C Jobs with Work from Home Options

C
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 141 215 265
Rank change year-on-year +74 +50 -42
Permanent jobs citing C 768 634 1,050
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.24% 1.59% 1.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.50% 3.25% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 627 382 473
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,438 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,286 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.70% +6.48%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 13,970 19,535 43,459
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.66% 49.12% 59.29%
Number of salaries quoted 11,467 14,311 24,024
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,047 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,500 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

C
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

C trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C.

C salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

C salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 24 (3.13%) Apache
2 6 (0.78%) CMS
3 5 (0.65%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.65%) Umbraco
4 4 (0.52%) Confluence
4 4 (0.52%) Headless CMS
4 4 (0.52%) IIS
4 4 (0.52%) Kentico
4 4 (0.52%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 46 (5.99%) Simulink
2 7 (0.91%) Stateflow
3 2 (0.26%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (0.26%) SAP MII
2 1 (0.13%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 48 (6.25%) AWS
2 35 (4.56%) Azure
3 25 (3.26%) GitHub
4 24 (3.13%) SaaS
5 16 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
5 16 (2.08%) Serverless
6 13 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (0.78%) GCP
8 5 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (0.65%) WhatsApp
9 4 (0.52%) AWS IoT
9 4 (0.52%) Kontent
10 2 (0.26%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (0.26%) Azure Machine Learning
10 2 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.26%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.13%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.13%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.13%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 86 (11.20%) Wireless
2 49 (6.38%) TCP/IP
3 43 (5.60%) RS-232
4 38 (4.95%) Ethernet
5 31 (4.04%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (2.47%) Bluetooth
7 16 (2.08%) RS-485
8 14 (1.82%) ZigBee
9 12 (1.56%) Network Security
10 11 (1.43%) Internet
11 8 (1.04%) LoRaWAN
12 7 (0.91%) MQTT
12 7 (0.91%) VoIP
13 6 (0.78%) 5G
14 4 (0.52%) 3GPP
14 4 (0.52%) LTE
14 4 (0.52%) Modbus
14 4 (0.52%) Profibus
14 4 (0.52%) RS-422
15 2 (0.26%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (6.64%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (4.56%) MongoDB
3 30 (3.91%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.30%) Big Data
5 7 (0.91%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.91%) SQLite
6 6 (0.78%) Data Mining
6 6 (0.78%) DynamoDB
6 6 (0.78%) RDBMS
7 5 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (0.39%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.39%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.39%) MySQL
10 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.13%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.13%) Redis
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 47 (6.12%) Jenkins
2 46 (5.99%) Git
3 36 (4.69%) JIRA
4 22 (2.86%) GitLab
5 18 (2.34%) Subversion
5 18 (2.34%) Visual Studio
6 10 (1.30%) Eclipse
7 9 (1.17%) Rational Rhapsody
8 7 (0.91%) ClearCase
8 7 (0.91%) ClearQuest
8 7 (0.91%) Plastic SCM
9 5 (0.65%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.65%) Clang
9 5 (0.65%) DTrace
9 5 (0.65%) GDB
9 5 (0.65%) LabVIEW
10 4 (0.52%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.39%) Rational Team Concert
11 3 (0.39%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.26%) CANoe
General
1 191 (24.87%) Social Skills
2 119 (15.49%) Electronics
3 83 (10.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 72 (9.38%) Automotive
5 69 (8.98%) Manufacturing
6 55 (7.16%) Finance
7 47 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
8 31 (4.04%) Telecoms
9 30 (3.91%) Aerospace
10 22 (2.86%) Marketing
11 19 (2.47%) Law
12 15 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.82%) Public Sector
14 10 (1.30%) Games
14 10 (1.30%) Military
15 9 (1.17%) Retail
16 8 (1.04%) Legal
17 6 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (0.78%) Tech for Good
18 5 (0.65%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 367 (47.79%) Software Engineer
2 247 (32.16%) Embedded Engineer
3 188 (24.48%) Senior
4 177 (23.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 123 (16.02%) Developer
6 104 (13.54%) Senior Software Engineer
7 72 (9.38%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 66 (8.59%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 65 (8.46%) Software Developer
