C Jobs in the South East

C
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 116 63
Rank change year-on-year +33 -53 +131
Permanent jobs citing C 526 394 974
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.14% 2.73% 4.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.62% 6.82% 9.97%
Number of salaries quoted 384 238 326
10th Percentile £35,500 £32,500 £33,188
25th Percentile £43,750 £37,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £74,688 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,625 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% +4.55%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,954 5,774 9,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 29.55% 40.08% 49.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,990 3,793 6,406
10th Percentile £34,475 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +5.77%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for C in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C in the South East.

Salary trend for C in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the South East over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Thames Valley +20 192 £57,500 +32.95% 56
Hampshire +12 151 £55,000 -13.73% 28
Surrey +39 98 £60,000 -4.00% 34
Oxfordshire +30 92 £57,500 +51.32% 23
Berkshire +28 58 £58,000 +12.95% 11
Kent +18 49 £37,000 -37.02% 6
Buckinghamshire -30 42 £52,501 +28.69% 22
West Sussex +26 20 £55,000 -12.00% 14
East Sussex +18 15 £47,500 -32.14% 1
Sussex -25 1 - - 1
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England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (1.71%) Confluence
2 8 (1.52%) Apache
3 6 (1.14%) Kinematics
4 2 (0.38%) IBM Domino
4 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.19%) CMS
5 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.19%) IIS
5 1 (0.19%) Kentico
5 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 59 (11.22%) Simulink
2 32 (6.08%) Stateflow
3 7 (1.33%) CANalyzer
4 5 (0.95%) Doxygen
4 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.38%) TargetLink
6 1 (0.19%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.19%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.57%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.19%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 30 (5.70%) SaaS
2 19 (3.61%) Azure
3 14 (2.66%) Power Platform
4 11 (2.09%) GitHub
5 10 (1.90%) AWS
6 4 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (0.76%) GCP
7 2 (0.38%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.19%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.19%) Kontent
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.99%) J1939
2 15 (2.85%) TCP/IP
3 14 (2.66%) Wireless
4 11 (2.09%) Internet
5 10 (1.90%) RS-485
6 8 (1.52%) Ethernet
7 7 (1.33%) Bluetooth
8 6 (1.14%) Network Security
9 5 (0.95%) RFID
9 5 (0.95%) RS-232
10 4 (0.76%) 5G
10 4 (0.76%) LoRaWAN
10 4 (0.76%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.57%) 3GPP
12 2 (0.38%) Modbus
12 2 (0.38%) MQTT
13 1 (0.19%) 4G
13 1 (0.19%) Firewall
13 1 (0.19%) LTE
13 1 (0.19%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.66%) Power BI
2 10 (1.90%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.52%) MySQL
4 6 (1.14%) MongoDB
5 5 (0.95%) Big Data
5 5 (0.95%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 42 (7.98%) JIRA
2 38 (7.22%) Git
3 37 (7.03%) Visual Studio
4 21 (3.99%) ClearCase
4 21 (3.99%) Plastic SCM
5 20 (3.80%) Jenkins
6 16 (3.04%) Subversion
7 14 (2.66%) ClearQuest
8 12 (2.28%) Bitbucket
9 8 (1.52%) GitLab
10 7 (1.33%) CMake
10 7 (1.33%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (1.33%) TestRail
11 6 (1.14%) GDB
12 4 (0.76%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.57%) JMeter
13 3 (0.57%) LoadRunner
14 2 (0.38%) GCC
15 1 (0.19%) Mercurial
15 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
General
1 132 (25.10%) Electronics
2 104 (19.77%) Social Skills
3 64 (12.17%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (9.13%) Marketing
5 42 (7.98%) Automotive
6 39 (7.41%) Telecoms
7 37 (7.03%) Manufacturing
8 34 (6.46%) Finance
9 28 (5.32%) Aerospace
10 21 (3.99%) Public Sector
11 19 (3.61%) Military
12 14 (2.66%) Brand Awareness
12 14 (2.66%) Retail
13 12 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.33%) Publishing
15 5 (0.95%) Aviation
16 4 (0.76%) Games
17 2 (0.38%) Law
17 2 (0.38%) Legal
17 2 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 266 (50.57%) Software Engineer
2 118 (22.43%) Embedded Engineer
3 117 (22.24%) Senior
4 82 (15.59%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 67 (12.74%) Developer
6 53 (10.08%) Senior Software Engineer
