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 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 167 | 167 | 106 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | -61 | -15 |
| Permanent jobs citing C | 14 | 49 | 64 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands | 0.30% | 0.98% | 1.95% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.03% | 3.95% | 5.69% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 11 | 36 | 53 |
| 10th Percentile | £39,000 | £31,250 | £44,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,250 | £47,500 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | -4.00% | +27.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £57,500 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £65,000 | £71,125 | £80,000 |
| England median annual salary | £55,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.33% | - | - |
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 | 688 | 1,241 | 1,124 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 14.74% | 24.89% | 34.30% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 559 | 657 | 931 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £32,500 | £33,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £40,500 | £41,580 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.76% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £70,000 | £66,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £76,250 | £76,250 |
| England median annual salary | £62,500 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | - | - |
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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 12 December 2025.
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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 12 December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worcestershire | 0 | 6 | £52,500 | -41.67% | 1 |
| Staffordshire | -13 | 3 | £65,000 | +36.84% | 3 |
| Herefordshire | -3 | 2 | £45,500 | -39.33% | 1 |
| Warwickshire | +23 | 1 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 2 |
| Birmingham | +19 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Coventry | -3 | 1 | £67,500 | +12.50% | 5 |
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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: