C Jobs in the North West

C
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 238 271
Rank change year-on-year +75 +33 -91
Permanent jobs citing C 129 68 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.33% 0.86% 0.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.43% 2.10% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 101 51 46
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £34,745
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £35,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,125 £60,938
90th Percentile £84,964 £77,715 £65,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% +4.55%

All Programming Languages
North West

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 North West with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,913 3,232 3,941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 30.02% 40.83% 41.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,372 1,779 2,689
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for C in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for C in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the North West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for C in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Manchester +57 95 £52,500 -4.55% 26
Lancashire +10 20 £55,000 - 5
Cheshire -6 11 £55,000 -8.33% 11
Merseyside +10 2 £40,000 -15.79% 1
Cumbria - 1 £85,000 -
C
England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 2 (1.55%) Fusion 360
Business Applications
1 3 (2.33%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.88%) AWS
1 5 (3.88%) Azure
2 3 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.78%) GitHub
3 1 (0.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.08%) Wireless
2 11 (8.53%) RS-232
3 6 (4.65%) Ethernet
4 5 (3.88%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (3.88%) ZigBee
5 3 (2.33%) Bluetooth
5 3 (2.33%) Network Security
6 2 (1.55%) RS-485
6 2 (1.55%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.78%) HTTP
7 1 (0.78%) Internet
7 1 (0.78%) LTE
7 1 (0.78%) MQTT
7 1 (0.78%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.10%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 24 (18.60%) Git
2 14 (10.85%) Jenkins
3 8 (6.20%) Subversion
4 6 (4.65%) JIRA
5 5 (3.88%) Clang
6 3 (2.33%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (1.55%) GDB
7 2 (1.55%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.78%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (19.38%) Electronics
2 24 (18.60%) Manufacturing
3 21 (16.28%) Social Skills
4 9 (6.98%) Finance
5 6 (4.65%) Automotive
6 3 (2.33%) Retail
7 2 (1.55%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.55%) Marketing
7 2 (1.55%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 76 (58.91%) Software Engineer
2 36 (27.91%) Embedded Engineer
3 29 (22.48%) Lead
4 27 (20.93%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 26 (20.16%) Senior
6 19 (14.73%) Technical Leader
7 17 (13.18%) C Software Engineer
8 15 (11.63%) Developer
9 12 (9.30%) Senior Software Engineer
10 10 (7.75%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 9 (6.98%) C++ Developer
12 8 (6.20%) Compiler Engineer
13 7 (5.43%) Firmware Engineer
13 7 (5.43%) Python Engineer
13 7 (5.43%) Python Software Engineer
13 7 (5.43%) Rust Engineer
13 7 (5.43%) Rust Software Engineer
13 7 (5.43%) Senior Firmware Engineer
13 7 (5.43%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 7 (5.43%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.98%) .NET
2 8 (6.20%) LLVM
2 8 (6.20%) Middleware
3 7 (5.43%) React
3 7 (5.43%) SOAP
4 5 (3.88%) Node.js
4 5 (3.88%) RESTful
5 4 (3.10%) HTML
6 2 (1.55%) CSS
6 2 (1.55%) FHIR
6 2 (1.55%) HTML5
6 2 (1.55%) jQuery
6 2 (1.55%) React Native
6 2 (1.55%) Redux
6 2 (1.55%) REST
7 1 (0.78%) MEAN Stack
7 1 (0.78%) MERN Stack
Miscellaneous
1 29 (22.48%) Embedded Systems
2 10 (7.75%) Device Driver
3 7 (5.43%) IoT
4 4 (3.10%) Analogue Electronics
4 4 (3.10%) Smart Energy
5 2 (1.55%) FMCG
5 2 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.55%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.78%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (0.78%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.78%) Cybercrime
6 1 (0.78%) FPGA
6 1 (0.78%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 67 (51.94%) Linux
2 12 (9.30%) Windows
3 10 (7.75%) Embedded Linux
4 8 (6.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (3.88%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (3.10%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.78%) Android
7 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.78%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (73.64%) Software Engineering
2 41 (31.78%) Agile
3 32 (24.81%) Open Source
4 28 (21.71%) Mentoring
5 23 (17.83%) DevOps
6 22 (17.05%) Coaching
7 20 (15.50%) Computer Science
7 20 (15.50%) Test Automation
8 14 (10.85%) Embedded Software Development
8 14 (10.85%) OO
9 13 (10.08%) Software Architecture
10 12 (9.30%) Product Roadmap
10 12 (9.30%) Roadmaps
11 11 (8.53%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (7.75%) Architectural Design
12 10 (7.75%) Feasibility Study
12 10 (7.75%) Re-Platforming
12 10 (7.75%) Strategic Thinking
13 9 (6.98%) CAD
13 9 (6.98%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 40 (31.01%) Python
2 37 (28.68%) C++
3 26 (20.16%) C#
4 22 (17.05%) Java
5 19 (14.73%) Embedded C
6 14 (10.85%) Rust
7 11 (8.53%) JavaScript
8 10 (7.75%) COBOL
8 10 (7.75%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 5 (3.88%) Fortran
10 4 (3.10%) Go
10 4 (3.10%) R
11 3 (2.33%) Bash
11 3 (2.33%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.55%) PHP
12 2 (1.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (31.01%) Degree
2 8 (6.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.10%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.33%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.33%) QA
2 2 (1.55%) HL7
2 2 (1.55%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.78%) GDPR
System Software
1 30 (23.26%) Firmware
2 25 (19.38%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (3.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (9.30%) Ansible
2 10 (7.75%) Progress Chef
3 4 (3.10%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.33%) Podman
5 2 (1.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (7.75%) Micro Focus
2 8 (6.20%) Red Hat
3 5 (3.88%) EMC
4 2 (1.55%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.55%) Progress
4 2 (1.55%) SAP
5 1 (0.78%) Atmel
5 1 (0.78%) Renesas