7 44 (8.37%) C++ Software Engineer
8 42 (7.98%) Software Developer
9 31 (5.89%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 28 (5.32%) Graduate
11 27 (5.13%) Lead
12 24 (4.56%) Applications Engineer
13 23 (4.37%) Electronics Engineer
13 23 (4.37%) Systems Engineer
14 22 (4.18%) Junior
15 21 (3.99%) Embedded Developer
16 20 (3.80%) Graduate Software Engineer
17 19 (3.61%) Python Engineer
18 16 (3.04%) C++ Developer
19 15 (2.85%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (8.75%) .NET
2 32 (6.08%) WPF
3 27 (5.13%) HTML
3 27 (5.13%) Qt
4 23 (4.37%) .NET Framework
5 20 (3.80%) OpenMP
6 19 (3.61%) HTML5
7 14 (2.66%) JSON
7 14 (2.66%) OpenACC
8 12 (2.28%) CSS
9 11 (2.09%) React
9 11 (2.09%) Web Services
10 10 (1.90%) ASP.NET
10 10 (1.90%) OpenGL
10 10 (1.90%) Vulkan
11 7 (1.33%) OpenCL
11 7 (1.33%) QML
11 7 (1.33%) REST
11 7 (1.33%) VTK
11 7 (1.33%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 111 (21.10%) Algorithms
2 75 (14.26%) Embedded Systems
3 49 (9.32%) IoT
4 32 (6.08%) Analogue Electronics
5 29 (5.51%) Analytical Mindset
5 29 (5.51%) FPGA
6 27 (5.13%) CUDA
7 25 (4.75%) Product Ownership
8 21 (3.99%) Mobile App
8 21 (3.99%) Satnav
9 20 (3.80%) Robotics
9 20 (3.80%) VHDL
10 18 (3.42%) Data Structures
11 17 (3.23%) Device Driver
11 17 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
12 15 (2.85%) Raspberry Pi
12 15 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
14 10 (1.90%) Digital Media
15 8 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 199 (37.83%) Linux
2 93 (17.68%) Windows
3 41 (7.79%) Embedded Linux
4 31 (5.89%) Unix
5 13 (2.47%) Ubuntu
6 12 (2.28%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.76%) AIX
7 4 (0.76%) FreeRTOS
8 3 (0.57%) Android
9 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.19%) CentOS
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (64.64%) Software Engineering
2 141 (26.81%) Problem-Solving
3 114 (21.67%) Computer Science
3 114 (21.67%) Mathematics
4 98 (18.63%) Agile
5 91 (17.30%) Physics
6 59 (11.22%) Software Testing
7 56 (10.65%) Multithreading
8 52 (9.89%) Artificial Intelligence
9 48 (9.13%) Code Quality
10 47 (8.94%) Machine Learning
11 45 (8.56%) DevOps
12 40 (7.60%) Customer Requirements
13 39 (7.41%) Software Architecture
14 38 (7.22%) Prototyping
14 38 (7.22%) SDLC
14 38 (7.22%) Signal Processing
15 35 (6.65%) Digital Marketing
16 34 (6.46%) Collaborative Working
17 33 (6.27%) Parallel Programming
Programming Languages
1 267 (50.76%) C++
2 192 (36.50%) Python
3 120 (22.81%) C#
4 88 (16.73%) Java
5 74 (14.07%) Embedded C
6 51 (9.70%) Fortran
7 50 (9.51%) MATLAB
8 44 (8.37%) JavaScript
9 28 (5.32%) Bash
10 24 (4.56%) Perl
11 21 (3.99%) XAML
12 15 (2.85%) Haskell
13 14 (2.66%) PowerShell
14 13 (2.47%) Go
15 12 (2.28%) Embedded C++
16 10 (1.90%) Assembly Language
16 10 (1.90%) SQL
17 7 (1.33%) C-shell
17 7 (1.33%) PHP
18 6 (1.14%) Ada
Qualifications
1 253 (48.10%) Degree
2 87 (16.54%) Security Cleared
3 73 (13.88%) PhD
4 64 (12.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 62 (11.79%) Master's Degree
6 53 (10.08%) SC Cleared
7 27 (5.13%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.28%) HND
9 4 (0.76%) CESG Certified Professional
9 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.38%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.19%) MCP
11 1 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.19%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (8.75%) QA
2 22 (4.18%) ISO 26262
2 22 (4.18%) MISRA
3 21 (3.99%) Automotive SPICE
3 21 (3.99%) Software Quality Assurance
4 14 (2.66%) AUTOSAR
5 8 (1.52%) ISO 13485
6 4 (0.76%) GDPR
7 2 (0.38%) PMO
8 1 (0.19%) IEC 62304
8 1 (0.19%) JTAG
8 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 86 (16.35%) Firmware
2 45 (8.56%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (1.90%) Docker
4 4 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (1.71%) Functional Safety
2 7 (1.33%) Ansible
2 7 (1.33%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.38%) Grafana
3 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.38%) Terraform
4 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 59 (11.22%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.18%) SAP
3 21 (3.99%) IBM
3 21 (3.99%) Lauterbach
4 15 (2.85%) Xilinx
5 8 (1.52%) Oracle
6 7 (1.33%) Facebook
6 7 (1.33%) Instagram
7 5 (0.95%) EMC
8 4 (0.76%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.76%) Google
8 4 (0.76%) Renesas
8 4 (0.76%) VMware
9 3 (0.57%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.57%) Samsung
10 2 (0.38%) Splunk
10 2 (0.38%) Thales
11 1 (0.19%) Optimizely
11 1 (0.19%) Parasoft
11 1 (0.19%) Sitecore