C Jobs in the West Midlands

C
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 178 134 123
Rank change year-on-year -44 -11 +38
Permanent jobs citing C 22 119 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.49% 1.64% 2.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.39% 6.36% 6.88%
Number of salaries quoted 20 103 21
10th Percentile £28,775 £47,000 £39,250
25th Percentile £38,188 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -25.00% +49.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,993 £110,000
England median annual salary £57,836 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.58% -8.00% +8.70%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 919 1,872 2,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.57% 25.86% 36.52%
Number of salaries quoted 594 1,629 1,248
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,775 £76,900 £79,000
England median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for C in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for C in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for C in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the West Midlands region 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
Warwickshire -47 8 £30,000 -52.00% 24
Staffordshire +36 7 £50,000 +81.82% 29
Birmingham +20 3 £67,500 +17.39% 10
Coventry -16 3 £60,000 -7.69% 10
Shropshire +19 1 £67,500 +92.86% 7
C
England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (13.64%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Azure
1 3 (13.64%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (13.64%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (18.18%) Wireless
2 3 (13.64%) Bluetooth
2 3 (13.64%) GSM
2 3 (13.64%) J1939
3 1 (4.55%) LoRaWAN
3 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.55%) tcpdump
3 1 (4.55%) Wireshark
3 1 (4.55%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.55%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (4.55%) MongoDB
2 1 (4.55%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 3 (13.64%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.55%) GDB
2 1 (4.55%) Git
2 1 (4.55%) IDA Disassembler
2 1 (4.55%) WinDbg
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Automotive
2 5 (22.73%) Electronics
2 5 (22.73%) Law
3 3 (13.64%) Finance
4 2 (9.09%) Aerospace
4 2 (9.09%) Agriculture
4 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Avionics
4 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.55%) Games
5 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Senior
2 6 (27.27%) Embedded Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) Software Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) Graduate
3 5 (22.73%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) C Software Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Telematics Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Design Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Engineering Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Hardware Design Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Lead Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Principal Consultant
6 1 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) Yocto
2 1 (4.55%) jQuery
2 1 (4.55%) libvirt
2 1 (4.55%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (4.55%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (13.64%) IoT
3 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.55%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (4.55%) Clustering
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.55%) e-Learning
3 1 (4.55%) Home Automation
3 1 (4.55%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.55%) NB-IoT
3 1 (4.55%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.55%) Smart Energy
3 1 (4.55%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Linux
2 2 (9.09%) Embedded Linux
2 2 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Software Engineering
2 9 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (36.36%) Embedded Software Development
4 7 (31.82%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 6 (27.27%) Agile
6 5 (22.73%) DevOps
7 3 (13.64%) Impact Assessments
7 3 (13.64%) Multithreading
7 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
7 3 (13.64%) Scrum
7 3 (13.64%) Systems Engineering
7 3 (13.64%) Telematics
7 3 (13.64%) Validation
7 3 (13.64%) Wireframes
8 2 (9.09%) Clean Code
8 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
8 2 (9.09%) Product Requirements
8 2 (9.09%) Project Management
8 2 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) C#
2 4 (18.18%) C++
3 3 (13.64%) Embedded C
3 3 (13.64%) MATLAB
3 3 (13.64%) X++
4 2 (9.09%) JavaScript
4 2 (9.09%) Python
5 1 (4.55%) Assembly Language
5 1 (4.55%) CodeQL
5 1 (4.55%) Java
5 1 (4.55%) PHP
5 1 (4.55%) SQL
5 1 (4.55%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) Postgraduate
3 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) Automotive SPICE
1 3 (13.64%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Firmware
2 1 (4.55%) Docker
2 1 (4.55%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) MathWorks