C Jobs in South Wales

C
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 59 72 98
Rank change year-on-year +13 +26 +21
Permanent jobs citing C 8 35 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.85% 2.23% 0.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.35% 8.35% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 8 34 7
10th Percentile £51,000 £42,500 £46,300
25th Percentile £54,375 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile - £53,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,250 £67,500 £77,500
Wales median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% -

All Programming Languages
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 126 419 413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 13.45% 26.74% 35.42%
Number of salaries quoted 111 304 205
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,059 £34,925
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £52,101 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.00% +1.17% -1.90%
75th Percentile £68,000 £65,000 £67,070
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,480 £77,500
Wales median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £45,250
% change year-on-year +20.00% +10.50% -9.50%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for C in South Wales

C
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for C in South Wales

C
Salary Histogram in South Wales

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

Salary histogram for C in South Wales

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Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the South Wales 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
Cardiff +31 3 £65,000 - 42
Newport - 2 £65,000 - 55
Glamorgan - 1 £50,000 - 3
Neath Port Talbot - 1 £60,000 -
C
Wales

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (12.50%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Bluetooth
1 1 (12.50%) GPRS
1 1 (12.50%) GSM
General
1 2 (25.00%) Aviation
1 2 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Avionics
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Senior
2 3 (37.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Lead
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Software Team Leader
3 2 (25.00%) Team Leader
4 1 (12.50%) Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Electronics Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Firmware Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Electronics Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Firmware Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) XML
2 1 (12.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Algorithms
2 1 (12.50%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) CPLD
2 1 (12.50%) Device Driver
2 1 (12.50%) FPGA
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Software Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (25.00%) OO
4 2 (25.00%) OOD
4 2 (25.00%) Project Planning
4 2 (25.00%) Quality Management
4 2 (25.00%) SDLC
4 2 (25.00%) SysML
4 2 (25.00%) UML
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Signal Processing
5 1 (12.50%) Energy Management
5 1 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 1 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
5 1 (12.50%) Signal Processing
5 1 (12.50%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) C++
2 3 (37.50%) Ada
3 2 (25.00%) C#
4 1 (12.50%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) MATLAB
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) DBS Check
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (25.00%) Firmware
2 1 (12.50%) Docker
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) EMC