C Jobs in the UK excluding London

C
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 165 117
Rank change year-on-year +58 -48 +57
Permanent jobs citing C 1,812 1,277 2,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.56% 2.12% 2.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.08% 5.32% 6.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,444 686 722
10th Percentile £38,750 £34,324 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £56,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.60% +8.70% +4.55%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 22,414 24,023 32,845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.64% 39.97% 45.90%
Number of salaries quoted 16,324 13,561 21,198
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for C in the UK excluding London

C
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for C in the UK excluding London

C
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C in the UK excluding London

C
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
South East +39 530 £56,500 -5.83% 161
South West +63 286 £57,500 -17.86% 115
East of England +36 259 £60,000 -7.69% 108
North of England +56 238 £55,000 +4.76% 63
Scotland -4 224 £52,500 -4.55% 37
Midlands +14 216 £52,500 -4.55% 62
North West +64 133 £55,000 - 39
West Midlands -13 118 £60,750 -16.21% 28
East Midlands +55 98 £47,500 -9.52% 34
Yorkshire +27 81 £50,000 +17.65% 17
Wales +42 48 £50,000 -9.09% 12
North East +13 24 £60,000 -4.00% 8
Northern Ireland +37 13 £55,000 +12.24% 1
C
UK

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 25 (1.38%) Apache
2 13 (0.72%) Confluence
3 11 (0.61%) nginx
4 6 (0.33%) CMS
4 6 (0.33%) IIS
4 6 (0.33%) Kinematics
4 6 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
5 5 (0.28%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.22%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.22%) Headless CMS
6 4 (0.22%) Kentico
7 2 (0.11%) IBM Domino
7 2 (0.11%) Liferay
7 2 (0.11%) Magnolia
Applications
1 120 (6.62%) Simulink
2 33 (1.82%) Stateflow
3 13 (0.72%) CANalyzer
4 10 (0.55%) GNU Octave
5 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (0.28%) Doxygen
7 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
7 3 (0.17%) TargetLink
8 2 (0.11%) Fusion 360
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.055%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.055%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.055%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.11%) SAP MII
3 2 (0.11%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.055%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 61 (3.37%) AWS
2 57 (3.15%) Azure
3 35 (1.93%) GitHub
4 31 (1.71%) SaaS
5 17 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (0.94%) Power Platform
6 9 (0.50%) AWS IoT
7 7 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (0.33%) Serverless
9 5 (0.28%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (0.22%) GCP
10 4 (0.22%) Kontent
11 3 (0.17%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.11%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.11%) Azure Machine Learning
12 2 (0.11%) npm
12 2 (0.11%) PaaS
13 1 (0.055%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 157 (8.66%) Wireless
2 76 (4.19%) Wi-Fi
3 70 (3.86%) Ethernet
4 59 (3.26%) RS-232
4 59 (3.26%) TCP/IP
5 58 (3.20%) Bluetooth
6 41 (2.26%) RS-485
7 37 (2.04%) Internet
8 35 (1.93%) Network Security
9 25 (1.38%) J1939
10 21 (1.16%) MQTT
11 17 (0.94%) 5G
11 17 (0.94%) ZigBee
12 14 (0.77%) 4G
12 14 (0.77%) Firewall
12 14 (0.77%) Wireshark
13 12 (0.66%) 3G
14 11 (0.61%) HTTP
14 11 (0.61%) Modbus
15 10 (0.55%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (2.65%) SQL Server
2 41 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (1.55%) MySQL
4 27 (1.49%) MongoDB
5 18 (0.99%) Relational Database
6 15 (0.83%) Big Data
7 14 (0.77%) Power BI
8 7 (0.39%) SQLite
9 6 (0.33%) Data Mining
10 5 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.22%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.22%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.17%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.17%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.11%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.11%) DB2
13 2 (0.11%) DTS
Development Applications
1 143 (7.89%) Git
2 88 (4.86%) JIRA
3 83 (4.58%) Jenkins
3 83 (4.58%) Visual Studio
4 54 (2.98%) Subversion
5 41 (2.26%) LabVIEW
6 31 (1.71%) Rational Rhapsody
7 21 (1.16%) ClearCase
7 21 (1.16%) Plastic SCM
8 19 (1.05%) Bitbucket
9 16 (0.88%) Eclipse
9 16 (0.88%) GitLab
10 14 (0.77%) ClearQuest
11 10 (0.55%) GNU Toolchain
11 10 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
12 9 (0.50%) GDB
12 9 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
13 7 (0.39%) CMake
13 7 (0.39%) TestRail
14 6 (0.33%) CANoe
General
1 419 (23.12%) Electronics
2 351 (19.37%) Social Skills
3 203 (11.20%) Manufacturing
4 183 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
5 175 (9.66%) Automotive
6 98 (5.41%) Aerospace
6 98 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 95 (5.24%) Telecoms
8 94 (5.19%) Marketing
9 89 (4.91%) Finance
10 52 (2.87%) Public Sector
11 34 (1.88%) Retail
12 30 (1.66%) Military
13 27 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
14 26 (1.43%) Legal
15 23 (1.27%) Law
16 16 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
17 14 (0.77%) Brand Awareness
18 12 (0.66%) Mandarin Language
18 12 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 901 (49.72%) Software Engineer
2 586 (32.34%) Embedded Engineer
3 416 (22.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 412 (22.74%) Senior
5 237 (13.08%) Developer
6 230 (12.69%) Senior Software Engineer
7 159 (8.77%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 141 (7.78%) Lead
9 121 (6.68%) Software Developer
10 118 (6.51%) C++ Software Engineer
11 98 (5.41%) C Software Engineer
11 98 (5.41%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 84 (4.64%) Firmware Engineer
13 82 (4.53%) Systems Engineer
14 70 (3.86%) Embedded Developer
15 68 (3.75%) Junior
16 67 (3.70%) Electronics Engineer
17 64 (3.53%) Graduate
18 58 (3.20%) Embedded C Engineer
19 57 (3.15%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (6.51%) .NET
2 73 (4.03%) HTML
3 71 (3.92%) Yocto
4 61 (3.37%) WPF
5 49 (2.70%) Qt
6 46 (2.54%) REST
7 38 (2.10%) Node.js
8 37 (2.04%) .NET Framework
9 35 (1.93%) SOAP
10 34 (1.88%) CSS
11 33 (1.82%) Web Services
12 30 (1.66%) React
13 24 (1.32%) HTML5
14 23 (1.27%) ASP.NET
14 23 (1.27%) JSON
14 23 (1.27%) Middleware
15 22 (1.21%) WinForms
16 20 (1.10%) .NET Core
16 20 (1.10%) OpenMP
17 19 (1.05%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 215 (11.87%) Embedded Systems
2 203 (11.20%) Algorithms
3 148 (8.17%) IoT
4 100 (5.52%) FPGA
5 70 (3.86%) VHDL
6 67 (3.70%) Device Driver
7 57 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
8 47 (2.59%) Analogue Electronics
8 47 (2.59%) Robotics
9 39 (2.15%) Data Structures
10 35 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
10 35 (1.93%) CUDA
11 32 (1.77%) Product Ownership
11 32 (1.77%) Raspberry Pi
11 32 (1.77%) Verilog
12 29 (1.60%) Mobile App
13 27 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
14 26 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
15 24 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
16 22 (1.21%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 696 (38.41%) Linux
2 204 (11.26%) Embedded Linux
3 171 (9.44%) Windows
