C Jobs in the South West

C
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 145 116
Rank change year-on-year +56 -29 +31
Permanent jobs citing C 286 132 225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.08% 1.95% 2.79%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.44% 5.17% 5.43%
Number of salaries quoted 230 69 93
10th Percentile £43,625 £42,500 £30,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +40.00% -
75th Percentile £74,375 £77,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £100,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% +4.55%

All Programming Languages
South 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 South West with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,030 2,553 4,145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 32.63% 37.65% 51.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,404 1,668 2,791
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £66,250 £71,250 £68,125
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for C in the South West

C
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for C in the South West

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the South West over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the South West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Bristol +45 90 £57,500 -14.81% 42
Gloucestershire +10 76 £60,000 -2.04% 18
Dorset +6 46 £52,500 -8.70% 10
Wiltshire +12 35 £62,500 -10.71% 9
Devon +2 18 £50,000 +5.26% 10
Somerset +12 16 £50,000 -33.33% 15
C
England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.40%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.05%) CMS
2 3 (1.05%) Confluence
2 3 (1.05%) Headless CMS
2 3 (1.05%) IIS
2 3 (1.05%) Kentico
2 3 (1.05%) Sitecore CMS
2 3 (1.05%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.70%) Apache
Applications
1 17 (5.94%) Simulink
2 9 (3.15%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.70%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 19 (6.64%) AWS
2 8 (2.80%) Azure
3 3 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (1.05%) Kontent
3 3 (1.05%) WhatsApp
4 2 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (0.70%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.20%) Wireless
2 10 (3.50%) 5G
2 10 (3.50%) TCP/IP
3 9 (3.15%) HTTP
3 9 (3.15%) Internet
4 8 (2.80%) DNS
4 8 (2.80%) OFDM
4 8 (2.80%) SD-WAN
4 8 (2.80%) SMTP
4 8 (2.80%) WAN
5 7 (2.45%) Link 16
6 5 (1.75%) Bluetooth
6 5 (1.75%) Network Security
7 4 (1.40%) Ethernet
7 4 (1.40%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.70%) 3GPP
8 2 (0.70%) PBX
8 2 (0.70%) RS-232
8 2 (0.70%) RTP
8 2 (0.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (2.45%) SQLite
3 4 (1.40%) Hadoop
4 3 (1.05%) Big Data
4 3 (1.05%) Data Mining
4 3 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.05%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.70%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 20 (6.99%) Git
2 19 (6.64%) Rational Rhapsody
3 17 (5.94%) Jenkins
4 16 (5.59%) LabVIEW
5 13 (4.55%) JIRA
6 12 (4.20%) Visual Studio
7 7 (2.45%) Eclipse
7 7 (2.45%) Subversion
8 6 (2.10%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (1.40%) IDA Disassembler
10 3 (1.05%) Android Studio
10 3 (1.05%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.05%) NetBeans
10 3 (1.05%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.70%) PetaLinux
12 1 (0.35%) GDB
General
1 55 (19.23%) Social Skills
2 36 (12.59%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (12.24%) Electronics
4 21 (7.34%) Finance
4 21 (7.34%) Telecoms
5 20 (6.99%) Marketing
6 17 (5.94%) Aerospace
6 17 (5.94%) Manufacturing
7 15 (5.24%) Public Sector
8 13 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.50%) Automotive
10 8 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.80%) Retail
11 7 (2.45%) Avionics
12 6 (2.10%) Law
13 4 (1.40%) French Language
13 4 (1.40%) German Language
13 4 (1.40%) Italian Language
13 4 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 158 (55.24%) Software Engineer
2 93 (32.52%) Embedded Engineer
3 83 (29.02%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 73 (25.52%) Senior
5 52 (18.18%) Senior Software Engineer
6 33 (11.54%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 33 (11.54%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 32 (11.19%) Developer
