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England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 9 May 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
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| Rank | 165 | 153 | 140 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -12 | -13 | -12 |
| Permanent jobs citing C | 42 | 21 | 119 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands | 0.50% | 0.65% | 1.62% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.40% | 2.66% | 6.30% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 33 | 19 | 102 |
| 10th Percentile | £43,750 | £28,550 | £46,625 |
| 25th Percentile | £56,250 | £35,125 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £67,500 | £50,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +35.00% | -16.67% | -25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £70,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £87,500 | £84,996 |
| England median annual salary | £57,500 | £60,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.17% | +4.35% | -8.00% |
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 | 954 | 790 | 1,889 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 11.39% | 24.50% | 25.71% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 718 | 600 | 1,638 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £32,500 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £42,500 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.76% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,000 | £75,772 |
| England median annual salary | £65,000 | £65,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +8.33% | -7.69% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
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Salary Trend in the West Midlands
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C.
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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 9 May 2026.
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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 9 May 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 |
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| Staffordshire | -3 | 17 | £66,250 | -1.85% | 1 |
| Shropshire | -14 | 12 | £80,000 | +18.52% | |
| Birmingham | +2 | 9 | £57,500 | -14.81% | 1 |
| Coventry | -21 | 3 | £80,000 | +48.84% | 1 |
| Wolverhampton | - | 1 | £32,500 | - | 2 |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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: