C Job Trends in Worcestershire

C
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 33 30
Rank change year-on-year -7 -3 +2
Permanent jobs citing C 6 2 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcestershire 1.35% 1.26% 3.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.67% 3.92% 20.51%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 8
10th Percentile £36,375 - £45,000
25th Percentile £42,063 - £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £90,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.67% +80.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile £54,375 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% -4.00% +8.70%

All Programming Languages
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 36 51 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 8.09% 32.08% 17.33%
Number of salaries quoted 36 25 38
10th Percentile £32,000 £43,000 £41,775
25th Percentile £35,000 £59,250 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +18.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £54,063 - £60,000
90th Percentile £65,750 £78,100 £61,250
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire.

C job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

C
Salary Trend in Worcestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing C

C
Salary Histogram in Worcestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in Worcestershire over the 6 months to 16 January 2026.

Salary histogram for C in Worcestershire

C
Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 16 January 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
Evesham 0 4 £52,500 -41.67%
Bromsgrove - 1 £37,500 -
C
West Midlands

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) 3G
1 4 (66.67%) GPRS
1 4 (66.67%) GSM
1 4 (66.67%) Modbus
1 4 (66.67%) RS-232
1 4 (66.67%) RS-485
1 4 (66.67%) SSL
1 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 4 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Firmware Developer
2 2 (33.33%) C Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) C/C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded C Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded C Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded Linux Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Linux Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Engineering Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Embedded Linux
1 4 (66.67%) FreeRTOS
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Embedded Software Development
1 4 (66.67%) Secure Coding
1 4 (66.67%) Software Engineering
1 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Data Acquisition
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) MISRA
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Firmware
2 5 (83.33%) Embedded Firmware