C Jobs in Cambridge

C
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge requiring C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited C over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 10 28
Rank change year-on-year -16 +18 -13
Permanent jobs citing C 18 137 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 7.26% 13.47% 9.14%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.82% 29.09% 17.47%
Number of salaries quoted 16 99 25
10th Percentile - £43,750 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -13.79% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £85,000 £92,500
90th Percentile - £122,500 -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% -13.79% -

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 101 471 475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 40.73% 46.31% 52.31%
Number of salaries quoted 73 347 197
10th Percentile £26,250 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £61,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +1.21% +12.27%
75th Percentile £66,250 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £84,000 £93,000 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +9.09%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for C in Cambridge

C
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for C in Cambridge

C
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in Cambridge over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for C in Cambridge

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 11 (61.11%) Kinematics
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) RS-485
2 1 (5.56%) MQTT
2 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Git
2 1 (5.56%) GDB
General
1 15 (83.33%) Electronics
2 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Lead
2 11 (61.11%) Robotics Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Electronics Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior
4 2 (11.11%) Firmware Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Security Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Electronics Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Design Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Electronics Design Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Research Scientist
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (61.11%) Middleware
2 1 (5.56%) Google JAX
2 1 (5.56%) JAX
2 1 (5.56%) OpenEmbedded
2 1 (5.56%) PyTorch
2 1 (5.56%) TensorFlow
2 1 (5.56%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 14 (77.78%) Algorithms
2 12 (66.67%) Robotics
3 2 (11.11%) Blockchain
3 2 (11.11%) FPGA
3 2 (11.11%) Life Science
3 2 (11.11%) Verilog
4 1 (5.56%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (5.56%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (5.56%) IoT
4 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Android
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
2 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.56%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 11 (61.11%) Control Theory
2 11 (61.11%) OO
2 11 (61.11%) Project Management
3 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (16.67%) Prototyping
5 2 (11.11%) CAD
5 2 (11.11%) Cryptography
5 2 (11.11%) Mathematics
5 2 (11.11%) Physics
5 2 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (11.11%) Signal Processing
6 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (5.56%) Computer Science
6 1 (5.56%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (5.56%) Linux Kernel Development
6 1 (5.56%) Machine Learning
6 1 (5.56%) Open Source
6 1 (5.56%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (5.56%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 16 (88.89%) C++
2 11 (61.11%) C#
3 2 (11.11%) Go
3 2 (11.11%) Rust
3 2 (11.11%) Solidity
4 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (16.67%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) ISO 13485
1 1 (5.56%) ISO 9001
1 1 (5.56%) JTAG
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Firmware
2 1 (5.56%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) EMC
2 1 (5.56%) SAP