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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 119 178
Rank change year-on-year -9 +59 +22
Permanent jobs citing C 29 66 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.87% 1.34% 0.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.06% 5.54% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 15 36 16
10th Percentile - £34,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% -5.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £59,500 - £80,149
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 573 1,192 1,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 17.27% 24.11% 37.16%
Number of salaries quoted 454 732 1,100
10th Percentile £30,725 £34,000 £34,925
25th Percentile £40,925 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,113 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £84,056
England median annual salary £63,075 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -3.85% +1.63%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for C 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

C
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for C in Yorkshire

C
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 18 September 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
South Yorkshire -2 11 £46,000 +2.22% 1
West Yorkshire +9 9 £47,500 -13.64% 7
East Yorkshire - 6 - - 1
C
England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) AWS
1 2 (6.90%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (34.48%) Modbus
2 9 (31.03%) RS-485
3 1 (3.45%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.45%) Profibus
General
1 17 (58.62%) Social Skills
2 9 (31.03%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Embedded Engineer
2 9 (31.03%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
2 9 (31.03%) Firmware Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) Automation Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) Senior
3 6 (20.69%) Senior Automation Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) Software Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (27.59%) HTML
2 6 (20.69%) CSS
3 2 (6.90%) .NET
3 2 (6.90%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) Analogue Electronics
1 9 (31.03%) CAN bus
1 9 (31.03%) Embedded Systems
2 6 (20.69%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.90%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 15 (51.72%) Linux
2 9 (31.03%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Computer Science
2 9 (31.03%) Collaborative Culture
2 9 (31.03%) Mentoring
3 8 (27.59%) Artificial Intelligence
3 8 (27.59%) Data Privacy
3 8 (27.59%) Machine Learning
3 8 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (20.69%) Change Management
4 6 (20.69%) Process Improvement
4 6 (20.69%) Project Delivery
4 6 (20.69%) Project Management
4 6 (20.69%) Software Engineering
5 2 (6.90%) Full-Stack Development
6 1 (3.45%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 21 (72.41%) C++
2 14 (48.28%) Java
2 14 (48.28%) Python
2 14 (48.28%) SQL
3 10 (34.48%) C#
4 8 (27.59%) Dart
4 8 (27.59%) JavaScript
4 8 (27.59%) MATLAB
4 8 (27.59%) PHP
4 8 (27.59%) R
4 8 (27.59%) Ruby
4 8 (27.59%) Rust
4 8 (27.59%) TypeScript
5 6 (20.69%) Perl
Qualifications
1 14 (48.28%) Degree
2 8 (27.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (20.69%) HND
3 6 (20.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 9 (31.03%) Embedded Firmware
1 9 (31.03%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Allen-Bradley
1 7 (24.14%) Siemens
2 6 (20.69%) Toshiba
3 2 (6.90%) Xamarin