Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 22 September 2019

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 22 September 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

C
England > South East
6 months to
22 Sep 2019		 Same period 2018 Same period 2017
Rank 71 64 62
Rank change year-on-year -7 -2 -2
Permanent jobs citing C 1,044 1,297 1,335
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East 4.09% 4.41% 4.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.67% 7.74% 8.30%
Number of salaries quoted 759 1,016 1,114
South East median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median salary % change year-on-year - +5.26% -
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,438 £27,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -

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 13,606 16,759 16,094
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East 53.25% 56.99% 55.27%
Number of salaries quoted 11,696 14,534 13,981
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year - +5.56% -
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,000 £27,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +3.09% +2.11%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing C as a percentage 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

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing C in the South East.

Salary trend for C in the South East

C
Salary Histogram in the South East

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing C in the South East over the 6 months to 22 September 2019.

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 22 September 2019. 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 +6 376 £50,000 +11.11% 64
Thames Valley -28 293 £45,000 -14.29% 108
Surrey +5 170 £55,000 +10.00% 55
West Sussex +19 116 £48,500 -7.62% 32
Buckinghamshire +71 101 £45,000 +3.45% 33
Oxfordshire +4 100 £40,000 -27.27% 33
Berkshire -90 93 £50,000 - 42
East Sussex -9 48 £56,250 +25.00% 19
Kent -21 23 £45,500 -4.21% 16
Middlesex +1 7 £50,000 -37.50% 2
Isle of Wight +2 6 £37,500 +15.38% 1
Sussex +12 1 £70,000 +40.00%
C
England

For the 6 months to 22 September 2019, 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.

1 532 (50.96%) C++
2 457 (43.77%) Software Engineering
3 368 (35.25%) Degree
4 298 (28.54%) Linux
5 253 (24.23%) Python
6 233 (22.32%) Agile Software Development
7 223 (21.36%) Java
8 216 (20.69%) C#
9 177 (16.95%) SQL
10 162 (15.52%) Finance
11 155 (14.85%) Windows
12 143 (13.70%) Security Cleared
13 138 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
14 131 (12.55%) Electronics
15 122 (11.69%) Firmware
16 121 (11.59%) Computer Science
17 119 (11.40%) Mathematics
18 109 (10.44%) Embedded Systems
19 105 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
20 104 (9.96%) SC Cleared
20 104 (9.96%) Continuous Integration
21 98 (9.39%) JavaScript
22 94 (9.00%) Embedded C
23 91 (8.72%) DevOps
24 87 (8.33%) Unit Testing
24 87 (8.33%) Microsoft
25 86 (8.24%) SDLC
26 84 (8.05%) Management Information System
27 82 (7.85%) .NET
28 81 (7.76%) Project Management

