
6 43 (13.44%) Embedded C
7 38 (11.88%) SQL
8 22 (6.88%) Embedded C++
9 14 (4.38%) Go
9 14 (4.38%) PHP
10 12 (3.75%) PowerShell
11 11 (3.44%) Java 8
11 11 (3.44%) MATLAB
12 10 (3.13%) Bash Shell
13 6 (1.88%) VB.NET
14 5 (1.56%) Scala
15 4 (1.25%) Assembly Language
15 4 (1.25%) Rust
16 3 (0.94%) Apex Code
16 3 (0.94%) GLSL
Qualifications
1 80 (25.00%) Degree
2 44 (13.75%) Security Cleared
3 25 (7.81%) DV Cleared
4 23 (7.19%) SC Cleared
5 15 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.25%) A+ Certification
6 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.25%) PhD
7 3 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.94%) HND
7 3 (0.94%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.63%) BC Cleared
8 2 (0.63%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (0.63%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.63%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.31%) APMP
9 1 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.31%) QA
2 12 (3.75%) SLA
3 4 (1.25%) JTAG
4 3 (0.94%) GDPR
5 1 (0.31%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 33 (10.31%) Firmware
2 21 (6.56%) Docker
3 19 (5.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.75%) Active Directory
5 7 (2.19%) KVM
6 6 (1.88%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.56%) vSphere
8 4 (1.25%) LXC
9 2 (0.63%) iptables
9 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (3.44%) Ansible
2 8 (2.50%) SCOM
3 7 (2.19%) Terraform
4 4 (1.25%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.25%) SCCM
5 3 (0.94%) Hadoop YARN
5 3 (0.94%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (0.94%) Opscode Chef
5 3 (0.94%) Puppet
5 3 (0.94%) SCOrch
5 3 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.94%) vRealize
6 1 (0.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 30 (9.38%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.13%) VMware
3 16 (5.00%) Oracle
4 7 (2.19%) Xamarin
5 6 (1.88%) Cisco
5 6 (1.88%) EMC
5 6 (1.88%) McAfee
5 6 (1.88%) NetApp
5 6 (1.88%) Xilinx
6 5 (1.56%) Altera
6 5 (1.56%) IBM
6 5 (1.56%) Salesforce.com
7 4 (1.25%) Google
7 4 (1.25%) Perforce
7 4 (1.25%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.94%) Citrix
8 3 (0.94%) Gemalto
8 3 (0.94%) Juniper
8 3 (0.94%) SAP
8 3 (0.94%) Splunk