C Jobs in the West Midlands

C
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 140 124 157
Rank change year-on-year -16 +33 -2
Permanent jobs citing C 118 154 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.60% 2.43% 1.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.26% 6.67% 4.70%
Number of salaries quoted 100 21 64
10th Percentile £50,000 £39,250 -
25th Percentile £51,875 £46,250 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,750 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +23.81% +22.09%
75th Percentile £68,438 £100,000 £84,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £110,000 £84,999
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% +4.55%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,885 2,310 2,960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 25.58% 36.47% 40.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,630 1,193 2,076
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,399
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,772 £78,750 £82,500
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for C in the West Midlands

C
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for C in the West Midlands

C
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for C in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the West Midlands 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
Warwickshire -9 31 £62,500 +31.58% 6
Birmingham -2 21 £57,500 +16.75% 5
Coventry - 18 £65,000 - 3
Worcestershire -8 15 £50,000 -4.76% 4
Herefordshire +1 4 £61,500 -41.43% 3
Shropshire - 4 £35,000 - 1
Wolverhampton +23 3 - - 1
Staffordshire -21 1 £27,500 - 2
C
England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 10 (8.47%) nginx
2 2 (1.69%) CMS
2 2 (1.69%) IIS
2 2 (1.69%) Liferay
2 2 (1.69%) Magnolia
2 2 (1.69%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 16 (13.56%) Simulink
2 6 (5.08%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.85%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 11 (9.32%) GitHub
2 8 (6.78%) Azure
3 5 (4.24%) AWS
4 2 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.69%) npm
4 2 (1.69%) PaaS
5 1 (0.85%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.02%) Wi-Fi
2 12 (10.17%) Bluetooth
2 12 (10.17%) Firewall
3 10 (8.47%) Wireless
4 7 (5.93%) Ethernet
5 6 (5.08%) TCP/IP
6 5 (4.24%) GSM
6 5 (4.24%) RS-232
6 5 (4.24%) RS-485
6 5 (4.24%) ZigBee
7 4 (3.39%) J1939
8 2 (1.69%) FlexRay
9 1 (0.85%) DHCP
9 1 (0.85%) DNS
9 1 (0.85%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.47%) MySQL
1 10 (8.47%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (5.93%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.39%) DynamoDB
3 4 (3.39%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (2.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.69%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.69%) DB2
5 2 (1.69%) DTS
Development Applications
1 11 (9.32%) Git
2 10 (8.47%) GNU Toolchain
2 10 (8.47%) Subversion
3 8 (6.78%) JIRA
4 6 (5.08%) CANoe
4 6 (5.08%) Visual Studio
5 4 (3.39%) MSTest
5 4 (3.39%) Postman
5 4 (3.39%) SoapUI
6 2 (1.69%) Bower
6 2 (1.69%) gulp
6 2 (1.69%) Moq
6 2 (1.69%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.85%) PVCS
General
1 37 (31.36%) Electronics
2 35 (29.66%) Automotive
3 18 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.17%) Social Skills
5 11 (9.32%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.24%) Multimedia
7 4 (3.39%) Finance
7 4 (3.39%) Games
8 2 (1.69%) Law
8 2 (1.69%) Marketing
8 2 (1.69%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 66 (55.93%) Embedded Engineer
2 43 (36.44%) Software Engineer
3 37 (31.36%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 35 (29.66%) Senior
5 26 (22.03%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 16 (13.56%) Developer
6 16 (13.56%) Lead
7 14 (11.86%) Embedded Linux Engineer
7 14 (11.86%) Linux Engineer
7 14 (11.86%) Senior Linux Engineer
8 10 (8.47%) Linux Developer
9 6 (5.08%) Software Developer
9 6 (5.08%) Test Engineer
10 5 (4.24%) Systems Engineer
11 4 (3.39%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
11 4 (3.39%) Firmware Engineer
11 4 (3.39%) Senior Software Engineer
11 4 (3.39%) Senior Test Engineer
11 4 (3.39%) Technical Leader
11 4 (3.39%) Telematics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.71%) Yocto
2 12 (10.17%) Node.js
3 10 (8.47%) POSIX
4 6 (5.08%) .NET
4 6 (5.08%) JSON
4 6 (5.08%) REST
4 6 (5.08%) XML
5 5 (4.24%) ASP.NET
5 5 (4.24%) Unreal Engine
6 4 (3.39%) ASP.NET MVC
6 4 (3.39%) HTML
6 4 (3.39%) SOAP
6 4 (3.39%) WPF
7 3 (2.54%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.54%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 2 (1.69%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (1.69%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (1.69%) Blazor
8 2 (1.69%) Ionic Framework
8 2 (1.69%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.64%) IoT
2 16 (13.56%) Embedded Systems
3 10 (8.47%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (4.24%) Algorithms
4 5 (4.24%) Infotainment
4 5 (4.24%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.24%) Smart Home
4 5 (4.24%) Smartphone
5 4 (3.39%) ARM Cortex
5 4 (3.39%) Device Driver
6 3 (2.54%) Analogue Electronics
6 3 (2.54%) Client/Server
6 3 (2.54%) Mobile Games
6 3 (2.54%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.69%) CMDB
7 2 (1.69%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.69%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.85%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 33 (27.97%) Linux
2 14 (11.86%) Embedded Linux
3 12 (10.17%) Windows
4 10 (8.47%) Unix
5 5 (4.24%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (61.02%) Software Engineering
2 39 (33.05%) Agile
3 27 (22.88%) Embedded Software Development
4 26 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (14.41%) Test Automation
6 14 (11.86%) Open Source
7 13 (11.02%) Software Testing
8 9 (7.63%) Validation
9 8 (6.78%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (6.78%) DevOps
9 8 (6.78%) Roadmaps
9 8 (6.78%) Scrum
10 7 (5.93%) Mentoring
10 7 (5.93%) OO
10 7 (5.93%) Project Management
10 7 (5.93%) Software Architecture
11 6 (5.08%) Customer Requirements
11 6 (5.08%) Design for Manufacturing
11 6 (5.08%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
11 6 (5.08%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 60 (50.85%) C++
2 29 (24.58%) Embedded C
3 20 (16.95%) Python
4 16 (13.56%) C#
5 15 (12.71%) MATLAB
6 14 (11.86%) Embedded C++
7 10 (8.47%) Bash
8 9 (7.63%) Java
9 8 (6.78%) SQL
10 7 (5.93%) T-SQL
11 4 (3.39%) COBOL
11 4 (3.39%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 4 (3.39%) PowerShell
12 3 (2.54%) JavaScript
12 3 (2.54%) R
13 2 (1.69%) Go
13 2 (1.69%) PHP
13 2 (1.69%) TypeScript
13 2 (1.69%) VB
13 2 (1.69%) XAML
Qualifications
1 30 (25.42%) Degree
2 3 (2.54%) SC Cleared
2 3 (2.54%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.69%) CCNA
3 2 (1.69%) Chartered Engineer
3 2 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (1.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.56%) MISRA
2 12 (10.17%) ISO 26262
3 11 (9.32%) AUTOSAR
4 6 (5.08%) Automotive SPICE
4 6 (5.08%) MISRA C
5 5 (4.24%) QA
System Software
1 33 (27.97%) Firmware
2 16 (13.56%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.69%) Nagios
Vendors
1 9 (7.63%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.39%) EMC
2 4 (3.39%) Micro Focus
3 2 (1.69%) Cisco
3 2 (1.69%) Infoblox
3 2 (1.69%) MuleSoft
3 2 (1.69%) OpenText
3 2 (1.69%) Pega
3 2 (1.69%) SAP
3 2 (1.69%) Sitecore
3 2 (1.69%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.85%) Google
4 1 (0.85%) Oracle