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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 241 206
Rank change year-on-year +105 -35 +14
Permanent jobs citing C 1,710 1,246 3,549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.89% 1.54% 2.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.20% 3.84% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,311 753 1,101
10th Percentile £38,750 £35,733 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,180 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.01% +6.40% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +5.00%

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 27,596 32,430 91,738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.53% 40.19% 52.34%
Number of salaries quoted 19,728 24,108 43,810
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £37,171
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,850
% change year-on-year - +2.14% +7.70%

C
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for C in the UK

C
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C.

Salary trend for C in the UK

C
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing C over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for C in the UK

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 26 July 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
UK excluding London +81 1,491 £55,000 -8.33% 259
England +85 1,414 £59,500 -4.80% 257
Work from Home +67 558 £56,000 -10.40% 85
South East +27 472 £55,000 - 64
South West +60 247 £60,000 -4.00% 44
North of England +65 189 £55,000 -8.33% 48
Scotland +11 182 £52,500 -4.55% 26
East of England +19 176 £65,000 - 41
London +10 164 £90,000 +28.57% 24
Midlands +19 160 £50,000 - 41
East Midlands +51 95 £45,000 - 20
North West +35 91 £55,000 -12.00% 31
Yorkshire +62 77 £55,000 - 13
West Midlands -30 65 £60,000 +14.29% 21
Wales +72 53 £50,000 -9.09% 5
North East +6 21 £60,000 +20.00% 4
Northern Ireland +30 12 £55,000 -20.29% 2

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:

Application Platforms
1 29 (1.70%) Apache
2 16 (0.94%) Confluence
3 14 (0.82%) Apache Spark
4 8 (0.47%) Kinematics
5 7 (0.41%) Umbraco
6 6 (0.35%) WinCC
7 4 (0.23%) nginx
8 3 (0.18%) CMS
8 3 (0.18%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.18%) IIS
8 3 (0.18%) Kentico
8 3 (0.18%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.058%) SAS
Applications
1 100 (5.85%) Simulink
2 13 (0.76%) Stateflow
3 10 (0.58%) GNU Octave
4 4 (0.23%) CANalyzer
5 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.12%) Fusion 360
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.058%) Doxygen
7 1 (0.058%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.058%) SketchUp
7 1 (0.058%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.058%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 10 (0.58%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.29%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.12%) SAP MII
5 1 (0.058%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.058%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 1 (0.058%) JDE World
5 1 (0.058%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 74 (4.33%) AWS
2 58 (3.39%) Azure
3 31 (1.81%) SaaS
4 22 (1.29%) GitHub
5 15 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (0.88%) Serverless
6 13 (0.76%) GCP
7 10 (0.58%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (0.29%) AWS IoT
9 5 (0.29%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (0.29%) WhatsApp
10 4 (0.23%) Cohesity
10 4 (0.23%) IaaS
10 4 (0.23%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.18%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (0.18%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.18%) Kontent
12 2 (0.12%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.12%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 92 (5.38%) Wireless
2 55 (3.22%) TCP/IP
3 51 (2.98%) Ethernet
4 41 (2.40%) Network Security
5 40 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
6 36 (2.11%) Internet
7 30 (1.75%) RS-232
7 30 (1.75%) RS-485
8 27 (1.58%) Bluetooth
9 21 (1.23%) Wireshark
10 19 (1.11%) HTTP
10 19 (1.11%) MQTT
11 16 (0.94%) 4G
12 13 (0.76%) 3G
12 13 (0.76%) 5G
13 12 (0.70%) DVB
14 11 (0.64%) DNS
15 9 (0.53%) OFDM
16 8 (0.47%) Firewall
16 8 (0.47%) Link 16
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
1 38 (2.22%) SQL Server
2 32 (1.87%) MongoDB
3 25 (1.46%) Relational Database
4 16 (0.94%) MySQL
5 12 (0.70%) Big Data
6 10 (0.58%) DynamoDB
6 10 (0.58%) Oracle Database
7 7 (0.41%) RDBMS
8 6 (0.35%) Apache Cassandra
9 5 (0.29%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.29%) Metadata
9 5 (0.29%) SQLite
10 4 (0.23%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.18%) Redis
11 3 (0.18%) TimescaleDB
12 2 (0.12%) KDB
13 1 (0.058%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 125 (7.31%) Git
2 67 (3.92%) Visual Studio
3 65 (3.80%) Jenkins
4 59 (3.45%) JIRA
5 40 (2.34%) LabVIEW
6 35 (2.05%) Subversion
7 17 (0.99%) Rational Rhapsody
8 14 (0.82%) Bitbucket
8 14 (0.82%) GitLab
9 11 (0.64%) IDA Disassembler
10 10 (0.58%) GDB
10 10 (0.58%) Oracle APEX
10 10 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
11 9 (0.53%) CMake
11 9 (0.53%) Eclipse
11 9 (0.53%) TestRail
12 8 (0.47%) ClearCase
12 8 (0.47%) Plastic SCM
13 7 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
14 5 (0.29%) NetBeans
General
1 347 (20.29%) Social Skills
2 316 (18.48%) Electronics
3 169 (9.88%) Manufacturing
4 165 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
5 109 (6.37%) Automotive
6 98 (5.73%) Aerospace
7 94 (5.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 91 (5.32%) Finance
9 59 (3.45%) Telecoms
10 54 (3.16%) Marketing
11 41 (2.40%) Public Sector
12 29 (1.70%) Military
13 28 (1.64%) Legal
14 21 (1.23%) Games
14 21 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
15 20 (1.17%) Law
16 18 (1.05%) Retail
17 16 (0.94%) Avionics
18 14 (0.82%) Mandarin Language
19 12 (0.70%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 835 (48.83%) Software Engineer
2 508 (29.71%) Embedded Engineer
3 408 (23.86%) Senior
4 360 (21.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 253 (14.80%) Developer
6 233 (13.63%) Senior Software Engineer
7 149 (8.71%) Lead
8 136 (7.95%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 128 (7.49%) C++ Software Engineer
10 124 (7.25%) Software Developer
11 121 (7.08%) C Software Engineer
12 85 (4.97%) Architect
12 85 (4.97%) C/C++ Software Engineer
13 81 (4.74%) Embedded Developer
13 81 (4.74%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
14 62 (3.63%) Firmware Engineer
15 61 (3.57%) Embedded C Engineer
15 61 (3.57%) Systems Engineer
16 59 (3.45%) C++ Developer
16 59 (3.45%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (7.37%) .NET
2 91 (5.32%) HTML
3 67 (3.92%) WPF
4 55 (3.22%) REST
5 46 (2.69%) .NET Framework
6 45 (2.63%) CSS
7 41 (2.40%) Qt
7 41 (2.40%) SOAP
7 41 (2.40%) Web Services
8 37 (2.16%) XML
9 34 (1.99%) Node.js
9 34 (1.99%) Yocto
10 33 (1.93%) JSON
10 33 (1.93%) React
