C Job Trends in East Sussex

C
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 39 62
Rank change year-on-year 0 +23 +12
Permanent jobs citing C 22 12 15
As % of all permanent jobs in East Sussex 3.43% 2.84% 1.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.78% 10.08% 5.10%
Number of salaries quoted 22 5 8
10th Percentile - - £32,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £45,000 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +15.79% -32.14%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £52,813
90th Percentile - - £59,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,565 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.98% +1.03% -

All Programming Languages
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 225 119 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 35.05% 28.20% 38.08%
Number of salaries quoted 191 108 251
10th Percentile £45,000 £25,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £27,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £65,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

C job vacancy trend in East Sussex

C
Salary Trend in East Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing C

C
Salary Histogram in East Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in East Sussex over the 6 months to 19 June 2026.

Salary histogram for C in East Sussex

C
Job Locations in East Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 19 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
Eastbourne +2 19 £55,000 - 1
Crowborough +4 2 £60,000 +20.00%
Lewes - 1 £50,000 -
C
South East

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Multicast
1 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) CMake
1 1 (4.55%) Git
General
1 1 (4.55%) Electronics
1 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 20 (90.91%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 20 (90.91%) Software Engineer
3 19 (86.36%) C Software Engineer
3 19 (86.36%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
3 19 (86.36%) C/C++ Software Engineer
3 19 (86.36%) C++ Software Engineer
3 19 (86.36%) Embedded C Engineer
3 19 (86.36%) Embedded C Software Engineer
3 19 (86.36%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 19 (86.36%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
3 19 (86.36%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 19 (86.36%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 10 (45.45%) Senior
4 10 (45.45%) Senior C Software Engineer
4 10 (45.45%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 10 (45.45%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 10 (45.45%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 10 (45.45%) Senior Software Engineer
5 9 (40.91%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (90.91%) Software Engineering
2 1 (4.55%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.55%) Memory Management
2 1 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (4.55%) Software Architecture
2 1 (4.55%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 20 (90.91%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Firmware