C Job Trends in the South East

C
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 121 84
Rank change year-on-year -73 -37 +31
Permanent jobs citing C 95 139 488
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.70% 2.06% 3.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.32% 6.78% 10.30%
Number of salaries quoted 60 101 363
10th Percentile £43,750 £35,500 £35,800
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £69,063 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,060 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +3.45% -7.20%

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 2,199 2,049 4,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.11% 30.30% 30.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,665 1,457 3,970
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

C job vacancy trend in the South East

C
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing C

C
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the South East over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

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 11 April 2026. 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 -44 34 £60,000 - 30
Hampshire -17 29 £65,000 +30.00% 48
Berkshire +4 18 £62,500 +8.16% 11
Surrey -32 11 £60,000 -14.29% 19
Kent -54 10 £55,000 +4.76% 9
Buckinghamshire -23 9 £60,000 - 7
Oxfordshire -39 7 £57,500 -8.00% 12
East Sussex -13 6 £55,000 - 6
West Sussex -27 2 £70,000 +33.33% 3
Isle of Wight - 2 £75,900 -
Sussex - 1 - - 2
C
England

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.11%) Apache
1 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 9 (9.47%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 15 (15.79%) AWS
1 15 (15.79%) Azure
2 13 (13.68%) GCP
3 3 (3.16%) GitHub
3 3 (3.16%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.05%) Google Play
5 1 (1.05%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.21%) Network Security
1 4 (4.21%) Software-Defined Radio
1 4 (4.21%) SpaceWire
2 3 (3.16%) HTTP
2 3 (3.16%) RTP
2 3 (3.16%) Unified Communications
2 3 (3.16%) VoIP
2 3 (3.16%) Wireless
2 3 (3.16%) Wireshark
3 2 (2.11%) Firewall
3 2 (2.11%) iSCSI
3 2 (2.11%) PBX
3 2 (2.11%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (2.11%) SAN
3 2 (2.11%) VPN
4 1 (1.05%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.05%) Multicast
4 1 (1.05%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.26%) MySQL
2 4 (4.21%) MongoDB
2 4 (4.21%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.05%) GIS
Development Applications
1 12 (12.63%) Git
2 9 (9.47%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (6.32%) LabVIEW
4 5 (5.26%) JIRA
5 3 (3.16%) Android Studio
5 3 (3.16%) Subversion
6 2 (2.11%) CMake
6 2 (2.11%) Visual Studio
7 1 (1.05%) Jenkins
7 1 (1.05%) Xcode
General
1 15 (15.79%) Electronics
1 15 (15.79%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.58%) Aerospace
2 11 (11.58%) Military
3 6 (6.32%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (4.21%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.16%) Finance
6 2 (2.11%) Aeronautics
6 2 (2.11%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.11%) Legal
7 1 (1.05%) Aviation
7 1 (1.05%) Games
7 1 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.05%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 44 (46.32%) Software Engineer
2 17 (17.89%) Embedded Engineer
3 14 (14.74%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 13 (13.68%) Developer
5 12 (12.63%) Senior
6 11 (11.58%) FPGA Engineer
7 9 (9.47%) C++ Software Engineer
7 9 (9.47%) Senior Software Engineer
8 7 (7.37%) Design Engineer
8 7 (7.37%) Software Validation Engineer
8 7 (7.37%) Validation Engineer
9 6 (6.32%) Electronics Engineer
9 6 (6.32%) Lead
10 5 (5.26%) C Software Engineer
10 5 (5.26%) Development Engineer
10 5 (5.26%) Embedded C Engineer
10 5 (5.26%) Embedded C Software Engineer
10 5 (5.26%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
10 5 (5.26%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
