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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% |
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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.
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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing C.
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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 5 March 2026.
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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 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 |
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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: