C Job Trends in Hampshire

C
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 110 75
Rank change year-on-year +3 -35 +20
Permanent jobs citing C 18 51 50
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.72% 1.86% 2.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.25% 6.39% 7.29%
Number of salaries quoted 5 30 42
10th Percentile - £43,285 £34,125
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +26.09% -4.17%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £70,313
90th Percentile - - £72,500
South East median annual salary £56,430 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.71% +8.70% +4.55%

All Programming Languages
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 424 798 686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 16.97% 29.12% 38.76%
Number of salaries quoted 354 543 562
10th Percentile £29,750 £38,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +11.63% -2.27%
75th Percentile £67,875 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £85,000 £79,875
South East median annual salary £56,623 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.63% +9.09% -4.35%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

C job vacancy trend in Hampshire

C
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing C

C
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for C in Hampshire

C
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Portsmouth - 13 - - 4
Southampton +15 2 £90,000 +24.14% 6
Fareham 0 2 £55,000 +57.14% 1
Yateley -2 1 £70,000 +16.67%
C
South East

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 13 (72.22%) Software-Defined Radio
1 13 (72.22%) Wireless
General
1 13 (72.22%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Automotive
3 2 (11.11%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 18 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 18 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 18 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Senior
2 3 (16.67%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (83.33%) Embedded Systems
1 15 (83.33%) RISC-V
2 13 (72.22%) e-Learning
2 13 (72.22%) MicroBlaze
3 1 (5.56%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 16 (88.89%) Linux
2 13 (72.22%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (11.11%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 13 (72.22%) Agile
2 13 (72.22%) Digital Signal Processing
2 13 (72.22%) Innovative Thinking
2 13 (72.22%) Signal Processing
3 2 (11.11%) Physics
3 2 (11.11%) Software Testing
3 2 (11.11%) Unit Testing
3 2 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 16 (88.89%) C++
2 2 (11.11%) Embedded C
2 2 (11.11%) Java
2 2 (11.11%) Kotlin
3 1 (5.56%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 15 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 15 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) ISO 9000
1 2 (11.11%) JTAG
System Software
1 15 (83.33%) Firmware
2 13 (72.22%) Embedded Firmware