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 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 122 158
Rank change year-on-year -3 +36 +46
Permanent jobs citing C 29 46 30
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.85% 1.08% 0.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.05% 4.61% 2.31%
Number of salaries quoted 15 15 23
10th Percentile £35,950 £40,844 £43,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £43,181 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £53,125 £56,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £82,797
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 574 997 1,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 16.81% 23.34% 38.34%
Number of salaries quoted 453 513 1,037
10th Percentile £28,750 £34,050 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.22%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £79,800 £81,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 28 October 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 28 October 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
West Yorkshire -1 11 £32,500 -40.91% 21
South Yorkshire 0 9 £46,000 +2.22% 1
East Yorkshire - 6 - -
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) AWS
1 1 (3.45%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 9 (31.03%) Modbus
2 8 (27.59%) RS-485
3 1 (3.45%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.45%) Profibus
General
1 17 (58.62%) Social Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Electronics
3 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.90%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (6.90%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (41.38%) Embedded Engineer
2 8 (27.59%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
2 8 (27.59%) Firmware Engineer
3 7 (24.14%) Software Engineer
4 6 (20.69%) Automation Engineer
4 6 (20.69%) Senior
4 6 (20.69%) Senior Automation Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Graduate
6 2 (6.90%) Graduate Software Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Linux Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Logistics Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Software Engineering Graduate
7 1 (3.45%) Developer
7 1 (3.45%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Full-Stack Developer
7 1 (3.45%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (27.59%) HTML
2 6 (20.69%) CSS
3 1 (3.45%) .NET
3 1 (3.45%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Analogue Electronics
1 8 (27.59%) CAN bus
1 8 (27.59%) Embedded Systems
2 6 (20.69%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.90%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.45%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 16 (55.17%) Linux
2 8 (27.59%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Computer Science
2 8 (27.59%) AI
2 8 (27.59%) Collaborative Culture
2 8 (27.59%) Data Privacy
2 8 (27.59%) Machine Learning
2 8 (27.59%) Mentoring
3 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (24.14%) Software Engineering
4 6 (20.69%) Change Management
4 6 (20.69%) Process Improvement
4 6 (20.69%) Project Delivery
4 6 (20.69%) Project Management
5 2 (6.90%) E-Commerce
5 2 (6.90%) Logistics
6 1 (3.45%) Embedded Software Development
6 1 (3.45%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 22 (75.86%) C++
2 16 (55.17%) Java
2 16 (55.17%) SQL
3 14 (48.28%) Python
4 9 (31.03%) C#
5 8 (27.59%) Dart
5 8 (27.59%) JavaScript
5 8 (27.59%) MATLAB
5 8 (27.59%) PHP
5 8 (27.59%) R
5 8 (27.59%) Ruby
5 8 (27.59%) Rust
5 8 (27.59%) TypeScript
6 6 (20.69%) Perl
7 2 (6.90%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (55.17%) Degree
2 10 (34.48%) 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 8 (27.59%) Embedded Firmware
1 8 (27.59%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Allen-Bradley
1 7 (24.14%) Siemens
2 6 (20.69%) Toshiba
3 1 (3.45%) Xamarin