11 26 (1.52%) WinForms
12 21 (1.23%) OpenGL
13 19 (1.11%) ASP.NET
13 19 (1.11%) HTML5
14 18 (1.05%) .NET Core
15 14 (0.82%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 168 (9.82%) Embedded Systems
2 163 (9.53%) Algorithms
3 97 (5.67%) FPGA
4 87 (5.09%) IoT
5 81 (4.74%) Distributed Systems
6 66 (3.86%) VHDL
7 55 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
8 46 (2.69%) Robotics
9 45 (2.63%) Cloud Native
10 41 (2.40%) Legacy Code
11 37 (2.16%) Device Driver
12 35 (2.05%) Analogue Electronics
13 32 (1.87%) CUDA
14 30 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
15 25 (1.46%) GNSS
15 25 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
16 23 (1.35%) ARM Cortex
17 20 (1.17%) Product Ownership
18 19 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
18 19 (1.11%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 700 (40.94%) Linux
2 210 (12.28%) Embedded Linux
3 160 (9.36%) Windows
4 79 (4.62%) Unix
5 66 (3.86%) Android
6 28 (1.64%) FreeRTOS
7 27 (1.58%) Ubuntu
8 22 (1.29%) AIX
9 15 (0.88%) Apple iOS
10 13 (0.76%) Windows 10
11 11 (0.64%) Kali Linux
12 8 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 5 (0.29%) Windows Server
14 4 (0.23%) CentOS
14 4 (0.23%) Debian
14 4 (0.23%) VxWorks
14 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
15 3 (0.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 3 (0.18%) ThreadX
15 3 (0.18%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,090 (63.74%) Software Engineering
2 337 (19.71%) Problem-Solving
3 308 (18.01%) Computer Science
4 248 (14.50%) Agile
5 185 (10.82%) Mathematics
6 164 (9.59%) Software Testing
7 135 (7.89%) SDLC
8 124 (7.25%) Artificial Intelligence
9 119 (6.96%) Physics
10 117 (6.84%) Machine Learning
11 108 (6.32%) DevOps
12 105 (6.14%) Open Source
13 104 (6.08%) Cybersecurity
14 103 (6.02%) Test Automation
15 94 (5.50%) Mentoring
16 91 (5.32%) Multithreading
17 89 (5.20%) Collaborative Working
18 84 (4.91%) Software Architecture
19 83 (4.85%) Signal Processing
20 78 (4.56%) OO
Programming Languages
1 1,090 (63.74%) C++
2 565 (33.04%) Python
3 334 (19.53%) C#
4 297 (17.37%) Embedded C
5 283 (16.55%) Java
6 141 (8.25%) Bash
7 127 (7.43%) Rust
8 118 (6.90%) JavaScript
9 106 (6.20%) SQL
10 99 (5.79%) MATLAB
11 78 (4.56%) Embedded C++
12 70 (4.09%) Go
13 65 (3.80%) Fortran
14 57 (3.33%) Perl
15 50 (2.92%) VB
16 32 (1.87%) COBOL
16 32 (1.87%) PowerShell
17 29 (1.70%) Micro Focus COBOL
18 27 (1.58%) PHP
19 26 (1.52%) Ada
Qualifications
1 557 (32.57%) Degree
2 276 (16.14%) Security Cleared
3 122 (7.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 82 (4.80%) PhD
5 79 (4.62%) DV Cleared
6 78 (4.56%) Master's Degree
7 72 (4.21%) SC Cleared
8 25 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (0.82%) HND
10 13 (0.76%) DBS Check
11 9 (0.53%) HNC
11 9 (0.53%) PMI Certification
12 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.35%) SANS
14 5 (0.29%) CCNA
14 5 (0.29%) CISA
14 5 (0.29%) CISM
14 5 (0.29%) CISSP
14 5 (0.29%) CRISC
14 5 (0.29%) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (2.81%) QA
2 39 (2.28%) MISRA
3 21 (1.23%) ISO 26262
4 16 (0.94%) AUTOSAR
5 15 (0.88%) GDPR
5 15 (0.88%) ISO 9001
5 15 (0.88%) MISRA C
6 12 (0.70%) JTAG
7 11 (0.64%) Accessibility
7 11 (0.64%) Software Quality Assurance
8 10 (0.58%) ISO 13485
9 8 (0.47%) Automotive SPICE
9 8 (0.47%) Def Stans
10 6 (0.35%) IEC 61131
10 6 (0.35%) IEC 61508
10 6 (0.35%) NIST
11 5 (0.29%) IEC 62304
11 5 (0.29%) TickIT
12 4 (0.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 3 (0.18%) Data Quality
System Software
1 277 (16.20%) Firmware
2 152 (8.89%) Embedded Firmware
3 32 (1.87%) Docker
4 9 (0.53%) Ceph
4 9 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
5 8 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.41%) Active Directory
7 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.23%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.23%) vSphere
9 3 (0.18%) GPFS
9 3 (0.18%) Kamailio
9 3 (0.18%) KVM
9 3 (0.18%) Lustre
9 3 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.058%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 67 (3.92%) Kubernetes
2 23 (1.35%) Ansible
3 13 (0.76%) Terraform
4 6 (0.35%) Knative
5 5 (0.29%) SCCM
6 4 (0.23%) Grafana
6 4 (0.23%) Nagios
6 4 (0.23%) Podman
6 4 (0.23%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.23%) Puppet
6 4 (0.23%) SCOM
6 4 (0.23%) SCOrch
7 3 (0.18%) Functional Safety
7 3 (0.18%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.12%) SELinux
9 1 (0.058%) Kibana
9 1 (0.058%) Packer
9 1 (0.058%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 105 (6.14%) Microsoft
2 43 (2.51%) Xilinx
3 39 (2.28%) Oracle
4 32 (1.87%) SAP
5 29 (1.70%) Micro Focus
6 17 (0.99%) IBM
7 15 (0.88%) EMC
8 12 (0.70%) Atlassian
9 11 (0.64%) Google
10 10 (0.58%) Altera
10 10 (0.58%) ANSYS
10 10 (0.58%) Cisco
10 10 (0.58%) NEC
11 9 (0.53%) Siemens
12 8 (0.47%) Green Hills
12 8 (0.47%) Lauterbach
12 8 (0.47%) Motorola
12 8 (0.47%) Red Hat
12 8 (0.47%) VMware
13 7 (0.41%) Cadence