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North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 121 | 129 | 111 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +8 | -18 | +81 |
| Permanent jobs citing C | 17 | 28 | 34 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester | 0.61% | 1.03% | 1.48% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.16% | 3.06% | 3.45% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £43,500 | £47,708 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,750 | £52,500 | £53,438 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £46,500 | £60,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.50% | -4.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £71,250 | £68,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | - | £75,000 |
| North West median annual salary | £60,326 | £57,560 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.81% | +0.10% | +4.55% |
All Programming Languages
Manchester
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 Manchester.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 538 | 915 | 986 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 19.34% | 33.58% | 43.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 459 | 477 | 811 |
| 10th Percentile | £34,225 | £38,750 | £37,199 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £46,251 | £44,263 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £59,526 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +0.80% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £74,162 | £72,500 | £72,433 |
| 90th Percentile | £87,500 | £87,500 | £82,548 |
| North West median annual salary | £57,500 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.55% | - | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
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Salary Trend in Manchester
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing C.
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Salary Histogram in Manchester
Salary distribution for jobs citing C in Manchester over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.
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Job Locations in Manchester
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton | +17 | 3 | £75,000 | - | 4 |
| C North West |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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: