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 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 78 112 63
Rank change year-on-year +34 -49 +130
Permanent jobs citing C 544 397 994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.12% 2.82% 4.84%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.78% 7.02% 9.97%
Number of salaries quoted 390 235 310
10th Percentile £35,500 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £39,978 £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 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,125 £81,250 £73,875
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 5,048 5,655 9,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 28.99% 40.12% 48.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4,033 3,705 6,349
10th Percentile £34,750 £35,000 £33,200
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +7.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £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 28 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 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
Thames Valley +35 205 £57,000 +31.79% 59
Hampshire -1 147 £57,500 -6.12% 32
Surrey +30 104 £60,000 -4.00% 24
Oxfordshire +30 100 £57,000 +45.31% 28
Berkshire +38 65 £58,000 +12.95% 13
Kent +14 49 £37,000 -32.73% 7
Buckinghamshire -42 40 £52,501 +28.69% 18
West Sussex +23 22 £55,000 -12.00% 13
East Sussex +17 15 £47,500 -32.14% 1
Sussex -24 2 £55,000 -26.67%
C
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 (1.65%) Confluence
2 8 (1.47%) Apache
3 6 (1.10%) Kinematics
4 2 (0.37%) IBM Domino
4 2 (0.37%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.18%) CMS
5 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.18%) IIS
5 1 (0.18%) Kentico
5 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 63 (11.58%) Simulink
2 32 (5.88%) Stateflow
3 7 (1.29%) CANalyzer
4 5 (0.92%) Doxygen
4 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.37%) TargetLink
6 1 (0.18%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.18%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.55%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.18%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 29 (5.33%) SaaS
2 19 (3.49%) Azure
3 14 (2.57%) Power Platform
4 11 (2.02%) GitHub
5 9 (1.65%) AWS
6 4 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.55%) GCP
8 2 (0.37%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.18%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.18%) Kontent
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.86%) J1939
2 13 (2.39%) TCP/IP
3 12 (2.21%) Wireless
4 11 (2.02%) Internet
5 10 (1.84%) RS-485
6 8 (1.47%) Ethernet
7 7 (1.29%) Bluetooth
8 6 (1.10%) Network Security
9 5 (0.92%) RFID
9 5 (0.92%) RS-232
10 4 (0.74%) 5G
10 4 (0.74%) LoRaWAN
10 4 (0.74%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.55%) 3GPP
12 2 (0.37%) Modbus
12 2 (0.37%) MQTT
13 1 (0.18%) 4G
13 1 (0.18%) LTE
13 1 (0.18%) Software-Defined Radio
13 1 (0.18%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.57%) Power BI
2 10 (1.84%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.29%) MySQL
4 6 (1.10%) MongoDB
5 5 (0.92%) Big Data
5 5 (0.92%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 43 (7.90%) JIRA
2 41 (7.54%) Git
3 38 (6.99%) Visual Studio
4 23 (4.23%) Jenkins
5 21 (3.86%) ClearCase
5 21 (3.86%) Plastic SCM
6 16 (2.94%) Subversion
7 14 (2.57%) ClearQuest
8 12 (2.21%) Bitbucket
9 8 (1.47%) CMake
9 8 (1.47%) GitLab
9 8 (1.47%) Team Foundation Server
9 8 (1.47%) TestRail
10 5 (0.92%) GDB
11 4 (0.74%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.55%) JMeter
12 3 (0.55%) LoadRunner
13 2 (0.37%) GCC
14 1 (0.18%) LabVIEW
14 1 (0.18%) TeamCity
General
1 131 (24.08%) Electronics
2 107 (19.67%) Social Skills
3 65 (11.95%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (9.01%) Marketing
5 42 (7.72%) Automotive
6 37 (6.80%) Telecoms
7 35 (6.43%) Manufacturing
8 31 (5.70%) Finance
9 30 (5.51%) Aerospace
10 19 (3.49%) Military
10 19 (3.49%) Public Sector
11 14 (2.57%) Brand Awareness
11 14 (2.57%) Retail
12 13 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.29%) Publishing
14 5 (0.92%) Aviation
15 4 (0.74%) Games
16 2 (0.37%) Law
16 2 (0.37%) Legal
16 2 (0.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 278 (51.10%) Software Engineer
2 126 (23.16%) Senior
3 121 (22.24%) Embedded Engineer
4 85 (15.63%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 73 (13.42%) Developer
6 63 (11.58%) Senior Software Engineer
7 46 (8.46%) Software Developer
8 40 (7.35%) C++ Software Engineer
