C Jobs in Dorset

C
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 59 61
Rank change year-on-year +8 +2 +8
Permanent jobs citing C 4 47 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 0.91% 3.93% 2.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.57% 12.63% 6.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2 30 5
10th Percentile £38,325 £38,500 £46,000
25th Percentile £41,438 £40,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -8.70% +21.05%
75th Percentile £56,938 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £60,575 - -
South West median annual salary £46,500 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -19.13% -17.86% +40.00%

All Programming Languages
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 112 372 228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 25.51% 31.08% 33.88%
Number of salaries quoted 82 276 185
10th Percentile £37,574 £31,250 £33,100
25th Percentile £42,813 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.18% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £56,875 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £62,250 £63,750 £71,250
South West median annual salary £52,600 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.36% - +4.76%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for C in Dorset

C
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary trend for C in Dorset

C
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in Dorset over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for C in Dorset

C
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 16 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
Poole +5 3 £60,000 - 1
C
South West

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) GSM
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) GCC
1 1 (25.00%) gcov
1 1 (25.00%) GDB
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) GitLab
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (25.00%) Yocto
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) EMC
2 1 (25.00%) IBM
2 1 (25.00%) QNX