C Jobs in the Thames Valley

C
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 109 28
Rank change year-on-year +23 -81 +116
Permanent jobs citing C 193 166 562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.87% 2.78% 8.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.11% 7.00% 17.88%
Number of salaries quoted 157 89 179
10th Percentile £39,500 £22,000 £34,990
25th Percentile £43,750 £34,324 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £43,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.95% -17.62% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £77,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.83% +14.29% -

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,909 2,372 3,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 28.40% 39.75% 45.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,562 1,398 1,879
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,875 £34,892
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for C in the Thames Valley

C
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for C in the Thames Valley

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 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
Oxfordshire +35 93 £57,500 +53.33% 24
Berkshire +36 59 £58,000 +12.95% 10
Buckinghamshire -35 41 £52,501 +39.78% 21
C
South East

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (3.11%) Kinematics
2 2 (1.04%) IBM Domino
3 1 (0.52%) CMS
3 1 (0.52%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.52%) IIS
3 1 (0.52%) Kentico
3 1 (0.52%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (0.52%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (1.55%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.25%) Power Platform
2 5 (2.59%) SaaS
3 3 (1.55%) AWS
4 1 (0.52%) Azure
4 1 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.52%) Kontent
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.18%) Internet
2 5 (2.59%) RFID
2 5 (2.59%) Wireless
3 4 (2.07%) Ethernet
3 4 (2.07%) RS-485
4 2 (1.04%) MQTT
5 1 (0.52%) DHCP
5 1 (0.52%) DNS
5 1 (0.52%) GPRS
5 1 (0.52%) RS-232
5 1 (0.52%) SpaceWire
5 1 (0.52%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.52%) VLAN
5 1 (0.52%) VPN
5 1 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.25%) Power BI
2 5 (2.59%) Big Data
3 3 (1.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (3.11%) Git
2 4 (2.07%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.07%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.55%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.04%) JIRA
5 1 (0.52%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.52%) Subversion
General
1 35 (18.13%) Analytical Skills
2 33 (17.10%) Electronics
3 30 (15.54%) Social Skills
4 27 (13.99%) Marketing
5 18 (9.33%) Aerospace
6 17 (8.81%) Telecoms
7 14 (7.25%) Brand Awareness
8 9 (4.66%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.63%) Publishing
10 5 (2.59%) Automotive
11 4 (2.07%) Finance
12 3 (1.55%) Retail
13 2 (1.04%) Games
14 1 (0.52%) Banking
14 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 64 (33.16%) Senior
2 62 (32.12%) Software Engineer
3 33 (17.10%) Embedded Engineer
4 25 (12.95%) Developer
5 17 (8.81%) Senior Software Engineer
6 16 (8.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 15 (7.77%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 14 (7.25%) C++ Software Engineer
8 14 (7.25%) Customer Experience Manager
8 14 (7.25%) Systems Engineer
9 13 (6.74%) Electronics Engineer
10 11 (5.70%) Applications Engineer
10 11 (5.70%) Junior
10 11 (5.70%) Senior Electronics Engineer
11 10 (5.18%) Senior Developer
12 9 (4.66%) Senior Applications Engineer
13 8 (4.15%) Firmware Developer
13 8 (4.15%) Software Developer
14 7 (3.63%) DSP Engineer
14 7 (3.63%) Senior C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (10.88%) WPF
2 20 (10.36%) OpenMP
3 14 (7.25%) OpenACC
4 6 (3.11%) .NET
4 6 (3.11%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.55%) Qt
6 2 (1.04%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.04%) React
6 2 (1.04%) RESTful
6 2 (1.04%) Unreal Engine
7 1 (0.52%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.52%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.52%) JSON
7 1 (0.52%) Next.js
7 1 (0.52%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 45 (23.32%) Algorithms
2 27 (13.99%) Embedded Systems
3 20 (10.36%) CUDA
4 17 (8.81%) Analytical Mindset
4 17 (8.81%) Data Structures
5 15 (7.77%) Product Ownership
6 13 (6.74%) IoT
7 10 (5.18%) FPGA
8 9 (4.66%) Analogue Electronics
9 7 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (2.59%) GNSS
10 5 (2.59%) Verilog
11 4 (2.07%) Mobile App
11 4 (2.07%) VHDL
12 3 (1.55%) Arduino
12 3 (1.55%) ARM Cortex
12 3 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (1.55%) Raspberry Pi
13 2 (1.04%) ASIC Verification
13 2 (1.04%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 78 (40.41%) Linux
2 34 (17.62%) Windows
3 30 (15.54%) Unix
4 5 (2.59%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (2.07%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.52%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (39.90%) Software Engineering
2 60 (31.09%) Computer Science
3 55 (28.50%) Physics
4 47 (24.35%) Mathematics
5 40 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (20.21%) Multithreading
7 33 (17.10%) Parallel Programming
8 29 (15.03%) Prototyping
9 24 (12.44%) Agile
10 22 (11.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (11.40%) OOD
11 21 (10.88%) OO
12 20 (10.36%) Project Management
13 18 (9.33%) Collaborative Working
13 18 (9.33%) Software Testing
13 18 (9.33%) SOLID
14 17 (8.81%) Chemistry
14 17 (8.81%) Complexity Analysis
14 17 (8.81%) MVC
14 17 (8.81%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 93 (48.19%) C++
2 81 (41.97%) Python
3 44 (22.80%) Fortran
4 37 (19.17%) C#
5 22 (11.40%) Embedded C
6 21 (10.88%) XAML
7 13 (6.74%) Bash
8 8 (4.15%) Perl
9 7 (3.63%) Java
10 6 (3.11%) Embedded C++
11 5 (2.59%) MATLAB
12 4 (2.07%) JavaScript
12 4 (2.07%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.55%) SQL
14 2 (1.04%) COBOL
14 2 (1.04%) SystemVerilog
14 2 (1.04%) Tcl
15 1 (0.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 104 (53.89%) Degree
2 52 (26.94%) PhD
3 49 (25.39%) Master's Degree
4 22 (11.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (9.84%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.07%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.04%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.11%) QA
2 2 (1.04%) PMO
3 1 (0.52%) JTAG
System Software
1 43 (22.28%) Firmware
2 13 (6.74%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.07%) Ansible
2 1 (0.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (7.25%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.55%) Renesas
2 3 (1.55%) Samsung
3 2 (1.04%) EMC
3 2 (1.04%) Thales
4 1 (0.52%) Optimizely
4 1 (0.52%) SAP
4 1 (0.52%) Sitecore