C Jobs with Work from Home Options

C
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 207 271
Rank change year-on-year +64 +64 -52
Permanent jobs citing C 774 671 951
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.29% 1.62% 1.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.62% 3.29% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 636 401 470
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £58,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +7.30% -2.92%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,625
UK median annual salary £56,500 £62,500 £55,750
% change year-on-year -9.60% +12.11% +1.36%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 13,763 20,419 40,362
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.76% 49.23% 58.97%
Number of salaries quoted 11,409 15,015 23,794
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £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 £78,750 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

C
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

C trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C.

C salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

C salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 24 (3.10%) Apache
2 6 (0.78%) CMS
3 5 (0.65%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.65%) Umbraco
4 4 (0.52%) Headless CMS
4 4 (0.52%) IIS
4 4 (0.52%) Kentico
4 4 (0.52%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (0.39%) Confluence
6 1 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 41 (5.30%) Simulink
2 7 (0.90%) Stateflow
3 2 (0.26%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (0.26%) SAP MII
2 1 (0.13%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 49 (6.33%) AWS
2 33 (4.26%) Azure
3 26 (3.36%) GitHub
4 25 (3.23%) SaaS
5 16 (2.07%) AWS Lambda
5 16 (2.07%) Serverless
6 12 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (0.78%) GCP
8 5 (0.65%) AWS IoT
8 5 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (0.52%) Kontent
9 4 (0.52%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.26%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (0.26%) Azure Machine Learning
10 2 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.26%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.13%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.13%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.13%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 92 (11.89%) Wireless
2 52 (6.72%) TCP/IP
3 45 (5.81%) RS-232
4 39 (5.04%) Ethernet
5 32 (4.13%) Wi-Fi
6 20 (2.58%) Bluetooth
7 16 (2.07%) RS-485
8 14 (1.81%) ZigBee
9 11 (1.42%) Internet
9 11 (1.42%) Network Security
10 9 (1.16%) LoRaWAN
11 8 (1.03%) MQTT
12 7 (0.90%) VoIP
13 6 (0.78%) 5G
14 5 (0.65%) LTE
14 5 (0.65%) Modbus
15 4 (0.52%) 3GPP
15 4 (0.52%) Profibus
15 4 (0.52%) RS-422
16 2 (0.26%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (6.46%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (4.52%) MongoDB
3 30 (3.88%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.29%) Big Data
5 9 (1.16%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.03%) RDBMS
7 7 (0.90%) SQLite
8 6 (0.78%) Data Mining
8 6 (0.78%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.52%) MySQL
11 3 (0.39%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.39%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 48 (6.20%) Jenkins
2 46 (5.94%) Git
3 35 (4.52%) JIRA
4 21 (2.71%) GitLab
5 20 (2.58%) Visual Studio
6 19 (2.45%) Subversion
7 10 (1.29%) Eclipse
8 9 (1.16%) Rational Rhapsody
9 7 (0.90%) ClearCase
9 7 (0.90%) ClearQuest
9 7 (0.90%) Plastic SCM
10 5 (0.65%) Clang
10 5 (0.65%) DTrace
10 5 (0.65%) GDB
10 5 (0.65%) LabVIEW
11 4 (0.52%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.52%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.39%) Rational Team Concert
12 3 (0.39%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.26%) CANoe
General
1 190 (24.55%) Social Skills
2 124 (16.02%) Electronics
3 89 (11.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 72 (9.30%) Automotive
4 72 (9.30%) Manufacturing
5 57 (7.36%) Finance
6 47 (6.07%) Analytical Skills
7 33 (4.26%) Telecoms
8 30 (3.88%) Aerospace
9 25 (3.23%) Marketing
10 19 (2.45%) Law
11 17 (2.20%) Public Sector
12 15 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.29%) Games
13 10 (1.29%) Military
14 9 (1.16%) Retail
15 8 (1.03%) Legal
16 6 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (0.78%) Tech for Good
17 5 (0.65%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 373 (48.19%) Software Engineer
2 259 (33.46%) Embedded Engineer
3 190 (24.55%) Senior
4 186 (24.03%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 118 (15.25%) Developer
6 104 (13.44%) Senior Software Engineer
7 76 (9.82%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 68 (8.79%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 63 (8.14%) Lead
