C
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 224 203
Rank change year-on-year +89 -21 +17
Permanent jobs citing C 2,110 1,618 3,313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.09% 1.64% 2.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.33% 3.80% 3.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,687 880 1,059
10th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,571 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.09% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +5.00%

All Programming Languages
UK

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 with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,326 42,611 88,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.02% 43.26% 54.15%
Number of salaries quoted 24,946 27,225 43,437
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

C
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for C in the UK

C
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for C in the UK

C
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing C over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C in the UK

C
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
Jobs
UK excluding London +65 1,814 £55,000 -8.33% 621
England +87 1,775 £57,500 -8.00% 691
Work from Home +77 765 £55,000 -12.00% 270
South East +35 529 £55,000 -8.33% 201
South West +63 287 £57,500 -17.86% 106
East of England +32 257 £60,000 -7.69% 151
North of England +62 240 £55,000 +4.76% 59
London +45 238 £82,500 +20.48% 146
Midlands +25 219 £52,500 -4.55% 64
Scotland -6 218 £52,500 -4.55% 41
North West +58 134 £55,000 - 31
West Midlands -11 117 £60,000 -7.69% 27
East Midlands +67 102 £47,500 - 35
Yorkshire +34 82 £50,000 +17.65% 19
Wales +43 51 £50,000 -9.09% 12
North East +11 24 £60,000 -4.00% 10
Northern Ireland +38 13 £55,000 +12.24%

