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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 228 | 135 | 221 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -93 | +86 | -18 |
| Permanent jobs citing C | 687 | 2,070 | 1,761 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.32% | 2.10% | 1.69% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.39% | 6.23% | 3.90% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 506 | 1,659 | 944 |
| 10th Percentile | £43,750 | £38,750 | £34,875 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £45,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £55,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -12.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £72,500 | £71,250 | £76,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £87,500 | £88,375 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £57,530 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.60% | -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 | 15,664 | 33,221 | 45,157 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 30.03% | 33.78% | 43.42% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 11,561 | 25,021 | 28,803 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,500 | £35,000 | £38,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,683 | £45,000 | £49,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £77,500 | £86,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £106,250 | £100,000 | £106,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £53,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -2.73% | +2.33% |
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 30 April 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 30 April 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 | -94 | 564 | £57,836 | +0.58% | 849 |
| UK excluding London | -89 | 510 | £57,530 | +4.60% | 746 |
| Work from Home | -44 | 259 | £61,000 | +10.91% | 593 |
| South East | -63 | 155 | £60,000 | +6.19% | 188 |
| London | +40 | 148 | £90,000 | +9.09% | 183 |
| North of England | -53 | 78 | £57,836 | +5.16% | 140 |
| East of England | -46 | 77 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 121 |
| South West | -18 | 69 | £46,500 | -19.13% | 94 |
| Scotland | +19 | 63 | £62,500 | +19.05% | 66 |
| North West | -36 | 58 | £57,836 | +5.16% | 55 |
| Midlands | -82 | 35 | £57,500 | +9.52% | 124 |
| Wales | +17 | 27 | £65,000 | +30.00% | 27 |
| West Midlands | -40 | 22 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 69 |
| Yorkshire | +8 | 16 | £57,500 | +15.00% | 62 |
| East Midlands | -32 | 13 | £57,500 | +15.00% | 55 |
| Northern Ireland | +29 | 6 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 3 |
| North East | +32 | 4 | £61,000 | +1.67% | 24 |
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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