C Jobs in the North West

C
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 241 158 231
Rank change year-on-year -83 +73 +43
Permanent jobs citing C 48 137 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.61% 1.32% 0.84%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.03% 4.52% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 44 107 45
10th Percentile - £44,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £48,869 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,418 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.58% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £59,081 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £81,235 £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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,363 3,030 2,924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 30.11% 29.12% 38.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,146 2,433 1,739
10th Percentile £37,250 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £43,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.99% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £81,875 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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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 31 May 2025.

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 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
Lancashire -56 30 £53,945 -1.92% 13
Manchester -29 13 £67,500 +28.57% 22
Merseyside +34 3 - - 6
Cheshire -3 2 £50,000 -9.09% 11
C
England

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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 1 (2.08%) GNU Octave
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.58%) Wireless
2 1 (2.08%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 15 (31.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 15 (31.25%) Bitbucket
1 15 (31.25%) JIRA
1 15 (31.25%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (14.58%) Git
3 6 (12.50%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (35.42%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.58%) Electronics
2 7 (14.58%) Telecoms
3 6 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 6 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.33%) Finance
5 1 (2.08%) Games
5 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.08%) Marketing
5 1 (2.08%) Retail
5 1 (2.08%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 27 (56.25%) Software Engineer
2 21 (43.75%) Senior
2 21 (43.75%) Senior Software Engineer
3 15 (31.25%) Lead
3 15 (31.25%) Lead Systems Engineer
3 15 (31.25%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 15 (31.25%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (10.42%) Embedded Engineer
4 5 (10.42%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (2.08%) C++ Developer
5 1 (2.08%) C++ Games Developer
5 1 (2.08%) Design Engineer
5 1 (2.08%) Developer
5 1 (2.08%) Electronics Design Engineer
5 1 (2.08%) Electronics Engineer
5 1 (2.08%) Games Developer
5 1 (2.08%) Mathematician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (31.25%) Management Information System
2 6 (12.50%) Device Driver
3 5 (10.42%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (8.33%) EMV
5 2 (4.17%) Algorithms
6 1 (2.08%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.08%) FPGA
6 1 (2.08%) Online Games
6 1 (2.08%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 10 (20.83%) Linux
2 4 (8.33%) Android
3 1 (2.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (91.67%) Software Engineering
2 30 (62.50%) Agile
3 16 (33.33%) Configuration Management
4 15 (31.25%) Business Case
4 15 (31.25%) Business Strategy
4 15 (31.25%) Containerisation
4 15 (31.25%) Continuous Integration
4 15 (31.25%) Data Analysis
4 15 (31.25%) Design Patterns
4 15 (31.25%) Line Management
4 15 (31.25%) Microservices
4 15 (31.25%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 15 (31.25%) Performance Management
4 15 (31.25%) Roadmaps
4 15 (31.25%) SOLID
4 15 (31.25%) SysML
4 15 (31.25%) Systems Engineering
4 15 (31.25%) Technology Roadmap
4 15 (31.25%) UML
5 6 (12.50%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 34 (70.83%) Java
2 20 (41.67%) C#
3 17 (35.42%) C++
4 15 (31.25%) Ada
4 15 (31.25%) VB
5 11 (22.92%) Python
6 5 (10.42%) MATLAB
7 4 (8.33%) Dart
7 4 (8.33%) JavaScript
7 4 (8.33%) PHP
7 4 (8.33%) R
7 4 (8.33%) Ruby
7 4 (8.33%) Rust
7 4 (8.33%) SQL
7 4 (8.33%) TypeScript
8 1 (2.08%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 35 (72.92%) Degree
2 15 (31.25%) BPSS Clearance
2 15 (31.25%) HND
3 7 (14.58%) Security Cleared
4 5 (10.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.08%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.08%) QA
System Software
1 15 (31.25%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (4.17%) Firmware
3 1 (2.08%) Embedded Firmware