Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 13 April 2021

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 13 April 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

C
England > South East
6 months to
13 Apr 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 100 57 56
Rank change year-on-year -43 -1 +24
Permanent jobs citing C 387 913 1,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.11% 4.43% 4.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.53% 7.91% 8.90%
Number of salaries quoted 293 775 915
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £72,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -

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 South East with a requirement for coding skills.

All Programming Languages
South East
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 7,000 11,543 14,714
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East 56.24% 55.98% 55.26%
Number of salaries quoted 5,858 9,924 12,789
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

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

C
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

C
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the South East over the 6 months to 13 April 2021.

Salary histogram for C in the South East

C
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 13 April 2021. 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
Job
Vacancies
Hampshire -11 161 £55,000 +4.76% 57
Thames Valley -9 126 £55,000 +10.00% 79
Berkshire -4 64 £65,000 +18.18% 44
Surrey -41 55 £55,000 +10.00% 21
Oxfordshire +11 40 £45,000 -3.44% 16
Buckinghamshire +12 22 £53,750 +2.38% 19
West Sussex -41 22 £60,000 +9.09% 16
Kent -9 9 £48,750 +8.33% 17
East Sussex +1 5 £56,750 +106.36% 8
Middlesex - 1 £40,000 -
C
England

For the 6 months to 13 April 2021, IT jobs citing C also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region with a requirement for C.

1 162 (41.86%) C++
2 114 (29.46%) Software Engineering
3 81 (20.93%) Linux
4 78 (20.16%) Agile Software Development
5 76 (19.64%) Java
5 76 (19.64%) SQL
6 75 (19.38%) Mathematics
7 74 (19.12%) Security Cleared
7 74 (19.12%) Degree
8 71 (18.35%) Problem-Solving
9 59 (15.25%) QA
10 57 (14.73%) C#
11 55 (14.21%) Python
12 52 (13.44%) Microsoft
13 50 (12.92%) SC Cleared
14 48 (12.40%) Windows
15 43 (11.11%) Computer Science
16 39 (10.08%) Electronics
17 37 (9.56%) Analytical Skills
18 36 (9.30%) Finance
18 36 (9.30%) DV Cleared
19 34 (8.79%) Embedded C
20 33 (8.53%) Azure
21 31 (8.01%) AWS
21 31 (8.01%) Firmware
21 31 (8.01%) Docker
22 29 (7.49%) Visual Studio
22 29 (7.49%) PostgreSQL
22 29 (7.49%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
23 27 (6.98%) Algorithms

