C Jobs in the Thames Valley

C
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 105 37
Rank change year-on-year +18 -68 +106
Permanent jobs citing C 188 179 470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.79% 2.90% 6.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.51% 7.20% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 152 99 177
10th Percentile £39,500 £22,000 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,375 £34,324 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £43,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.95% -17.62% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,375 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,750 £77,500 £71,250
South East median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.83% +14.29% -

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,976 2,486 3,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.29% 40.25% 44.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,613 1,438 1,912
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,324 £34,990
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,264 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for C in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for C in the Thames Valley

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for C in the Thames Valley

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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 24 April 2024. 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 +37 88 £57,500 +53.33% 32
Berkshire +18 60 £59,000 +15.32% 18
Buckinghamshire -33 40 £52,501 +39.78% 18
C
South East

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.60%) Kinematics
2 2 (1.06%) IBM Domino
3 1 (0.53%) CMS
3 1 (0.53%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.53%) IIS
3 1 (0.53%) Kentico
3 1 (0.53%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (0.53%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (1.60%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.45%) Power Platform
2 2 (1.06%) AWS
2 2 (1.06%) SaaS
3 1 (0.53%) Azure
3 1 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.53%) Kontent
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.72%) Internet
2 5 (2.66%) Wireless
3 4 (2.13%) Ethernet
3 4 (2.13%) RS-485
4 2 (1.06%) MQTT
4 2 (1.06%) RFID
5 1 (0.53%) DHCP
5 1 (0.53%) DNS
5 1 (0.53%) GPRS
5 1 (0.53%) RS-232
5 1 (0.53%) SpaceWire
5 1 (0.53%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.53%) VLAN
5 1 (0.53%) VPN
5 1 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.45%) Power BI
2 3 (1.60%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.06%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (3.19%) Git
2 4 (2.13%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.13%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.60%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.06%) JIRA
5 1 (0.53%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.53%) Subversion
General
1 35 (18.62%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (15.96%) Social Skills
3 29 (15.43%) Electronics
4 26 (13.83%) Marketing
5 18 (9.57%) Aerospace
6 17 (9.04%) Telecoms
7 14 (7.45%) Brand Awareness
8 9 (4.79%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.72%) Publishing
10 5 (2.66%) Automotive
11 4 (2.13%) Finance
12 3 (1.60%) Retail
13 1 (0.53%) Banking
13 1 (0.53%) Games
13 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.53%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 63 (33.51%) Senior
1 63 (33.51%) Software Engineer
2 32 (17.02%) Embedded Engineer
3 24 (12.77%) Developer
4 17 (9.04%) Senior Software Engineer
5 16 (8.51%) C++ Software Engineer
5 16 (8.51%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 14 (7.45%) Customer Experience Manager
6 14 (7.45%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 13 (6.91%) Electronics Engineer
8 11 (5.85%) Junior
8 11 (5.85%) Senior Electronics Engineer
8 11 (5.85%) Systems Engineer
9 10 (5.32%) Applications Engineer
10 9 (4.79%) Senior Applications Engineer
10 9 (4.79%) Senior Developer
11 8 (4.26%) Firmware Developer
11 8 (4.26%) Software Developer
12 7 (3.72%) Research Engineer
12 7 (3.72%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (10.64%) OpenMP
2 17 (9.04%) WPF
3 14 (7.45%) OpenACC
4 6 (3.19%) .NET
4 6 (3.19%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.60%) Qt
6 2 (1.06%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.06%) React
6 2 (1.06%) RESTful
7 1 (0.53%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.53%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.53%) JSON
7 1 (0.53%) Next.js
7 1 (0.53%) STL
7 1 (0.53%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 45 (23.94%) Algorithms
2 27 (14.36%) Embedded Systems
3 20 (10.64%) CUDA
4 17 (9.04%) Analytical Mindset
4 17 (9.04%) Data Structures
5 15 (7.98%) Product Ownership
6 10 (5.32%) FPGA
6 10 (5.32%) IoT
7 8 (4.26%) Analogue Electronics
8 7 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.66%) Verilog
10 4 (2.13%) Mobile App
10 4 (2.13%) VHDL
11 3 (1.60%) Arduino
11 3 (1.60%) ARM Cortex
11 3 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.60%) Raspberry Pi
12 2 (1.06%) ASIC
12 2 (1.06%) ASIC Verification
12 2 (1.06%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 77 (40.96%) Linux
2 35 (18.62%) Windows
3 30 (15.96%) Unix
4 5 (2.66%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (2.13%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.53%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (41.49%) Software Engineering
2 62 (32.98%) Computer Science
3 55 (29.26%) Physics
4 47 (25.00%) Mathematics
5 40 (21.28%) Multithreading
5 40 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (17.55%) Parallel Programming
7 29 (15.43%) Prototyping
8 23 (12.23%) Agile
9 22 (11.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (11.70%) OOD
10 21 (11.17%) OO
11 18 (9.57%) Software Testing
12 17 (9.04%) Chemistry
12 17 (9.04%) Complexity Analysis
12 17 (9.04%) Customer Experience
12 17 (9.04%) Performance Metrics
12 17 (9.04%) SOLID
13 16 (8.51%) MVC
13 16 (8.51%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (46.81%) C++
2 81 (43.09%) Python
3 44 (23.40%) Fortran
4 33 (17.55%) C#
5 22 (11.70%) Embedded C
6 17 (9.04%) XAML
7 13 (6.91%) Bash
8 8 (4.26%) Perl
9 7 (3.72%) Java
10 6 (3.19%) Embedded C++
11 5 (2.66%) MATLAB
12 4 (2.13%) JavaScript
12 4 (2.13%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.60%) SQL
14 2 (1.06%) COBOL
14 2 (1.06%) SystemVerilog
14 2 (1.06%) Tcl
15 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 102 (54.26%) Degree
2 52 (27.66%) PhD
3 49 (26.06%) Master's Degree
4 24 (12.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (10.11%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.13%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.06%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.60%) QA
2 2 (1.06%) PMO
3 1 (0.53%) JTAG
System Software
1 39 (20.74%) Firmware
2 12 (6.38%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.13%) Ansible
2 1 (0.53%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (7.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.60%) Renesas
2 3 (1.60%) Samsung
3 2 (1.06%) EMC
3 2 (1.06%) Thales
4 1 (0.53%) Optimizely
4 1 (0.53%) SAP
4 1 (0.53%) Sitecore