C Jobs in England

C
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 141 219 192
Rank change year-on-year +78 -27 +33
Permanent jobs citing C 1,749 1,557 2,788
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.05% 1.68% 2.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.33% 3.88% 3.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,364 801 944
10th Percentile £39,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £56,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.60% +13.64% -

All Programming Languages
England

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 England with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 27,633 40,127 70,623
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.42% 43.33% 53.49%
Number of salaries quoted 22,507 25,735 39,546
10th Percentile £35,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for C in England

C
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for C in England

C
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C in England

C
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East +35 528 £56,500 -5.83% 165
South West +62 281 £57,500 -8.00% 118
East of England +27 256 £60,000 -7.69% 154
North of England +47 234 £55,000 +4.76% 64
London +35 229 £82,500 +18.80% 112
Midlands +9 216 £52,500 -8.70% 69
North West +66 130 £55,000 - 43
West Midlands -13 119 £60,000 -25.00% 31
East Midlands +44 97 £50,000 -4.76% 38
Yorkshire +20 80 £50,000 +17.65% 16
North East +14 24 £60,000 -4.00% 6
C
UK

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 33 (1.89%) Apache
2 20 (1.14%) Apache Spark
3 12 (0.69%) Confluence
4 11 (0.63%) nginx
5 8 (0.46%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.40%) CMS
7 5 (0.29%) IIS
7 5 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.23%) Kinematics
8 4 (0.23%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.17%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.17%) Kentico
10 2 (0.11%) IBM Domino
10 2 (0.11%) Liferay
10 2 (0.11%) Magnolia
11 1 (0.057%) WordPress
Applications
1 110 (6.29%) Simulink
2 33 (1.89%) Stateflow
3 13 (0.74%) CANalyzer
4 9 (0.51%) GNU Octave
5 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (0.29%) Doxygen
7 3 (0.17%) TargetLink
8 2 (0.11%) Fusion 360
9 1 (0.057%) Microsoft Excel
9 1 (0.057%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.057%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.057%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.23%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.11%) SAP MII
5 1 (0.057%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.057%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 93 (5.32%) AWS
2 65 (3.72%) Azure
3 37 (2.12%) GitHub
4 31 (1.77%) SaaS
5 19 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (1.03%) Power Platform
7 11 (0.63%) Serverless
8 10 (0.57%) AWS Lambda
8 10 (0.57%) GCP
9 9 (0.51%) AWS IoT
10 6 (0.34%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (0.29%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (0.23%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (0.23%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (0.23%) WhatsApp
13 3 (0.17%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (0.17%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.17%) dbt
13 3 (0.17%) Kontent
14 2 (0.11%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 88 (5.03%) Wireless
2 85 (4.86%) TCP/IP
3 56 (3.20%) Wi-Fi
4 52 (2.97%) Bluetooth
5 43 (2.46%) RS-232
6 40 (2.29%) Ethernet
7 39 (2.23%) RS-485
8 36 (2.06%) Internet
9 25 (1.43%) J1939
10 21 (1.20%) MQTT
11 19 (1.09%) Network Security
12 17 (0.97%) 5G
12 17 (0.97%) ZigBee
13 16 (0.91%) 4G
14 15 (0.86%) 3G
14 15 (0.86%) Firewall
15 13 (0.74%) HTTP
16 12 (0.69%) DNS
17 10 (0.57%) LoRaWAN
