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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 224 257
Rank change year-on-year +61 +33 -86
Permanent jobs citing C 133 68 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.35% 0.87% 0.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.57% 2.15% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 105 50 45
10th Percentile £43,500 £37,500 £34,990
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% +2.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,063 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,478 £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 2,913 3,159 3,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 29.56% 40.40% 41.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,374 1,770 2,599
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £34,200
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,874 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
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 10 May 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 10 May 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 +48 97 £52,500 -4.55% 21
Lancashire +12 22 £55,000 - 4
Cheshire +2 11 £55,000 -8.33% 12
Merseyside - 2 £40,000 - 2
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 (1.50%) Fusion 360
2 1 (0.75%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.76%) AWS
1 5 (3.76%) Azure
2 3 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.75%) GitHub
3 1 (0.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.53%) Wireless
2 11 (8.27%) RS-232
3 6 (4.51%) Ethernet
4 5 (3.76%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (3.76%) ZigBee
5 3 (2.26%) Bluetooth
5 3 (2.26%) Network Security
6 2 (1.50%) RS-485
6 2 (1.50%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.75%) HTTP
7 1 (0.75%) Internet
7 1 (0.75%) LTE
7 1 (0.75%) MQTT
7 1 (0.75%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.01%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 27 (20.30%) Git
2 16 (12.03%) Jenkins
3 8 (6.02%) Subversion
4 6 (4.51%) JIRA
5 5 (3.76%) Clang
6 3 (2.26%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (1.50%) GDB
7 2 (1.50%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.75%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (19.55%) Electronics
2 25 (18.80%) Manufacturing
3 21 (15.79%) Social Skills
4 9 (6.77%) Finance
5 6 (4.51%) Automotive
6 3 (2.26%) Retail
7 2 (1.50%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.50%) Marketing
7 2 (1.50%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.50%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.75%) Games
Job Titles
1 77 (57.89%) Software Engineer
2 38 (28.57%) Embedded Engineer
3 29 (21.80%) Lead
4 28 (21.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 27 (20.30%) Senior
6 19 (14.29%) Technical Leader
7 17 (12.78%) C Software Engineer
8 16 (12.03%) Developer
9 12 (9.02%) Senior Software Engineer
10 11 (8.27%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 10 (7.52%) C++ Developer
12 8 (6.02%) Compiler Engineer
12 8 (6.02%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 8 (6.02%) Systems Engineer
13 7 (5.26%) Firmware Engineer
13 7 (5.26%) Python Engineer
13 7 (5.26%) Python Software Engineer
13 7 (5.26%) Rust Engineer
13 7 (5.26%) Rust Software Engineer
13 7 (5.26%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.77%) .NET
1 9 (6.77%) SOAP
2 8 (6.02%) LLVM
2 8 (6.02%) Middleware
2 8 (6.02%) React
3 6 (4.51%) Node.js
4 5 (3.76%) RESTful
5 4 (3.01%) HTML
5 4 (3.01%) REST
6 2 (1.50%) CSS
6 2 (1.50%) FHIR
6 2 (1.50%) HTML5
6 2 (1.50%) jQuery
6 2 (1.50%) React Native
6 2 (1.50%) Redux
7 1 (0.75%) MEAN Stack
7 1 (0.75%) MERN Stack
Miscellaneous
1 30 (22.56%) Embedded Systems
2 10 (7.52%) Device Driver
3 7 (5.26%) IoT
4 4 (3.01%) Analogue Electronics
4 4 (3.01%) Smart Energy
5 2 (1.50%) FMCG
5 2 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.50%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.75%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (0.75%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.75%) Cybercrime
6 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.75%) FPGA
6 1 (0.75%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 69 (51.88%) Linux
2 14 (10.53%) Windows
3 10 (7.52%) Embedded Linux
4 8 (6.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (3.76%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (3.01%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.75%) Android
7 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.75%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (72.18%) Software Engineering
2 42 (31.58%) Agile
3 32 (24.06%) Open Source
4 28 (21.05%) Mentoring
5 23 (17.29%) Coaching
5 23 (17.29%) DevOps
6 22 (16.54%) Test Automation
7 20 (15.04%) Computer Science
8 14 (10.53%) Embedded Software Development
8 14 (10.53%) OO
8 14 (10.53%) Software Architecture
9 13 (9.77%) Product Roadmap
9 13 (9.77%) Roadmaps
10 12 (9.02%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (7.52%) Architectural Design
11 10 (7.52%) Feasibility Study
11 10 (7.52%) Re-Platforming
11 10 (7.52%) Strategic Thinking
12 9 (6.77%) CAD
12 9 (6.77%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 40 (30.08%) Python
2 39 (29.32%) C++
3 26 (19.55%) C#
4 22 (16.54%) Java
5 20 (15.04%) Embedded C
6 14 (10.53%) Rust
7 12 (9.02%) JavaScript
8 10 (7.52%) COBOL
8 10 (7.52%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 5 (3.76%) Fortran
10 4 (3.01%) Go
10 4 (3.01%) R
11 3 (2.26%) Bash
11 3 (2.26%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.50%) PHP
12 2 (1.50%) SQL
13 1 (0.75%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 41 (30.83%) Degree
2 8 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.01%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.26%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.75%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.26%) QA
2 2 (1.50%) HL7
2 2 (1.50%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.75%) GDPR
System Software
1 31 (23.31%) Firmware
2 26 (19.55%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (3.01%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (9.02%) Ansible
2 10 (7.52%) Progress Chef
3 4 (3.01%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.26%) Podman
5 2 (1.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (7.52%) Micro Focus
2 8 (6.02%) Red Hat
3 5 (3.76%) EMC
4 2 (1.50%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.50%) Progress
4 2 (1.50%) SAP
5 1 (0.75%) Atmel
5 1 (0.75%) Renesas