C Jobs in the North West

C
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 165 236 277
Rank change year-on-year +71 +41 -101
Permanent jobs citing C 128 67 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.32% 0.84% 0.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.39% 2.05% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 100 50 45
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £35,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £68,125 £69,063 £61,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £77,715 £65,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% +4.55%

All Programming Languages
North West

C is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,916 3,273 3,957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 30.08% 40.87% 42.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,376 1,796 2,695
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.87%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for C in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for C in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the North West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for C in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Manchester +61 95 £52,500 -4.55% 25
Lancashire +12 19 £55,000 - 7
Cheshire -7 11 £55,000 -8.33% 11
Merseyside +12 2 £40,000 -15.79% 1
Cumbria - 1 £85,000 -
C
England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (1.56%) Fusion 360
Business Applications
1 3 (2.34%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.91%) AWS
1 5 (3.91%) Azure
2 3 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.78%) GitHub
3 1 (0.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.38%) Wireless
2 11 (8.59%) RS-232
3 6 (4.69%) Ethernet
4 5 (3.91%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (3.91%) ZigBee
5 3 (2.34%) Bluetooth
5 3 (2.34%) Network Security
6 2 (1.56%) RS-485
6 2 (1.56%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.78%) HTTP
7 1 (0.78%) Internet
7 1 (0.78%) LTE
7 1 (0.78%) MQTT
7 1 (0.78%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.13%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 23 (17.97%) Git
2 14 (10.94%) Jenkins
3 8 (6.25%) Subversion
4 6 (4.69%) JIRA
5 5 (3.91%) Clang
6 3 (2.34%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (1.56%) GDB
7 2 (1.56%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.78%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (19.53%) Electronics
2 23 (17.97%) Manufacturing
3 21 (16.41%) Social Skills
4 9 (7.03%) Finance
5 6 (4.69%) Automotive
6 3 (2.34%) Retail
7 2 (1.56%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.56%) Marketing
7 2 (1.56%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 76 (59.38%) Software Engineer
2 35 (27.34%) Embedded Engineer
3 29 (22.66%) Lead
4 27 (21.09%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 25 (19.53%) Senior
6 19 (14.84%) Technical Leader
7 17 (13.28%) C Software Engineer
8 15 (11.72%) Developer
9 12 (9.38%) Senior Software Engineer
10 9 (7.03%) C++ Developer
10 9 (7.03%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 8 (6.25%) Compiler Engineer
12 7 (5.47%) Firmware Engineer
12 7 (5.47%) Python Engineer
12 7 (5.47%) Python Software Engineer
12 7 (5.47%) Rust Engineer
12 7 (5.47%) Rust Software Engineer
12 7 (5.47%) Senior Firmware Engineer
13 6 (4.69%) Lead Embedded Software Engineer
13 6 (4.69%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.03%) .NET
2 8 (6.25%) LLVM
2 8 (6.25%) Middleware
3 7 (5.47%) React
3 7 (5.47%) SOAP
4 5 (3.91%) Node.js
4 5 (3.91%) RESTful
5 4 (3.13%) HTML
6 2 (1.56%) CSS
6 2 (1.56%) FHIR
6 2 (1.56%) HTML5
6 2 (1.56%) jQuery
6 2 (1.56%) React Native
6 2 (1.56%) Redux
6 2 (1.56%) REST
7 1 (0.78%) MEAN Stack
7 1 (0.78%) MERN Stack
Miscellaneous
1 28 (21.88%) Embedded Systems
2 10 (7.81%) Device Driver
3 7 (5.47%) IoT
4 4 (3.13%) Analogue Electronics
4 4 (3.13%) Smart Energy
5 2 (1.56%) FMCG
5 2 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.56%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.78%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (0.78%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.78%) Cybercrime
6 1 (0.78%) FPGA
6 1 (0.78%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 67 (52.34%) Linux
2 12 (9.38%) Windows
3 10 (7.81%) Embedded Linux
4 8 (6.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (3.91%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (3.13%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.78%) Android
7 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.78%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (74.22%) Software Engineering
2 40 (31.25%) Agile
3 32 (25.00%) Open Source
4 28 (21.88%) Mentoring
5 23 (17.97%) DevOps
6 22 (17.19%) Coaching
7 20 (15.63%) Computer Science
7 20 (15.63%) Test Automation
8 14 (10.94%) Embedded Software Development
8 14 (10.94%) OO
9 12 (9.38%) Product Roadmap
9 12 (9.38%) Roadmaps
9 12 (9.38%) Software Architecture
10 11 (8.59%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (7.81%) Architectural Design
11 10 (7.81%) Feasibility Study
11 10 (7.81%) Re-Platforming
11 10 (7.81%) Strategic Thinking
12 9 (7.03%) CAD
12 9 (7.03%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 40 (31.25%) Python
2 37 (28.91%) C++
3 26 (20.31%) C#
4 22 (17.19%) Java
5 19 (14.84%) Embedded C
6 14 (10.94%) Rust
7 11 (8.59%) JavaScript
8 10 (7.81%) COBOL
8 10 (7.81%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 5 (3.91%) Fortran
10 4 (3.13%) Go
10 4 (3.13%) R
11 3 (2.34%) Bash
11 3 (2.34%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.56%) PHP
12 2 (1.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (31.25%) Degree
2 8 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.13%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.34%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.34%) QA
2 2 (1.56%) HL7
2 2 (1.56%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.78%) GDPR
System Software
1 29 (22.66%) Firmware
2 24 (18.75%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (9.38%) Ansible
2 10 (7.81%) Progress Chef
3 4 (3.13%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.34%) Podman
5 2 (1.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (7.81%) Micro Focus
2 8 (6.25%) Red Hat
3 5 (3.91%) EMC
4 2 (1.56%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.56%) Progress
4 2 (1.56%) SAP
5 1 (0.78%) Atmel
5 1 (0.78%) Renesas