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 37 (1.75%) Apache
2 25 (1.18%) Apache Spark
3 16 (0.76%) Confluence
4 12 (0.57%) nginx
5 8 (0.38%) CMS
5 8 (0.38%) Jupyter
6 6 (0.28%) IIS
6 6 (0.28%) Kinematics
6 6 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
7 5 (0.24%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.19%) Headless CMS
8 4 (0.19%) Kentico
9 3 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.14%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.095%) IBM Domino
10 2 (0.095%) Liferay
10 2 (0.095%) Magnolia
11 1 (0.047%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.047%) WordPress
Applications
1 122 (5.78%) Simulink
2 33 (1.56%) Stateflow
3 13 (0.62%) CANalyzer
4 11 (0.52%) GNU Octave
5 7 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (0.24%) Doxygen
7 3 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
7 3 (0.14%) TargetLink
8 2 (0.095%) Fusion 360
8 2 (0.095%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.047%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.047%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.047%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.28%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.095%) SAP MII
5 1 (0.047%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.047%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.047%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 108 (5.12%) AWS
2 80 (3.79%) Azure
3 42 (1.99%) GitHub
4 30 (1.42%) SaaS
5 23 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (1.09%) Serverless
6 20 (0.95%) Power Platform
7 16 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
8 10 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (0.47%) GCP
9 8 (0.38%) AWS IoT
9 8 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (0.24%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (0.24%) WhatsApp
11 4 (0.19%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (0.19%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (0.19%) Kontent
12 3 (0.14%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (0.14%) dbt
12 3 (0.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 152 (7.20%) Wireless
2 90 (4.27%) TCP/IP
3 74 (3.51%) Wi-Fi
4 70 (3.32%) Ethernet
5 59 (2.80%) RS-232
6 57 (2.70%) Bluetooth
7 41 (1.94%) RS-485
8 40 (1.90%) Internet
9 38 (1.80%) Network Security
10 24 (1.14%) J1939
11 21 (1.00%) MQTT
12 17 (0.81%) 5G
12 17 (0.81%) ZigBee
13 16 (0.76%) Firewall
13 16 (0.76%) Wireshark
14 14 (0.66%) 4G
14 14 (0.66%) HTTP
15 12 (0.57%) 3G
15 12 (0.57%) DNS
15 12 (0.57%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
2 54 (2.56%) SQL Server
3 45 (2.13%) MongoDB
4 27 (1.28%) MySQL
5 26 (1.23%) Relational Database
6 16 (0.76%) Big Data
7 14 (0.66%) Power BI
8 10 (0.47%) DynamoDB
9 9 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
9 9 (0.43%) Data Mining
10 8 (0.38%) RDBMS
11 7 (0.33%) SQLite
12 6 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
12 6 (0.28%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.24%) Metadata
14 4 (0.19%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.19%) Hadoop
14 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 168 (7.96%) Git
2 102 (4.83%) Jenkins
3 99 (4.69%) JIRA
4 93 (4.41%) Visual Studio
5 53 (2.51%) Subversion
6 41 (1.94%) LabVIEW
7 35 (1.66%) GitLab
8 30 (1.42%) Rational Rhapsody
9 21 (1.00%) ClearCase
9 21 (1.00%) Plastic SCM
10 20 (0.95%) Bitbucket
11 15 (0.71%) Eclipse
12 14 (0.66%) ClearQuest
13 13 (0.62%) GDB
14 10 (0.47%) GNU Toolchain
14 10 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
15 9 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
16 7 (0.33%) CMake
16 7 (0.33%) TestRail
17 6 (0.28%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 438 (20.76%) Electronics
2 413 (19.57%) Social Skills
3 215 (10.19%) Manufacturing
4 196 (9.29%) Analytical Skills
5 181 (8.58%) Automotive
6 135 (6.40%) Finance
7 104 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 103 (4.88%) Aerospace
9 99 (4.69%) Telecoms
10 98 (4.64%) Marketing
11 59 (2.80%) Public Sector
12 40 (1.90%) Law
13 39 (1.85%) Retail
14 35 (1.66%) Legal
14 35 (1.66%) Military
15 27 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (0.95%) Games
17 18 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
18 14 (0.66%) Brand Awareness
19 13 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1,007 (47.73%) Software Engineer
2 602 (28.53%) Embedded Engineer
3 483 (22.89%) Senior
4 424 (20.09%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 290 (13.74%) Developer
6 265 (12.56%) Senior Software Engineer
7 165 (7.82%) Lead
8 164 (7.77%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 135 (6.40%) Software Developer
10 133 (6.30%) C++ Software Engineer
11 114 (5.40%) C Software Engineer
12 101 (4.79%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 85 (4.03%) Architect
14 84 (3.98%) Firmware Engineer
15 81 (3.84%) C++ Developer
15 81 (3.84%) Systems Engineer
16 76 (3.60%) Linux Engineer
17 75 (3.55%) Embedded Developer
18 70 (3.32%) Junior
19 67 (3.18%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (6.87%) .NET
2 80 (3.79%) HTML
