C Jobs in Wales

C
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 72 116
Rank change year-on-year +19 +44 +15
Permanent jobs citing C 24 50 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 2.15% 2.41% 0.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.54% 8.85% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 24 45 11
10th Percentile £43,250 £41,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £66,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £58,418 £55,571 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.12% -11.09% +8.70%

All Programming Languages
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 208 565 642
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 18.64% 27.26% 38.37%
Number of salaries quoted 178 427 313
10th Percentile £37,574 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £47,546 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £67,875 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £73,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for C in Wales

C
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for C in Wales

C
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in Wales over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for C in Wales

C
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Wales region over the 6 months to 21 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
South Wales +18 10 £62,500 +25.00% 24
North Wales - 1 £32,500 - 1
C
UK

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Applications
1 3 (12.50%) GNU Octave
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.17%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 10 (41.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (41.67%) Modbus
1 10 (41.67%) MQTT
1 10 (41.67%) Network Security
1 10 (41.67%) TCP/IP
2 5 (20.83%) GSM
3 3 (12.50%) GPRS
4 1 (4.17%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (16.67%) RDBMS
1 4 (16.67%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
2 1 (4.17%) Git
2 1 (4.17%) GitLab
General
1 14 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (33.33%) Electronics
3 3 (12.50%) Aviation
4 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.17%) Avionics
5 1 (4.17%) Health Technology
5 1 (4.17%) Legal
5 1 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Lead
2 8 (33.33%) Developer
2 8 (33.33%) Lead Developer
2 8 (33.33%) Senior
2 8 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Firmware Developer
4 5 (20.83%) Senior Software Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) Electronics Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) Lead Software Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Design Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Lead Software Developer
7 2 (8.33%) Senior Developer
7 2 (8.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Senior Software Developer
7 2 (8.33%) Software Team Leader
7 2 (8.33%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (41.67%) .NET
2 2 (8.33%) XML
3 1 (4.17%) .NET Framework
3 1 (4.17%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 11 (45.83%) Device Driver
2 10 (41.67%) IoT
3 3 (12.50%) Analogue Electronics
3 3 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (8.33%) Algorithms
4 2 (8.33%) CPLD
4 2 (8.33%) FPGA
4 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (45.83%) Windows
2 10 (41.67%) Linux
2 10 (41.67%) Unix
3 1 (4.17%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 12 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 12 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (41.67%) Agile
3 10 (41.67%) API Development
3 10 (41.67%) Computer Architecture
3 10 (41.67%) Product Strategy
3 10 (41.67%) Technical Debt
3 10 (41.67%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (20.83%) Customer Requirements
6 4 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 4 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
6 4 (16.67%) Web Development
7 3 (12.50%) Feasibility Study
7 3 (12.50%) Power Management
7 3 (12.50%) Prototyping
7 3 (12.50%) Quality Management
7 3 (12.50%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 17 (70.83%) C++
2 12 (50.00%) C#
3 4 (16.67%) MATLAB
3 4 (16.67%) SQL
4 3 (12.50%) Ada
4 3 (12.50%) Python
5 1 (4.17%) Embedded C
5 1 (4.17%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (41.67%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) ISO 13485
1 2 (8.33%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (58.33%) Firmware
2 4 (16.67%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) EMC