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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 228 | 137 | 221 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -91 | +84 | -19 |
| Permanent jobs citing C | 688 | 2,080 | 1,754 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.32% | 2.11% | 1.69% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.40% | 6.25% | 3.89% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 506 | 1,666 | 943 |
| 10th Percentile | £43,750 | £38,750 | £34,875 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £45,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £55,286 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.53% | -11.54% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £72,500 | £71,250 | £76,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £87,500 | £88,500 |
| 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 | 15,622 | 33,278 | 45,076 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 30.02% | 33.79% | 43.37% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 11,533 | 25,047 | 28,788 |
| 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 | £107,250 | £100,000 | £106,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £53,635 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.54% | -2.48% | +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 1 May 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 1 May 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 | -100 | 564 | £57,836 | +0.58% | 1,086 |
| UK excluding London | -85 | 510 | £57,530 | +4.60% | 999 |
| Work from Home | -37 | 259 | £61,000 | +10.91% | 767 |
| South East | -62 | 154 | £60,000 | +7.62% | 265 |
| London | +45 | 149 | £90,000 | +9.09% | 223 |
| North of England | -48 | 78 | £57,836 | +5.16% | 185 |
| East of England | -45 | 77 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 190 |
| South West | -23 | 69 | £46,500 | -19.13% | 129 |
| Scotland | +19 | 64 | £62,500 | +19.05% | 83 |
| North West | -37 | 58 | £57,836 | +5.16% | 74 |
| Midlands | -72 | 35 | £57,500 | +9.52% | 159 |
| Wales | +24 | 27 | £65,000 | +30.00% | 33 |
| West Midlands | -44 | 22 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 86 |
| Yorkshire | +12 | 16 | £57,500 | +15.00% | 80 |
| East Midlands | -32 | 13 | £57,500 | +15.00% | 68 |
| Northern Ireland | +28 | 6 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 5 |
| North East | +30 | 4 | £61,000 | +1.67% | 32 |
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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