C Job Trends in the UK excluding London

C
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 199 102
Rank change year-on-year -72 -97 +54
Permanent jobs citing C 376 459 1,792
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.57% 1.58% 2.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.76% 5.48% 8.22%
Number of salaries quoted 278 318 1,436
10th Percentile £44,625 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,938 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,625 £77,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year - +6.19% -9.60%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 9,989 8,379 21,802
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.13% 28.91% 31.75%
Number of salaries quoted 6,822 5,520 16,325
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

C job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

C
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing C

C
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for C in the UK excluding London

C
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
South East -30 125 £60,000 - 110
Midlands -17 58 £65,000 +23.81% 26
North of England -26 56 £56,500 -1.79% 37
East of England -35 47 £61,500 +11.82% 64
West Midlands -21 43 £68,750 +37.50% 14
Scotland -24 41 £65,000 +4.00% 14
South West -52 38 £55,000 +4.76% 56
North West +11 33 £60,000 +9.09% 20
Yorkshire -58 19 £55,000 +10.00% 6
East Midlands -39 14 £54,000 -1.82% 12
Wales -42 9 £57,500 -11.54% 6
North East -40 4 £56,500 -7.38% 11
Northern Ireland -38 2 £65,000 +30.00%
C
UK

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (1.06%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (0.80%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.53%) Apache
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (3.46%) Simulink
2 3 (0.80%) CANalyzer
3 2 (0.53%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.53%) OrCAD
3 2 (0.53%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.53%) Stateflow
3 2 (0.53%) Windchill
4 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 12 (3.19%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 46 (12.23%) AWS
2 36 (9.57%) Azure
3 16 (4.26%) GCP
4 8 (2.13%) GitHub
5 5 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (0.80%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (0.80%) Serverless
7 2 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.53%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.27%) Google Play
8 1 (0.27%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.71%) Ethernet
2 23 (6.12%) Wireless
3 22 (5.85%) Bluetooth
3 22 (5.85%) RS-232
4 13 (3.46%) Modbus
5 7 (1.86%) Internet
5 7 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.86%) ZigBee
6 6 (1.60%) Profibus
7 5 (1.33%) LTE
7 5 (1.33%) Network Security
7 5 (1.33%) RS-485
7 5 (1.33%) Software-Defined Radio
8 3 (0.80%) HTTP
8 3 (0.80%) MQTT
8 3 (0.80%) RTP
8 3 (0.80%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.80%) VoIP
8 3 (0.80%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.53%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (3.19%) MongoDB
3 9 (2.39%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (2.39%) Neo4j
4 6 (1.60%) MySQL
5 5 (1.33%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.80%) GIS
6 3 (0.80%) Redis
6 3 (0.80%) TimescaleDB
7 2 (0.53%) Power BI
7 2 (0.53%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.27%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 44 (11.70%) Git
2 16 (4.26%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (2.93%) JIRA
4 10 (2.66%) LabVIEW
5 9 (2.39%) Subversion
6 7 (1.86%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.60%) GitLab
7 6 (1.60%) Jenkins
7 6 (1.60%) Maven
8 5 (1.33%) Android Studio
8 5 (1.33%) Eclipse
9 4 (1.06%) Cypress.io
9 4 (1.06%) JUnit
9 4 (1.06%) Mockito
10 3 (0.80%) CANoe
10 3 (0.80%) Postman
10 3 (0.80%) Rational Rhapsody
11 2 (0.53%) GDB
11 2 (0.53%) PetaLinux
11 2 (0.53%) Robot Framework
General
1 87 (23.14%) Electronics
2 64 (17.02%) Social Skills
3 48 (12.77%) Manufacturing
4 39 (10.37%) Aerospace
5 17 (4.52%) Finance
6 15 (3.99%) Military
7 14 (3.72%) Automotive
8 10 (2.66%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.86%) Aviation
11 6 (1.60%) Advertising
11 6 (1.60%) Swedish Language
12 5 (1.33%) Games
12 5 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.33%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.06%) Avionics
13 4 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.06%) Retail
14 2 (0.53%) Law
14 2 (0.53%) Legal
Job Titles
1 204 (54.26%) Software Engineer
2 142 (37.77%) Embedded Engineer
3 116 (30.85%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 99 (26.33%) Senior
5 69 (18.35%) Senior Software Engineer
6 57 (15.16%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 55 (14.63%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 30 (7.98%) C Software Engineer
9 27 (7.18%) Developer
10 25 (6.65%) Embedded C Engineer
10 25 (6.65%) FPGA Engineer
11 24 (6.38%) Embedded C Software Engineer
