C Jobs in the Midlands

C
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited C over the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 213 138 148
Rank change year-on-year -75 +10 +24
Permanent jobs citing C 36 213 214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.53% 1.83% 2.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.38% 6.87% 5.90%
Number of salaries quoted 32 182 44
10th Percentile £29,000 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,188 £45,000 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £69,063 £66,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £79,750 £100,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +8.70%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,513 3,100 3,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.38% 26.62% 37.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,032 2,600 1,928
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +6.80%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £73,875 £77,500
England median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for C in the Midlands

C
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C in the Midlands.

Salary trend for C in the Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2025.

Salary histogram for C in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
West Midlands -24 23 £60,000 - 70
East Midlands -19 13 £57,500 +15.00% 46
C
England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Simulink
2 1 (2.78%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.33%) Azure
1 3 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.89%) Wi-Fi
1 5 (13.89%) Wireless
2 3 (8.33%) Bluetooth
2 3 (8.33%) GSM
2 3 (8.33%) J1939
2 3 (8.33%) WAN
3 2 (5.56%) Network Security
4 1 (2.78%) LoRaWAN
4 1 (2.78%) LTE
4 1 (2.78%) Modbus
4 1 (2.78%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.78%) tcpdump
4 1 (2.78%) Wireshark
4 1 (2.78%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) SQL Server
1 3 (8.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (5.56%) KDB
2 2 (5.56%) Kdb+
3 1 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (2.78%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.78%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 3 (8.33%) Visual Studio
2 2 (5.56%) Git
3 1 (2.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (2.78%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.78%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.78%) FitNesse
3 1 (2.78%) GDB
3 1 (2.78%) IDA Disassembler
3 1 (2.78%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.78%) Newman
3 1 (2.78%) Subversion
3 1 (2.78%) WinDbg
General
1 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.67%) Automotive
2 6 (16.67%) Electronics
3 5 (13.89%) Law
4 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.33%) Finance
6 2 (5.56%) Aerospace
6 2 (5.56%) Agriculture
6 2 (5.56%) Avionics
6 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.56%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.78%) Games
7 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.78%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 17 (47.22%) Embedded Engineer
2 15 (41.67%) Software Engineer
3 12 (33.33%) Senior
4 10 (27.78%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 5 (13.89%) Graduate
5 5 (13.89%) Graduate Software Engineer
6 4 (11.11%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 3 (8.33%) C Software Engineer
7 3 (8.33%) Developer
7 3 (8.33%) Telematics Engineer
8 2 (5.56%) Consultant
8 2 (5.56%) Design Engineer
8 2 (5.56%) KDB Developer
8 2 (5.56%) Python Developer
8 2 (5.56%) Senior Developer
8 2 (5.56%) Senior Python Developer
8 2 (5.56%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 2 (5.56%) Systems Engineer
9 1 (2.78%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 1 (2.78%) Vulnerability Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) Yocto
2 1 (2.78%) jQuery
2 1 (2.78%) libvirt
2 1 (2.78%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (2.78%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 13 (36.11%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (13.89%) IoT
3 3 (8.33%) ARM Cortex
3 3 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.78%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.78%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (2.78%) Clustering
4 1 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.78%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.78%) FPGA
4 1 (2.78%) Home Automation
4 1 (2.78%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.78%) NB-IoT
4 1 (2.78%) Raspberry Pi
4 1 (2.78%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.78%) Smart Energy
4 1 (2.78%) VHDL
4 1 (2.78%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (2.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.67%) Linux
2 3 (8.33%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (61.11%) Software Engineering
2 12 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (27.78%) Agile
3 10 (27.78%) Embedded Software Development
4 7 (19.44%) Computer Science
4 7 (19.44%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 6 (16.67%) Multithreading
6 5 (13.89%) DevOps
7 4 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
7 4 (11.11%) Validation
8 3 (8.33%) Code Quality
8 3 (8.33%) Impact Assessments
8 3 (8.33%) Performance Optimisation
8 3 (8.33%) Project Delivery
8 3 (8.33%) Scrum
8 3 (8.33%) Systems Engineering
8 3 (8.33%) Telematics
8 3 (8.33%) Test Automation
8 3 (8.33%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 12 (33.33%) C++
2 10 (27.78%) C#
2 10 (27.78%) Python
3 6 (16.67%) Embedded C
4 4 (11.11%) MATLAB
5 3 (8.33%) X++
6 2 (5.56%) Bash
6 2 (5.56%) JavaScript
6 2 (5.56%) Perl
6 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
6 2 (5.56%) Rust
6 2 (5.56%) SQL
7 1 (2.78%) Ada
7 1 (2.78%) Assembly Language
7 1 (2.78%) CodeQL
7 1 (2.78%) Embedded C++
7 1 (2.78%) Java
7 1 (2.78%) PHP
7 1 (2.78%) R
7 1 (2.78%) VB
Qualifications
1 13 (36.11%) Degree
2 5 (13.89%) Security Cleared
3 4 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 3 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.78%) Postgraduate
5 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) Automotive SPICE
1 3 (8.33%) AUTOSAR
2 2 (5.56%) MISRA
3 1 (2.78%) JTAG
3 1 (2.78%) MISRA C
System Software
1 11 (30.56%) Firmware
2 1 (2.78%) Docker
2 1 (2.78%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (2.78%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.78%) Atmel
2 1 (2.78%) EMC
2 1 (2.78%) Lauterbach
2 1 (2.78%) MathWorks
2 1 (2.78%) Parasoft