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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 134 104
Rank change year-on-year -30 -30 +42
Permanent jobs citing C 65 93 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.93% 1.83% 3.14%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.24% 5.36% 8.08%
Number of salaries quoted 55 25 120
10th Percentile £43,250 £35,500 £35,125
25th Percentile £50,000 £39,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +8.25% +21.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £59,000
90th Percentile £81,978 £67,500 £84,999
England median annual salary £59,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.80% +8.70% +4.55%

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 1,533 1,736 3,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 21.91% 34.20% 38.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,211 1,157 2,211
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £34,825
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,970
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

C
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

C
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

C
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
Birmingham -3 16 £57,500 +32.18% 7
Worcestershire -9 15 £55,000 +4.76% 4
Warwickshire -18 12 £51,250 +7.89%
Coventry +21 5 £65,000 +20.93% 2
Herefordshire +6 4 £61,500 -38.50% 1
Wolverhampton - 4 - -
Staffordshire - 1 £27,500 - 4
Dudley - 1 - -
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.08%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (12.31%) Simulink
2 2 (3.08%) CANalyzer
3 1 (1.54%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.69%) GitHub
2 4 (6.15%) AWS
2 4 (6.15%) Azure
3 1 (1.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.69%) Firewall
2 3 (4.62%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.54%) Bluetooth
3 1 (1.54%) DHCP
3 1 (1.54%) DNS
3 1 (1.54%) FlexRay
3 1 (1.54%) Network Security
3 1 (1.54%) SSH
3 1 (1.54%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.15%) DynamoDB
1 4 (6.15%) Relational Database
1 4 (6.15%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.08%) MySQL
2 2 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Git
1 4 (6.15%) MSTest
1 4 (6.15%) Postman
1 4 (6.15%) SoapUI
2 2 (3.08%) CANoe
2 2 (3.08%) GNU Toolchain
2 2 (3.08%) Subversion
3 1 (1.54%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.54%) GitLab
3 1 (1.54%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 15 (23.08%) Electronics
2 10 (15.38%) Automotive
3 8 (12.31%) Manufacturing
4 5 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.69%) Social Skills
5 2 (3.08%) Finance
5 2 (3.08%) Marketing
5 2 (3.08%) Multimedia
5 2 (3.08%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.08%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.54%) Games
Job Titles
1 43 (66.15%) Embedded Engineer
2 33 (50.77%) Software Engineer
3 30 (46.15%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 26 (40.00%) Senior
5 18 (27.69%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 10 (15.38%) Senior Software Engineer
7 9 (13.85%) Lead
7 9 (13.85%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 6 (9.23%) C++ Software Engineer
8 6 (9.23%) Embedded C++ Engineer
8 6 (9.23%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
9 5 (7.69%) Embedded Linux Engineer
9 5 (7.69%) Linux Engineer
10 4 (6.15%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
10 4 (6.15%) C/C++ Software Engineer
10 4 (6.15%) Embedded C Software Engineer
10 4 (6.15%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
10 4 (6.15%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
10 4 (6.15%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 4 (6.15%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.23%) Yocto
2 4 (6.15%) JSON
2 4 (6.15%) REST
2 4 (6.15%) SOAP
2 4 (6.15%) XML
3 2 (3.08%) .NET
3 2 (3.08%) Node.js
3 2 (3.08%) POSIX
4 1 (1.54%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.54%) Django
4 1 (1.54%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.31%) IoT
2 6 (9.23%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (7.69%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.62%) Algorithms
5 2 (3.08%) ARM Cortex
5 2 (3.08%) CAN bus
5 2 (3.08%) CMDB
5 2 (3.08%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.08%) Infotainment
5 2 (3.08%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (3.08%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.54%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (1.54%) Device Driver
6 1 (1.54%) FMCG
6 1 (1.54%) FPGA
6 1 (1.54%) PKI
6 1 (1.54%) Robotics
6 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (18.46%) Linux
2 4 (6.15%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (4.62%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (4.62%) Windows
4 2 (3.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (67.69%) Software Engineering
2 14 (21.54%) Agile
3 11 (16.92%) Test Automation
4 9 (13.85%) Embedded Software Development
5 8 (12.31%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (9.23%) Open Source
6 6 (9.23%) Software Testing
6 6 (9.23%) Validation
7 5 (7.69%) Coaching
7 5 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (7.69%) Mentoring
8 4 (6.15%) API Testing
8 4 (6.15%) Feasibility Study
8 4 (6.15%) Functional Testing
8 4 (6.15%) Non-Functional Testing
8 4 (6.15%) Process Improvement
8 4 (6.15%) Re-Platforming
8 4 (6.15%) Scrum
8 4 (6.15%) Security Testing
8 4 (6.15%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 48 (73.85%) C++
2 25 (38.46%) Embedded C
3 16 (24.62%) Embedded C++
4 9 (13.85%) Python
5 8 (12.31%) MATLAB
6 6 (9.23%) C#
7 5 (7.69%) Java
7 5 (7.69%) SQL
8 4 (6.15%) COBOL
8 4 (6.15%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 4 (6.15%) T-SQL
9 2 (3.08%) Bash
9 2 (3.08%) Perl
10 1 (1.54%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (26.15%) Degree
2 2 (3.08%) CCNA
2 2 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (3.08%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.77%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (7.69%) MISRA
3 4 (6.15%) MISRA C
4 3 (4.62%) ISO 26262
5 1 (1.54%) QA
System Software
1 13 (20.00%) Firmware
2 10 (15.38%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (3.08%) Nagios
Vendors
1 4 (6.15%) Micro Focus
1 4 (6.15%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.08%) Cisco
2 2 (3.08%) Infoblox
2 2 (3.08%) SAP
3 1 (1.54%) EMC
3 1 (1.54%) Google
3 1 (1.54%) NVIDIA
3 1 (1.54%) Thales