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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 233 271
Rank change year-on-year +72 +38 -98
Permanent jobs citing C 130 68 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.34% 0.86% 0.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.49% 2.12% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 102 51 44
10th Percentile £42,750 £37,500 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £35,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year - +7.32% +5.13%
75th Percentile £69,375 £70,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £84,342 £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 2,894 3,207 3,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 29.75% 40.42% 41.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,354 1,793 2,670
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £34,270
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 4 May 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 4 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
Manchester +59 96 £52,500 -4.55% 23
Lancashire +10 20 £55,000 - 4
Cheshire -7 11 £55,000 -8.33% 15
Merseyside - 2 £40,000 - 2
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 (1.54%) Fusion 360
Business Applications
1 3 (2.31%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.85%) AWS
1 5 (3.85%) Azure
2 3 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.77%) GitHub
3 1 (0.77%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.00%) Wireless
2 11 (8.46%) RS-232
3 6 (4.62%) Ethernet
4 5 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (3.85%) ZigBee
5 3 (2.31%) Bluetooth
5 3 (2.31%) Network Security
6 2 (1.54%) RS-485
6 2 (1.54%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.77%) HTTP
7 1 (0.77%) Internet
7 1 (0.77%) LTE
7 1 (0.77%) MQTT
7 1 (0.77%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.08%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 25 (19.23%) Git
2 15 (11.54%) Jenkins
3 8 (6.15%) Subversion
4 6 (4.62%) JIRA
5 5 (3.85%) Clang
6 3 (2.31%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (1.54%) GDB
7 2 (1.54%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.77%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.77%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (19.23%) Electronics
2 24 (18.46%) Manufacturing
3 21 (16.15%) Social Skills
4 9 (6.92%) Finance
5 6 (4.62%) Automotive
6 3 (2.31%) Retail
7 2 (1.54%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.54%) Marketing
7 2 (1.54%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 76 (58.46%) Software Engineer
2 36 (27.69%) Embedded Engineer
3 29 (22.31%) Lead
4 27 (20.77%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 26 (20.00%) Senior
6 19 (14.62%) Technical Leader
7 17 (13.08%) C Software Engineer
8 15 (11.54%) Developer
9 12 (9.23%) Senior Software Engineer
10 10 (7.69%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 9 (6.92%) C++ Developer
12 8 (6.15%) Compiler Engineer
13 7 (5.38%) Firmware Engineer
13 7 (5.38%) Python Engineer
13 7 (5.38%) Python Software Engineer
13 7 (5.38%) Rust Engineer
13 7 (5.38%) Rust Software Engineer
13 7 (5.38%) Senior Firmware Engineer
13 7 (5.38%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 7 (5.38%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.92%) .NET
2 8 (6.15%) LLVM
2 8 (6.15%) Middleware
2 8 (6.15%) React
2 8 (6.15%) SOAP
3 6 (4.62%) Node.js
4 5 (3.85%) RESTful
5 4 (3.08%) HTML
6 3 (2.31%) REST
7 2 (1.54%) CSS
7 2 (1.54%) FHIR
7 2 (1.54%) HTML5
7 2 (1.54%) jQuery
7 2 (1.54%) React Native
7 2 (1.54%) Redux
8 1 (0.77%) MEAN Stack
8 1 (0.77%) MERN Stack
Miscellaneous
1 29 (22.31%) Embedded Systems
2 10 (7.69%) Device Driver
3 7 (5.38%) IoT
4 4 (3.08%) Analogue Electronics
4 4 (3.08%) Smart Energy
5 2 (1.54%) FMCG
5 2 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.54%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.77%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (0.77%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.77%) Cybercrime
6 1 (0.77%) FPGA
6 1 (0.77%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 68 (52.31%) Linux
2 13 (10.00%) Windows
3 10 (7.69%) Embedded Linux
4 8 (6.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (3.85%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (3.08%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.77%) Android
7 1 (0.77%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.77%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (73.08%) Software Engineering
2 41 (31.54%) Agile
3 32 (24.62%) Open Source
4 28 (21.54%) Mentoring
5 23 (17.69%) Coaching
5 23 (17.69%) DevOps
6 21 (16.15%) Test Automation
7 20 (15.38%) Computer Science
8 14 (10.77%) Embedded Software Development
8 14 (10.77%) OO
9 13 (10.00%) Product Roadmap
9 13 (10.00%) Roadmaps
9 13 (10.00%) Software Architecture
10 11 (8.46%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (7.69%) Architectural Design
11 10 (7.69%) Feasibility Study
11 10 (7.69%) Re-Platforming
11 10 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
12 9 (6.92%) CAD
12 9 (6.92%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 40 (30.77%) Python
2 38 (29.23%) C++
3 26 (20.00%) C#
4 22 (16.92%) Java
5 19 (14.62%) Embedded C
6 14 (10.77%) Rust
7 12 (9.23%) JavaScript
8 10 (7.69%) COBOL
8 10 (7.69%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 5 (3.85%) Fortran
10 4 (3.08%) Go
10 4 (3.08%) R
11 3 (2.31%) Bash
11 3 (2.31%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.54%) PHP
12 2 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (30.77%) Degree
2 8 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.08%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.31%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.77%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.31%) QA
2 2 (1.54%) HL7
2 2 (1.54%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.77%) GDPR
System Software
1 30 (23.08%) Firmware
2 25 (19.23%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (3.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (9.23%) Ansible
2 10 (7.69%) Progress Chef
3 4 (3.08%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.31%) Podman
5 2 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (7.69%) Micro Focus
2 8 (6.15%) Red Hat
3 5 (3.85%) EMC
4 2 (1.54%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.54%) Progress
4 2 (1.54%) SAP
5 1 (0.77%) Atmel
5 1 (0.77%) Renesas