8 19 (6.64%) Lead
9 17 (5.94%) Architect
10 16 (5.59%) Systems Engineer
11 15 (5.24%) C Software Engineer
11 15 (5.24%) C++ Software Engineer
12 13 (4.55%) Embedded C Engineer
13 12 (4.20%) Electronics Engineer
14 11 (3.85%) C/C++ Software Engineer
14 11 (3.85%) Embedded C Software Engineer
15 9 (3.15%) Principal Engineer
15 9 (3.15%) Principal Software Engineer
16 8 (2.80%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.94%) Qt
2 12 (4.20%) Yocto
3 9 (3.15%) .NET
3 9 (3.15%) HTML
4 8 (2.80%) ASP.NET
4 8 (2.80%) PyTorch
5 6 (2.10%) .NET Core
5 6 (2.10%) .NET Framework
6 4 (1.40%) CakePHP
6 4 (1.40%) Django
6 4 (1.40%) Flask
6 4 (1.40%) Laravel
6 4 (1.40%) LLVM
6 4 (1.40%) Node.js
6 4 (1.40%) ONNX
6 4 (1.40%) React
6 4 (1.40%) RESTful
6 4 (1.40%) Ruby on Rails
6 4 (1.40%) Spring
7 3 (1.05%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 37 (12.94%) FPGA
2 29 (10.14%) Algorithms
3 26 (9.09%) Embedded Systems
4 19 (6.64%) VHDL
5 16 (5.59%) GNSS
6 12 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (3.85%) Device Driver
8 8 (2.80%) CUDA
8 8 (2.80%) MicroBlaze
8 8 (2.80%) Renewable Energy
8 8 (2.80%) Robotics
8 8 (2.80%) Tandem
9 7 (2.45%) PMI
10 6 (2.10%) IoT
10 6 (2.10%) Product Ownership
10 6 (2.10%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.75%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.75%) Replication
12 4 (1.40%) BBC
13 3 (1.05%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 132 (46.15%) Linux
2 66 (23.08%) Embedded Linux
3 30 (10.49%) Windows
4 10 (3.50%) Unix
5 7 (2.45%) Android
6 5 (1.75%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.40%) Kali Linux
8 3 (1.05%) Windows Embedded Compact
9 2 (0.70%) AIX
9 2 (0.70%) CentOS
9 2 (0.70%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (66.78%) Software Engineering
2 69 (24.13%) Cybersecurity
3 62 (21.68%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (13.29%) Computer Science
5 34 (11.89%) UML
6 30 (10.49%) Agile
7 27 (9.44%) Test Automation
8 24 (8.39%) Signal Processing
9 22 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence
10 21 (7.34%) Configuration Management
11 20 (6.99%) SDLC
11 20 (6.99%) Software Architecture
12 18 (6.29%) Embedded Software Development
13 16 (5.59%) B2B
13 16 (5.59%) Machine Learning
14 15 (5.24%) Mathematics
15 14 (4.90%) Defect Tracking
15 14 (4.90%) Open Source
15 14 (4.90%) Requirements Analysis
15 14 (4.90%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 148 (51.75%) Python
2 126 (44.06%) C++
3 68 (23.78%) Embedded C
4 64 (22.38%) Rust
5 59 (20.63%) Bash
6 37 (12.94%) Java
7 35 (12.24%) MATLAB
8 25 (8.74%) Ada
9 22 (7.69%) SQL
10 21 (7.34%) C#
11 13 (4.55%) Scala
12 12 (4.20%) Perl
13 11 (3.85%) PHP
14 10 (3.50%) VB
15 8 (2.80%) Tcl
16 7 (2.45%) JavaScript
17 6 (2.10%) R
18 5 (1.75%) Shell Script
19 4 (1.40%) Embedded C++
19 4 (1.40%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 111 (38.81%) Security Cleared
2 84 (29.37%) Degree
3 23 (8.04%) BPSS Clearance
4 21 (7.34%) DV Cleared
5 17 (5.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (5.94%) SC Cleared
6 7 (2.45%) PMI Certification
7 6 (2.10%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.10%) SANS
8 5 (1.75%) CISA
8 5 (1.75%) CISM
8 5 (1.75%) CISSP
8 5 (1.75%) CRISC
9 1 (0.35%) CCNA
9 1 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.35%) HNC
9 1 (0.35%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.20%) Def Stans
2 8 (2.80%) IEC 61508
3 6 (2.10%) NIST
3 6 (2.10%) QA
4 5 (1.75%) DO-178B
5 4 (1.40%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.05%) MISRA
6 3 (1.05%) TickIT
System Software
1 36 (12.59%) Firmware
2 29 (10.14%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.70%) Kamailio
4 1 (0.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.40%) Ansible
1 4 (1.40%) Progress Chef
2 2 (0.70%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.35%) Nagios
3 1 (0.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (3.85%) Xilinx
2 10 (3.50%) SAP
3 8 (2.80%) Altera
3 8 (2.80%) Green Hills
3 8 (2.80%) Microsoft
3 8 (2.80%) Motorola
4 6 (2.10%) Atlassian
5 5 (1.75%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.40%) Google
6 4 (1.40%) NVIDIA
7 3 (1.05%) Cisco
7 3 (1.05%) Coverity
7 3 (1.05%) Optimizely
7 3 (1.05%) Samsung
7 3 (1.05%) Sitecore
7 3 (1.05%) Xamarin
8 2 (0.70%) Dialogic
8 2 (0.70%) Keysight
8 2 (0.70%) Oracle
8 2 (0.70%) Ribbon