C Job Trends in Yorkshire

C
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 133 135
Rank change year-on-year -51 +2 +34
Permanent jobs citing C 14 23 95
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.21% 0.83% 1.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.18% 3.88% 5.52%
Number of salaries quoted 12 14 75
10th Percentile - £41,625 £27,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,000 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.48% -8.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £56,750 £54,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,450 £62,500 £84,964
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,836 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.74% +0.58% -8.00%

All Programming Languages
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,189 593 1,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 17.75% 21.28% 26.62%
Number of salaries quoted 810 476 1,410
10th Percentile £33,700 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,900 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +19.80% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,148 £90,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

C job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

C
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing C

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Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for C in Yorkshire

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Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
South Yorkshire -39 6 £50,000 +8.70% 8
West Yorkshire -43 2 £72,500 +45.00% 8
C
England

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Applications
1 4 (28.57%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
General
1 7 (50.00%) Electronics
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Software Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Principal Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Principal Software Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) C Developer
3 2 (14.29%) C/C++ Developer
3 2 (14.29%) C/C++ Software Developer
3 2 (14.29%) C++ Developer
3 2 (14.29%) C++ Software Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Lead
3 2 (14.29%) Lead Software Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Software Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Data Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (35.71%) FPGA
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (35.71%) Physics
3 4 (28.57%) Product Requirements
3 4 (28.57%) Prototyping
3 4 (28.57%) Validation
4 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (7.14%) AI
5 1 (7.14%) Analytical Modelling
5 1 (7.14%) Biotechnology
5 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (7.14%) Data Science
5 1 (7.14%) DevOps
5 1 (7.14%) Feasibility Study
5 1 (7.14%) Market Research
5 1 (7.14%) Open Source
5 1 (7.14%) Performance Improvement
5 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.14%) Statistical Modelling
5 1 (7.14%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) C++
2 2 (14.29%) C#
2 2 (14.29%) Embedded C
3 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (7.14%) Python
3 1 (7.14%) R
3 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 7 (50.00%) Firmware