C Job Trends in Cumbria

C
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 41 32
Rank change year-on-year +11 -9 -
Permanent jobs citing C 1 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 0.37% 0.38% 0.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.11% 3.70% 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
North West median annual salary £46,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.45% -12.00% +8.70%

All Programming Languages
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 9 54 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 3.30% 10.36% 23.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8 48 11
10th Percentile £45,463 £35,802 -
25th Percentile £51,875 £45,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £55,000 £43,800
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +25.57% +25.14%
75th Percentile £56,719 £65,000 £48,150
90th Percentile £62,400 £75,000 £52,500
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

C job vacancy trend in Cumbria

C
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing C

C
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
Ulverston -5 1 £60,000 +9.09%
C
North West

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) MISRA
1 1 (100.00%) MISRA C