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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 53 67
Rank change year-on-year +15 +14 +21
Permanent jobs citing C 12 10 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 2.89% 1.88% 0.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.53% 3.86% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 3
10th Percentile - - £49,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -36.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 -
90th Percentile - £53,500 -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.22%

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 114 259 321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 27.47% 48.68% 46.25%
Number of salaries quoted 104 194 280
10th Percentile £25,500 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £43,750 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £58,250
Median % change year-on-year - -5.58% -2.92%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,500 £78,458 £77,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for C 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
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 17 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
Crowborough - 3 £50,000 -
Hastings - 3 £55,000 - 1
Brighton +17 1 - - 1
Eastbourne +2 1 - -
Forest Row - 1 - -
Battle - 1 - -
Bexhill-On-Sea - 1 - -
C
South East

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Bluetooth
1 3 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 3 (25.00%) Electronics
2 2 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Development Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Firmware Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Development Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (58.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) IoT
1 3 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Artificial Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) Computer Science
1 7 (58.33%) Data Privacy
1 7 (58.33%) Machine Learning
2 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) C#
1 7 (58.33%) C++
1 7 (58.33%) Dart
1 7 (58.33%) Java
1 7 (58.33%) JavaScript
1 7 (58.33%) MATLAB
1 7 (58.33%) PHP
1 7 (58.33%) Python
1 7 (58.33%) R
1 7 (58.33%) Ruby
1 7 (58.33%) Rust
1 7 (58.33%) SQL
1 7 (58.33%) TypeScript
2 3 (25.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (58.33%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (16.67%) Firmware