4 63 (3.48%) Unix
5 42 (2.32%) Android
6 38 (2.10%) FreeRTOS
7 26 (1.43%) Ubuntu
8 21 (1.16%) AIX
9 16 (0.88%) Apple iOS
10 13 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 12 (0.66%) Windows 10
12 6 (0.33%) ThreadX
12 6 (0.33%) VxWorks
13 4 (0.22%) Debian
13 4 (0.22%) Kali Linux
13 4 (0.22%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.17%) CentOS
14 3 (0.17%) Windows Embedded Compact
15 2 (0.11%) Solaris
16 1 (0.055%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,211 (66.83%) Software Engineering
2 363 (20.03%) Problem-Solving
3 341 (18.82%) Computer Science
4 319 (17.60%) Agile
5 195 (10.76%) Mathematics
6 154 (8.50%) Physics
7 148 (8.17%) Software Testing
8 146 (8.06%) Test Automation
9 124 (6.84%) DevOps
9 124 (6.84%) SDLC
10 119 (6.57%) Mentoring
11 114 (6.29%) Embedded Software Development
12 111 (6.13%) Open Source
13 102 (5.63%) Cybersecurity
14 99 (5.46%) OO
15 95 (5.24%) Software Architecture
16 94 (5.19%) Validation
17 92 (5.08%) Multithreading
18 89 (4.91%) Artificial Intelligence
19 81 (4.47%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 821 (45.31%) C++
2 600 (33.11%) Python
3 382 (21.08%) Embedded C
4 380 (20.97%) C#
5 252 (13.91%) Java
6 127 (7.01%) MATLAB
7 124 (6.84%) Bash
8 112 (6.18%) JavaScript
9 102 (5.63%) Rust
10 91 (5.02%) SQL
11 62 (3.42%) Ada
12 59 (3.26%) Fortran
13 55 (3.04%) VB
14 54 (2.98%) Embedded C++
15 52 (2.87%) Perl
16 43 (2.37%) PHP
17 33 (1.82%) Assembly Language
17 33 (1.82%) Go
18 32 (1.77%) COBOL
19 29 (1.60%) Micro Focus COBOL
Qualifications
1 647 (35.71%) Degree
2 260 (14.35%) Security Cleared
3 110 (6.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 95 (5.24%) Master's Degree
5 90 (4.97%) PhD
6 77 (4.25%) SC Cleared
7 54 (2.98%) BPSS Clearance
8 52 (2.87%) DV Cleared
9 25 (1.38%) HND
10 12 (0.66%) HNC
11 7 (0.39%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.33%) SANS
13 5 (0.28%) CISA
13 5 (0.28%) CISM
13 5 (0.28%) CISSP
13 5 (0.28%) CRISC
14 4 (0.22%) CESG Certified Professional
14 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (0.17%) CCNA
15 3 (0.17%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (4.30%) QA
2 58 (3.20%) MISRA
3 37 (2.04%) ISO 26262
4 27 (1.49%) Automotive SPICE
5 25 (1.38%) AUTOSAR
6 24 (1.32%) ISO 13485
7 21 (1.16%) Software Quality Assurance
8 17 (0.94%) GDPR
9 15 (0.83%) Def Stans
10 11 (0.61%) MISRA C
11 10 (0.55%) IEC 62304
11 10 (0.55%) JTAG
12 8 (0.44%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 8 (0.44%) IEC 61508
13 7 (0.39%) DO-178B
13 7 (0.39%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.33%) NIST
15 3 (0.17%) TickIT
16 2 (0.11%) HL7
16 2 (0.11%) PMO
System Software
1 346 (19.09%) Firmware
2 184 (10.15%) Embedded Firmware
3 33 (1.82%) Docker
4 4 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.17%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.11%) Kamailio
7 1 (0.055%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.055%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.055%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (1.55%) Ansible
2 21 (1.16%) Kubernetes
3 17 (0.94%) Progress Chef
4 14 (0.77%) Functional Safety
5 10 (0.55%) Terraform
6 3 (0.17%) Nagios
6 3 (0.17%) Podman
7 2 (0.11%) Grafana
7 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.055%) Puppet
8 1 (0.055%) SCCM
Vendors
1 86 (4.75%) Microsoft
2 50 (2.76%) SAP
3 31 (1.71%) Xilinx
4 29 (1.60%) IBM
4 29 (1.60%) Micro Focus
5 27 (1.49%) Oracle
6 22 (1.21%) EMC
6 22 (1.21%) Red Hat
7 21 (1.16%) Lauterbach
8 11 (0.61%) Google
9 10 (0.55%) Altera
9 10 (0.55%) Atlassian
9 10 (0.55%) Renesas
10 9 (0.50%) Twitter
11 8 (0.44%) Green Hills
11 8 (0.44%) Motorola
11 8 (0.44%) Sitecore
12 7 (0.39%) Facebook
12 7 (0.39%) Instagram
13 6 (0.33%) Samsung