C Job Trends in the Midlands

C
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 203 169 130
Rank change year-on-year -34 -39 -23
Permanent jobs citing C 28 98 95
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.39% 1.24% 1.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.43% 4.93% 5.40%
Number of salaries quoted 19 56 73
10th Percentile £35,550 £33,125 £38,750
25th Percentile £37,375 £39,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £59,000 £68,063 £67,500
90th Percentile £61,000 £71,125 £78,200
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 1,150 1,986 1,760
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 16.13% 25.17% 36.40%
Number of salaries quoted 945 1,121 1,456
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year - -1.41% -1.39%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

C job vacancy trend in the Midlands

C
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing C

C
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 December 2025.

Salary histogram for C in the Midlands

C
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 12 December 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 0 14 £52,500 -12.50% 17
East Midlands -20 14 £45,750 -1.08% 18
C
England

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) GitHub
1 2 (7.14%) Power Platform
1 2 (7.14%) SaaS
2 1 (3.57%) AWS
2 1 (3.57%) Azure
2 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.57%) GCP
2 1 (3.57%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) 3G
1 4 (14.29%) GPRS
1 4 (14.29%) GSM
1 4 (14.29%) Modbus
1 4 (14.29%) RS-232
1 4 (14.29%) RS-485
1 4 (14.29%) SSL
1 4 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.57%) Internet
2 1 (3.57%) PuTTY
2 1 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 4 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (7.14%) Power BI
4 1 (3.57%) InfluxDB
4 1 (3.57%) Redis
4 1 (3.57%) Relational Database
4 1 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (3.57%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Git
2 1 (3.57%) GitLab
2 1 (3.57%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.71%) Electronics
3 1 (3.57%) Advertising
3 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.57%) Automotive
3 1 (3.57%) Back Office
3 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.57%) Finance
3 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Embedded Engineer
2 8 (28.57%) Developer
3 7 (25.00%) Senior
4 6 (21.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 6 (21.43%) Software Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Firmware Developer
5 4 (14.29%) Firmware Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Senior Firmware Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 3 (10.71%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (10.71%) Embedded C Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) C Developer
7 2 (7.14%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) C/C++ Software Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) C++ Software Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Embedded C Software Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Embedded Linux Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) CSS
1 2 (7.14%) XML
2 1 (3.57%) .NET
2 1 (3.57%) GraphQL
2 1 (3.57%) Node.js
2 1 (3.57%) React
2 1 (3.57%) RESTful
2 1 (3.57%) WinForms
2 1 (3.57%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Driving Licence
1 3 (10.71%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Web Conferencing
2 2 (7.14%) CCTV
2 2 (7.14%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 2 (7.14%) SCADA
3 1 (3.57%) IoT
3 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.57%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.00%) Linux
2 5 (17.86%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (14.29%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) Software Engineering
2 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (17.86%) Agile
3 5 (17.86%) Test Automation
4 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 4 (14.29%) Embedded Software Development
4 4 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 4 (14.29%) Project Management
4 4 (14.29%) Secure Coding
5 3 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (10.71%) Case Management
5 3 (10.71%) Customer Service
5 3 (10.71%) Mentoring
5 3 (10.71%) Network Design
5 3 (10.71%) Process Improvement
5 3 (10.71%) Software Testing
6 2 (7.14%) Change Management
6 2 (7.14%) Data Acquisition
6 2 (7.14%) DevOps
7 1 (3.57%) Feasibility Study
Programming Languages
1 9 (32.14%) C++
2 8 (28.57%) Java
3 6 (21.43%) Python
4 4 (14.29%) C#
5 3 (10.71%) PHP
5 3 (10.71%) SQL
6 2 (7.14%) Embedded C
6 2 (7.14%) Embedded C++
6 2 (7.14%) Ladder Logic
6 2 (7.14%) Perl
6 2 (7.14%) VB
6 2 (7.14%) VBA
7 1 (3.57%) Delphi
7 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.57%) MATLAB
7 1 (3.57%) TypeScript
7 1 (3.57%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) Degree
2 4 (14.29%) HND
3 3 (10.71%) Master's Degree
4 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) MISRA
2 1 (3.57%) ISO 9001
2 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (35.71%) Firmware
2 8 (28.57%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.57%) Nagios
1 1 (3.57%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) EMC
2 2 (7.14%) Allen-Bradley
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) Siemens
2 2 (7.14%) Toshiba
3 1 (3.57%) Atmel
3 1 (3.57%) Oracle