C Software Engineer Jobs

C Software Engineer
UK

The median C Software Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
28 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 800 916 1140
Rank change year-on-year +116 +224 -326
Permanent jobs requiring a C Software Engineer 105 57 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.055% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.060% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 88 46 69
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £63,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +29.41% -5.56% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,813 95,219 148,250
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.52% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,625 59,878 85,347
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

C Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured C Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for C Software Engineer in the UK

C Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for C Software Engineer in the UK

C Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing C Software Engineer over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for C Software Engineer in the UK

C Software Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C Software Engineer within the UK 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
UK excluding London +49 95 £55,000 +29.41% 17
England +130 67 £55,000 +22.22% 16
Work from Home +71 33 £50,000 +11.11% 8
Scotland -40 28 £55,000 +15.79% 3
North of England +44 25 £55,000 +29.41% 1
North West - 17 £55,000 - 1
South West -6 13 £42,500 -34.62% 6
East of England +12 10 £60,000 -7.69% 1
Midlands +7 9 £50,000 -9.09% 5
South East +27 8 £67,500 +12.50%
East Midlands -5 8 £50,000 -9.09% 1
North East - 6 £60,000 -
Yorkshire +78 2 £45,000 +5.88%
Wales - 2 £55,000 - 1
London +118 1 £60,000 -7.69% 3
West Midlands - 1 - - 4

C Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, C Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring C Software Engineer in the job title.

1 105 (100.00%) C
1 105 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 57 (54.29%) C++
3 55 (52.38%) Linux
4 34 (32.38%) Embedded C
5 26 (24.76%) Degree
6 23 (21.90%) Embedded Systems
6 23 (21.90%) Network Security
7 22 (20.95%) Python
8 20 (19.05%) Computer Science
8 20 (19.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (17.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (15.24%) Aerospace
11 15 (14.29%) Social Skills
12 13 (12.38%) Open Source
13 12 (11.43%) Manufacturing
13 12 (11.43%) Java
14 11 (10.48%) Electronics
14 11 (10.48%) Problem-Solving
15 10 (9.52%) Embedded Linux
15 10 (9.52%) Distributed Systems
16 9 (8.57%) Mathematics
16 9 (8.57%) Requirements Gathering
17 8 (7.62%) Embedded C++
17 8 (7.62%) C#
17 8 (7.62%) Code Quality
18 7 (6.67%) Logistics
18 7 (6.67%) Algorithms
18 7 (6.67%) Rust
18 7 (6.67%) Renewable Energy

C Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (2.86%) Simulink
2 2 (1.90%) CANalyzer
2 2 (1.90%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 23 (21.90%) Network Security
2 5 (4.76%) Wireless
3 3 (2.86%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.90%) J1939
5 1 (0.95%) 5G
5 1 (0.95%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 2 (1.90%) ClearCase
1 2 (1.90%) ClearQuest
1 2 (1.90%) JIRA
1 2 (1.90%) Plastic SCM
General
1 20 (19.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 16 (15.24%) Aerospace
3 15 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 12 (11.43%) Manufacturing
5 11 (10.48%) Electronics
6 2 (1.90%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.90%) Automotive
7 1 (0.95%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.76%) FFmpeg
1 5 (4.76%) GStreamer
1 5 (4.76%) OpenEmbedded
1 5 (4.76%) Yocto
2 4 (3.81%) DPDK
3 1 (0.95%) GTK
Miscellaneous
1 23 (21.90%) Embedded Systems
2 10 (9.52%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (6.67%) Algorithms
3 7 (6.67%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (3.81%) CCTV
5 2 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.95%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.95%) FPGA
6 1 (0.95%) PKI
6 1 (0.95%) SIMD
6 1 (0.95%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 55 (52.38%) Linux
2 10 (9.52%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.95%) Debian
3 1 (0.95%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 20 (19.05%) Computer Science
3 13 (12.38%) Open Source
4 11 (10.48%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (8.57%) Mathematics
5 9 (8.57%) Requirements Gathering
6 8 (7.62%) Code Quality
7 7 (6.67%) Logistics
8 6 (5.71%) Mentoring
8 6 (5.71%) Multithreading
9 4 (3.81%) Agile
9 4 (3.81%) Artificial Intelligence
9 4 (3.81%) Computer Vision
9 4 (3.81%) DevOps
9 4 (3.81%) Embedded Software Development
9 4 (3.81%) Value Proposition
10 3 (2.86%) Physics
11 2 (1.90%) Configuration Management
11 2 (1.90%) Scrum
11 2 (1.90%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 105 (100.00%) C
2 57 (54.29%) C++
3 34 (32.38%) Embedded C
4 22 (20.95%) Python
5 12 (11.43%) Java
6 8 (7.62%) C#
6 8 (7.62%) Embedded C++
7 7 (6.67%) Rust
8 4 (3.81%) Perl
9 3 (2.86%) Bash
9 3 (2.86%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.95%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.95%) Ruby
10 1 (0.95%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 26 (24.76%) Degree
2 18 (17.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.81%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.86%) PhD
5 2 (1.90%) HND
6 1 (0.95%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.95%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.95%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.90%) Automotive SPICE
1 2 (1.90%) AUTOSAR
1 2 (1.90%) ISO 26262
1 2 (1.90%) MISRA
1 2 (1.90%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.81%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (1.90%) IBM
1 2 (1.90%) Lauterbach
2 1 (0.95%) Intel
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