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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 74 91
Rank change year-on-year +22 +17 +23
Permanent jobs citing C 11 31 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 1.44% 2.11% 1.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.27% 7.43% 3.36%
Number of salaries quoted 11 30 8
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,375 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £62,500
90th Percentile - £67,500 £77,500
Wales median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% +10.00%

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 133 417 387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 17.36% 28.43% 34.19%
Number of salaries quoted 119 305 199
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,195 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,101 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.16% +4.20% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £66,250 £64,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,250 £77,500
Wales median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% -10.00%

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 11 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 11 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 +35 6 £62,500 -3.85% 14
Newport - 2 £65,000 - 5
Glamorgan - 1 £50,000 - 10
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 2 (18.18%) GNU Octave
2 1 (9.09%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) GPRS
1 2 (18.18%) GSM
2 1 (9.09%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (54.55%) Electronics
2 3 (27.27%) Aviation
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Avionics
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
4 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Senior
2 4 (36.36%) Embedded Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Software Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Electronics Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Lead
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Electronics Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Software Manager
4 2 (18.18%) Software Team Leader
4 2 (18.18%) Team Leader
5 1 (9.09%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Firmware Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) .NET
1 2 (18.18%) .NET Framework
1 2 (18.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (18.18%) Algorithms
2 2 (18.18%) Analogue Electronics
2 2 (18.18%) CPLD
2 2 (18.18%) FPGA
2 2 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (9.09%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Software Engineering
2 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
2 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (36.36%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (18.18%) Digital Signal Processing
3 2 (18.18%) Energy Management
3 2 (18.18%) Feasibility Study
3 2 (18.18%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
3 2 (18.18%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (18.18%) Power Management
3 2 (18.18%) Project Planning
3 2 (18.18%) Prototyping
3 2 (18.18%) Quality Management
3 2 (18.18%) Requirements Management
3 2 (18.18%) Schematic Capture
3 2 (18.18%) SDLC
3 2 (18.18%) Signal Processing
3 2 (18.18%) SysML
3 2 (18.18%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) C++
2 3 (27.27%) Ada
2 3 (27.27%) C#
2 3 (27.27%) MATLAB
3 1 (9.09%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) ISO 13485
1 2 (18.18%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (27.27%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) EMC