C
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 221 209
Rank change year-on-year +85 -12 +9
Permanent jobs citing C 2,064 1,775 3,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.11% 1.70% 1.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.23% 3.90% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,655 951 1,045
10th Percentile £38,750 £34,875 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,571 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.09% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +5.00%

All Programming Languages
UK

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 with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,106 45,516 82,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.77% 43.49% 53.63%
Number of salaries quoted 24,929 28,962 44,133
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,635 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -2.48% +2.80% +7.00%

C
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for C in the UK

C
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for C in the UK

C
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing C over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for C in the UK

C
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 +50 1,787 £55,000 -8.33% 583
England +81 1,728 £57,500 -8.00% 626
Work from Home +71 766 £55,000 -12.00% 269
South East +35 524 £56,500 -5.83% 161
South West +66 271 £57,500 -8.00% 117
East of England +29 257 £60,000 -7.69% 128
North of England +55 233 £55,000 +4.76% 63
Scotland -13 226 £52,500 -4.55% 52
London +31 224 £82,500 +18.80% 87
Midlands +8 215 £52,500 -8.70% 72
North West +70 129 £55,000 - 41
West Midlands -15 119 £60,000 -25.00% 35
East Midlands +39 96 £50,000 -4.76% 37
Yorkshire +30 80 £50,000 +17.65% 17
Wales +42 50 £50,000 +21.95% 8
North East +15 24 £60,000 -4.00% 5
Northern Ireland +41 13 £55,000 +37.50%

C
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:

