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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 144 212 267
Rank change year-on-year +68 +55 -42
Permanent jobs citing C 766 717 895
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.27% 1.64% 1.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.55% 3.33% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 628 419 456
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £35,609
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £71,563 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,571 £61,180 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +11.24% +1.85%

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 13,790 21,563 39,115
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.81% 49.36% 58.72%
Number of salaries quoted 11,462 15,813 24,016
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,620 £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 £102,500 £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

C
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

C
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 23 April 2024.

C salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C
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 23 (3.00%) Apache
2 5 (0.65%) CMS
3 4 (0.52%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.52%) Umbraco
4 3 (0.39%) Headless CMS
4 3 (0.39%) IIS
4 3 (0.39%) Kentico
4 3 (0.39%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 38 (4.96%) Simulink
2 7 (0.91%) 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 50 (6.53%) AWS
2 33 (4.31%) Azure
3 26 (3.39%) GitHub
3 26 (3.39%) SaaS
4 16 (2.09%) AWS Lambda
4 16 (2.09%) Serverless
5 11 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (0.91%) GCP
7 6 (0.78%) AWS IoT
8 5 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (0.39%) Kontent
9 3 (0.39%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.26%) Azure Machine Learning
10 2 (0.26%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.13%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.13%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.13%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.13%) Route 53
11 1 (0.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 96 (12.53%) Wireless
2 51 (6.66%) TCP/IP
3 47 (6.14%) RS-232
4 41 (5.35%) Ethernet
5 33 (4.31%) Wi-Fi
6 21 (2.74%) Bluetooth
7 17 (2.22%) RS-485
8 14 (1.83%) ZigBee
9 11 (1.44%) Network Security
10 10 (1.31%) Internet
10 10 (1.31%) LoRaWAN
11 9 (1.17%) MQTT
12 6 (0.78%) 5G
12 6 (0.78%) LTE
12 6 (0.78%) Modbus
12 6 (0.78%) VoIP
13 5 (0.65%) RS-422
14 4 (0.52%) 3GPP
14 4 (0.52%) Profibus
15 2 (0.26%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (6.53%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (4.57%) MongoDB
3 31 (4.05%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.31%) Big Data
4 10 (1.31%) Relational Database
5 9 (1.17%) RDBMS
6 7 (0.91%) SQLite
7 6 (0.78%) Data Mining
7 6 (0.78%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.65%) MySQL
9 4 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.39%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.39%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 45 (5.87%) Jenkins
2 44 (5.74%) Git
3 31 (4.05%) JIRA
4 21 (2.74%) GitLab
5 20 (2.61%) Subversion
5 20 (2.61%) Visual Studio
6 10 (1.31%) Eclipse
7 9 (1.17%) Rational Rhapsody
8 7 (0.91%) ClearCase
8 7 (0.91%) ClearQuest
8 7 (0.91%) Plastic SCM
9 6 (0.78%) LabVIEW
10 5 (0.65%) Clang
10 5 (0.65%) DTrace
10 5 (0.65%) GDB
11 4 (0.52%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.39%) Rational Team Concert
13 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.26%) CANoe
13 2 (0.26%) JMeter
General
1 186 (24.28%) Social Skills
2 126 (16.45%) Electronics
3 89 (11.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 75 (9.79%) Manufacturing
5 71 (9.27%) Automotive
6 60 (7.83%) Finance
7 45 (5.87%) Analytical Skills
8 34 (4.44%) Telecoms
9 29 (3.79%) Aerospace
10 28 (3.66%) Marketing
11 20 (2.61%) Public Sector
12 19 (2.48%) Law
13 14 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.31%) Military
15 9 (1.17%) Games
15 9 (1.17%) Retail
16 8 (1.04%) Legal
17 6 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (0.78%) Tech for Good
18 5 (0.65%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 372 (48.56%) Software Engineer
2 266 (34.73%) Embedded Engineer
3 189 (24.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 187 (24.41%) Senior
5 109 (14.23%) Developer
6 101 (13.19%) Senior Software Engineer
7 76 (9.92%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 68 (8.88%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 63 (8.22%) C++ Software Engineer
10 62 (8.09%) Lead
11 56 (7.31%) Software Developer
12 55 (7.18%) Firmware Engineer
13 38 (4.96%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
14 35 (4.57%) Technical Leader
15 34 (4.44%) Junior
16 33 (4.31%) C Software Engineer
17 32 (4.18%) Senior Developer
18 29 (3.79%) C++ Developer
19 28 (3.66%) Embedded Developer
19 28 (3.66%) Junior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (6.79%) .NET
2 40 (5.22%) Yocto
3 26 (3.39%) SOAP
3 26 (3.39%) Web Services
4 24 (3.13%) REST
5 23 (3.00%) React
6 22 (2.87%) HTML
7 21 (2.74%) RESTful
8 16 (2.09%) .NET Framework
8 16 (2.09%) CSS
9 15 (1.96%) LAPP Stack
9 15 (1.96%) LLVM
9 15 (1.96%) Qt
10 14 (1.83%) Django
10 14 (1.83%) Kafka
10 14 (1.83%) Node.js
11 13 (1.70%) RabbitMQ
12 11 (1.44%) WPF
13 10 (1.31%) WinForms
14 8 (1.04%) GTK
Miscellaneous
1 73 (9.53%) Embedded Systems
2 69 (9.01%) IoT
3 49 (6.40%) Algorithms
4 44 (5.74%) Device Driver
5 26 (3.39%) Client/Server
6 25 (3.26%) Distributed Systems
7 23 (3.00%) FPGA
8 22 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (2.74%) Satnav
10 20 (2.61%) Data Structures
10 20 (2.61%) Raspberry Pi
11 17 (2.22%) Mobile App
12 14 (1.83%) Blog
13 13 (1.70%) Analogue Electronics
14 11 (1.44%) PKI
14 11 (1.44%) RISC-V
15 10 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
16 8 (1.04%) ARM Cortex
17 6 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
17 6 (0.78%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 332 (43.34%) Linux
2 120 (15.67%) Embedded Linux
3 31 (4.05%) Windows
4 27 (3.52%) FreeRTOS
5 23 (3.00%) Android
6 22 (2.87%) AIX
7 18 (2.35%) Ubuntu
8 15 (1.96%) Apple iOS
9 11 (1.44%) Debian
10 10 (1.31%) Unix
11 5 (0.65%) ThreadX
11 5 (0.65%) VxWorks
12 4 (0.52%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.13%) CentOS
13 1 (0.13%) Fedora
13 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.13%) Windows Embedded Compact
13 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
13 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 538 (70.23%) Software Engineering
2 156 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
3 142 (18.54%) Agile
4 113 (14.75%) Computer Science
5 96 (12.53%) Mentoring
6 84 (10.97%) Open Source
7 79 (10.31%) DevOps
8 67 (8.75%) Mathematics
9 66 (8.62%) Coaching
10 63 (8.22%) Cybersecurity
10 63 (8.22%) Test Automation
11 56 (7.31%) OO
11 56 (7.31%) Software Testing
12 54 (7.05%) Physics
13 50 (6.53%) SDLC
14 49 (6.40%) Continuous Integration
14 49 (6.40%) Roadmaps
15 48 (6.27%) Code Quality
16 42 (5.48%) CI/CD
17 39 (5.09%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 303 (39.56%) Python
2 280 (36.55%) C++
3 214 (27.94%) Embedded C
4 141 (18.41%) Java
5 137 (17.89%) C#
6 77 (10.05%) Bash
7 63 (8.22%) Rust
8 53 (6.92%) SQL
9 33 (4.31%) JavaScript
10 29 (3.79%) COBOL
10 29 (3.79%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 24 (3.13%) VB
12 22 (2.87%) Ada
13 20 (2.61%) MATLAB
14 16 (2.09%) Go
15 14 (1.83%) Embedded C++
15 14 (1.83%) PHP
15 14 (1.83%) Shell Script
16 12 (1.57%) R
17 8 (1.04%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 202 (26.37%) Degree
2 146 (19.06%) Security Cleared
3 41 (5.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 33 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
4 33 (4.31%) SC Cleared
5 19 (2.48%) Master's Degree
6 16 (2.09%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.17%) PhD
8 5 (0.65%) HND
9 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.13%) HNC
10 1 (0.13%) MCP
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (4.18%) QA
2 21 (2.74%) Software Quality Assurance
3 20 (2.61%) MISRA
4 6 (0.78%) Def Stans
5 5 (0.65%) NCSC
6 4 (0.52%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (0.52%) AUTOSAR
6 4 (0.52%) ISO 13485
6 4 (0.52%) ISO 26262
7 3 (0.39%) Automotive SPICE
8 2 (0.26%) HL7
8 2 (0.26%) PMO
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.13%) JTAG
System Software
1 160 (20.89%) Firmware
2 93 (12.14%) Embedded Firmware
3 42 (5.48%) Docker
4 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.13%) Kamailio
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (4.57%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.22%) Ansible
3 15 (1.96%) Progress Chef
4 6 (0.78%) Terraform
5 3 (0.39%) Functional Safety
5 3 (0.39%) logstash
6 1 (0.13%) Grafana
6 1 (0.13%) Kibana
6 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (3.79%) Micro Focus
2 25 (3.26%) Oracle
3 22 (2.87%) SAP
4 17 (2.22%) Microsoft
5 13 (1.70%) IBM
5 13 (1.70%) Xilinx
6 9 (1.17%) Twitter
7 7 (0.91%) Google
7 7 (0.91%) Lauterbach
8 4 (0.52%) Intel
8 4 (0.52%) NVIDIA
8 4 (0.52%) QNX
8 4 (0.52%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.39%) Microsemi
9 3 (0.39%) Optimizely
9 3 (0.39%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.26%) AVEVA
10 2 (0.26%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.26%) Siemens
10 2 (0.26%) Thales