C Job Trends in Portsmouth

C
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - 44
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Permanent jobs citing C 1 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 0.28% - 1.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.27% - 5.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58,750 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.33%
75th Percentile £66,250 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - £68,250
Hampshire median annual salary £68,750 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.77% +13.04% -8.00%

All Programming Languages
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 44 49 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 12.32% 26.92% 30.07%
Number of salaries quoted 38 33 112
10th Percentile £46,000 £38,559 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,188 £50,000 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £78,500 £63,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £82,500
Hampshire median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

C job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

C
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing C

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Twin
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Synthetic Environment
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared