C Job Trends in Leeds

C
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 89 109
Rank change year-on-year -7 +20 +66
Permanent jobs citing C 8 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.60% 0.096% 0.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.07% 0.30% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 £53,750 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £57,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -43.48% -28.13% +100.00%
75th Percentile £36,000 £61,250 £85,000
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £85,253 £50,000
% change year-on-year -61.88% +70.51% -19.64%

All Programming Languages
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 387 334 543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 29.10% 32.21% 41.04%
Number of salaries quoted 299 205 411
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,100 £38,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -4.35% +1.77%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,150 £86,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.64% -4.35% -

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

C job vacancy trend in Leeds

C
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing C

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

General
1 8 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 8 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 8 (100.00%) Retail
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Graduate
1 8 (100.00%) Graduate Software Engineer
1 8 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
1 8 (100.00%) Logistics Engineer
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering Graduate
2 3 (37.50%) Customer Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Graduate Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Linux Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 8 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 8 (100.00%) Logistics
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (75.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C++
1 8 (100.00%) Java
1 8 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (100.00%) Degree