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 15 (1.44%) Apache
2 14 (1.34%) Confluence
2 14 (1.34%) MS Exchange
3 11 (1.05%) nginx
3 11 (1.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 9 (0.86%) Apache Spark
4 9 (0.86%) IIS
5 6 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (0.48%) BizTalk Server
6 5 (0.48%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.48%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.48%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.38%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.29%) CMS
9 2 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.19%) GlassFish
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.096%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 34 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.53%) Simulink
4 9 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.77%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.48%) Doxygen
6 5 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.38%) SOLIDWORKS
8 3 (0.29%) Fireworks
8 3 (0.29%) SketchUp
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.096%) InVision
10 1 (0.096%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.096%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.096%) Sketch
10 1 (0.096%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (0.77%) Oracle Applications
2 7 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (0.67%) SAP CRM
3 4 (0.38%) Magento
3 4 (0.38%) Oracle HRMS
3 4 (0.38%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 3 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.19%) SAP GRC
5 2 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.096%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.096%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.096%) Primavera
6 1 (0.096%) Salesforce.com CRM
6 1 (0.096%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.096%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 45 (4.31%) AWS
2 38 (3.64%) Azure
3 17 (1.63%) SaaS
4 15 (1.44%) Office 365
5 13 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
6 10 (0.96%) Power Platform
7 7 (0.67%) OneDrive
8 6 (0.57%) Google Analytics
9 5 (0.48%) Google Play
9 5 (0.48%) IaaS
9 5 (0.48%) PaaS
10 3 (0.29%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.19%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.19%) Azure Machine Learning
11 2 (0.19%) GCP
11 2 (0.19%) GitHub
11 2 (0.19%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.19%) Serverless
12 1 (0.096%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.096%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 80 (7.66%) TCP/IP
2 33 (3.16%) Wireless
3 31 (2.97%) Network Security
4 30 (2.87%) RS-232
5 28 (2.68%) Bluetooth
6 25 (2.39%) DNS
7 24 (2.30%) Internet
8 23 (2.20%) DHCP
9 22 (2.11%) Firewall
10 21 (2.01%) RS-485
11 19 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
12 17 (1.63%) DMZ
13 11 (1.05%) Intrusion Detection
14 10 (0.96%) Ethernet
15 9 (0.86%) 5G
15 9 (0.86%) VoIP
16 8 (0.77%) 4G
16 8 (0.77%) HTTP
16 8 (0.77%) LTE
16 8 (0.77%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (3.16%) Big Data
2 28 (2.68%) Hadoop
3 27 (2.59%) SQL Server
4 22 (2.11%) Oracle Database
4 22 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (1.63%) MySQL
6 15 (1.44%) Neo4j
6 15 (1.44%) Redis
7 13 (1.25%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.05%) NoSQL
8 11 (1.05%) Oracle Database 10g
8 11 (1.05%) Oracle Database 11g
9 10 (0.96%) Power BI
10 9 (0.86%) QlikView
11 8 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.57%) MariaDB
12 6 (0.57%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 4 (0.38%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 75 (7.18%) Jenkins
2 57 (5.46%) Git (software)
3 52 (4.98%) JIRA
3 52 (4.98%) Visual Studio
4 34 (3.26%) Subversion
5 18 (1.72%) Selenium
6 14 (1.34%) Cucumber
6 14 (1.34%) VectorCAST
7 12 (1.15%) Bitbucket
8 11 (1.05%) Vagrant
9 10 (0.96%) GitLab
9 10 (0.96%) Rational DOORS
10 9 (0.86%) IntelliJ
10 9 (0.86%) JUnit
10 9 (0.86%) Maven
10 9 (0.86%) SonarQube
11 8 (0.77%) Eclipse
11 8 (0.77%) ProC
12 6 (0.57%) SpecFlow
13 5 (0.48%) CMake
General
1 162 (15.52%) Finance
2 131 (12.55%) Electronics
3 55 (5.27%) Automotive
4 47 (4.50%) Marketing
5 44 (4.21%) Banking
6 43 (4.12%) Manufacturing
7 38 (3.64%) Telecoms
8 29 (2.78%) Military
9 28 (2.68%) Aerospace
10 20 (1.92%) Retail
11 15 (1.44%) Games
12 13 (1.25%) Law
12 13 (1.25%) Public Sector
13 11 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (0.86%) Advertising
14 9 (0.86%) Avionics
15 4 (0.38%) Legal
16 3 (0.29%) Back Office
17 2 (0.19%) Billing
17 2 (0.19%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 284 (27.20%) Software Engineer
2 196 (18.77%) Developer
3 135 (12.93%) Embedded Engineer
4 111 (10.63%) Senior Software Engineer
5 109 (10.44%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 82 (7.85%) C++ Software Engineer
7 57 (5.46%) Software Developer
8 56 (5.36%) Junior
9 51 (4.89%) Systems Engineer
10 50 (4.79%) Architect
11 49 (4.69%) Analyst
11 49 (4.69%) C++ Developer
12 43 (4.12%) C# Software Engineer
12 43 (4.12%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 42 (4.02%) Firmware Engineer
14 39 (3.74%) Research Engineer
15 37 (3.54%) Graduate
16 35 (3.35%) C Software Engineer
16 35 (3.35%) Consultant