10 62 (8.01%) C++ Software Engineer
11 61 (7.88%) Software Developer
12 53 (6.85%) Firmware Engineer
13 36 (4.65%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
14 35 (4.52%) Technical Leader
15 34 (4.39%) Senior Developer
16 32 (4.13%) Embedded Developer
16 32 (4.13%) Embedded Software Developer
17 31 (4.01%) C Software Engineer
17 31 (4.01%) Junior
18 30 (3.88%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (6.59%) .NET
2 39 (5.04%) Yocto
3 26 (3.36%) SOAP
3 26 (3.36%) Web Services
4 24 (3.10%) React
4 24 (3.10%) REST
5 22 (2.84%) HTML
5 22 (2.84%) RESTful
6 16 (2.07%) .NET Framework
6 16 (2.07%) CSS
7 15 (1.94%) LAPP Stack
7 15 (1.94%) LLVM
7 15 (1.94%) Qt
8 14 (1.81%) Django
8 14 (1.81%) Kafka
8 14 (1.81%) Node.js
8 14 (1.81%) RabbitMQ
9 11 (1.42%) WPF
10 10 (1.29%) WinForms
11 9 (1.16%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 74 (9.56%) Embedded Systems
2 69 (8.91%) IoT
3 49 (6.33%) Algorithms
4 43 (5.56%) Device Driver
5 27 (3.49%) Client/Server
6 25 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
7 23 (2.97%) FPGA
8 22 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (2.71%) Data Structures
9 21 (2.71%) Satnav
10 20 (2.58%) Raspberry Pi
11 17 (2.20%) Mobile App
12 14 (1.81%) Blog
13 13 (1.68%) Analogue Electronics
14 12 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (1.42%) PKI
15 11 (1.42%) RISC-V
16 7 (0.90%) ARM Cortex
17 6 (0.78%) 3D Graphics
17 6 (0.78%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 338 (43.67%) Linux
2 122 (15.76%) Embedded Linux
3 34 (4.39%) Windows
4 26 (3.36%) FreeRTOS
5 22 (2.84%) AIX
5 22 (2.84%) Android
6 19 (2.45%) Ubuntu
7 14 (1.81%) Apple iOS
8 13 (1.68%) Unix
9 11 (1.42%) Debian
10 5 (0.65%) ThreadX
10 5 (0.65%) VxWorks
11 4 (0.52%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.26%) CentOS
12 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.26%) Windows Embedded Compact
13 1 (0.13%) Fedora
13 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
13 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 540 (69.77%) Software Engineering
2 161 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
3 146 (18.86%) Agile
4 116 (14.99%) Computer Science
5 96 (12.40%) Mentoring
6 84 (10.85%) DevOps
6 84 (10.85%) Open Source
7 66 (8.53%) Coaching
8 65 (8.40%) Mathematics
8 65 (8.40%) Test Automation
9 64 (8.27%) Cybersecurity
10 57 (7.36%) Software Testing
11 56 (7.24%) OO
12 53 (6.85%) Code Quality
12 53 (6.85%) Continuous Integration
12 53 (6.85%) Physics
13 51 (6.59%) SDLC
14 49 (6.33%) Roadmaps
15 44 (5.68%) CI/CD
16 41 (5.30%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 309 (39.92%) Python
2 284 (36.69%) C++
3 214 (27.65%) Embedded C
4 152 (19.64%) Java
5 137 (17.70%) C#
6 78 (10.08%) Bash
7 65 (8.40%) Rust
8 53 (6.85%) SQL
9 35 (4.52%) JavaScript
10 29 (3.75%) COBOL
10 29 (3.75%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 24 (3.10%) VB
12 21 (2.71%) Ada
13 18 (2.33%) MATLAB
14 16 (2.07%) Shell Script
15 15 (1.94%) Go
16 14 (1.81%) Embedded C++
16 14 (1.81%) PHP
17 11 (1.42%) R
18 8 (1.03%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 205 (26.49%) Degree
2 154 (19.90%) Security Cleared
3 41 (5.30%) BPSS Clearance
4 38 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (4.26%) SC Cleared
6 24 (3.10%) DV Cleared
7 21 (2.71%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.16%) PhD
9 5 (0.65%) HND
10 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.13%) HNC
11 1 (0.13%) MCP
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.01%) QA
2 21 (2.71%) Software Quality Assurance
3 20 (2.58%) MISRA
4 6 (0.78%) Def Stans
5 5 (0.65%) NCSC
6 4 (0.52%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (0.52%) ISO 13485
7 3 (0.39%) AUTOSAR
7 3 (0.39%) ISO 26262
8 2 (0.26%) Automotive SPICE
8 2 (0.26%) HL7
8 2 (0.26%) PMO
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.13%) JTAG
System Software
1 159 (20.54%) Firmware
2 93 (12.02%) Embedded Firmware
3 42 (5.43%) Docker
4 2 (0.26%) Kamailio
5 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (4.52%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.20%) Ansible
3 15 (1.94%) Progress Chef
4 6 (0.78%) Terraform
5 3 (0.39%) logstash
6 2 (0.26%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.13%) Grafana
7 1 (0.13%) Kibana
7 1 (0.13%) Puppet
7 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (3.75%) Micro Focus
2 26 (3.36%) Oracle
3 19 (2.45%) SAP
4 17 (2.20%) Microsoft
4 17 (2.20%) Xilinx
5 13 (1.68%) IBM
6 9 (1.16%) Twitter
7 7 (0.90%) Lauterbach
8 6 (0.78%) Google
8 6 (0.78%) Sitecore
9 5 (0.65%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.52%) EMC
10 4 (0.52%) Intel
10 4 (0.52%) NVIDIA
10 4 (0.52%) Optimizely
10 4 (0.52%) QNX
11 3 (0.39%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.39%) Coverity
11 3 (0.39%) Microsemi
12 2 (0.26%) AVEVA