C Jobs in the North of England

C
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 276 179 246
Rank change year-on-year -97 +67 +37
Permanent jobs citing C 73 248 199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.62% 1.34% 1.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.30% 4.75% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 59 201 115
10th Percentile £43,000 £35,000 £33,793
25th Percentile £48,869 £45,000 £40,371
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -
75th Percentile £59,081 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £84,964 £77,715
England median annual salary £57,836 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.58% -8.00% +8.70%

All Programming Languages
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,179 5,222 6,648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 27.02% 28.28% 40.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,804 4,267 3,502
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £36,025
25th Percentile £44,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,775 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for C in the North of England

C
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C in the North of England.

Salary trend for C in the North of England

C
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the North of England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for C in the North of England

C
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the North of England region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
North West -83 48 £56,418 +2.58% 47
Yorkshire -10 21 £46,000 -8.00% 39
North East +31 4 £61,000 +1.67% 10
C
England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (1.37%) GNU Octave
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.11%) Azure
2 2 (2.74%) AWS
3 1 (1.37%) Azure Pipelines
3 1 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.37%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.96%) Wireless
2 5 (6.85%) Modbus
2 5 (6.85%) RS-485
3 3 (4.11%) Ethernet
4 2 (2.74%) Bluetooth
4 2 (2.74%) ZigBee
5 1 (1.37%) Profibus
5 1 (1.37%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 15 (20.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 15 (20.55%) Bitbucket
1 15 (20.55%) JIRA
1 15 (20.55%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (9.59%) Git
3 6 (8.22%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (32.88%) Social Skills
2 14 (19.18%) Electronics
3 8 (10.96%) Telecoms
4 6 (8.22%) Aerospace
4 6 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.48%) Finance
5 4 (5.48%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.74%) Marketing
6 2 (2.74%) Wearables
7 1 (1.37%) Automotive
7 1 (1.37%) Games
7 1 (1.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (49.32%) Software Engineer
2 23 (31.51%) Senior
2 23 (31.51%) Senior Software Engineer
3 17 (23.29%) Embedded Engineer
4 16 (21.92%) Systems Engineer
5 15 (20.55%) Lead
5 15 (20.55%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 15 (20.55%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 11 (15.07%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 5 (6.85%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 5 (6.85%) Firmware Engineer
8 4 (5.48%) Developer
9 2 (2.74%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 2 (2.74%) Full-Stack Developer
9 2 (2.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 2 (2.74%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
9 2 (2.74%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 2 (2.74%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 2 (2.74%) Software Developer
10 1 (1.37%) Mathematician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (17.81%) HTML
2 2 (2.74%) .NET
2 2 (2.74%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 15 (20.55%) Management Information System
2 14 (19.18%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (8.22%) Device Driver
4 5 (6.85%) Analogue Electronics
5 4 (5.48%) CAN bus
5 4 (5.48%) EMV
6 2 (2.74%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.74%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.74%) Smart Energy
7 1 (1.37%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.37%) FPGA
7 1 (1.37%) Online Games
7 1 (1.37%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 16 (21.92%) Linux
2 4 (5.48%) Android
2 4 (5.48%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.37%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (1.37%) ThreadX
3 1 (1.37%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (73.97%) Software Engineering
2 31 (42.47%) Agile
3 16 (21.92%) Configuration Management
4 15 (20.55%) Business Case
4 15 (20.55%) Business Strategy
4 15 (20.55%) Computer Science
4 15 (20.55%) Containerisation
4 15 (20.55%) Continuous Integration
4 15 (20.55%) Data Analysis
4 15 (20.55%) Design Patterns
4 15 (20.55%) Line Management
4 15 (20.55%) Microservices
4 15 (20.55%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 15 (20.55%) Performance Management
4 15 (20.55%) Roadmaps
4 15 (20.55%) SOLID
4 15 (20.55%) SysML
4 15 (20.55%) Systems Engineering
4 15 (20.55%) Technology Roadmap
4 15 (20.55%) UML
Programming Languages
1 43 (58.90%) Java
2 35 (47.95%) C++
3 32 (43.84%) C#
4 20 (27.40%) Python
5 15 (20.55%) Ada
5 15 (20.55%) VB
6 14 (19.18%) MATLAB
6 14 (19.18%) SQL
7 13 (17.81%) Dart
7 13 (17.81%) JavaScript
7 13 (17.81%) PHP
7 13 (17.81%) R
7 13 (17.81%) Ruby
7 13 (17.81%) Rust
7 13 (17.81%) TypeScript
8 3 (4.11%) Embedded C
9 2 (2.74%) Assembly Language
10 1 (1.37%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 46 (63.01%) Degree
2 15 (20.55%) BPSS Clearance
2 15 (20.55%) HND
3 14 (19.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (9.59%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.11%) QA
2 2 (2.74%) IEC 61508
3 1 (1.37%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (20.55%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (13.70%) Firmware
3 7 (9.59%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (2.74%) Allen-Bradley
1 2 (2.74%) Xamarin
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.37%) Renesas
2 1 (1.37%) Siemens