10 63 (8.20%) Lead
11 62 (8.07%) C++ Software Engineer
12 48 (6.25%) Firmware Engineer
13 36 (4.69%) Embedded Developer
13 36 (4.69%) Embedded Software Developer
14 35 (4.56%) Technical Leader
15 32 (4.17%) Senior Developer
16 31 (4.04%) C Software Engineer
16 31 (4.04%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
17 30 (3.91%) Junior
18 28 (3.65%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (6.38%) .NET
2 36 (4.69%) Yocto
3 26 (3.39%) SOAP
3 26 (3.39%) Web Services
4 24 (3.13%) React
4 24 (3.13%) REST
5 22 (2.86%) RESTful
6 21 (2.73%) HTML
7 15 (1.95%) CSS
7 15 (1.95%) LAPP Stack
7 15 (1.95%) LLVM
7 15 (1.95%) Node.js
7 15 (1.95%) Qt
8 14 (1.82%) .NET Framework
8 14 (1.82%) Django
8 14 (1.82%) Kafka
8 14 (1.82%) RabbitMQ
9 11 (1.43%) WPF
10 10 (1.30%) WinForms
11 9 (1.17%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 71 (9.24%) Embedded Systems
2 69 (8.98%) IoT
3 48 (6.25%) Algorithms
4 41 (5.34%) Device Driver
5 28 (3.65%) Client/Server
6 25 (3.26%) Distributed Systems
7 22 (2.86%) Data Structures
7 22 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
7 22 (2.86%) FPGA
8 20 (2.60%) Satnav
9 18 (2.34%) Raspberry Pi
10 17 (2.21%) Mobile App
11 14 (1.82%) Blog
12 13 (1.69%) Analogue Electronics
13 12 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.43%) PKI
14 11 (1.43%) RISC-V
15 7 (0.91%) ARM Cortex
15 7 (0.91%) Product Ownership
16 6 (0.78%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 340 (44.27%) Linux
2 127 (16.54%) Embedded Linux
3 39 (5.08%) Windows
4 26 (3.39%) FreeRTOS
5 22 (2.86%) AIX
5 22 (2.86%) Android
6 20 (2.60%) Ubuntu
7 14 (1.82%) Apple iOS
8 13 (1.69%) Unix
9 11 (1.43%) Debian
10 5 (0.65%) ThreadX
10 5 (0.65%) VxWorks
11 4 (0.52%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.39%) Windows Embedded Compact
13 2 (0.26%) CentOS
13 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.13%) Fedora
14 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
14 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 535 (69.66%) Software Engineering
2 163 (21.22%) Problem-Solving
3 152 (19.79%) Agile
4 117 (15.23%) Computer Science
5 96 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 88 (11.46%) DevOps
7 83 (10.81%) Open Source
8 66 (8.59%) Coaching
9 63 (8.20%) Cybersecurity
9 63 (8.20%) Test Automation
10 62 (8.07%) Mathematics
11 56 (7.29%) Code Quality
11 56 (7.29%) Continuous Integration
11 56 (7.29%) Software Testing
12 55 (7.16%) SDLC
13 54 (7.03%) OO
14 50 (6.51%) Physics
15 49 (6.38%) Roadmaps
16 43 (5.60%) CI/CD
16 43 (5.60%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 312 (40.63%) Python
2 283 (36.85%) C++
3 211 (27.47%) Embedded C
4 154 (20.05%) Java
5 138 (17.97%) C#
6 77 (10.03%) Bash
7 65 (8.46%) Rust
8 52 (6.77%) SQL
9 38 (4.95%) JavaScript
10 29 (3.78%) COBOL
10 29 (3.78%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 24 (3.13%) VB
12 21 (2.73%) Ada
13 19 (2.47%) MATLAB
14 15 (1.95%) Embedded C++
14 15 (1.95%) Go
14 15 (1.95%) Shell Script
15 14 (1.82%) PHP
16 11 (1.43%) R
17 8 (1.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 202 (26.30%) Degree
2 159 (20.70%) Security Cleared
3 43 (5.60%) Computer Science Degree
4 41 (5.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (4.17%) SC Cleared
6 29 (3.78%) DV Cleared
7 21 (2.73%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.17%) PhD
9 5 (0.65%) HND
10 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.13%) HNC
11 1 (0.13%) MCP
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.91%) QA
2 21 (2.73%) MISRA
3 20 (2.60%) Software Quality Assurance
4 6 (0.78%) Def Stans
5 5 (0.65%) NCSC
6 4 (0.52%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (0.52%) ISO 13485
7 3 (0.39%) AUTOSAR
7 3 (0.39%) ISO 26262
8 2 (0.26%) HL7
8 2 (0.26%) PMO
9 1 (0.13%) Automotive SPICE
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.13%) JTAG
9 1 (0.13%) MISRA C
System Software
1 154 (20.05%) Firmware
2 88 (11.46%) Embedded Firmware
3 41 (5.34%) Docker
4 2 (0.26%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.26%) Kamailio
4 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.13%) KVM
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 34 (4.43%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.21%) Ansible
3 15 (1.95%) Progress Chef
4 5 (0.65%) Terraform
5 3 (0.39%) logstash
6 2 (0.26%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.13%) Grafana
7 1 (0.13%) Kibana
7 1 (0.13%) Puppet
7 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (3.78%) Micro Focus
2 26 (3.39%) Oracle
3 21 (2.73%) Xilinx
4 18 (2.34%) Microsoft
5 16 (2.08%) SAP
6 13 (1.69%) IBM
7 9 (1.17%) Twitter
8 7 (0.91%) Lauterbach
9 6 (0.78%) Google
9 6 (0.78%) Sitecore
10 5 (0.65%) QNX
10 5 (0.65%) Red Hat
11 4 (0.52%) Intel
11 4 (0.52%) NVIDIA
11 4 (0.52%) Optimizely
12 3 (0.39%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.39%) Coverity
12 3 (0.39%) EMC
12 3 (0.39%) Microsemi
12 3 (0.39%) Samsung