C
UK

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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 259 122
Rank change year-on-year -76 -137 +99
Permanent jobs citing C 492 564 2,273
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 1.27% 2.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.96% 4.04% 6.65%
Number of salaries quoted 330 337 1,761
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,063 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.19% -9.60%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -8.33%

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 16,632 13,955 34,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.83% 31.31% 31.58%
Number of salaries quoted 11,725 9,194 25,745
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% -0.91%

C
Job Vacancy Trend

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

C job vacancy trend in the UK

C
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing C

C
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing C over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

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 16 June 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
England -63 442 £60,000 +0.84% 447
UK excluding London -36 406 £60,000 +5.26% 399
South East +3 159 £57,500 -0.49% 142
Work from Home -106 109 £60,750 +5.65% 180
London -74 80 £67,500 -25.00% 61
East of England -13 62 £70,000 +27.27% 98
Midlands -4 56 £65,000 +23.81% 27
North of England -30 46 £56,750 +3.18% 34
West Midlands -3 40 £70,000 +21.74% 19
South West -56 38 £50,000 -4.76% 73
Scotland -18 36 £65,000 - 17
North West +12 27 £57,500 -0.58% 22
East Midlands -33 15 £54,000 +2.86% 8
Yorkshire -46 14 £54,500 +18.48% 10
Wales -55 7 £44,000 -32.31% 9
North East -43 5 £51,000 -7.27% 2
Northern Ireland -31 2 £65,000 +30.00% 8