12 22 (5.85%) Design Engineer
12 22 (5.85%) Electronics Engineer
13 21 (5.59%) Lead
14 18 (4.79%) C++ Software Engineer
15 15 (3.99%) Electronics Design Engineer
15 15 (3.99%) Firmware Engineer
15 15 (3.99%) Linux Engineer
16 14 (3.72%) Senior C Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.85%) Yocto
2 16 (4.26%) .NET
3 14 (3.72%) React
4 11 (2.93%) REST
5 9 (2.39%) AngularJS
5 9 (2.39%) MERN Stack
6 6 (1.60%) HTML
7 5 (1.33%) pytest
7 5 (1.33%) Qt
8 4 (1.06%) Django
8 4 (1.06%) Flask
8 4 (1.06%) Gherkin
8 4 (1.06%) GraphQL
8 4 (1.06%) Node.js
8 4 (1.06%) OpenGL
8 4 (1.06%) Playwright
8 4 (1.06%) Vulkan
9 3 (0.80%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.80%) Razor View Engine
9 3 (0.80%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 59 (15.69%) Embedded Systems
2 39 (10.37%) FPGA
3 38 (10.11%) Algorithms
4 27 (7.18%) VHDL
5 22 (5.85%) Device Driver
5 22 (5.85%) Robotics
6 20 (5.32%) PCIe
7 19 (5.05%) Analogue Electronics
8 15 (3.99%) CAN bus
8 15 (3.99%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (3.72%) Management Information System
10 13 (3.46%) Client/Server
11 12 (3.19%) NVMe
11 12 (3.19%) Verilog
12 10 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (2.39%) ARM Cortex
13 9 (2.39%) IoT
13 9 (2.39%) Raspberry Pi
14 8 (2.13%) Driving Licence
15 6 (1.60%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 110 (29.26%) Linux
2 26 (6.91%) Embedded Linux
2 26 (6.91%) FreeRTOS
3 19 (5.05%) Windows
4 9 (2.39%) Android
5 3 (0.80%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.53%) CentOS
6 2 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.53%) Robot Operating System
6 2 (0.53%) SafeRTOS
6 2 (0.53%) ThreadX
6 2 (0.53%) VxWorks
7 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (63.30%) Software Engineering
2 51 (13.56%) Test Automation
3 50 (13.30%) Agile
4 46 (12.23%) Computer Science
4 46 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (11.70%) Validation
6 41 (10.90%) Software Testing
7 36 (9.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (9.04%) Embedded Software Development
9 28 (7.45%) DevOps
9 28 (7.45%) SDLC
9 28 (7.45%) Signal Processing
9 28 (7.45%) System Testing
10 27 (7.18%) AI
11 26 (6.91%) Cybersecurity
12 24 (6.38%) CI/CD
12 24 (6.38%) Code Quality
12 24 (6.38%) Mentoring
13 22 (5.85%) Roadmaps
13 22 (5.85%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 236 (62.77%) C++
2 121 (32.18%) Python
3 96 (25.53%) Embedded C
4 42 (11.17%) C#
5 40 (10.64%) Java
6 28 (7.45%) Embedded C++
6 28 (7.45%) TypeScript
7 24 (6.38%) JavaScript
7 24 (6.38%) Rust
8 21 (5.59%) MATLAB
9 13 (3.46%) Assembly Language
10 12 (3.19%) Bash
11 9 (2.39%) SQL
12 8 (2.13%) Go
12 8 (2.13%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.86%) R
14 3 (0.80%) COBOL
14 3 (0.80%) Delphi
14 3 (0.80%) GLSL
14 3 (0.80%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 108 (28.72%) Degree
2 62 (16.49%) Security Cleared
3 33 (8.78%) DV Cleared
4 30 (7.98%) SC Cleared
5 26 (6.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (4.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (3.46%) Master's Degree
8 9 (2.39%) PhD
9 5 (1.33%) HNC
10 4 (1.06%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (0.80%) HND
12 2 (0.53%) CISSP
12 2 (0.53%) NVQ Level 3
12 2 (0.53%) RHCE
12 2 (0.53%) RHCSA
13 1 (0.27%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.27%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.05%) IEC 61508
1 19 (5.05%) QA
2 17 (4.52%) MISRA
3 16 (4.26%) MISRA C
4 9 (2.39%) ISO 9001
5 5 (1.33%) DO-254
5 5 (1.33%) IEC 61131
5 5 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.06%) GDPR
7 3 (0.80%) Def Stans
7 3 (0.80%) DO-178B
7 3 (0.80%) ISO 26262
7 3 (0.80%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.53%) ECSS
8 2 (0.53%) JTAG
8 2 (0.53%) NIST
8 2 (0.53%) SLA
9 1 (0.27%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 106 (28.19%) Firmware
2 59 (15.69%) Embedded Firmware
3 28 (7.45%) Docker
4 13 (3.46%) Hyper-V
4 13 (3.46%) KVM
4 13 (3.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.80%) Kamailio
5 3 (0.80%) QEMU
6 2 (0.53%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.53%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (0.53%) Samba
7 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (8.78%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.46%) Functional Safety
3 10 (2.66%) Terraform
4 8 (2.13%) Ansible
5 4 (1.06%) Argo
5 4 (1.06%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.80%) Nagios
7 2 (0.53%) Grafana
Vendors
1 16 (4.26%) Altera
2 15 (3.99%) Xilinx
3 13 (3.46%) VMware
4 8 (2.13%) Microsoft
5 7 (1.86%) EMC
5 7 (1.86%) Siemens
6 6 (1.60%) Oracle
7 5 (1.33%) Allen-Bradley
8 4 (1.06%) Atmel
8 4 (1.06%) Peregrine
9 3 (0.80%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.80%) BT
9 3 (0.80%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.80%) Mitel
9 3 (0.80%) Motorola
10 2 (0.53%) Dell
10 2 (0.53%) D-Link
10 2 (0.53%) Facebook
10 2 (0.53%) Google
10 2 (0.53%) Red Hat