C Jobs in the North West

C
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 235 271
Rank change year-on-year +73 +36 -88
Permanent jobs citing C 134 64 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.30% 0.84% 0.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.47% 2.14% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 106 45 48
10th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,625 £50,000 £35,789
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £66,875 £70,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £81,857 £77,715 £66,125
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% +4.55%

All Programming Languages
North West

C is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,997 2,997 3,910
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 29.18% 39.54% 40.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,412 1,752 2,586
10th Percentile £34,775 £36,250 £34,386
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,800 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £69,250 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for C in the North West

C
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C in the North West.

Salary trend for C in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the North West over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
Manchester +57 98 £52,500 -4.55% 22
Lancashire +7 22 £55,000 -35.29% 1
Cheshire -10 11 £55,000 -8.33% 12
Merseyside - 2 £40,000 - 2
Cumbria - 1 £85,000 - 2
C
England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 2 (1.49%) Fusion 360
2 1 (0.75%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (2.24%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.73%) AWS
1 5 (3.73%) Azure
2 3 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.75%) GitHub
3 1 (0.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.45%) Wireless
2 11 (8.21%) RS-232
3 6 (4.48%) Ethernet
4 5 (3.73%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (3.73%) ZigBee
5 3 (2.24%) Bluetooth
5 3 (2.24%) Network Security
6 2 (1.49%) RS-485
6 2 (1.49%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.75%) HTTP
7 1 (0.75%) Internet
7 1 (0.75%) LTE
7 1 (0.75%) MQTT
7 1 (0.75%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.99%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 27 (20.15%) Git
2 16 (11.94%) Jenkins
3 8 (5.97%) Subversion
4 6 (4.48%) JIRA
5 5 (3.73%) Clang
6 3 (2.24%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (1.49%) GDB
7 2 (1.49%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.75%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (19.40%) Electronics
2 25 (18.66%) Manufacturing
3 21 (15.67%) Social Skills
4 9 (6.72%) Finance
5 6 (4.48%) Automotive
6 3 (2.24%) Retail
7 2 (1.49%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.49%) Marketing
7 2 (1.49%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.49%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.75%) Games
Job Titles
1 77 (57.46%) Software Engineer
2 38 (28.36%) Embedded Engineer
3 29 (21.64%) Lead
4 28 (20.90%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 27 (20.15%) Senior
6 19 (14.18%) Technical Leader
7 17 (12.69%) C Software Engineer
7 17 (12.69%) Developer
8 12 (8.96%) Senior Software Engineer
9 11 (8.21%) C++ Developer
9 11 (8.21%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 8 (5.97%) Compiler Engineer
10 8 (5.97%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 8 (5.97%) Systems Engineer
11 7 (5.22%) Firmware Engineer
11 7 (5.22%) Python Engineer
11 7 (5.22%) Python Software Engineer
11 7 (5.22%) Rust Engineer
11 7 (5.22%) Rust Software Engineer
11 7 (5.22%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.72%) .NET
1 9 (6.72%) SOAP
2 8 (5.97%) LLVM
2 8 (5.97%) Middleware
2 8 (5.97%) React
3 6 (4.48%) Node.js
4 5 (3.73%) RESTful
5 4 (2.99%) HTML
5 4 (2.99%) REST
6 2 (1.49%) CSS
6 2 (1.49%) FHIR
6 2 (1.49%) HTML5
6 2 (1.49%) jQuery
6 2 (1.49%) React Native
6 2 (1.49%) Redux
7 1 (0.75%) MEAN Stack
7 1 (0.75%) MERN Stack
Miscellaneous
1 30 (22.39%) Embedded Systems
2 10 (7.46%) Device Driver
3 7 (5.22%) IoT
4 4 (2.99%) Analogue Electronics
4 4 (2.99%) Smart Energy
5 2 (1.49%) FMCG
5 2 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.49%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.75%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (0.75%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.75%) Cybercrime
6 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.75%) FPGA
6 1 (0.75%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 69 (51.49%) Linux
2 14 (10.45%) Windows
3 10 (7.46%) Embedded Linux
4 8 (5.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (3.73%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (2.99%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.75%) Android
7 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.75%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (71.64%) Software Engineering
2 42 (31.34%) Agile
3 32 (23.88%) Open Source
4 28 (20.90%) Mentoring
5 23 (17.16%) Coaching
5 23 (17.16%) DevOps
6 22 (16.42%) Test Automation
7 21 (15.67%) Computer Science
8 14 (10.45%) Embedded Software Development
8 14 (10.45%) OO
8 14 (10.45%) Software Architecture
9 13 (9.70%) Product Roadmap
9 13 (9.70%) Roadmaps
10 12 (8.96%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (7.46%) Architectural Design
11 10 (7.46%) Feasibility Study
11 10 (7.46%) Re-Platforming
11 10 (7.46%) Strategic Thinking
12 9 (6.72%) CAD
12 9 (6.72%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 40 (29.85%) C++
1 40 (29.85%) Python
2 26 (19.40%) C#
3 22 (16.42%) Java
4 20 (14.93%) Embedded C
5 14 (10.45%) Rust
6 12 (8.96%) JavaScript
7 10 (7.46%) COBOL
7 10 (7.46%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 5 (3.73%) Fortran
9 4 (2.99%) Go
9 4 (2.99%) R
10 3 (2.24%) Bash
10 3 (2.24%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.49%) PHP
11 2 (1.49%) SQL
12 1 (0.75%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 42 (31.34%) Degree
2 9 (6.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (2.99%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.24%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.75%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.24%) QA
2 2 (1.49%) HL7
2 2 (1.49%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.75%) GDPR
System Software
1 31 (23.13%) Firmware
2 26 (19.40%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (2.99%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (8.96%) Ansible
2 10 (7.46%) Progress Chef
3 4 (2.99%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.24%) Podman
5 2 (1.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (7.46%) Micro Focus
2 8 (5.97%) Red Hat
3 5 (3.73%) EMC
4 2 (1.49%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.49%) Progress
4 2 (1.49%) SAP
5 1 (0.75%) Atmel
5 1 (0.75%) Renesas