16 35 (3.35%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (7.85%) .NET
2 66 (6.32%) Web Services
3 50 (4.79%) HTML
4 39 (3.74%) Node.js
5 38 (3.64%) RESTful
6 37 (3.54%) CSS
7 33 (3.16%) Kafka
8 23 (2.20%) AngularJS
9 22 (2.11%) Spring
10 18 (1.72%) Django
10 18 (1.72%) XML
11 15 (1.44%) .NET Core
11 15 (1.44%) ASP.NET
12 14 (1.34%) gRPC
12 14 (1.34%) STL
13 13 (1.25%) WinForms
14 11 (1.05%) LDAP
14 11 (1.05%) REST
15 10 (0.96%) Ajax
15 10 (0.96%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 109 (10.44%) Embedded Systems
2 105 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
3 84 (8.05%) Management Information System
4 67 (6.42%) Algorithms
5 63 (6.03%) Self-Motivation
6 40 (3.83%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
7 22 (2.11%) VHDL
8 21 (2.01%) Device Driver
9 19 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
9 19 (1.82%) Robotics
10 17 (1.63%) Driving Licence
11 12 (1.15%) Data Centre
12 11 (1.05%) Acoustics
12 11 (1.05%) N-Tier
13 10 (0.96%) Mainframe
14 9 (0.86%) Analogue Electronics
14 9 (0.86%) Cyberthreat
14 9 (0.86%) Mobile App
14 9 (0.86%) Public Cloud
15 7 (0.67%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 298 (28.54%) Linux
2 155 (14.85%) Windows
3 55 (5.27%) Unix
4 44 (4.21%) Android
5 33 (3.16%) Embedded Linux
6 27 (2.59%) Apple iOS
7 19 (1.82%) Solaris
8 15 (1.44%) Windows Server
9 11 (1.05%) ThreadX
10 9 (0.86%) VxWorks
10 9 (0.86%) Windows 10
11 7 (0.67%) CentOS
12 4 (0.38%) Debian
12 4 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.29%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.29%) zOS
14 2 (0.19%) AIX
14 2 (0.19%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.19%) uClinux
Processes & Methodologies
1 457 (43.77%) Software Engineering
2 233 (22.32%) Agile Software Development
3 138 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
4 121 (11.59%) Computer Science
5 119 (11.40%) Mathematics
6 104 (9.96%) Continuous Integration
7 91 (8.72%) DevOps
8 87 (8.33%) Unit Testing
9 86 (8.24%) SDLC
10 81 (7.76%) Project Management
11 70 (6.70%) OO
12 67 (6.42%) Validation
13 65 (6.23%) ITIL
13 65 (6.23%) Project Delivery
14 62 (5.94%) TDD
15 59 (5.65%) UML
16 57 (5.46%) Configuration Management
17 51 (4.89%) Systems Engineering
18 49 (4.69%) Information Security
19 48 (4.60%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 532 (50.96%) C++
2 253 (24.23%) Python
3 223 (21.36%) Java
4 216 (20.69%) C#
5 177 (16.95%) SQL
6 98 (9.39%) JavaScript
7 94 (9.00%) Embedded C
8 61 (5.84%) Embedded C++
9 35 (3.35%) Go
10 34 (3.26%) MATLAB
11 32 (3.07%) Bash Shell
12 28 (2.68%) Assembly Language
12 28 (2.68%) PHP
13 25 (2.39%) Perl
14 24 (2.30%) PL/SQL
15 21 (2.01%) PowerShell
16 20 (1.92%) ANSI C
16 20 (1.92%) R
16 20 (1.92%) Ruby
17 19 (1.82%) Scala
Qualifications
1 368 (35.25%) Degree
2 143 (13.70%) Security Cleared
3 104 (9.96%) SC Cleared
4 69 (6.61%) DV Cleared
5 54 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (2.49%) PMI Certification
6 26 (2.49%) PMP
7 24 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (2.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 21 (2.01%) CCNA
10 17 (1.63%) CCNP
10 17 (1.63%) CISSP
11 13 (1.25%) Master's Degree
12 11 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (0.96%) RHCE
14 9 (0.86%) CEH
14 9 (0.86%) GCIA
15 8 (0.77%) MCP
16 7 (0.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (4.21%) QA
2 39 (3.74%) SLA
3 29 (2.78%) PMO
4 10 (0.96%) Def Stans
4 10 (0.96%) IEC 61508
5 9 (0.86%) DO-254
6 7 (0.67%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.57%) GDPR
8 4 (0.38%) ARP4754
8 4 (0.38%) ARP4761
8 4 (0.38%) DO-178B
9 3 (0.29%) JTAG
9 3 (0.29%) MISRA
10 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.19%) NCSC
10 2 (0.19%) NIST
11 1 (0.096%) COBIT
11 1 (0.096%) GAMP
11 1 (0.096%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.096%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 122 (11.69%) Firmware
2 45 (4.31%) Docker
3 36 (3.45%) Active Directory
4 22 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (1.05%) vSphere
6 9 (0.86%) NFS
7 6 (0.57%) VirtualBox
8 4 (0.38%) LXC
8 4 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.29%) HDFS
10 2 (0.19%) Apache Flume
10 2 (0.19%) Ceph
11 1 (0.096%) Kamailio
11 1 (0.096%) Lustre
11 1 (0.096%) OpenAM
11 1 (0.096%) Samba
Systems Management
1 35 (3.35%) Ansible
2 14 (1.34%) Puppet
3 13 (1.25%) Kubernetes
4 12 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (1.05%) Opscode Chef
6 8 (0.77%) Nagios
7 7 (0.67%) Terraform
8 4 (0.38%) Norton AntiVirus
9 3 (0.29%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
9 3 (0.29%) SCCM
10 2 (0.19%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.19%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.19%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.19%) Rsyslog
10 2 (0.19%) Salt
10 2 (0.19%) SCOM
10 2 (0.19%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.096%) Nessus
Vendors
1 87 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 65 (6.23%) Oracle
3 38 (3.64%) SAP
4 31 (2.97%) VMware
5 25 (2.39%) Splunk
6 22 (2.11%) Cisco
6 22 (2.11%) Google
7 21 (2.01%) EMC
7 21 (2.01%) ServiceNow
8 18 (1.72%) Freescale
8 18 (1.72%) Renesas
9 17 (1.63%) Citrix
10 13 (1.25%) QNX
11 12 (1.15%) Klocwork
12 10 (0.96%) HP
13 8 (0.77%) Adobe
13 8 (0.77%) Perforce
14 7 (0.67%) Altera
14 7 (0.67%) Brocade
14 7 (0.67%) Tableau