C
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited C over the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 283 | 130 | 235 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -153 | +105 | -30 |
| Permanent jobs citing C | 602 | 1,997 | 1,298 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.99% | 2.03% | 1.56% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.59% | 6.49% | 3.85% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 360 | 1,538 | 763 |
| 10th Percentile | £43,000 | £38,750 | £35,733 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £45,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,836 | £57,004 | £61,180 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.46% | -6.82% | +6.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £71,250 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £85,000 | £88,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £57,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.64% | -8.33% | +14.29% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 16,752 | 30,761 | 33,688 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 27.63% | 31.27% | 40.39% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10,704 | 22,368 | 24,730 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,250 | £35,475 | £38,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £45,000 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £80,000 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £107,500 | £100,000 | £107,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +3.77% |
C
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
C
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C.
C
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing C over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.
C
Top 17 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the UK over the 6 months to 20 July 2025. 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 |
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| England | -168 | 501 | £57,836 | -0.28% | 808 |
| UK excluding London | -157 | 454 | £57,000 | +3.64% | 748 |
| Work from Home | -107 | 261 | £56,283 | +2.33% | 506 |
| South East | -109 | 148 | £65,000 | +18.18% | 179 |
| London | +19 | 119 | £90,000 | - | 146 |
| North of England | -111 | 67 | £55,000 | - | 117 |
| East of England | -83 | 65 | £55,000 | -15.38% | 191 |
| Midlands | -48 | 52 | £53,750 | +7.50% | 95 |
| Scotland | -19 | 51 | £65,000 | +23.81% | 52 |
| South West | -57 | 49 | £52,500 | -12.50% | 104 |
| North West | -78 | 33 | £57,836 | +5.16% | 55 |
| Yorkshire | -24 | 29 | £46,000 | -5.64% | 52 |
| East Midlands | -33 | 29 | £53,750 | +19.44% | 45 |
| West Midlands | +2 | 23 | £57,500 | -4.17% | 48 |
| Wales | -11 | 22 | £65,000 | +30.00% | 28 |
| North East | +18 | 5 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 12 |
| Northern Ireland | +25 | 1 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 11 |
C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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