C Job Trends in Cambridge

C
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 22 18
Rank change year-on-year -14 -4 +1
Permanent jobs citing C 19 43 48
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 3.71% 8.94% 11.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.97% 17.27% 25.53%
Number of salaries quoted 19 23 15
10th Percentile - £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £85,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,000 - £75,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% -14.29%

All Programming Languages
Cambridge

C falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 136 249 188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 26.56% 51.77% 44.76%
Number of salaries quoted 96 138 110
10th Percentile £36,875 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,563 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £90,938
90th Percentile £79,250 £85,000 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.52% +12.50% -4.00%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

C job vacancy trend in Cambridge

C
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing C

C
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in Cambridge over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for C in Cambridge

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 15 (78.95%) Kinematics
General
1 15 (78.95%) Electronics
2 1 (5.26%) Finance
2 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (78.95%) Lead
1 15 (78.95%) Robotics Engineer
2 1 (5.26%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (5.26%) Design Engineer
2 1 (5.26%) Development Specialist
2 1 (5.26%) Digital Design Engineer
2 1 (5.26%) Senior
2 1 (5.26%) Senior Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (78.95%) Middleware
2 1 (5.26%) OpenCL
2 1 (5.26%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (78.95%) Algorithms
1 15 (78.95%) Robotics
2 1 (5.26%) CUDA
2 1 (5.26%) FPGA
2 1 (5.26%) Verilog
2 1 (5.26%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (84.21%) Software Engineering
2 15 (78.95%) Control Theory
2 15 (78.95%) OO
2 15 (78.95%) Project Management
3 2 (10.53%) AI
3 2 (10.53%) Machine Learning
4 1 (5.26%) FPGA Design
4 1 (5.26%) LLM
4 1 (5.26%) Low Latency
4 1 (5.26%) Parallel Programming
4 1 (5.26%) Roadmaps
4 1 (5.26%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) C++
2 15 (78.95%) C#
3 1 (5.26%) Fortran
3 1 (5.26%) Python
3 1 (5.26%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
1 2 (10.53%) PhD
2 1 (5.26%) DBS Check