C Job Trends in Chesterfield

C
Derbyshire > Chesterfield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Chesterfield requiring C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 18 17
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 -
Permanent jobs citing C 1 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Chesterfield 1.12% 1.47% 1.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.25% 7.69% 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 - -
75th Percentile £33,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median annual salary £40,750 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.38% +5.00% +11.11%

All Programming Languages
Chesterfield

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 Chesterfield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 16 13 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chesterfield 17.98% 19.12% 10.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16 9 4
10th Percentile £42,500 - £29,575
25th Percentile £48,125 £25,625 £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £26,750 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +86.92% -35.15% -8.33%
75th Percentile - £27,875 £45,125
90th Percentile - £34,400 £48,050
Derbyshire median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -5.00%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Chesterfield

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

C job vacancy trend in Chesterfield

C
Salary Trend in Chesterfield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chesterfield citing C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chesterfield citing C

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chesterfield 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++