18 9 (0.51%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.20%) PostgreSQL
2 42 (2.40%) MongoDB
3 39 (2.23%) SQL Server
4 26 (1.49%) MySQL
5 18 (1.03%) Relational Database
6 14 (0.80%) Big Data
6 14 (0.80%) Power BI
7 9 (0.51%) Data Mining
8 7 (0.40%) SQLite
9 6 (0.34%) Amazon Aurora
9 6 (0.34%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.34%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.29%) Apache Cassandra
10 5 (0.29%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.23%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.23%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 142 (8.12%) Git
2 96 (5.49%) JIRA
3 88 (5.03%) Jenkins
4 84 (4.80%) Visual Studio
5 50 (2.86%) Subversion
6 33 (1.89%) GitLab
7 31 (1.77%) Rational Rhapsody
8 22 (1.26%) LabVIEW
9 21 (1.20%) ClearCase
9 21 (1.20%) Plastic SCM
10 16 (0.91%) Bitbucket
11 15 (0.86%) Eclipse
12 14 (0.80%) ClearQuest
12 14 (0.80%) GDB
13 10 (0.57%) GNU Toolchain
14 9 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
14 9 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
15 7 (0.40%) CMake
15 7 (0.40%) TestRail
16 6 (0.34%) CANoe
General
1 382 (21.84%) Electronics
2 309 (17.67%) Social Skills
3 173 (9.89%) Automotive
4 163 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
4 163 (9.32%) Manufacturing
5 135 (7.72%) Finance
6 101 (5.77%) Marketing
7 95 (5.43%) Telecoms
8 85 (4.86%) Aerospace
9 66 (3.77%) Public Sector
10 34 (1.94%) Law
11 33 (1.89%) Retail
12 28 (1.60%) Military
13 26 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
14 17 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 16 (0.91%) Games
15 16 (0.91%) Legal
16 14 (0.80%) Brand Awareness
16 14 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
17 13 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 841 (48.08%) Software Engineer
2 482 (27.56%) Embedded Engineer
3 361 (20.64%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 358 (20.47%) Senior
5 233 (13.32%) Developer
6 188 (10.75%) Senior Software Engineer
7 158 (9.03%) Lead
8 128 (7.32%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 108 (6.17%) C++ Software Engineer
10 106 (6.06%) Software Developer
11 78 (4.46%) Systems Engineer
12 74 (4.23%) C++ Developer
12 74 (4.23%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 68 (3.89%) C Software Engineer
14 67 (3.83%) Linux Engineer
15 66 (3.77%) Embedded Developer
16 65 (3.72%) Architect
17 57 (3.26%) Firmware Engineer
18 50 (2.86%) Electronics Engineer
19 44 (2.52%) Embedded C Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (6.86%) .NET
2 67 (3.83%) HTML
3 59 (3.37%) Yocto
4 54 (3.09%) Qt
5 45 (2.57%) REST
5 45 (2.57%) WPF
6 38 (2.17%) React
7 36 (2.06%) CSS
8 34 (1.94%) Web Services
9 33 (1.89%) SOAP
10 32 (1.83%) .NET Framework
10 32 (1.83%) Node.js
11 29 (1.66%) RESTful
12 24 (1.37%) ASP.NET
12 24 (1.37%) Django
12 24 (1.37%) HTML5
13 23 (1.32%) Middleware
14 22 (1.26%) JSON
14 22 (1.26%) OpenGL
14 22 (1.26%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 218 (12.46%) Embedded Systems
2 208 (11.89%) Algorithms
3 158 (9.03%) IoT
4 114 (6.52%) FPGA
5 68 (3.89%) VHDL
6 57 (3.26%) Device Driver
6 57 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
7 53 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
8 49 (2.80%) Analogue Electronics
9 47 (2.69%) Greenfield Project
10 46 (2.63%) Robotics
11 44 (2.52%) Data Structures
12 38 (2.17%) CUDA
13 34 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
13 34 (1.94%) Verilog
14 32 (1.83%) PKI
14 32 (1.83%) Product Ownership
14 32 (1.83%) Raspberry Pi
15 29 (1.66%) Mobile App
16 27 (1.54%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 728 (41.62%) Linux
2 182 (10.41%) Embedded Linux
3 176 (10.06%) Windows
4 74 (4.23%) Unix
5 58 (3.32%) Android
6 44 (2.52%) Ubuntu