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (1.02%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.20%) Confluence
5 1 (0.20%) Kinematics
Applications
1 18 (3.66%) Simulink
2 4 (0.81%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (0.61%) CANalyzer
3 3 (0.61%) Stateflow
4 2 (0.41%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.20%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (2.44%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 50 (10.16%) AWS
2 45 (9.15%) Azure
3 23 (4.67%) GCP
4 9 (1.83%) GitHub
5 8 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (0.61%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.41%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.41%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.41%) Serverless
9 1 (0.20%) AWS IoT
9 1 (0.20%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (0.20%) Azure Pipelines
9 1 (0.20%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.20%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (6.30%) Ethernet
1 31 (6.30%) Wireless
2 28 (5.69%) Bluetooth
2 28 (5.69%) RS-232
3 24 (4.88%) TCP/IP
4 18 (3.66%) Modbus
5 12 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
5 12 (2.44%) ZigBee
6 9 (1.83%) Profibus
6 9 (1.83%) RS-485
7 7 (1.42%) Internet
7 7 (1.42%) LTE
7 7 (1.42%) MQTT
7 7 (1.42%) Network Security
8 6 (1.22%) Software-Defined Radio
9 5 (1.02%) VoIP
10 4 (0.81%) Firewall
10 4 (0.81%) RTP
11 3 (0.61%) HTTP
11 3 (0.61%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (2.03%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.22%) MySQL
4 4 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (0.81%) GIS
4 4 (0.81%) Neo4j
5 3 (0.61%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.41%) Redis
6 2 (0.41%) TimescaleDB
7 1 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.20%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.20%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.20%) Power BI
7 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.20%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 48 (9.76%) Git
2 13 (2.64%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (2.24%) LabVIEW
4 9 (1.83%) Subversion
5 7 (1.42%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.42%) JIRA
6 6 (1.22%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.22%) Eclipse
6 6 (1.22%) GitLab
6 6 (1.22%) Maven
7 5 (1.02%) GDB
8 4 (0.81%) Android Studio
8 4 (0.81%) JUnit
8 4 (0.81%) Mockito
8 4 (0.81%) PetaLinux
8 4 (0.81%) Postman
8 4 (0.81%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.61%) CANoe
9 3 (0.61%) Rational Rhapsody
9 3 (0.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 101 (20.53%) Electronics
2 72 (14.63%) Social Skills
3 55 (11.18%) Finance
4 51 (10.37%) Manufacturing
5 38 (7.72%) Aerospace
6 23 (4.67%) Banking
7 19 (3.86%) Investment Banking
8 16 (3.25%) Analytical Skills
9 15 (3.05%) Automotive
10 14 (2.85%) Advertising
10 14 (2.85%) Military
11 13 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (1.83%) Legal
14 8 (1.63%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.42%) Swedish Language
16 6 (1.22%) Aviation
16 6 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.81%) Games
18 3 (0.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 247 (50.20%) Software Engineer
2 180 (36.59%) Embedded Engineer
3 145 (29.47%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 112 (22.76%) Senior
5 79 (16.06%) Senior Software Engineer
6 64 (13.01%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 62 (12.60%) Developer
8 61 (12.40%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 38 (7.72%) Embedded C Engineer
10 37 (7.52%) C Software Engineer
11 35 (7.11%) Embedded C Software Engineer
11 35 (7.11%) Lead
12 31 (6.30%) C++ Software Engineer
13 29 (5.89%) C++ Developer
14 26 (5.28%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
14 26 (5.28%) Embedded C++ Engineer
14 26 (5.28%) FPGA Engineer
15 23 (4.67%) C/C++ Software Engineer
15 23 (4.67%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
15 23 (4.67%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.28%) Yocto
2 25 (5.08%) .NET
3 15 (3.05%) RESTful
4 12 (2.44%) REST
5 9 (1.83%) React
6 7 (1.42%) HTML
6 7 (1.42%) pytest
7 6 (1.22%) .NET Framework
8 5 (1.02%) Gherkin
8 5 (1.02%) Playwright
8 5 (1.02%) Qt
9 4 (0.81%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.81%) Django
9 4 (0.81%) Flask
9 4 (0.81%) MERN Stack
9 4 (0.81%) PyTorch
9 4 (0.81%) Razor View Engine
9 4 (0.81%) Swagger
9 4 (0.81%) TensorFlow
9 4 (0.81%) Unity DI Container
Miscellaneous
1 83 (16.87%) Embedded Systems
2 64 (13.01%) FPGA
3 53 (10.77%) Algorithms
4 32 (6.50%) Robotics
5 30 (6.10%) VHDL
6 24 (4.88%) Device Driver
7 21 (4.27%) PCIe
8 19 (3.86%) Management Information System
9 18 (3.66%) ARM Cortex
9 18 (3.66%) Distributed Systems
9 18 (3.66%) IoT
10 16 (3.25%) Analogue Electronics
11 15 (3.05%) Verilog
12 14 (2.85%) Client/Server
13 12 (2.44%) CAN bus
13 12 (2.44%) NVMe
14 11 (2.24%) Raspberry Pi
15 10 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
16 9 (1.83%) Product Ownership
16 9 (1.83%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 136 (27.64%) Linux
2 32 (6.50%) Windows
3 31 (6.30%) FreeRTOS
4 27 (5.49%) Embedded Linux
5 12 (2.44%) Android
6 4 (0.81%) Robot Operating System
7 3 (0.61%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.41%) CentOS
8 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.41%) SafeRTOS
8 2 (0.41%) ThreadX
8 2 (0.41%) Unix
8 2 (0.41%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (59.15%) Software Engineering
2 78 (15.85%) Agile
3 76 (15.45%) Computer Science
4 63 (12.80%) Problem-Solving
4 63 (12.80%) Test Automation
5 59 (11.99%) Validation
6 50 (10.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 49 (9.96%) AI
7 49 (9.96%) Software Testing
8 45 (9.15%) DevOps
9 43 (8.74%) SDLC
10 39 (7.93%) Signal Processing
11 37 (7.52%) Embedded Software Development
12 36 (7.32%) CI/CD
12 36 (7.32%) Mentoring
13 34 (6.91%) Code Quality
14 31 (6.30%) Roadmaps
15 27 (5.49%) Microservices
16 26 (5.28%) System Testing
17 25 (5.08%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 331 (67.28%) C++
2 164 (33.33%) Python
3 104 (21.14%) Embedded C
4 68 (13.82%) C#
5 60 (12.20%) Java
6 41 (8.33%) Rust
7 30 (6.10%) MATLAB
8 28 (5.69%) Embedded C++
9 19 (3.86%) JavaScript
10 18 (3.66%) TypeScript
11 16 (3.25%) Assembly Language
12 15 (3.05%) Bash
13 10 (2.03%) Go
13 10 (2.03%) R
14 9 (1.83%) SQL
15 7 (1.42%) Erlang
15 7 (1.42%) PowerShell
16 6 (1.22%) Clojure
16 6 (1.22%) Scala
17 5 (1.02%) Perl
Qualifications
1 136 (27.64%) Degree
2 72 (14.63%) Security Cleared
3 40 (8.13%) DV Cleared
4 35 (7.11%) SC Cleared
5 32 (6.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (5.08%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.42%) PhD
9 6 (1.22%) CISSP
9 6 (1.22%) HNC
10 5 (1.02%) GPEN
10 5 (1.02%) GXPN
10 5 (1.02%) HND
10 5 (1.02%) OSCP
11 4 (0.81%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.81%) CREST Certified
11 4 (0.81%) OSCE
12 3 (0.61%) CCSAM
12 3 (0.61%) NVQ Level 3
13 2 (0.41%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.67%) QA
2 18 (3.66%) MISRA
3 16 (3.25%) MISRA C
4 14 (2.85%) IEC 61508
5 10 (2.03%) ISO 9001
6 8 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.02%) Automotive SPICE
7 5 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.02%) DO-254
7 5 (1.02%) IEC 61131
8 4 (0.81%) Def Stans
8 4 (0.81%) DO-178B
8 4 (0.81%) GDPR
8 4 (0.81%) ISO 26262
8 4 (0.81%) JTAG
9 3 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.61%) ECSS
9 3 (0.61%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 127 (25.81%) Firmware
2 66 (13.41%) Embedded Firmware
3 24 (4.88%) Docker
4 14 (2.85%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.85%) KVM
4 14 (2.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.61%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.61%) Kamailio
5 3 (0.61%) QEMU
6 2 (0.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (0.41%) Samba
Systems Management
1 27 (5.49%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.64%) Functional Safety
3 8 (1.63%) Terraform
4 6 (1.22%) Ansible
5 4 (0.81%) Argo
6 3 (0.61%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.41%) Grafana
7 2 (0.41%) Nagios
8 1 (0.20%) Nessus
Vendors
1 17 (3.46%) Xilinx
2 16 (3.25%) Altera
3 15 (3.05%) VMware
4 13 (2.64%) Microsoft
5 9 (1.83%) EMC
6 7 (1.42%) Siemens
7 5 (1.02%) Allen-Bradley
7 5 (1.02%) Oracle
8 4 (0.81%) Atmel
8 4 (0.81%) Facebook
8 4 (0.81%) Instagram
8 4 (0.81%) Peregrine
9 3 (0.61%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.61%) BT
9 3 (0.61%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.61%) Google
9 3 (0.61%) Keysight
9 3 (0.61%) Mitel
9 3 (0.61%) Motorola
10 2 (0.41%) Cognizant