C Job Trends in the West Midlands

C
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.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
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%

C
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.

C job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

C
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C

C
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for C in the West Midlands

C
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
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
C
England

C
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (9.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) AutoCAD
1 1 (2.38%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.67%) AWS
2 5 (11.90%) Azure
3 3 (7.14%) Serverless
4 1 (2.38%) GCP
4 1 (2.38%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (16.67%) Ethernet
2 4 (9.52%) Bluetooth
3 2 (4.76%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (7.14%) Redis
1 3 (7.14%) TimescaleDB
2 1 (2.38%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 8 (19.05%) Git
2 4 (9.52%) JUnit
2 4 (9.52%) Maven
2 4 (9.52%) Mockito
3 1 (2.38%) GitLab
3 1 (2.38%) JIRA
3 1 (2.38%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (26.19%) Social Skills
2 10 (23.81%) Automotive
3 8 (19.05%) Electronics
4 6 (14.29%) Advertising
4 6 (14.29%) Aerospace
5 5 (11.90%) Manufacturing
6 4 (9.52%) Finance
7 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (69.05%) Software Engineer
2 24 (57.14%) Embedded Engineer
2 24 (57.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 19 (45.24%) Senior
4 15 (35.71%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 15 (35.71%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 15 (35.71%) Senior Software Engineer
5 8 (19.05%) Developer
6 7 (16.67%) Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (14.29%) C Software Engineer
7 6 (14.29%) Embedded C Engineer
7 6 (14.29%) Embedded C Software Engineer
7 6 (14.29%) Senior C Software Engineer
8 4 (9.52%) Administrator
8 4 (9.52%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 4 (9.52%) Java Developer
8 4 (9.52%) Senior Developer
8 4 (9.52%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
8 4 (9.52%) Senior Java Developer
9 1 (2.38%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.29%) REST
2 3 (7.14%) GraphQL
2 3 (7.14%) Node.js
2 3 (7.14%) React
3 1 (2.38%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) Management Information System
2 5 (11.90%) Robotics
3 4 (9.52%) CAN bus
3 4 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.76%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (2.38%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.38%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (2.38%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 9 (21.43%) FreeRTOS
2 4 (9.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (71.43%) Software Engineering
2 12 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (21.43%) Project Delivery
4 7 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
4 7 (16.67%) Microservices
5 5 (11.90%) Agile
5 5 (11.90%) Motion Control
5 5 (11.90%) Secure Coding
5 5 (11.90%) Software Architecture
6 4 (9.52%) Computer Science
6 4 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (9.52%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (9.52%) CRM
6 4 (9.52%) Resource Management
6 4 (9.52%) Scrum
6 4 (9.52%) Service Delivery
6 4 (9.52%) SOA
6 4 (9.52%) TDD
6 4 (9.52%) Time Management
6 4 (9.52%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (30.95%) Embedded C
2 10 (23.81%) Python
3 7 (16.67%) Java
4 6 (14.29%) C++
4 6 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 5 (11.90%) C#
6 4 (9.52%) Bash
6 4 (9.52%) PL/SQL
6 4 (9.52%) R
6 4 (9.52%) SQL
7 3 (7.14%) MATLAB
7 3 (7.14%) TypeScript
8 1 (2.38%) PHP
8 1 (2.38%) VB
8 1 (2.38%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (11.90%) SC Cleared
1 5 (11.90%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.38%) Degree
2 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.90%) IEC 61131
1 5 (11.90%) IEC 61508
1 5 (11.90%) MISRA
1 5 (11.90%) MISRA C
2 4 (9.52%) QA
System Software
1 9 (21.43%) Firmware
2 7 (16.67%) Docker
3 6 (14.29%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 3 (7.14%) Nagios
2 3 (7.14%) Prometheus
3 2 (4.76%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (11.90%) Allen-Bradley
1 5 (11.90%) Siemens
2 4 (9.52%) Oracle