C Jobs in Surrey

C
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 61 99
Rank change year-on-year -32 +38 +18
Permanent jobs citing C 11 102 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 0.94% 3.89% 2.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.51% 13.09% 6.67%
Number of salaries quoted 11 67 37
10th Percentile £62,500 £37,500 £44,900
25th Percentile £63,125 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £76,250 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £77,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +14.29%

All Programming Languages
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 313 779 855
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 26.64% 29.74% 39.08%
Number of salaries quoted 198 543 587
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,500 £37,950
25th Percentile £45,625 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +1.69%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £92,500
South East median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% -6.78% +7.27%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for C in Surrey

C
Salary Trend in Surrey

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

Salary trend for C in Surrey

C
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 28 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
Guildford +4 8 £66,250 +32.50% 19
Staines +4 1 £67,500 -15.63% 2
Camberley - 1 £75,000 -
Godalming - 1 £75,000 -
C
South East

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Network Security
1 2 (18.18%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Git
1 3 (27.27%) Subversion
2 1 (9.09%) CMake
2 1 (9.09%) GDB
General
1 4 (36.36%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Lead
2 6 (54.55%) Developer
3 5 (45.45%) Software Developer
4 4 (36.36%) Lead Developer
5 3 (27.27%) C++ Developer
5 3 (27.27%) Lead Software Developer
5 3 (27.27%) Senior
6 2 (18.18%) C Developer
6 2 (18.18%) C/C++ Developer
6 2 (18.18%) C++ Software Developer
6 2 (18.18%) Hardware Engineer
7 1 (9.09%) FPGA Developer
7 1 (9.09%) GUI Developer
7 1 (9.09%) Linux Developer
7 1 (9.09%) MATLAB Developer
7 1 (9.09%) Python Developer
7 1 (9.09%) Senior Developer
7 1 (9.09%) Senior Software Developer
7 1 (9.09%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) HTML
2 2 (18.18%) React
3 1 (9.09%) Bazel
3 1 (9.09%) HTML5
3 1 (9.09%) Node.js
3 1 (9.09%) OpenGL
3 1 (9.09%) Redux
3 1 (9.09%) Vulkan
3 1 (9.09%) WinForms
3 1 (9.09%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (36.36%) Device Driver
3 3 (27.27%) Algorithms
3 3 (27.27%) FPGA
3 3 (27.27%) VHDL
4 2 (18.18%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (9.09%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (9.09%) Acoustics
5 1 (9.09%) CUDA
5 1 (9.09%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Android
2 1 (9.09%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Mathematics
1 7 (63.64%) Physics
2 5 (45.45%) Mentoring
3 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (27.27%) Device Driver Development
3 3 (27.27%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
4 2 (18.18%) Digital Signal Processing
4 2 (18.18%) Image Processing
4 2 (18.18%) Schematic Capture
4 2 (18.18%) Signal Processing
4 2 (18.18%) Software Engineering
4 2 (18.18%) Validation
5 1 (9.09%) Agile
5 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Mathematical Modelling
5 1 (9.09%) Microservices
5 1 (9.09%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (9.09%) SDLC
5 1 (9.09%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) C++
2 4 (36.36%) JavaScript
3 3 (27.27%) Java
3 3 (27.27%) Python
3 3 (27.27%) TypeScript
4 2 (18.18%) Embedded C
4 2 (18.18%) Embedded C++
5 1 (9.09%) C#
5 1 (9.09%) Fortran
5 1 (9.09%) MATLAB
5 1 (9.09%) Objective-C
5 1 (9.09%) Rust
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) Degree
2 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
3 6 (54.55%) PhD
4 4 (36.36%) DV Cleared
4 4 (36.36%) Master's Degree
5 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Red Hat