C Jobs in Cambridgeshire

C
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 14 41
Rank change year-on-year -19 +27 -19
Permanent jobs citing C 26 149 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 5.51% 9.24% 6.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.05% 24.47% 13.58%
Number of salaries quoted 17 111 25
10th Percentile - £42,500 -
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 -
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +8.33%

All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 185 609 611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 39.19% 37.76% 45.39%
Number of salaries quoted 134 463 252
10th Percentile £29,300 £36,400 £37,575
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,750 £79,063
90th Percentile £76,750 £92,500 £90,000
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for C in Cambridgeshire

C
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for C in Cambridgeshire

C
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for C in Cambridgeshire

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Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 27 May 2025. 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
Cambridge -14 18 £55,000 -12.00% 182
Peterborough - 6 - - 41
C
East of England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (42.31%) Kinematics
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) RS-485
2 6 (23.08%) Bluetooth
2 6 (23.08%) Modbus
2 6 (23.08%) Profibus
2 6 (23.08%) RS-232
2 6 (23.08%) Wireless
2 6 (23.08%) ZigBee
3 1 (3.85%) MQTT
3 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Git
2 1 (3.85%) GDB
2 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 21 (80.77%) Electronics
2 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
3 7 (26.92%) Manufacturing
4 6 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Finance
6 1 (3.85%) Marketing
6 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Lead
2 11 (42.31%) Robotics Engineer
3 10 (38.46%) Senior
4 8 (30.77%) Embedded Engineer
4 8 (30.77%) Software Engineer
5 7 (26.92%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 7 (26.92%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 7 (26.92%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 7 (26.92%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (11.54%) Electronics Engineer
7 2 (7.69%) Firmware Engineer
7 2 (7.69%) Security Engineer
7 2 (7.69%) Senior Electronics Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Design Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Network Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Research Scientist
8 1 (3.85%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (42.31%) Middleware
2 2 (7.69%) Yocto
3 1 (3.85%) Google JAX
3 1 (3.85%) JAX
3 1 (3.85%) OpenEmbedded
3 1 (3.85%) POSIX
3 1 (3.85%) PyTorch
3 1 (3.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 14 (53.85%) Algorithms
2 12 (46.15%) Robotics
3 7 (26.92%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (7.69%) Blockchain
4 2 (7.69%) FPGA
4 2 (7.69%) Life Science
4 2 (7.69%) Verilog
5 1 (3.85%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (3.85%) Device Driver
5 1 (3.85%) IoT
5 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (23.08%) FreeRTOS
2 4 (15.38%) Linux
3 2 (7.69%) Android
3 2 (7.69%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (3.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (76.92%) Software Engineering
2 11 (42.31%) Control Theory
2 11 (42.31%) OO
2 11 (42.31%) Project Management
3 6 (23.08%) TDD
3 6 (23.08%) Unit Testing
4 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (11.54%) Prototyping
6 2 (7.69%) CAD
6 2 (7.69%) Cryptography
6 2 (7.69%) Mathematics
6 2 (7.69%) Open Source
6 2 (7.69%) Physics
6 2 (7.69%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (7.69%) Signal Processing
7 1 (3.85%) Artificial Intelligence
7 1 (3.85%) Computer Science
7 1 (3.85%) Digital Marketing
7 1 (3.85%) Software Architecture
7 1 (3.85%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 23 (88.46%) C++
2 11 (42.31%) C#
3 2 (7.69%) Go
3 2 (7.69%) Rust
3 2 (7.69%) Solidity
4 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) ISO 13485
1 1 (3.85%) ISO 9001
1 1 (3.85%) JTAG
System Software
1 8 (30.77%) Firmware
2 7 (26.92%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) EMC
2 1 (3.85%) SAP