10 5 (5.26%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (12.63%) .NET
2 7 (7.37%) Qt
3 4 (4.21%) Django
3 4 (4.21%) Flask
4 3 (3.16%) FreeSWITCH
4 3 (3.16%) HTML
4 3 (3.16%) Jinja
4 3 (3.16%) OAuth
4 3 (3.16%) OAuth2
4 3 (3.16%) pytest
4 3 (3.16%) REST
4 3 (3.16%) RFC 2833
4 3 (3.16%) SQLAlchemy
4 3 (3.16%) WebRTC
5 2 (2.11%) ASP.NET
5 2 (2.11%) React
5 2 (2.11%) XML
6 1 (1.05%) QML
6 1 (1.05%) Qt Quick
6 1 (1.05%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.79%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (14.74%) FPGA
3 13 (13.68%) Algorithms
3 13 (13.68%) Client/Server
4 10 (10.53%) VHDL
5 9 (9.47%) NVMe
5 9 (9.47%) PCIe
6 4 (4.21%) Arduino
6 4 (4.21%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (4.21%) Management Information System
7 3 (3.16%) Analogue Electronics
7 3 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (3.16%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (3.16%) Smart Home
8 2 (2.11%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (2.11%) N-Tier
8 2 (2.11%) Security Posture
9 1 (1.05%) 3D Graphics
9 1 (1.05%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 40 (42.11%) Linux
2 6 (6.32%) Android
3 5 (5.26%) Windows
4 4 (4.21%) VxWorks
5 3 (3.16%) Ubuntu
6 2 (2.11%) CentOS
6 2 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.05%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.05%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (1.05%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (56.84%) Software Engineering
2 24 (25.26%) System Testing
3 23 (24.21%) Computer Science
4 22 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (17.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (16.84%) Test Automation
7 13 (13.68%) Code Quality
8 12 (12.63%) Validation
9 11 (11.58%) Agile
9 11 (11.58%) Software Testing
10 10 (10.53%) FPGA Design
10 10 (10.53%) Roadmaps
11 9 (9.47%) Collaborative Culture
11 9 (9.47%) Configuration Management
11 9 (9.47%) Information Assurance
11 9 (9.47%) Requirements Analysis
11 9 (9.47%) Technology Roadmap
11 9 (9.47%) UVM
12 8 (8.42%) CI/CD
12 8 (8.42%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 73 (76.84%) C++
2 26 (27.37%) Python
3 15 (15.79%) C#
4 14 (14.74%) Rust
5 9 (9.47%) Assembly Language
6 8 (8.42%) Java
7 4 (4.21%) Embedded C
7 4 (4.21%) Shell Script
8 3 (3.16%) Bash
8 3 (3.16%) COBOL
8 3 (3.16%) JavaScript
8 3 (3.16%) Pascal
8 3 (3.16%) TypeScript
9 2 (2.11%) Kotlin
9 2 (2.11%) MATLAB
9 2 (2.11%) PowerShell
9 2 (2.11%) SQL
10 1 (1.05%) Objective-C
10 1 (1.05%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 49 (51.58%) Degree
2 16 (16.84%) Security Cleared
3 15 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (11.58%) SC Cleared
5 6 (6.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (6.32%) Master's Degree
6 5 (5.26%) DV Cleared
7 4 (4.21%) Chartered Engineer
8 3 (3.16%) PhD
9 2 (2.11%) CISSP
9 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (2.11%) RHCE
9 2 (2.11%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.63%) QA
2 9 (9.47%) ISO 9001
3 5 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (4.21%) ECSS
5 3 (3.16%) GDPR
5 3 (3.16%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (2.11%) SLA
7 1 (1.05%) MISRA
System Software
1 17 (17.89%) Firmware
2 13 (13.68%) Hyper-V
2 13 (13.68%) KVM
2 13 (13.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (9.47%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (6.32%) Docker
5 3 (3.16%) Kamailio
6 2 (2.11%) Active Directory
6 2 (2.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (2.11%) Samba
Systems Management
1 6 (6.32%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.16%) Argo
Vendors
1 13 (13.68%) VMware
2 10 (10.53%) Xilinx
3 9 (9.47%) Altera
4 7 (7.37%) Microsoft
5 3 (3.16%) BT
5 3 (3.16%) Fortinet
5 3 (3.16%) Mitel
5 3 (3.16%) Motorola
6 2 (2.11%) Dell
6 2 (2.11%) D-Link
6 2 (2.11%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.05%) Apple
7 1 (1.05%) ESRI
7 1 (1.05%) Google
7 1 (1.05%) Mapbox
7 1 (1.05%) Xamarin