C Jobs in the South East

C
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 79 115
Rank change year-on-year -86 +36 -50
Permanent jobs citing C 156 545 397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.62% 3.11% 2.83%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.21% 10.75% 7.04%
Number of salaries quoted 92 390 234
10th Percentile £36,375 £35,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £74,875 £80,125 £80,875
England median annual salary £57,836 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.58% -8.00% +8.70%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,511 5,069 5,642
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 26.06% 28.90% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,724 4,040 3,688
10th Percentile £33,750 £34,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,790 £55,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -7.56% +8.18%
75th Percentile £68,000 £68,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for C in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C in the South East.

Salary trend for C in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the South East over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for C in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 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
Thames Valley -37 55 £55,565 -2.52% 262
Hampshire -17 39 £55,000 -4.35% 128
Oxfordshire -16 28 £63,750 +11.84% 54
Kent +6 21 £60,000 +62.16% 81
Buckinghamshire +6 16 £60,000 +14.28% 82
Isle of Wight - 13 £65,000 - 1
East Sussex +24 12 £55,000 +15.79% 41
Surrey -39 12 £67,500 +12.50% 93
Berkshire -15 11 £52,000 -10.34% 129
West Sussex +20 4 £55,000 - 38
C
England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.28%) Apache
2 1 (0.64%) CMS
2 1 (0.64%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (5.77%) Simulink
2 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.28%) GNU Octave
3 2 (1.28%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.56%) AWS
2 3 (1.92%) Azure
3 2 (1.28%) GitHub
3 2 (1.28%) SaaS
4 1 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.64%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 23 (14.74%) Wireless
2 17 (10.90%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (3.21%) HTTP
3 5 (3.21%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.56%) Bluetooth
4 4 (2.56%) HTTPS
5 2 (1.28%) Network Security
5 2 (1.28%) RS-232
6 1 (0.64%) RS-422
6 1 (0.64%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.28%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (1.28%) GIS
1 2 (1.28%) Metadata
1 2 (1.28%) MySQL
1 2 (1.28%) RDBMS
1 2 (1.28%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 28 (17.95%) Git
2 10 (6.41%) Subversion
3 4 (2.56%) JIRA
3 4 (2.56%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (1.28%) CMake
4 2 (1.28%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.64%) GDB
5 1 (0.64%) Selenium
5 1 (0.64%) Visual Studio
General
1 36 (23.08%) Aerospace
2 29 (18.59%) Electronics
3 18 (11.54%) Finance
4 12 (7.69%) Social Skills
5 11 (7.05%) Manufacturing
6 7 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (3.85%) Military
8 4 (2.56%) Aviation
9 3 (1.92%) Marketing
9 3 (1.92%) Retail
10 2 (1.28%) Automotive
11 1 (0.64%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.64%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (32.05%) Software Engineer
2 38 (24.36%) Senior
3 27 (17.31%) Embedded Engineer
4 26 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 24 (15.38%) Lead
6 16 (10.26%) Developer
7 12 (7.69%) Software Team Leader
7 12 (7.69%) Team Leader
8 10 (6.41%) Senior Software Engineer
9 9 (5.77%) Software Developer
10 7 (4.49%) Electronics Engineer
11 6 (3.85%) Firmware Engineer
11 6 (3.85%) Hardware Engineer
11 6 (3.85%) Principal Engineer
11 6 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
12 5 (3.21%) C++ Software Engineer
12 5 (3.21%) Embedded C Engineer
12 5 (3.21%) Principal Software Engineer
12 5 (3.21%) Senior Firmware Engineer
13 4 (2.56%) C Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (17.95%) HTML
2 13 (8.33%) Qt
3 12 (7.69%) XML
4 5 (3.21%) CSS
5 4 (2.56%) .NET
5 4 (2.56%) React
5 4 (2.56%) Yocto
6 3 (1.92%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.28%) LAMP
7 2 (1.28%) Node.js
7 2 (1.28%) OpenEmbedded
8 1 (0.64%) Bazel
8 1 (0.64%) Flash
8 1 (0.64%) Flutter
8 1 (0.64%) OpenGL
8 1 (0.64%) Redux
8 1 (0.64%) REST
8 1 (0.64%) Vulkan
8 1 (0.64%) Web Services
8 1 (0.64%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 49 (31.41%) Embedded Systems
2 19 (12.18%) Algorithms
3 17 (10.90%) e-Learning
3 17 (10.90%) MicroBlaze
3 17 (10.90%) RISC-V
4 14 (8.97%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (7.69%) FPGA
6 7 (4.49%) VHDL
7 5 (3.21%) Acoustics
8 4 (2.56%) CCTV
8 4 (2.56%) CPLD
8 4 (2.56%) Device Driver
8 4 (2.56%) IoT
8 4 (2.56%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.28%) Analogue Electronics
9 2 (1.28%) ASIC
9 2 (1.28%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.28%) Life Science
9 2 (1.28%) Verilog
10 1 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 48 (30.77%) Linux
2 17 (10.90%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (6.41%) Unix
4 7 (4.49%) Android
5 4 (2.56%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.28%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.64%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (46.79%) Software Engineering
2 39 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 31 (19.87%) Mathematics
4 29 (18.59%) Physics
5 28 (17.95%) Validation
6 27 (17.31%) Software Testing
7 26 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
8 25 (16.03%) OO
8 25 (16.03%) SDLC
9 24 (15.38%) OOD
9 24 (15.38%) Signal Processing
10 23 (14.74%) Agile
11 21 (13.46%) Artificial Intelligence
11 21 (13.46%) Test Automation
12 20 (12.82%) Digital Signal Processing
13 18 (11.54%) Customer Requirements
14 17 (10.90%) Innovative Thinking
14 17 (10.90%) Machine Learning
15 16 (10.26%) Data Privacy
16 15 (9.62%) UML
Programming Languages
1 122 (78.21%) C++
2 66 (42.31%) Python
3 36 (23.08%) C#
4 33 (21.15%) MATLAB
5 30 (19.23%) Java
6 29 (18.59%) JavaScript
7 23 (14.74%) SQL
8 21 (13.46%) PHP
9 19 (12.18%) TypeScript
10 18 (11.54%) Rust
11 17 (10.90%) Ruby
12 16 (10.26%) Dart
12 16 (10.26%) R
13 15 (9.62%) Embedded C
14 14 (8.97%) Ada
15 11 (7.05%) Fortran
16 10 (6.41%) Bash
17 8 (5.13%) Embedded C++
18 6 (3.85%) Kotlin
19 5 (3.21%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 73 (46.79%) Degree
2 41 (26.28%) Security Cleared
3 34 (21.79%) SC Cleared
4 20 (12.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (12.18%) Master's Degree
6 17 (10.90%) PhD
7 16 (10.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (7.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.56%) QA
2 2 (1.28%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.28%) AUTOSAR
2 2 (1.28%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.64%) ECSS
3 1 (0.64%) ISO 26262
3 1 (0.64%) MISRA
3 1 (0.64%) MISRA C
System Software
1 30 (19.23%) Firmware
2 21 (13.46%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.92%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (2.56%) Agilent
1 4 (2.56%) Siemens
2 3 (1.92%) EMC
3 2 (1.28%) Cadence
3 2 (1.28%) NVIDIA
4 1 (0.64%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.64%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.64%) SAP