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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 124 122
Rank change year-on-year -57 -2 +51
Permanent jobs citing C 13 30 56
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.17% 0.89% 1.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.28% 5.32% 5.04%
Number of salaries quoted 13 16 27
10th Percentile £28,646 - £40,050
25th Percentile £31,250 £43,000 £42,556
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +2.22% -18.18%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile - £58,750 £59,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% -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 1,013 564 1,111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 13.21% 16.66% 23.68%
Number of salaries quoted 746 440 618
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £34,175
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £74,987 £71,250 £68,113
90th Percentile £88,148 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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

C
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

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 3 October 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 -36 5 £50,000 +8.70% 10
West Yorkshire -38 3 £32,500 -18.75% 16
East Yorkshire -10 2 £29,330 - 1
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 (30.77%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (15.38%) Power Automate
1 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
1 2 (15.38%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Relational Database
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Git
General
1 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Electronics
3 3 (23.08%) Manufacturing
3 3 (23.08%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (23.08%) Retail
4 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Software Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Graduate
3 3 (23.08%) Graduate Software Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Linux Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Logistics Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Principal Software Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering Graduate
4 2 (15.38%) .NET Developer
4 2 (15.38%) .NET Software Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Junior
4 2 (15.38%) Junior .NET Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Junior .NET Software Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Junior Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Junior Software Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Power Platform Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) .NET
1 2 (15.38%) .NET Core
1 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET
1 2 (15.38%) CSS
1 2 (15.38%) Flutter
1 2 (15.38%) HTML
1 2 (15.38%) HTML5 Canvas
1 2 (15.38%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (38.46%) FPGA
3 3 (23.08%) Driving Licence
4 2 (15.38%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (15.38%) Low-Code
4 2 (15.38%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Software Engineering
2 5 (38.46%) Physics
3 4 (30.77%) Product Requirements
3 4 (30.77%) Prototyping
3 4 (30.77%) Validation
4 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
4 3 (23.08%) DevOps
4 3 (23.08%) E-Commerce
4 3 (23.08%) Logistics
5 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
5 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (15.38%) ERP
5 2 (15.38%) Mobile Application Development
5 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (15.38%) SDLC
5 2 (15.38%) Software Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Translating Business Requirements
6 1 (7.69%) AI
6 1 (7.69%) Feasibility Study
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 4 (30.77%) C++
3 3 (23.08%) Java
3 3 (23.08%) PL/SQL
4 2 (15.38%) C#
4 2 (15.38%) Dart
4 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
4 2 (15.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (38.46%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
1 2 (15.38%) Sage