C Job Trends in the Thames Valley

C
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 83 85
Rank change year-on-year -53 +2 -2
Permanent jobs citing C 33 89 167
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.72% 3.02% 2.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.08% 9.42% 9.16%
Number of salaries quoted 23 52 136
10th Percentile £47,500 £40,375 £38,125
25th Percentile £47,875 £52,000 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +6.52% +32.95%
75th Percentile £68,125 £90,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £112,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% +7.11%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 649 945 1,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.16% 32.09% 32.20%
Number of salaries quoted 472 593 1,484
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,875 £76,250 £71,438
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £86,250
South East median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -4.35%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

C job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

C
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing C

C
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for C in the Thames Valley

C
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 March 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
Oxfordshire -17 12 £55,000 -8.33% 11
Berkshire -25 12 £62,500 -40.48% 12
Buckinghamshire -10 9 £60,000 - 7
C
South East

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (6.06%) Apache
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (33.33%) AWS
1 11 (33.33%) Azure
2 9 (27.27%) GCP
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) SpaceWire
2 2 (6.06%) Firewall
2 2 (6.06%) iSCSI
2 2 (6.06%) Network Security
2 2 (6.06%) PBX
2 2 (6.06%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (6.06%) SAN
2 2 (6.06%) VPN
3 1 (3.03%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.06%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (6.06%) MySQL
2 2 (6.06%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Git
2 1 (3.03%) LabVIEW
2 1 (3.03%) Subversion
General
1 8 (24.24%) Electronics
2 6 (18.18%) Automotive
3 5 (15.15%) Social Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Finance
4 3 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Aeronautics
5 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.03%) Aviation
6 1 (3.03%) Military
Job Titles
1 15 (45.45%) Software Engineer
2 8 (24.24%) Senior
3 7 (21.21%) Embedded Engineer
4 6 (18.18%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 6 (18.18%) Firmware Engineer
4 6 (18.18%) Senior Software Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) C Developer
5 3 (9.09%) C# Developer
5 3 (9.09%) COBOL Developer
5 3 (9.09%) Developer
5 3 (9.09%) Full-Stack C# Developer
5 3 (9.09%) Full-Stack Developer
5 3 (9.09%) Python Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Python Software Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Distributed Systems Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Software Validation Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Software Verification Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Validation Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (18.18%) Flash
2 5 (15.15%) Qt
3 2 (6.06%) .NET
3 2 (6.06%) ASP.NET
3 2 (6.06%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (27.27%) Client/Server
2 9 (27.27%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (6.06%) Algorithms
3 2 (6.06%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.06%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (6.06%) FPGA
3 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.06%) N-Tier
4 1 (3.03%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (3.03%) Arduino
4 1 (3.03%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.03%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 17 (51.52%) Linux
2 4 (12.12%) VxWorks
3 2 (6.06%) CentOS
3 2 (6.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (6.06%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (51.52%) Software Engineering
2 12 (36.36%) Collaborative Culture
2 12 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 11 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 10 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (27.27%) Code Quality
5 9 (27.27%) System Testing
6 7 (21.21%) Software Testing
7 6 (18.18%) SDLC
8 5 (15.15%) CI/CD
9 4 (12.12%) UML
10 3 (9.09%) Agile
10 3 (9.09%) Embedded Software Development
10 3 (9.09%) Full-Stack Development
10 3 (9.09%) Use Case
10 3 (9.09%) Validation
10 3 (9.09%) Verification and Validation
11 2 (6.06%) Concurrent Programming
11 2 (6.06%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 16 (48.48%) C++
2 15 (45.45%) Python
3 9 (27.27%) Rust
4 7 (21.21%) Embedded C
5 5 (15.15%) C#
6 4 (12.12%) Bash
6 4 (12.12%) Shell Script
7 3 (9.09%) COBOL
8 2 (6.06%) Fortran
8 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
8 2 (6.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (39.39%) Degree
2 9 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (9.09%) PhD
4 2 (6.06%) Master's Degree
4 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (6.06%) RHCE
4 2 (6.06%) RHCSA
5 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (24.24%) QA
2 4 (12.12%) ECSS
3 2 (6.06%) SLA
4 1 (3.03%) MISRA
System Software
1 9 (27.27%) Hyper-V
1 9 (27.27%) KVM
1 9 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (18.18%) Embedded Firmware
2 6 (18.18%) Firmware
3 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
3 2 (6.06%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 2 (6.06%) Docker
3 2 (6.06%) Samba
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) VMware
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.06%) Dell
3 2 (6.06%) D-Link
3 2 (6.06%) Red Hat