C Software Engineer Jobs in England

C Software Engineer
UK > England

The median C Software Engineer salary in England is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 691 762 843
Rank change year-on-year +71 +81 +267
Permanent jobs requiring a C Software Engineer 9 88 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.018% 0.093% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.099% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 5 62 28
10th Percentile - £40,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% +9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile - £68,750 £69,000
UK median annual salary £30,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -50.00% +20.00% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 46,299 89,129 72,093
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.56% 94.67% 91.16%
Number of salaries quoted 25,321 64,694 48,523
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £38,572 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

C Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured C Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for C Software Engineer in England

C Software Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C Software Engineer in England.

Salary trend for C Software Engineer in England

C Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C Software Engineer in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Salary histogram for C Software Engineer in England

C Software Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C Software Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
South West +93 4 - - 1
West Midlands +65 3 £30,000 -
Midlands +64 3 £30,000 -29.41%
South East +83 2 £50,000 -25.93% 6
C Software Engineer
UK

C Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 July 2025, C Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring C Software Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) C
1 9 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (77.78%) Degree
3 6 (66.67%) C++
3 6 (66.67%) Linux
4 4 (44.44%) 5G
4 4 (44.44%) PMO
4 4 (44.44%) Validation
4 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
4 4 (44.44%) Mentoring
4 4 (44.44%) SDLC
4 4 (44.44%) Defect Tracking
4 4 (44.44%) SD-WAN
4 4 (44.44%) GNSS
4 4 (44.44%) Test Assurance
4 4 (44.44%) Self-Driving Car
4 4 (44.44%) UML
4 4 (44.44%) WAN
4 4 (44.44%) B2B
4 4 (44.44%) Intel
4 4 (44.44%) Configuration Management
4 4 (44.44%) Visual Studio
4 4 (44.44%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (44.44%) Multithreading
4 4 (44.44%) Product Marketing
4 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
4 4 (44.44%) Software Architecture
4 4 (44.44%) Requirements Analysis
4 4 (44.44%) Marketing
5 3 (33.33%) Embedded Systems

C Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (44.44%) 5G
1 4 (44.44%) SD-WAN
1 4 (44.44%) WAN
1 4 (44.44%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (44.44%) Marketing
2 3 (33.33%) Law
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) OpenEmbedded
1 2 (22.22%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) GNSS
1 4 (44.44%) Self-Driving Car
2 3 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (22.22%) Algorithms
3 2 (22.22%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (44.44%) B2B
2 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
2 4 (44.44%) Configuration Management
2 4 (44.44%) Defect Tracking
2 4 (44.44%) Mentoring
2 4 (44.44%) Multithreading
2 4 (44.44%) Product Marketing
2 4 (44.44%) Requirements Analysis
2 4 (44.44%) SDLC
2 4 (44.44%) Software Architecture
2 4 (44.44%) Test Assurance
2 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
2 4 (44.44%) UML
2 4 (44.44%) Validation
3 3 (33.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Vision
4 2 (22.22%) Mathematics
4 2 (22.22%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) C
2 6 (66.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Intel
2 2 (22.22%) NVIDIA