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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 145 138
Rank change year-on-year -29 -7 +15
Permanent jobs citing C 23 115 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.55% 1.46% 2.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.51% 5.84% 5.83%
Number of salaries quoted 13 94 20
10th Percentile £27,200 £50,000 £39,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £50,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £67,500 £100,000
90th Percentile - £84,964 £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 916 1,970 2,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 22.09% 25.02% 35.96%
Number of salaries quoted 586 1,673 1,182
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
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 £76,250 £75,772 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -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 30 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 30 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
Staffordshire +31 10 £85,000 +209.09% 41
Warwickshire -13 7 £30,000 -52.00% 13
Birmingham +24 3 £67,500 +17.39% 40
Coventry -17 2 £47,500 -26.92% 38
Shropshire +11 1 £67,500 +92.86% 69
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 2 (8.70%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) Azure
1 4 (17.39%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (17.39%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) Wireless
2 1 (4.35%) Bluetooth
2 1 (4.35%) GSM
2 1 (4.35%) J1939
2 1 (4.35%) tcpdump
2 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (4.35%) Wireshark
2 1 (4.35%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
1 4 (17.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.35%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (4.35%) MongoDB
2 1 (4.35%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 4 (17.39%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.35%) GDB
2 1 (4.35%) Git
2 1 (4.35%) GitLab
2 1 (4.35%) IDA Disassembler
2 1 (4.35%) WinDbg
General
1 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Law
3 4 (17.39%) Finance
4 3 (13.04%) Electronics
5 2 (8.70%) Automotive
5 2 (8.70%) Telecoms
6 1 (4.35%) Games
6 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.35%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Graduate
1 5 (21.74%) Graduate Software Engineer
1 5 (21.74%) Software Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) C Software Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Consultant
3 2 (8.70%) Architect
3 2 (8.70%) Embedded Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Senior
3 2 (8.70%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (4.35%) Developer
4 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365 Architect
4 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
4 1 (4.35%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Lead
4 1 (4.35%) Lead Developer
4 1 (4.35%) Principal Consultant
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Software Architect
4 1 (4.35%) Software Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (30.43%) HTML
2 1 (4.35%) jQuery
2 1 (4.35%) libvirt
2 1 (4.35%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (4.35%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (8.70%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (4.35%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.35%) Clustering
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.35%) e-Learning
3 1 (4.35%) Infotainment
3 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.35%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.35%) Smart Energy
3 1 (4.35%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Linux
2 2 (8.70%) Windows
3 1 (4.35%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Artificial Intelligence
2 7 (30.43%) Computer Science
2 7 (30.43%) Data Privacy
2 7 (30.43%) Machine Learning
2 7 (30.43%) Software Engineering
3 6 (26.09%) DevOps
4 5 (21.74%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (17.39%) Impact Assessments
5 4 (17.39%) Wireframes
6 2 (8.70%) Agile
6 2 (8.70%) Customer Engagement
6 2 (8.70%) Software Architecture
6 2 (8.70%) Systems Engineering
7 1 (4.35%) 3D Rendering
7 1 (4.35%) Cryptography
7 1 (4.35%) Embedded Software Development
7 1 (4.35%) Integration Testing
7 1 (4.35%) Low Latency
7 1 (4.35%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 14 (60.87%) C#
2 10 (43.48%) C++
2 10 (43.48%) Python
3 9 (39.13%) JavaScript
3 9 (39.13%) MATLAB
4 8 (34.78%) Java
4 8 (34.78%) PHP
4 8 (34.78%) SQL
5 7 (30.43%) Dart
5 7 (30.43%) R
5 7 (30.43%) Ruby
5 7 (30.43%) Rust
5 7 (30.43%) TypeScript
6 4 (17.39%) X++
7 1 (4.35%) Assembly Language
7 1 (4.35%) CodeQL
7 1 (4.35%) Kotlin
7 1 (4.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 13 (56.52%) Degree
2 7 (30.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) Postgraduate
4 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Automotive SPICE
1 1 (4.35%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Firmware
2 1 (4.35%) Docker
2 1 (4.35%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) MathWorks
2 1 (4.35%) QNX