Application Platforms
1 36 (1.74%) Apache
2 17 (0.82%) Apache Spark
3 12 (0.58%) Confluence
4 11 (0.53%) nginx
5 8 (0.39%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.34%) CMS
7 5 (0.24%) IIS
7 5 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.19%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.15%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.15%) Kentico
9 3 (0.15%) Kinematics
9 3 (0.15%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.097%) IBM Domino
10 2 (0.097%) Liferay
10 2 (0.097%) Magnolia
11 1 (0.048%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.048%) WordPress
Applications
1 115 (5.57%) Simulink
2 33 (1.60%) Stateflow
3 13 (0.63%) CANalyzer
4 8 (0.39%) GNU Octave
5 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (0.24%) Doxygen
7 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
7 3 (0.15%) TargetLink
8 2 (0.097%) Fusion 360
8 2 (0.097%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.048%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.048%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.048%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (0.34%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.097%) SAP MII
6 1 (0.048%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.048%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.048%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 112 (5.43%) AWS
2 80 (3.88%) Azure
3 43 (2.08%) GitHub
4 30 (1.45%) SaaS
5 23 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (1.11%) Serverless
6 21 (1.02%) Power Platform
7 16 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
8 12 (0.58%) GCP
9 10 (0.48%) AWS IoT
10 9 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (0.24%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (0.19%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (0.19%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.19%) WhatsApp
14 3 (0.15%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (0.15%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (0.15%) dbt
14 3 (0.15%) Kontent
Communications & Networking
1 161 (7.80%) Wireless
2 96 (4.65%) TCP/IP
3 76 (3.68%) Wi-Fi
4 71 (3.44%) Ethernet
5 59 (2.86%) RS-232
6 58 (2.81%) Bluetooth
7 41 (1.99%) RS-485
8 35 (1.70%) Internet
8 35 (1.70%) Network Security
9 25 (1.21%) J1939
10 23 (1.11%) MQTT
11 17 (0.82%) ZigBee
12 16 (0.78%) 4G
12 16 (0.78%) 5G
13 15 (0.73%) 3G
13 15 (0.73%) Firewall
14 12 (0.58%) HTTP
14 12 (0.58%) Modbus
14 12 (0.58%) Wireshark
15 11 (0.53%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
2 55 (2.66%) SQL Server
3 46 (2.23%) MongoDB
4 32 (1.55%) MySQL
5 29 (1.41%) Relational Database
6 14 (0.68%) Power BI
7 13 (0.63%) Big Data
8 11 (0.53%) RDBMS
9 10 (0.48%) DynamoDB
10 9 (0.44%) Data Mining
11 7 (0.34%) SQLite
12 6 (0.29%) Amazon Aurora
12 6 (0.29%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.24%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.24%) Metadata
14 4 (0.19%) Hadoop
14 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 3 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 162 (7.85%) Git
2 95 (4.60%) JIRA
3 92 (4.46%) Jenkins
3 92 (4.46%) Visual Studio
4 55 (2.66%) Subversion
5 42 (2.03%) LabVIEW
6 33 (1.60%) GitLab
7 31 (1.50%) Rational Rhapsody
8 21 (1.02%) ClearCase
8 21 (1.02%) Plastic SCM
9 17 (0.82%) Bitbucket
10 15 (0.73%) Eclipse
11 14 (0.68%) ClearQuest
11 14 (0.68%) GDB
12 10 (0.48%) GNU Toolchain
13 9 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
13 9 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
14 7 (0.34%) CMake
14 7 (0.34%) TestRail
15 6 (0.29%) CANoe
General
1 435 (21.08%) Electronics
2 402 (19.48%) Social Skills
3 219 (10.61%) Manufacturing
4 193 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
5 183 (8.87%) Automotive
6 143 (6.93%) Finance
7 109 (5.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 107 (5.18%) Telecoms
9 102 (4.94%) Marketing
10 100 (4.84%) Aerospace
11 69 (3.34%) Public Sector
12 39 (1.89%) Retail
13 36 (1.74%) Law
14 35 (1.70%) Legal
14 35 (1.70%) Military
15 25 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
16 17 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
17 16 (0.78%) Games
18 14 (0.68%) Brand Awareness
19 13 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 989 (47.92%) Software Engineer
2 595 (28.83%) Embedded Engineer
3 464 (22.48%) Senior
4 419 (20.30%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 272 (13.18%) Developer
6 248 (12.02%) Senior Software Engineer
7 162 (7.85%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 156 (7.56%) Lead
9 129 (6.25%) C++ Software Engineer
10 127 (6.15%) Software Developer
11 105 (5.09%) C Software Engineer
12 98 (4.75%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 90 (4.36%) Firmware Engineer
14 82 (3.97%) Architect
15 81 (3.92%) C++ Developer
16 78 (3.78%) Linux Engineer
16 78 (3.78%) Systems Engineer
17 72 (3.49%) Junior
18 69 (3.34%) Embedded Developer
19 66 (3.20%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (6.98%) .NET
2 81 (3.92%) HTML
3 74 (3.59%) Yocto
4 58 (2.81%) WPF
5 54 (2.62%) Qt
6 49 (2.37%) Node.js
7 48 (2.33%) REST
8 45 (2.18%) CSS
9 44 (2.13%) Web Services
10 42 (2.03%) React
11 40 (1.94%) .NET Framework
12 36 (1.74%) SOAP
13 32 (1.55%) RESTful
14 28 (1.36%) XML
15 26 (1.26%) HTML5
16 25 (1.21%) JSON
17 24 (1.16%) ASP.NET
17 24 (1.16%) Django
18 23 (1.11%) Middleware
19 22 (1.07%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 232 (11.24%) Embedded Systems
2 223 (10.80%) Algorithms
3 160 (7.75%) IoT
4 117 (5.67%) FPGA
5 73 (3.54%) Device Driver
6 70 (3.39%) VHDL
7 60 (2.91%) Distributed Systems
8 56 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
9 51 (2.47%) Analogue Electronics
10 49 (2.37%) Data Structures
11 47 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
12 46 (2.23%) Robotics
13 39 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
14 37 (1.79%) CUDA
15 35 (1.70%) PKI
16 34 (1.65%) Verilog
17 32 (1.55%) Product Ownership
17 32 (1.55%) Raspberry Pi
18 29 (1.41%) Mobile App
19 26 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 813 (39.39%) Linux
2 200 (9.69%) Embedded Linux
3 173 (8.38%) Windows
4 74 (3.59%) Unix
5 63 (3.05%) Android
6 47 (2.28%) Ubuntu
7 38 (1.84%) FreeRTOS
8 32 (1.55%) Apple iOS
9 22 (1.07%) AIX
9 22 (1.07%) Debian
10 13 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 12 (0.58%) Windows 10
12 6 (0.29%) ThreadX
13 5 (0.24%) Mac OS
13 5 (0.24%) VxWorks
14 2 (0.097%) CentOS
14 2 (0.097%) Kali Linux
14 2 (0.097%) Solaris
14 2 (0.097%) Windows Embedded Compact
15 1 (0.048%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,342 (65.02%) Software Engineering
2 391 (18.94%) Problem-Solving
3 388 (18.80%) Computer Science
4 364 (17.64%) Agile
5 225 (10.90%) Mathematics
6 163 (7.90%) DevOps
6 163 (7.90%) Physics
7 162 (7.85%) Software Testing
8 158 (7.66%) Test Automation
9 134 (6.49%) Mentoring
10 129 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
11 125 (6.06%) Open Source
11 125 (6.06%) SDLC
12 114 (5.52%) Embedded Software Development
12 114 (5.52%) OO
13 102 (4.94%) Software Architecture
14 101 (4.89%) Multithreading
15 97 (4.70%) Validation
16 95 (4.60%) Artificial Intelligence
17 94 (4.55%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 912 (44.19%) C++
2 710 (34.40%) Python
3 412 (19.96%) C#
4 381 (18.46%) Embedded C
5 309 (14.97%) Java
6 147 (7.12%) Bash
7 143 (6.93%) SQL
8 132 (6.40%) MATLAB
9 125 (6.06%) JavaScript
10 124 (6.01%) Rust
11 62 (3.00%) Ada
12 60 (2.91%) Go
13 59 (2.86%) Fortran
14 57 (2.76%) Perl
15 54 (2.62%) VB
16 51 (2.47%) Embedded C++
17 46 (2.23%) PHP
18 39 (1.89%) Shell Script
19 32 (1.55%) Assembly Language
19 32 (1.55%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 699 (33.87%) Degree
2 258 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 118 (5.72%) Computer Science Degree
4 107 (5.18%) Master's Degree
5 106 (5.14%) PhD
6 82 (3.97%) SC Cleared
7 54 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 46 (2.23%) DV Cleared
9 25 (1.21%) HND
10 13 (0.63%) HNC
11 9 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (0.34%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.24%) MCAD
14 4 (0.19%) CESG Certified Professional
14 4 (0.19%) CISA
14 4 (0.19%) CISM
14 4 (0.19%) CISSP
14 4 (0.19%) CRISC
14 4 (0.19%) SANS
15 3 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (3.73%) QA
2 57 (2.76%) MISRA
3 38 (1.84%) ISO 26262
4 28 (1.36%) Automotive SPICE
4 28 (1.36%) AUTOSAR
5 24 (1.16%) ISO 13485
6 21 (1.02%) Software Quality Assurance
7 18 (0.87%) GDPR
8 15 (0.73%) Def Stans
9 13 (0.63%) JTAG
10 10 (0.48%) IEC 62304
10 10 (0.48%) MISRA C
11 9 (0.44%) ISO 9001
12 8 (0.39%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 8 (0.39%) Data Quality
12 8 (0.39%) IEC 61508
13 7 (0.34%) DO-178B
14 5 (0.24%) NCSC
15 4 (0.19%) NIST
16 3 (0.15%) TickIT
System Software
1 352 (17.05%) Firmware
2 192 (9.30%) Embedded Firmware
3 67 (3.25%) Docker
4 4 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.15%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.048%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.048%) Kamailio
6 1 (0.048%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.048%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.048%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 70 (3.39%) Kubernetes
2 30 (1.45%) Ansible
3 20 (0.97%) Progress Chef
4 16 (0.78%) Terraform
5 15 (0.73%) Functional Safety
6 5 (0.24%) Grafana
7 4 (0.19%) Nagios
7 4 (0.19%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.15%) logstash
8 3 (0.15%) Podman
8 3 (0.15%) Puppet
9 2 (0.097%) Packer
10 1 (0.048%) Consul
10 1 (0.048%) Kibana
10 1 (0.048%) SCCM
Vendors
1 111 (5.38%) Microsoft
2 60 (2.91%) SAP
3 34 (1.65%) Oracle
4 30 (1.45%) IBM
5 29 (1.41%) Micro Focus
6 28 (1.36%) Red Hat
7 26 (1.26%) Xilinx
8 23 (1.11%) Google
9 21 (1.02%) Lauterbach
10 20 (0.97%) EMC
11 9 (0.44%) Altera
11 9 (0.44%) Renesas
11 9 (0.44%) Twitter
12 8 (0.39%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.34%) Facebook
13 7 (0.34%) Green Hills
13 7 (0.34%) Instagram
13 7 (0.34%) Motorola
13 7 (0.34%) NVIDIA
14 6 (0.29%) Databricks