C Job Trends in the East of England

C
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 57 41
Rank change year-on-year -50 -16 +28
Permanent jobs citing C 53 141 104
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.27% 3.93% 4.86%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.23% 12.21% 15.23%
Number of salaries quoted 38 61 41
10th Percentile - - £43,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,725 £80,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% -

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 574 1,155 683
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 13.77% 32.20% 31.89%
Number of salaries quoted 455 539 504
10th Percentile £29,750 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £76,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

C job vacancy trend in the East of England

C
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing C

C
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the East of England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for C in the East of England

C
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the East of England region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Cambridgeshire -27 22 £55,000 -21.43% 52
Hertfordshire +9 18 £60,000 -4.00% 78
Essex -6 12 £45,000 -30.50% 22
Bedfordshire +11 1 £80,000 +68.42% 25
C
England

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (30.19%) Kinematics
2 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Simulink
2 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.89%) Broadband
1 1 (1.89%) DHCP
1 1 (1.89%) DOCSIS
1 1 (1.89%) DSL
1 1 (1.89%) GPON
1 1 (1.89%) Internet
1 1 (1.89%) IPv4
1 1 (1.89%) IPv6
1 1 (1.89%) PPP
1 1 (1.89%) RTP
1 1 (1.89%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (1.89%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.89%) VoIP
1 1 (1.89%) WAN
1 1 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (7.55%) GitLab
2 3 (5.66%) Git
3 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 19 (35.85%) Electronics
2 8 (15.09%) Social Skills
3 5 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.43%) Telecoms
4 4 (7.55%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.66%) Aerospace
5 3 (5.66%) Games
6 2 (3.77%) Finance
6 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.89%) Automotive
7 1 (1.89%) Law
7 1 (1.89%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 22 (41.51%) Lead
2 16 (30.19%) Robotics Engineer
3 8 (15.09%) Linux Engineer
3 8 (15.09%) Software Engineer
4 6 (11.32%) Embedded Engineer
5 5 (9.43%) Embedded Linux Engineer
5 5 (9.43%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
5 5 (9.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 5 (9.43%) Software Team Leader
5 5 (9.43%) Team Leader
6 4 (7.55%) Hardware Engineer
7 3 (5.66%) Design Engineer
7 3 (5.66%) Senior
8 1 (1.89%) Architect
8 1 (1.89%) Communications Engineer
8 1 (1.89%) Development Specialist
8 1 (1.89%) DSP Engineer
8 1 (1.89%) Electronics Engineer
8 1 (1.89%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 1 (1.89%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (30.19%) Middleware
2 3 (5.66%) OpenGL
2 3 (5.66%) Vulkan
3 2 (3.77%) XML
4 1 (1.89%) OpenCL
4 1 (1.89%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (45.28%) Algorithms
2 16 (30.19%) Robotics
3 4 (7.55%) CUDA
3 4 (7.55%) VHDL
4 3 (5.66%) 3D Graphics
4 3 (5.66%) Arduino
4 3 (5.66%) Raspberry Pi
4 3 (5.66%) Verilog
5 2 (3.77%) FPGA
6 1 (1.89%) GNSS
6 1 (1.89%) IoT
6 1 (1.89%) Life Science
6 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (37.74%) Linux
2 8 (15.09%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (7.55%) Windows
4 1 (1.89%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (71.70%) Software Engineering
2 18 (33.96%) OO
3 16 (30.19%) Control Theory
3 16 (30.19%) Project Management
4 12 (22.64%) Validation
5 11 (20.75%) Computer Science
5 11 (20.75%) Physics
6 10 (18.87%) AI
7 8 (15.09%) Agile
8 7 (13.21%) Innovative Thinking
8 7 (13.21%) Mathematics
9 5 (9.43%) Digital Signal Processing
9 5 (9.43%) Signal Processing
10 4 (7.55%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
10 4 (7.55%) Performance Analysis
10 4 (7.55%) Performance Testing
10 4 (7.55%) SDLC
10 4 (7.55%) Software Architecture
10 4 (7.55%) Virtual Environments
11 3 (5.66%) Mathematical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 44 (83.02%) C++
2 16 (30.19%) C#
2 16 (30.19%) Python
3 9 (16.98%) Embedded C
4 6 (11.32%) Embedded C++
5 4 (7.55%) MATLAB
6 3 (5.66%) Assembly Language
6 3 (5.66%) GLSL
6 3 (5.66%) Java
6 3 (5.66%) JavaScript
6 3 (5.66%) Objective-C
6 3 (5.66%) Swift
7 2 (3.77%) SystemVerilog
8 1 (1.89%) Fortran
8 1 (1.89%) Rust
Qualifications
1 23 (43.40%) Degree
2 13 (24.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 12 (22.64%) Security Cleared
4 8 (15.09%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.77%) PhD
6 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.89%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.89%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 10 (18.87%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (1.89%) EMC
1 1 (1.89%) Intel
1 1 (1.89%) Mentor Graphics
1 1 (1.89%) Microsemi
1 1 (1.89%) SAP
1 1 (1.89%) Xilinx