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 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 142 136 144
Rank change year-on-year -6 +8 +11
Permanent jobs citing C 115 129 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.47% 2.12% 2.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.87% 5.91% 5.11%
Number of salaries quoted 95 20 65
10th Percentile £50,000 £39,250 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £71,250 £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 1,960 2,183 2,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 25.08% 35.94% 39.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,674 1,176 2,065
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £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 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,772 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

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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

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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

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 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 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
Warwickshire -12 28 £67,500 +42.11% 4
Birmingham -4 21 £57,500 +32.18% 8
Worcestershire -6 17 £50,000 -4.76% 9
Coventry +41 16 £65,000 +30.00% 3
Wolverhampton +18 4 - -
Herefordshire +1 4 £61,500 -41.43% 3
Shropshire - 4 £35,000 -
Staffordshire - 1 £27,500 - 1
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 (8.70%) nginx
2 2 (1.74%) CMS
2 2 (1.74%) IIS
2 2 (1.74%) Liferay
2 2 (1.74%) Magnolia
2 2 (1.74%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 15 (13.04%) Simulink
2 6 (5.22%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.87%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 11 (9.57%) GitHub
2 8 (6.96%) Azure
3 5 (4.35%) AWS
4 2 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.74%) npm
4 2 (1.74%) PaaS
5 1 (0.87%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.30%) Firewall
2 11 (9.57%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (8.70%) Bluetooth
4 8 (6.96%) Wireless
5 7 (6.09%) Ethernet
6 6 (5.22%) TCP/IP
7 5 (4.35%) RS-232
7 5 (4.35%) RS-485
7 5 (4.35%) ZigBee
8 3 (2.61%) GSM
9 2 (1.74%) J1939
10 1 (0.87%) DHCP
10 1 (0.87%) DNS
10 1 (0.87%) FlexRay
10 1 (0.87%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.70%) MySQL
1 10 (8.70%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (6.09%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.48%) DynamoDB
3 4 (3.48%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (2.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.74%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.74%) DB2
5 2 (1.74%) DTS
Development Applications
1 11 (9.57%) Git
2 10 (8.70%) GNU Toolchain
2 10 (8.70%) Subversion
3 8 (6.96%) JIRA
4 6 (5.22%) CANoe
4 6 (5.22%) Visual Studio
5 4 (3.48%) MSTest
5 4 (3.48%) Postman
5 4 (3.48%) SoapUI
6 2 (1.74%) Bower
6 2 (1.74%) gulp
6 2 (1.74%) Moq
6 2 (1.74%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.87%) PVCS
General
1 35 (30.43%) Electronics
2 30 (26.09%) Automotive
3 16 (13.91%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (11.30%) Social Skills
5 11 (9.57%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.35%) Multimedia
7 4 (3.48%) Games
8 3 (2.61%) Finance
9 2 (1.74%) Law
10 1 (0.87%) Marketing
10 1 (0.87%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (53.91%) Embedded Engineer
2 44 (38.26%) Software Engineer
3 38 (33.04%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 33 (28.70%) Senior
5 23 (20.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 16 (13.91%) Developer
6 16 (13.91%) Lead
7 12 (10.43%) Embedded Linux Engineer
7 12 (10.43%) Linux Engineer
7 12 (10.43%) Senior Linux Engineer
8 10 (8.70%) Linux Developer
9 6 (5.22%) Senior Software Engineer
9 6 (5.22%) Software Developer
9 6 (5.22%) Test Engineer
10 4 (3.48%) C Software Engineer
10 4 (3.48%) C++ Software Engineer
10 4 (3.48%) Embedded C Engineer
10 4 (3.48%) Lead Software Engineer
10 4 (3.48%) Systems Engineer
10 4 (3.48%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (11.30%) Yocto
2 12 (10.43%) Node.js
3 10 (8.70%) POSIX
4 6 (5.22%) .NET
4 6 (5.22%) JSON
4 6 (5.22%) REST
4 6 (5.22%) XML
5 5 (4.35%) ASP.NET
5 5 (4.35%) Unreal Engine
6 4 (3.48%) ASP.NET MVC
6 4 (3.48%) HTML
6 4 (3.48%) SOAP
6 4 (3.48%) WPF
7 3 (2.61%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.61%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 2 (1.74%) Angular 2
8 2 (1.74%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.74%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (1.74%) Blazor
8 2 (1.74%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 20 (17.39%) IoT
2 15 (13.04%) Embedded Systems
3 10 (8.70%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (4.35%) Algorithms
4 5 (4.35%) Infotainment
4 5 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.35%) Smart Home
4 5 (4.35%) Smartphone
5 4 (3.48%) ARM Cortex
5 4 (3.48%) Device Driver
6 3 (2.61%) Analogue Electronics
6 3 (2.61%) Client/Server
6 3 (2.61%) CMDB
6 3 (2.61%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.61%) Mobile Games
6 3 (2.61%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.74%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.87%) Robotics
8 1 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 32 (27.83%) Linux
2 13 (11.30%) Windows
3 12 (10.43%) Embedded Linux
4 10 (8.70%) Unix
5 5 (4.35%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 35 (30.43%) Agile
3 23 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
3 23 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (14.78%) Test Automation
5 14 (12.17%) Open Source
6 12 (10.43%) Software Testing
7 9 (7.83%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (7.83%) Validation
8 8 (6.96%) DevOps
8 8 (6.96%) Roadmaps
9 7 (6.09%) Mentoring
9 7 (6.09%) OO
9 7 (6.09%) Software Architecture
10 6 (5.22%) Customer Requirements
10 6 (5.22%) Design for Manufacturing
10 6 (5.22%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
10 6 (5.22%) Project Management
10 6 (5.22%) Scrum
10 6 (5.22%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 60 (52.17%) C++
2 32 (27.83%) Embedded C
3 20 (17.39%) Python
4 16 (13.91%) C#
5 15 (13.04%) Embedded C++
6 14 (12.17%) MATLAB
7 10 (8.70%) Bash
8 9 (7.83%) Java
9 8 (6.96%) SQL
10 7 (6.09%) T-SQL
11 4 (3.48%) COBOL
11 4 (3.48%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 4 (3.48%) PowerShell
12 3 (2.61%) JavaScript
13 2 (1.74%) Kotlin
13 2 (1.74%) PHP
13 2 (1.74%) R
13 2 (1.74%) TypeScript
13 2 (1.74%) VB
13 2 (1.74%) XAML
Qualifications
1 29 (25.22%) Degree
2 4 (3.48%) SC Cleared
2 4 (3.48%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.61%) CCNA
3 3 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.74%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (1.74%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.17%) MISRA
2 10 (8.70%) ISO 26262
3 9 (7.83%) AUTOSAR
4 6 (5.22%) MISRA C
5 4 (3.48%) QA
6 3 (2.61%) Automotive SPICE
System Software
1 31 (26.96%) Firmware
2 16 (13.91%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (2.61%) Nagios
Vendors
1 9 (7.83%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.48%) EMC
2 4 (3.48%) Micro Focus
3 3 (2.61%) Cisco
3 3 (2.61%) Infoblox
4 2 (1.74%) MuleSoft
4 2 (1.74%) OpenText
4 2 (1.74%) Pega
4 2 (1.74%) Sitecore
4 2 (1.74%) Xamarin
5 1 (0.87%) Google
5 1 (0.87%) Oracle
5 1 (0.87%) SAP