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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 103 31
Rank change year-on-year +17 -72 +110
Permanent jobs citing C 189 175 494
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.80% 2.84% 7.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.56% 7.07% 16.22%
Number of salaries quoted 153 96 177
10th Percentile £39,500 £22,000 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,500 £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 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,750 £77,500 £71,250
South East median annual salary £56,500 £58,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.83% +11.90% -

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 2,476 3,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.28% 40.20% 44.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,614 1,429 1,900
10th Percentile £37,000 £34,324 £34,941
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,186 £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 25 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 25 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 +34 88 £57,500 +53.33% 30
Berkshire +24 60 £59,000 +22.31% 18
Buckinghamshire -30 41 £52,501 +52.96% 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 (1.59%) 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 (1.59%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.41%) 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 (3.70%) Internet
2 5 (2.65%) Wireless
3 4 (2.12%) Ethernet
3 4 (2.12%) 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 (7.41%) Power BI
2 3 (1.59%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.06%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (3.17%) Git
2 4 (2.12%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.12%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.59%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.06%) JIRA
5 1 (0.53%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.53%) Subversion
General
1 35 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (15.87%) Social Skills
3 29 (15.34%) Electronics
4 26 (13.76%) Marketing
5 18 (9.52%) Aerospace
6 17 (8.99%) Telecoms
7 14 (7.41%) Brand Awareness
8 9 (4.76%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.70%) Publishing
10 5 (2.65%) Automotive
11 4 (2.12%) Finance
12 3 (1.59%) 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 64 (33.86%) Senior
2 63 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 33 (17.46%) Embedded Engineer
4 25 (13.23%) Developer
5 17 (8.99%) Senior Software Engineer
6 16 (8.47%) C++ Software Engineer
6 16 (8.47%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 15 (7.94%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 14 (7.41%) Customer Experience Manager
9 13 (6.88%) Electronics Engineer
10 11 (5.82%) Junior
10 11 (5.82%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 11 (5.82%) Systems Engineer
11 10 (5.29%) Applications Engineer
11 10 (5.29%) Senior Developer
12 9 (4.76%) Senior Applications Engineer
13 8 (4.23%) Firmware Developer
13 8 (4.23%) Software Developer
14 7 (3.70%) C++ Developer
14 7 (3.70%) Senior DSP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (10.58%) OpenMP
2 17 (8.99%) WPF
3 14 (7.41%) OpenACC
4 6 (3.17%) .NET
4 6 (3.17%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.59%) 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 (23.81%) Algorithms
2 27 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
3 20 (10.58%) CUDA
4 17 (8.99%) Analytical Mindset
4 17 (8.99%) Data Structures
5 15 (7.94%) Product Ownership
6 10 (5.29%) FPGA
6 10 (5.29%) IoT
7 8 (4.23%) Analogue Electronics
8 7 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.65%) Verilog
10 4 (2.12%) Mobile App
10 4 (2.12%) VHDL
11 3 (1.59%) Arduino
11 3 (1.59%) ARM Cortex
11 3 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.59%) Raspberry Pi
12 2 (1.06%) ASIC
12 2 (1.06%) ASIC Verification
12 2 (1.06%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 77 (40.74%) Linux
2 35 (18.52%) Windows
3 30 (15.87%) Unix
4 5 (2.65%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (2.12%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.53%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (41.27%) Software Engineering
2 62 (32.80%) Computer Science
3 55 (29.10%) Physics
4 47 (24.87%) Mathematics
5 40 (21.16%) Multithreading
5 40 (21.16%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (17.46%) Parallel Programming
7 29 (15.34%) Prototyping
8 23 (12.17%) Agile
9 22 (11.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (11.64%) OOD
10 21 (11.11%) OO
11 18 (9.52%) Software Testing
12 17 (8.99%) Chemistry
12 17 (8.99%) Complexity Analysis
12 17 (8.99%) Customer Experience
12 17 (8.99%) Performance Metrics
12 17 (8.99%) SOLID
13 16 (8.47%) MVC
13 16 (8.47%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 89 (47.09%) C++
2 81 (42.86%) Python
3 44 (23.28%) Fortran
4 33 (17.46%) C#
5 22 (11.64%) Embedded C
6 17 (8.99%) XAML
7 13 (6.88%) Bash
8 8 (4.23%) Perl
9 7 (3.70%) Java
10 6 (3.17%) Embedded C++
11 5 (2.65%) MATLAB
12 4 (2.12%) JavaScript
12 4 (2.12%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.59%) 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 (53.97%) Degree
2 52 (27.51%) PhD
3 49 (25.93%) Master's Degree
4 24 (12.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (10.05%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.12%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.06%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.59%) QA
2 2 (1.06%) PMO
3 1 (0.53%) JTAG
System Software
1 39 (20.63%) Firmware
2 12 (6.35%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.12%) Ansible
2 1 (0.53%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (7.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.59%) Renesas
2 3 (1.59%) 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