C Job Trends in London

C
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 259 291
Rank change year-on-year -66 +32 +48
Permanent jobs citing C 86 151 224
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.44% 1.17% 0.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.70% 2.82% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 28 70 177
10th Percentile £41,815 £57,375 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £82,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £90,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +9.09% +17.86%
75th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £107,500
90th Percentile £120,625 £116,250 £125,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -8.00%

All Programming Languages
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,064 5,361 9,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 26.17% 41.52% 40.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3,541 3,932 7,618
10th Percentile £47,617 £48,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £60,344 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.13% +2.38%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £123,750 £130,000 £127,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

C job vacancy trend in London

C
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing C

C
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in London over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for C in London

C
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the London region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Central London +15 15 £97,500 +58.95% 15
West London - 2 - - 4
C
England

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (1.16%) Kinematics
Business Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.95%) Azure
2 11 (12.79%) AWS
3 4 (4.65%) GCP
4 1 (1.16%) AWS IoT
4 1 (1.16%) Azure Pipelines
4 1 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.16%) GitHub
4 1 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.16%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.16%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (29.07%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.49%) Internet
2 3 (3.49%) Network Security
2 3 (3.49%) RTP
2 3 (3.49%) VoIP
3 2 (2.33%) Broadband
3 2 (2.33%) DHCP
3 2 (2.33%) DOCSIS
3 2 (2.33%) DSL
3 2 (2.33%) GPON
3 2 (2.33%) IPv4
3 2 (2.33%) IPv6
3 2 (2.33%) PPP
3 2 (2.33%) WAN
3 2 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.16%) 4G
4 1 (1.16%) 5G
4 1 (1.16%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (1.16%) MQTT
4 1 (1.16%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.65%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (4.65%) Neo4j
2 2 (2.33%) Big Data
2 2 (2.33%) Informix
Development Applications
1 2 (2.33%) JIRA
2 1 (1.16%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 48 (55.81%) Finance
2 23 (26.74%) Banking
3 20 (23.26%) Investment Banking
4 12 (13.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (8.14%) Electronics
6 4 (4.65%) Front Office
6 4 (4.65%) Social Skills
7 2 (2.33%) Law
7 2 (2.33%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.33%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.16%) Advertising
8 1 (1.16%) Legal
8 1 (1.16%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.16%) Marketing
8 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (55.81%) Developer
2 33 (38.37%) C++ Developer
3 21 (24.42%) Software Developer
4 19 (22.09%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
4 19 (22.09%) Linux Developer
4 19 (22.09%) Linux Scripter
4 19 (22.09%) Low Latency C++ Developer
5 14 (16.28%) Software Engineer
6 12 (13.95%) C++ Software Developer
7 8 (9.30%) Senior
8 7 (8.14%) Lead
9 4 (4.65%) Cloud Engineer
9 4 (4.65%) Cloud Native Engineer
9 4 (4.65%) Cloud Software Engineer
9 4 (4.65%) Electronics Engineer
9 4 (4.65%) Embedded Engineer
9 4 (4.65%) Front Office Developer
9 4 (4.65%) Lead Software Engineer
9 4 (4.65%) Senior Software Engineer
10 3 (3.49%) Qualitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (24.42%) RESTful
2 4 (4.65%) AngularJS
2 4 (4.65%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (4.65%) MERN Stack
2 4 (4.65%) React
2 4 (4.65%) Sass
2 4 (4.65%) ZeroMQ
3 2 (2.33%) .NET
4 1 (1.16%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.16%) Caffe
4 1 (1.16%) CSS
4 1 (1.16%) HTML
4 1 (1.16%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (1.16%) NumPy
4 1 (1.16%) Pandas
4 1 (1.16%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.16%) scikit-learn
4 1 (1.16%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.16%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (22.09%) FPGA
2 10 (11.63%) Algorithms
3 5 (5.81%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (5.81%) Public Cloud
4 4 (4.65%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (4.65%) Cloud Native
4 4 (4.65%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (4.65%) IoT
4 4 (4.65%) Legacy Code
4 4 (4.65%) Robotics
5 3 (3.49%) Credit Risk
5 3 (3.49%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (3.49%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.49%) Market Risk
5 3 (3.49%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.16%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.16%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.16%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.16%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 36 (41.86%) Linux
2 10 (11.63%) Windows
3 2 (2.33%) OpenWrt
3 2 (2.33%) Unix
4 1 (1.16%) Android
4 1 (1.16%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (1.16%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (33.72%) Agile
2 26 (30.23%) Computer Science
3 23 (26.74%) Fintech
3 23 (26.74%) Microservices
3 23 (26.74%) SDLC
4 19 (22.09%) Low Latency
5 17 (19.77%) Software Engineering
6 8 (9.30%) Machine Learning
7 7 (8.14%) AI
7 7 (8.14%) Open Source
8 6 (6.98%) CI/CD
9 5 (5.81%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (5.81%) Data Pipeline
9 5 (5.81%) Offensive Security
9 5 (5.81%) Penetration Testing
9 5 (5.81%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (5.81%) Red Team
9 5 (5.81%) Roadmaps
10 4 (4.65%) Automated Trading
10 4 (4.65%) Tradecraft
Programming Languages
1 68 (79.07%) C++
2 45 (52.33%) Python
3 35 (40.70%) Java
4 15 (17.44%) C#
5 11 (12.79%) Rust
6 8 (9.30%) Go
7 6 (6.98%) SQL
8 5 (5.81%) Bash
8 5 (5.81%) Perl
8 5 (5.81%) PowerShell
9 4 (4.65%) JavaScript
9 4 (4.65%) R
9 4 (4.65%) TypeScript
10 3 (3.49%) Embedded C
10 3 (3.49%) Objective-C
10 3 (3.49%) Ruby
11 2 (2.33%) Assembly Language
12 1 (1.16%) Groovy
12 1 (1.16%) MATLAB
12 1 (1.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (12.79%) Degree
2 8 (9.30%) Master's Degree
3 7 (8.14%) DV Cleared
3 7 (8.14%) Security Cleared
4 4 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (4.65%) CREST Certified
4 4 (4.65%) GPEN
4 4 (4.65%) GXPN
4 4 (4.65%) OSCE
4 4 (4.65%) OSCP
5 3 (3.49%) CCSAM
6 1 (1.16%) CCSAS
6 1 (1.16%) GIAC
6 1 (1.16%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.16%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.49%) Actionable Recommendations
1 3 (3.49%) IFRS
1 3 (3.49%) IFRS 9
2 1 (1.16%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (6.98%) Firmware
2 5 (5.81%) Docker
3 4 (4.65%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (4.65%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (2.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (10.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (5.81%) EMC
2 2 (2.33%) Cognizant
2 2 (2.33%) HP
2 2 (2.33%) IBM
3 1 (1.16%) Automation Anywhere
3 1 (1.16%) Blue Prism
3 1 (1.16%) Cisco
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.16%) SAP
3 1 (1.16%) UiPath