9 30 (5.51%) Graduate
9 30 (5.51%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 27 (4.96%) Lead
11 25 (4.60%) Applications Engineer
11 25 (4.60%) Embedded Developer
11 25 (4.60%) Junior
12 24 (4.41%) Systems Engineer
13 22 (4.04%) Electronics Engineer
13 22 (4.04%) Graduate Software Engineer
14 19 (3.49%) Python Engineer
15 18 (3.31%) Embedded Software Developer
16 16 (2.94%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (9.01%) .NET
2 35 (6.43%) WPF
3 28 (5.15%) Qt
4 27 (4.96%) HTML
5 23 (4.23%) .NET Framework
6 20 (3.68%) OpenMP
7 19 (3.49%) HTML5
8 14 (2.57%) JSON
8 14 (2.57%) OpenACC
9 12 (2.21%) CSS
10 11 (2.02%) OpenGL
10 11 (2.02%) Vulkan
10 11 (2.02%) Web Services
11 10 (1.84%) ASP.NET
11 10 (1.84%) React
12 9 (1.65%) WinForms
13 8 (1.47%) OpenCL
13 8 (1.47%) QML
13 8 (1.47%) VTK
14 7 (1.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 119 (21.88%) Algorithms
2 74 (13.60%) Embedded Systems
3 48 (8.82%) IoT
4 34 (6.25%) Analogue Electronics
5 29 (5.33%) Analytical Mindset
6 28 (5.15%) CUDA
7 27 (4.96%) FPGA
8 26 (4.78%) Product Ownership
9 23 (4.23%) Robotics
10 21 (3.86%) Mobile App
11 20 (3.68%) Satnav
12 19 (3.49%) VHDL
13 18 (3.31%) Data Structures
14 16 (2.94%) Device Driver
14 16 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
15 15 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
16 14 (2.57%) Raspberry Pi
17 11 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
18 10 (1.84%) Digital Media
19 7 (1.29%) Arduino
Operating Systems
1 208 (38.24%) Linux
2 94 (17.28%) Windows
3 42 (7.72%) Embedded Linux
4 39 (7.17%) Unix
5 13 (2.39%) Ubuntu
6 12 (2.21%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.74%) AIX
7 4 (0.74%) FreeRTOS
8 3 (0.55%) Android
9 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.18%) CentOS
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (64.89%) Software Engineering
2 146 (26.84%) Problem-Solving
3 123 (22.61%) Mathematics
4 122 (22.43%) Computer Science
5 104 (19.12%) Agile
6 100 (18.38%) Physics
7 66 (12.13%) Software Testing
8 60 (11.03%) Artificial Intelligence
9 58 (10.66%) Multithreading
10 52 (9.56%) Machine Learning
11 51 (9.38%) Code Quality
11 51 (9.38%) DevOps
12 48 (8.82%) SDLC
13 43 (7.90%) Collaborative Working
13 43 (7.90%) Customer Requirements
14 42 (7.72%) Parallel Programming
14 42 (7.72%) Signal Processing
15 38 (6.99%) Prototyping
16 37 (6.80%) Software Architecture
17 36 (6.62%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 280 (51.47%) C++
2 202 (37.13%) Python
3 124 (22.79%) C#
4 89 (16.36%) Java
5 72 (13.24%) Embedded C
6 61 (11.21%) Fortran
7 51 (9.38%) MATLAB
8 45 (8.27%) JavaScript
9 37 (6.80%) Bash
10 24 (4.41%) Perl
11 22 (4.04%) XAML
12 17 (3.13%) PowerShell
13 15 (2.76%) Haskell
14 12 (2.21%) Go
15 11 (2.02%) Embedded C++
16 10 (1.84%) Assembly Language
17 8 (1.47%) C-shell
17 8 (1.47%) SQL
18 6 (1.10%) PHP
19 5 (0.92%) Ada
Qualifications
1 263 (48.35%) Degree
2 99 (18.20%) Security Cleared
3 81 (14.89%) PhD
4 71 (13.05%) Master's Degree
5 67 (12.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 53 (9.74%) SC Cleared
7 31 (5.70%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.21%) HND
9 4 (0.74%) CESG Certified Professional
9 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.37%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.18%) MCP
11 1 (0.18%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (8.09%) QA
2 22 (4.04%) ISO 26262
3 21 (3.86%) Automotive SPICE
3 21 (3.86%) MISRA
4 20 (3.68%) Software Quality Assurance
5 14 (2.57%) AUTOSAR
6 8 (1.47%) ISO 13485
7 4 (0.74%) GDPR
8 2 (0.37%) PMO
9 1 (0.18%) IEC 62304
9 1 (0.18%) JTAG
9 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 89 (16.36%) Firmware
2 48 (8.82%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (1.65%) Docker
4 4 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (1.65%) Ansible
1 9 (1.65%) Functional Safety
2 6 (1.10%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.37%) Grafana
3 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.37%) Terraform
4 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 69 (12.68%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.86%) IBM
2 21 (3.86%) Lauterbach
3 20 (3.68%) SAP
4 19 (3.49%) Xilinx
5 8 (1.47%) Oracle
6 7 (1.29%) Facebook
6 7 (1.29%) Instagram
7 5 (0.92%) EMC
8 4 (0.74%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.74%) Renesas
8 4 (0.74%) VMware
9 3 (0.55%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.55%) Google
9 3 (0.55%) Samsung
10 2 (0.37%) Splunk
10 2 (0.37%) Thales
11 1 (0.18%) Ivanti
11 1 (0.18%) Optimizely
11 1 (0.18%) Sitecore