7 33 (1.89%) FreeRTOS
8 31 (1.77%) Apple iOS
9 18 (1.03%) AIX
9 18 (1.03%) Debian
10 13 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 12 (0.69%) Windows 10
12 6 (0.34%) ThreadX
13 5 (0.29%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.17%) CentOS
15 2 (0.11%) Kali Linux
15 2 (0.11%) Windows Embedded Compact
16 1 (0.057%) VxWorks
16 1 (0.057%) Windows Server
16 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,111 (63.52%) Software Engineering
2 334 (19.10%) Agile
3 329 (18.81%) Problem-Solving
4 290 (16.58%) Computer Science
5 167 (9.55%) Mathematics
6 153 (8.75%) DevOps
7 148 (8.46%) Software Testing
8 145 (8.29%) Test Automation
9 130 (7.43%) Cybersecurity
10 120 (6.86%) Physics
11 119 (6.80%) Open Source
12 117 (6.69%) Mentoring
13 107 (6.12%) Embedded Software Development
14 98 (5.60%) Artificial Intelligence
14 98 (5.60%) Software Architecture
15 97 (5.55%) Multithreading
16 96 (5.49%) OO
17 93 (5.32%) Machine Learning
17 93 (5.32%) Validation
18 89 (5.09%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 792 (45.28%) C++
2 642 (36.71%) Python
3 322 (18.41%) C#
4 278 (15.89%) Embedded C
5 252 (14.41%) Java
6 134 (7.66%) SQL
7 131 (7.49%) Bash
8 128 (7.32%) MATLAB
9 120 (6.86%) JavaScript
10 111 (6.35%) Rust
11 61 (3.49%) Ada
12 59 (3.37%) Fortran
13 56 (3.20%) Go
14 52 (2.97%) Perl
14 52 (2.97%) VB
15 48 (2.74%) Embedded C++
16 40 (2.29%) PHP
17 33 (1.89%) Shell Script
18 32 (1.83%) Assembly Language
18 32 (1.83%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 588 (33.62%) Degree
2 263 (15.04%) Security Cleared
3 108 (6.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 94 (5.37%) Master's Degree
5 92 (5.26%) PhD
6 83 (4.75%) SC Cleared
7 54 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
8 50 (2.86%) DV Cleared
9 17 (0.97%) HND
10 9 (0.51%) HNC
11 7 (0.40%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.34%) SANS
13 5 (0.29%) CISA
13 5 (0.29%) CISM
13 5 (0.29%) CISSP
13 5 (0.29%) CRISC
14 4 (0.23%) CESG Certified Professional
15 3 (0.17%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.17%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (4.00%) QA
2 52 (2.97%) MISRA
3 37 (2.12%) ISO 26262
4 27 (1.54%) Automotive SPICE
4 27 (1.54%) AUTOSAR
5 21 (1.20%) Software Quality Assurance
6 18 (1.03%) GDPR
7 16 (0.91%) ISO 13485
8 15 (0.86%) Def Stans
9 10 (0.57%) MISRA C
10 9 (0.51%) IEC 62304
11 8 (0.46%) Data Quality
11 8 (0.46%) IEC 61508
12 7 (0.40%) ISO 9001
12 7 (0.40%) JTAG
13 6 (0.34%) NIST
14 5 (0.29%) DO-178B
15 4 (0.23%) NCSC
16 3 (0.17%) TickIT
17 2 (0.11%) HL7
System Software
1 267 (15.27%) Firmware
2 152 (8.69%) Embedded Firmware
3 65 (3.72%) Docker
4 4 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.11%) Ceph
5 2 (0.11%) Kamailio
5 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.057%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.057%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.057%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 72 (4.12%) Kubernetes
2 32 (1.83%) Ansible
3 20 (1.14%) Progress Chef
4 19 (1.09%) Terraform
5 14 (0.80%) Functional Safety
6 5 (0.29%) Grafana
7 4 (0.23%) Nagios
7 4 (0.23%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.17%) logstash
8 3 (0.17%) Podman
8 3 (0.17%) Puppet
9 2 (0.11%) Knative
9 2 (0.11%) Packer
10 1 (0.057%) Consul
10 1 (0.057%) Kibana
10 1 (0.057%) SCCM
Vendors
1 105 (6.00%) Microsoft
2 53 (3.03%) SAP
3 30 (1.72%) IBM
4 29 (1.66%) Micro Focus
4 29 (1.66%) Red Hat
4 29 (1.66%) Xilinx
5 27 (1.54%) Oracle
6 21 (1.20%) Google
6 21 (1.20%) Lauterbach
7 18 (1.03%) EMC
8 10 (0.57%) Atlassian
9 8 (0.46%) Altera
9 8 (0.46%) Green Hills
9 8 (0.46%) Motorola
10 7 (0.40%) Facebook
10 7 (0.40%) Instagram
10 7 (0.40%) NVIDIA
11 6 (0.34%) Databricks
11 6 (0.34%) Sitecore
12 5 (0.29%) Intel