C Jobs with Work from Home Options

C
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 219 273
Rank change year-on-year +80 +54 -53
Permanent jobs citing C 777 671 958
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.30% 1.62% 1.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.63% 3.30% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 639 405 472
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% +4.55%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

C is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 13,808 20,328 40,487
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.85% 49.13% 58.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11,422 14,970 23,709
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

C
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

C trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C.

C salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

C salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 24 (3.09%) Apache
2 6 (0.77%) CMS
3 5 (0.64%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.64%) Umbraco
4 4 (0.51%) Confluence
4 4 (0.51%) Headless CMS
4 4 (0.51%) IIS
4 4 (0.51%) Kentico
4 4 (0.51%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 42 (5.41%) Simulink
2 7 (0.90%) Stateflow
3 2 (0.26%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (0.26%) SAP MII
2 1 (0.13%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 49 (6.31%) AWS
2 33 (4.25%) Azure
3 26 (3.35%) GitHub
4 25 (3.22%) SaaS
5 16 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
5 16 (2.06%) Serverless
6 12 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (0.77%) GCP
8 5 (0.64%) AWS IoT
8 5 (0.64%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (0.64%) WhatsApp
9 4 (0.51%) Kontent
10 2 (0.26%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (0.26%) Azure Machine Learning
10 2 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.26%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.13%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.13%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.13%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 92 (11.84%) Wireless
2 53 (6.82%) TCP/IP
3 45 (5.79%) RS-232
4 39 (5.02%) Ethernet
5 32 (4.12%) Wi-Fi
6 20 (2.57%) Bluetooth
7 16 (2.06%) RS-485
8 14 (1.80%) ZigBee
9 11 (1.42%) Internet
9 11 (1.42%) Network Security
10 9 (1.16%) LoRaWAN
11 8 (1.03%) MQTT
12 7 (0.90%) VoIP
13 6 (0.77%) 5G
14 5 (0.64%) LTE
14 5 (0.64%) Modbus
15 4 (0.51%) 3GPP
15 4 (0.51%) Profibus
15 4 (0.51%) RS-422
16 2 (0.26%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (6.44%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (4.50%) MongoDB
3 30 (3.86%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.29%) Big Data
5 9 (1.16%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.03%) RDBMS
7 7 (0.90%) SQLite
8 6 (0.77%) Data Mining
8 6 (0.77%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.51%) MySQL
11 3 (0.39%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.39%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 48 (6.18%) Jenkins
2 46 (5.92%) Git
3 36 (4.63%) JIRA
4 22 (2.83%) GitLab
5 20 (2.57%) Visual Studio
6 19 (2.45%) Subversion
7 10 (1.29%) Eclipse
8 9 (1.16%) Rational Rhapsody
9 7 (0.90%) ClearCase
9 7 (0.90%) ClearQuest
9 7 (0.90%) Plastic SCM
10 5 (0.64%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.64%) Clang
10 5 (0.64%) DTrace
10 5 (0.64%) GDB
10 5 (0.64%) LabVIEW
11 4 (0.51%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.39%) Rational Team Concert
12 3 (0.39%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.26%) CANoe
General
1 192 (24.71%) Social Skills
2 124 (15.96%) Electronics
3 89 (11.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 73 (9.40%) Automotive
4 73 (9.40%) Manufacturing
5 57 (7.34%) Finance
6 48 (6.18%) Analytical Skills
7 33 (4.25%) Telecoms
8 31 (3.99%) Aerospace
9 25 (3.22%) Marketing
10 19 (2.45%) Law
11 17 (2.19%) Public Sector
12 15 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.29%) Games
13 10 (1.29%) Military
14 9 (1.16%) Retail
15 8 (1.03%) Legal
16 6 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (0.77%) Tech for Good
17 5 (0.64%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 376 (48.39%) Software Engineer
2 260 (33.46%) Embedded Engineer
3 190 (24.45%) Senior
4 187 (24.07%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 118 (15.19%) Developer
6 104 (13.38%) Senior Software Engineer
7 76 (9.78%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 68 (8.75%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 64 (8.24%) C++ Software Engineer
10 63 (8.11%) Lead
11 61 (7.85%) Software Developer
12 53 (6.82%) Firmware Engineer
13 36 (4.63%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
14 35 (4.50%) Technical Leader
15 34 (4.38%) Senior Developer
16 32 (4.12%) Embedded Developer
16 32 (4.12%) Embedded Software Developer
17 31 (3.99%) C Software Engineer
17 31 (3.99%) Junior
18 30 (3.86%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (6.56%) .NET
2 39 (5.02%) Yocto
3 26 (3.35%) SOAP
3 26 (3.35%) Web Services
4 24 (3.09%) React
4 24 (3.09%) REST
5 22 (2.83%) HTML
5 22 (2.83%) RESTful
6 16 (2.06%) .NET Framework
6 16 (2.06%) CSS
7 15 (1.93%) LAPP Stack
7 15 (1.93%) LLVM
7 15 (1.93%) Qt
8 14 (1.80%) Django
8 14 (1.80%) Kafka
8 14 (1.80%) Node.js
8 14 (1.80%) RabbitMQ
9 11 (1.42%) WPF
10 10 (1.29%) WinForms
11 9 (1.16%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 75 (9.65%) Embedded Systems
2 69 (8.88%) IoT
3 49 (6.31%) Algorithms
4 43 (5.53%) Device Driver
5 28 (3.60%) Client/Server
6 25 (3.22%) Distributed Systems
7 23 (2.96%) FPGA
8 22 (2.83%) Data Structures
8 22 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (2.70%) Satnav
10 20 (2.57%) Raspberry Pi
11 17 (2.19%) Mobile App
12 14 (1.80%) Blog
13 13 (1.67%) Analogue Electronics
14 12 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (1.42%) PKI
15 11 (1.42%) RISC-V
16 7 (0.90%) ARM Cortex
17 6 (0.77%) 3D Graphics
17 6 (0.77%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 340 (43.76%) Linux
2 123 (15.83%) Embedded Linux
3 36 (4.63%) Windows
4 26 (3.35%) FreeRTOS
5 22 (2.83%) AIX
5 22 (2.83%) Android
6 19 (2.45%) Ubuntu
7 14 (1.80%) Apple iOS
8 13 (1.67%) Unix
9 11 (1.42%) Debian
10 6 (0.77%) VxWorks
11 5 (0.64%) ThreadX
12 4 (0.51%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.39%) Windows Embedded Compact
14 2 (0.26%) CentOS
14 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.13%) Fedora
15 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
15 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
15 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 543 (69.88%) Software Engineering
2 161 (20.72%) Problem-Solving
3 148 (19.05%) Agile
4 117 (15.06%) Computer Science
5 96 (12.36%) Mentoring
6 84 (10.81%) DevOps
6 84 (10.81%) Open Source
7 66 (8.49%) Coaching
8 65 (8.37%) Mathematics
8 65 (8.37%) Test Automation
9 64 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
10 57 (7.34%) OO
10 57 (7.34%) Software Testing
11 53 (6.82%) Code Quality
11 53 (6.82%) Continuous Integration
11 53 (6.82%) Physics
11 53 (6.82%) SDLC
12 49 (6.31%) Roadmaps
13 44 (5.66%) CI/CD
14 42 (5.41%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 309 (39.77%) Python
2 287 (36.94%) C++
3 214 (27.54%) Embedded C
4 152 (19.56%) Java
5 139 (17.89%) C#
6 78 (10.04%) Bash
7 65 (8.37%) Rust
8 53 (6.82%) SQL
9 35 (4.50%) JavaScript
10 29 (3.73%) COBOL
10 29 (3.73%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 24 (3.09%) VB
12 21 (2.70%) Ada
13 19 (2.45%) MATLAB
14 16 (2.06%) Shell Script
15 15 (1.93%) Go
16 14 (1.80%) Embedded C++
16 14 (1.80%) PHP
17 11 (1.42%) R
18 8 (1.03%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 205 (26.38%) Degree
2 155 (19.95%) Security Cleared
3 41 (5.28%) BPSS Clearance
4 38 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (4.25%) SC Cleared
6 24 (3.09%) DV Cleared
7 21 (2.70%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.16%) PhD
9 5 (0.64%) HND
10 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.13%) HNC
11 1 (0.13%) MCP
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.99%) QA
2 21 (2.70%) MISRA
2 21 (2.70%) Software Quality Assurance
3 6 (0.77%) Def Stans
4 5 (0.64%) NCSC
5 4 (0.51%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 4 (0.51%) ISO 13485
6 3 (0.39%) AUTOSAR
6 3 (0.39%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.26%) Automotive SPICE
7 2 (0.26%) HL7
7 2 (0.26%) PMO
8 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.13%) JTAG
8 1 (0.13%) MISRA C
System Software
1 160 (20.59%) Firmware
2 93 (11.97%) Embedded Firmware
3 42 (5.41%) Docker
4 2 (0.26%) Kamailio
5 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (4.50%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.19%) Ansible
3 15 (1.93%) Progress Chef
4 6 (0.77%) Terraform
5 3 (0.39%) logstash
6 2 (0.26%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.13%) Grafana
7 1 (0.13%) Kibana
7 1 (0.13%) Puppet
7 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (3.73%) Micro Focus
2 26 (3.35%) Oracle
3 19 (2.45%) SAP
4 17 (2.19%) Microsoft
4 17 (2.19%) Xilinx
5 13 (1.67%) IBM
6 9 (1.16%) Twitter
7 7 (0.90%) Lauterbach
8 6 (0.77%) Google
8 6 (0.77%) Sitecore
9 5 (0.64%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.51%) EMC
10 4 (0.51%) Intel
10 4 (0.51%) NVIDIA
10 4 (0.51%) Optimizely
10 4 (0.51%) QNX
11 3 (0.39%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.39%) Coverity
11 3 (0.39%) Microsemi
11 3 (0.39%) Samsung