C
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (4.65%) MS Exchange
2 6 (1.55%) WordPress
3 5 (1.29%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.03%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.78%) Confluence
5 3 (0.78%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.26%) Apache
7 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.26%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.26%) IIS
7 1 (0.26%) JBoss
7 1 (0.26%) MS Project Server
7 1 (0.26%) Mule
7 1 (0.26%) WildFly
Applications
1 14 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.03%) Simulink
3 3 (0.78%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.26%) Quicktime
Business Applications
1 9 (2.33%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 33 (8.53%) Azure
2 31 (8.01%) AWS
3 24 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (2.58%) SaaS
5 6 (1.55%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.03%) BrowserStack
6 4 (1.03%) Sauce Labs
7 3 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (0.78%) GCP
7 3 (0.78%) Yarn
8 2 (0.52%) DigitalOcean
8 2 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.26%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Active Directory
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.26%) GitHub
9 1 (0.26%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.39%) Wireless
2 15 (3.88%) TCP/IP
3 13 (3.36%) Software-Defined Radio
4 11 (2.84%) Bluetooth
5 9 (2.33%) Ethernet
5 9 (2.33%) Firewall
6 7 (1.81%) Broadband
6 7 (1.81%) Internet
7 6 (1.55%) 3GPP
8 5 (1.29%) HTTP
8 5 (1.29%) SpaceWire
8 5 (1.29%) VSAT
8 5 (1.29%) Wireshark
9 4 (1.03%) DNS
9 4 (1.03%) HTTPS
9 4 (1.03%) Network Security
9 4 (1.03%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (1.03%) VPN
9 4 (1.03%) ZigBee
10 3 (0.78%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.49%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (4.39%) Neo4j
2 17 (4.39%) Redis
3 12 (3.10%) Relational Database
3 12 (3.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (2.84%) SQL Server
5 9 (2.33%) Big Data
5 9 (2.33%) MySQL
6 7 (1.81%) MariaDB
7 6 (1.55%) Power BI
8 5 (1.29%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.03%) Apache Cassandra
9 4 (1.03%) Hadoop
9 4 (1.03%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.52%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.26%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.26%) EDRMS
11 1 (0.26%) FileMaker
11 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (7.49%) Visual Studio
2 23 (5.94%) Git (software)
3 18 (4.65%) JIRA
4 17 (4.39%) Eclipse
5 13 (3.36%) Jenkins
6 11 (2.84%) Subversion
7 9 (2.33%) Visual Studio Code
8 8 (2.07%) Cucumber
9 6 (1.55%) GDB
9 6 (1.55%) Selenium
10 5 (1.29%) GitLab
10 5 (1.29%) Maven
10 5 (1.29%) TestRail
11 4 (1.03%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.03%) JMeter
11 4 (1.03%) JUnit
12 3 (0.78%) IDA Disassembler
12 3 (0.78%) SpecFlow
12 3 (0.78%) webpack
13 2 (0.52%) gulp
General
1 39 (10.08%) Electronics
2 36 (9.30%) Finance
3 20 (5.17%) Public Sector
4 16 (4.13%) Manufacturing
4 16 (4.13%) Military
5 13 (3.36%) Marketing
6 12 (3.10%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.33%) Law
8 5 (1.29%) Automotive
8 5 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (0.78%) Aerospace
9 3 (0.78%) Games
10 2 (0.52%) Publishing
11 1 (0.26%) Advertising
11 1 (0.26%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.26%) Legal
11 1 (0.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 79 (20.41%) Software Engineer
2 61 (15.76%) Developer
3 46 (11.89%) Embedded Engineer
4 39 (10.08%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 37 (9.56%) Architect
6 26 (6.72%) IT Support
7 21 (5.43%) C++ Software Engineer
8 16 (4.13%) Consultant
9 15 (3.88%) Support Engineer
10 13 (3.36%) Analyst
11 12 (3.10%) Development Engineer
11 12 (3.10%) IT Engineer
11 12 (3.10%) IT Support Engineer
12 11 (2.84%) C Software Engineer
12 11 (2.84%) C/C++ Software Engineer
12 11 (2.84%) Delivery Manager
12 11 (2.84%) IT Technician
12 11 (2.84%) Project Manager
13 10 (2.58%) Design Engineer
13 10 (2.58%) Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (5.94%) .NET
2 20 (5.17%) gRPC
3 18 (4.65%) Kafka
4 14 (3.62%) WPF
5 13 (3.36%) HTML
6 11 (2.84%) AngularJS
7 9 (2.33%) CSS
7 9 (2.33%) Node.js
8 8 (2.07%) REST
9 7 (1.81%) Gherkin
9 7 (1.81%) Web Services
10 6 (1.55%) Vue.js
11 5 (1.29%) .NET Framework
11 5 (1.29%) HTML5
11 5 (1.29%) J2EE
11 5 (1.29%) Middleware
11 5 (1.29%) SOAP
11 5 (1.29%) Spring
12 4 (1.03%) JSP
12 4 (1.03%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 37 (9.56%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (7.49%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 27 (6.98%) Algorithms
4 24 (6.20%) Embedded Systems
4 24 (6.20%) Management Information System
5 23 (5.94%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (5.43%) Greenfield Project
7 16 (4.13%) VHDL
8 11 (2.84%) Device Driver
8 11 (2.84%) Verilog
9 8 (2.07%) Client/Server
9 8 (2.07%) Data Structures
9 8 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.07%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.81%) Acoustics
10 7 (1.81%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.55%) Driving Licence
11 6 (1.55%) iPhone
12 5 (1.29%) Cyberthreat
12 5 (1.29%) User Experience
Operating Systems
1 81 (20.93%) Linux
2 48 (12.40%) Windows
3 22 (5.68%) Android
4 17 (4.39%) Embedded Linux
5 10 (2.58%) Unix
5 10 (2.58%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (1.81%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.81%) CentOS
6 7 (1.81%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (1.03%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.03%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (0.78%) Windows XP
9 2 (0.52%) AIX
9 2 (0.52%) Debian
9 2 (0.52%) HPUX
9 2 (0.52%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.52%) Solaris
9 2 (0.52%) VMS
9 2 (0.52%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (29.46%) Software Engineering
2 78 (20.16%) Agile Software Development
3 75 (19.38%) Mathematics
4 71 (18.35%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 26 (6.72%) Test Automation
7 25 (6.46%) Continuous Integration
7 25 (6.46%) Software Testing
8 23 (5.94%) Data Science
8 23 (5.94%) DevOps
8 23 (5.94%) Project Delivery
8 23 (5.94%) Project Management
8 23 (5.94%) TDD
8 23 (5.94%) UML
9 21 (5.43%) Business Analysis
10 20 (5.17%) Coaching
10 20 (5.17%) Unit Testing
11 19 (4.91%) Cybersecurity
11 19 (4.91%) Mentoring
11 19 (4.91%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 162 (41.86%) C++
2 76 (19.64%) Java
2 76 (19.64%) SQL
3 57 (14.73%) C#
4 55 (14.21%) Python
5 34 (8.79%) Embedded C
6 23 (5.94%) Go
7 21 (5.43%) JavaScript
8 19 (4.91%) Embedded C++
9 14 (3.62%) Bash Shell
10 11 (2.84%) MATLAB
11 6 (1.55%) PowerShell
12 5 (1.29%) TypeScript
12 5 (1.29%) XAML
13 4 (1.03%) Assembly Language
13 4 (1.03%) Ruby
13 4 (1.03%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.78%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.78%) PHP
14 3 (0.78%) Rust
Qualifications
1 74 (19.12%) Degree
1 74 (19.12%) Security Cleared
2 50 (12.92%) SC Cleared
3 36 (9.30%) DV Cleared
4 14 (3.62%) PhD
5 10 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.55%) CISSP
8 5 (1.29%) CCNA
8 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.03%) HND
9 4 (1.03%) MCP
10 3 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.78%) CESG Certified Professional
10 3 (0.78%) CISM
11 2 (0.52%) APMP
11 2 (0.52%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.52%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (15.25%) QA
2 16 (4.13%) SLA
3 6 (1.55%) GDPR
3 6 (1.55%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.03%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.03%) MISRA
4 4 (1.03%) NCSC
4 4 (1.03%) NIST
5 3 (0.78%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.52%) PMO
7 1 (0.26%) GRC
7 1 (0.26%) HAZOP
7 1 (0.26%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.26%) JTAG
System Software
1 31 (8.01%) Docker
1 31 (8.01%) Firmware
2 10 (2.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (2.33%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.55%) vSphere
6 3 (0.78%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.26%) NFS
8 1 (0.26%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 15 (3.88%) Ansible
2 10 (2.58%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.55%) Terraform
4 4 (1.03%) FlexNet
4 4 (1.03%) Puppet
5 3 (0.78%) Hadoop YARN
5 3 (0.78%) Opscode Chef
5 3 (0.78%) SCOM
6 2 (0.52%) WSUS
7 1 (0.26%) BMC PATROL
7 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.26%) logstash
7 1 (0.26%) Nagios
7 1 (0.26%) OpenView
7 1 (0.26%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 1 (0.26%) SCCM
7 1 (0.26%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.26%) vRealize
7 1 (0.26%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 52 (13.44%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.62%) VMware
3 11 (2.84%) Oracle
4 8 (2.07%) Xilinx
5 6 (1.55%) Atlassian
5 6 (1.55%) NetApp
5 6 (1.55%) SAP
6 5 (1.29%) McAfee
7 4 (1.03%) Altera
7 4 (1.03%) ANSYS
7 4 (1.03%) Bloomberg
7 4 (1.03%) Perforce
7 4 (1.03%) Xamarin
8 3 (0.78%) Cisco
8 3 (0.78%) HP
8 3 (0.78%) SaltStack
8 3 (0.78%) Sun
9 2 (0.52%) Adobe
9 2 (0.52%) EMC
9 2 (0.52%) Juniper