3 67 (3.18%) Yocto
4 63 (2.99%) WPF
5 53 (2.51%) Qt
6 50 (2.37%) Node.js
7 49 (2.32%) REST
8 46 (2.18%) CSS
9 44 (2.09%) Web Services
10 42 (1.99%) React
11 38 (1.80%) .NET Framework
11 38 (1.80%) SOAP
12 32 (1.52%) RESTful
13 27 (1.28%) XML
14 25 (1.18%) ASP.NET
14 25 (1.18%) Django
14 25 (1.18%) JSON
15 24 (1.14%) HTML5
16 23 (1.09%) Middleware
16 23 (1.09%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 229 (10.85%) Embedded Systems
2 224 (10.62%) Algorithms
3 156 (7.39%) IoT
4 120 (5.69%) FPGA
5 74 (3.51%) VHDL
6 69 (3.27%) Distributed Systems
7 68 (3.22%) Device Driver
8 62 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
9 51 (2.42%) Analogue Electronics
9 51 (2.42%) Data Structures
10 50 (2.37%) Robotics
11 41 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
12 38 (1.80%) CUDA
13 37 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
14 35 (1.66%) PKI
15 34 (1.61%) Product Ownership
15 34 (1.61%) Verilog
16 29 (1.37%) Cloud Native
16 29 (1.37%) Mobile App
16 29 (1.37%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 844 (40.00%) Linux
2 212 (10.05%) Embedded Linux
3 187 (8.86%) Windows
4 77 (3.65%) Unix
5 64 (3.03%) Android
6 49 (2.32%) Ubuntu
7 39 (1.85%) FreeRTOS
8 32 (1.52%) Apple iOS
9 22 (1.04%) AIX
9 22 (1.04%) Debian
10 12 (0.57%) Windows 10
11 11 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (0.28%) Kali Linux
12 6 (0.28%) ThreadX
13 5 (0.24%) Mac OS
13 5 (0.24%) VxWorks
14 3 (0.14%) CentOS
14 3 (0.14%) Windows Embedded Compact
15 2 (0.095%) Solaris
16 1 (0.047%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,364 (64.64%) Software Engineering
2 404 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
3 392 (18.58%) Computer Science
4 374 (17.73%) Agile
5 216 (10.24%) Mathematics
6 171 (8.10%) DevOps
7 166 (7.87%) Software Testing
8 160 (7.58%) Test Automation
9 155 (7.35%) Physics
10 132 (6.26%) Cybersecurity
10 132 (6.26%) Open Source
10 132 (6.26%) SDLC
11 131 (6.21%) Mentoring
12 116 (5.50%) Embedded Software Development
13 115 (5.45%) Artificial Intelligence
14 110 (5.21%) OO
15 108 (5.12%) Machine Learning
16 106 (5.02%) Multithreading
17 100 (4.74%) Validation
18 95 (4.50%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 951 (45.07%) C++
2 716 (33.93%) Python
3 420 (19.91%) C#
4 394 (18.67%) Embedded C
5 320 (15.17%) Java
6 150 (7.11%) Bash
7 142 (6.73%) SQL
8 138 (6.54%) MATLAB
9 132 (6.26%) JavaScript
9 132 (6.26%) Rust
10 67 (3.18%) Go
11 61 (2.89%) Perl
12 60 (2.84%) Fortran
13 59 (2.80%) Ada
14 57 (2.70%) VB
15 56 (2.65%) Embedded C++
16 43 (2.04%) PHP
17 38 (1.80%) Shell Script
18 33 (1.56%) Assembly Language
18 33 (1.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 713 (33.79%) Degree
2 274 (12.99%) Security Cleared
3 126 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
4 106 (5.02%) Master's Degree
5 102 (4.83%) PhD
6 83 (3.93%) SC Cleared
7 58 (2.75%) DV Cleared
8 53 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
9 25 (1.18%) HND
10 13 (0.62%) HNC
11 9 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (0.33%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.28%) SANS
14 5 (0.24%) CISA
14 5 (0.24%) CISM
14 5 (0.24%) CISSP
14 5 (0.24%) CRISC
14 5 (0.24%) MCAD
15 4 (0.19%) CCNA
15 4 (0.19%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (3.60%) QA
2 57 (2.70%) MISRA
3 37 (1.75%) ISO 26262
4 26 (1.23%) AUTOSAR
5 25 (1.18%) Automotive SPICE
6 24 (1.14%) ISO 13485
7 20 (0.95%) Software Quality Assurance
8 18 (0.85%) GDPR
9 15 (0.71%) Def Stans
10 14 (0.66%) JTAG
11 11 (0.52%) MISRA C
12 10 (0.47%) IEC 62304
13 8 (0.38%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 8 (0.38%) Data Quality
13 8 (0.38%) IEC 61508
13 8 (0.38%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.28%) DO-178B
14 6 (0.28%) NIST
15 5 (0.24%) NCSC
16 3 (0.14%) TickIT
System Software
1 357 (16.92%) Firmware
2 190 (9.00%) Embedded Firmware
3 64 (3.03%) Docker
4 7 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.28%) Ceph
6 4 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (0.14%) Active Directory
8 2 (0.095%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.095%) Kamailio
8 2 (0.095%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.047%) KVM
9 1 (0.047%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 78 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 39 (1.85%) Ansible
3 22 (1.04%) Terraform
4 20 (0.95%) Progress Chef
5 14 (0.66%) Functional Safety
6 6 (0.28%) Knative
7 5 (0.24%) Grafana
7 5 (0.24%) Nagios
8 4 (0.19%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.19%) Puppet
9 3 (0.14%) logstash
9 3 (0.14%) Podman
10 1 (0.047%) Kibana
10 1 (0.047%) Packer
10 1 (0.047%) SCCM
Vendors
1 111 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 50 (2.37%) SAP
3 35 (1.66%) Oracle
4 33 (1.56%) Xilinx
5 30 (1.42%) IBM
6 29 (1.37%) Micro Focus
7 26 (1.23%) Red Hat
8 21 (1.00%) Lauterbach
9 20 (0.95%) EMC
9 20 (0.95%) Google
10 10 (0.47%) Altera
10 10 (0.47%) Atlassian
10 10 (0.47%) Renesas
11 9 (0.43%) Twitter
12 8 (0.38%) Green Hills
12 8 (0.38%) Motorola
12 8 (0.38%) Sitecore
13 7 (0.33%) Cadence
13 7 (0.33%) Facebook
13 7 (0.33%) NVIDIA