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 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 119 146
Rank change year-on-year -23 +27 +49
Permanent jobs citing C 21 31 47
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.59% 1.03% 1.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.87% 3.99% 3.52%
Number of salaries quoted 13 13 41
10th Percentile - £41,361 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.18% +10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £57,500 £93,778 £57,500
90th Percentile - - £75,000
England median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% -5.88%

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 732 776 1,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 20.40% 25.85% 32.77%
Number of salaries quoted 515 384 1,139
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,925 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +0.48% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,100 £93,778 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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

C
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 27 January 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 27 January 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
West Yorkshire -28 8 £32,500 -61.88% 10
East Yorkshire - 6 - - 2
South Yorkshire -9 5 £55,000 - 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:

General
1 14 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 13 (61.90%) Manufacturing
3 8 (38.10%) Pharmaceutical
3 8 (38.10%) Retail
4 5 (23.81%) Electronics
4 5 (23.81%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Graduate
1 8 (38.10%) Graduate Software Engineer
1 8 (38.10%) Linux Engineer
1 8 (38.10%) Logistics Engineer
1 8 (38.10%) Software Engineer
1 8 (38.10%) Software Engineering Graduate
2 6 (28.57%) Automation Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Senior
2 6 (28.57%) Senior Automation Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Design Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Electronics Design Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Electronics Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Embedded Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Software Design Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Customer Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) C Developer
5 2 (9.52%) C++ Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (28.57%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Driving Licence
2 6 (28.57%) Onboarding
3 5 (23.81%) Analogue Electronics
3 5 (23.81%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 14 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 8 (38.10%) E-Commerce
2 8 (38.10%) Logistics
2 8 (38.10%) Software Engineering
3 6 (28.57%) Change Management
3 6 (28.57%) Mathematics
3 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (28.57%) Process Improvement
3 6 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 6 (28.57%) Project Management
4 5 (23.81%) Agile
5 2 (9.52%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 15 (71.43%) C++
2 14 (66.67%) Java
2 14 (66.67%) SQL
3 9 (42.86%) Python
4 8 (38.10%) PL/SQL
5 6 (28.57%) Perl
6 5 (23.81%) Embedded C
6 5 (23.81%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 14 (66.67%) Degree
2 8 (38.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (28.57%) HND
3 6 (28.57%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (23.81%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Allen-Bradley
1 6 (28.57%) Siemens
1 6 (28.57%) Toshiba