C Software Engineer Jobs

C Software Engineer
UK

The median C Software Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
1 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 790 897 1183
Rank change year-on-year +107 +286 -330
Permanent jobs requiring a C Software Engineer 117 50 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.053% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.058% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 95 43 60
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £69,500 £67,500 £63,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% +5.56% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

C Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured C Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for C Software Engineer in the UK

C Software Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C Software Engineer.

Salary trend for C Software Engineer in the UK

C Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing C Software Engineer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for C Software Engineer in the UK

C Software Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
UK excluding London +42 107 £55,000 +15.79% 9
England +71 76 £55,000 +15.79% 10
Scotland -43 31 £60,000 +26.32% 1
Work from Home +36 30 £60,000 +26.32% 6
North of England +50 29 £55,000 +29.41% 1
South West - 19 £60,000 - 3
North West - 17 £55,000 -
East of England +3 10 £60,000 -7.69% 1
Midlands -5 9 £46,250 -7.50% 1
South East -4 7 £67,500 +22.73% 1
Yorkshire +57 6 £45,000 +5.88% 1
North East - 6 £60,000 -
East Midlands - 5 £46,250 -
West Midlands -11 4 - - 1
Wales - 2 £55,000 - 1
London +98 1 £60,000 -7.69% 3

C Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, C Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring C Software Engineer in the job title.

1 117 (100.00%) C
1 117 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 69 (58.97%) C++
3 56 (47.86%) Linux
4 37 (31.62%) Embedded C
5 27 (23.08%) Python
6 26 (22.22%) Degree
6 26 (22.22%) Network Security
7 24 (20.51%) Embedded Systems
8 22 (18.80%) Computer Science
9 20 (17.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (16.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (13.68%) Aerospace
12 15 (12.82%) Manufacturing
12 15 (12.82%) Social Skills
13 13 (11.11%) Open Source
14 11 (9.40%) Java
14 11 (9.40%) Embedded C++
15 10 (8.55%) Electronics
15 10 (8.55%) Embedded Linux
15 10 (8.55%) Problem-Solving
15 10 (8.55%) Distributed Systems
16 9 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
16 9 (7.69%) Mathematics
16 9 (7.69%) Perl
17 8 (6.84%) C#
17 8 (6.84%) Renewable Energy
17 8 (6.84%) Bash
17 8 (6.84%) Code Quality
18 7 (5.98%) SDLC

C Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 3 (2.56%) Simulink
2 2 (1.71%) CANalyzer
2 2 (1.71%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.85%) Azure
1 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 26 (22.22%) Network Security
2 3 (2.56%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.71%) J1939
4 1 (0.85%) 5G
4 1 (0.85%) VSAN
4 1 (0.85%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (2.56%) JIRA
2 2 (1.71%) ClearCase
2 2 (1.71%) ClearQuest
2 2 (1.71%) Git
2 2 (1.71%) Plastic SCM
3 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
General
1 20 (17.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 16 (13.68%) Aerospace
3 15 (12.82%) Manufacturing
3 15 (12.82%) Social Skills
4 10 (8.55%) Electronics
5 3 (2.56%) Automotive
6 1 (0.85%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.85%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.27%) DPDK
1 5 (4.27%) FFmpeg
1 5 (4.27%) GStreamer
1 5 (4.27%) OpenEmbedded
1 5 (4.27%) Yocto
2 1 (0.85%) GTK
Miscellaneous
1 24 (20.51%) Embedded Systems
2 10 (8.55%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (6.84%) Renewable Energy
4 6 (5.13%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.42%) CCTV
6 1 (0.85%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.85%) Device Driver
6 1 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.85%) PKI
6 1 (0.85%) SIMD
Operating Systems
1 56 (47.86%) Linux
2 10 (8.55%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.85%) Debian
3 1 (0.85%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 22 (18.80%) Computer Science
3 13 (11.11%) Open Source
4 10 (8.55%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (7.69%) Mathematics
5 9 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
6 8 (6.84%) Code Quality
7 7 (5.98%) Logistics
7 7 (5.98%) Mentoring
7 7 (5.98%) Multithreading
7 7 (5.98%) SDLC
8 6 (5.13%) Agile
8 6 (5.13%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (4.27%) DevOps
10 4 (3.42%) Artificial Intelligence
10 4 (3.42%) Computer Vision
10 4 (3.42%) Embedded Software Development
10 4 (3.42%) Value Proposition
11 3 (2.56%) Physics
11 3 (2.56%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 117 (100.00%) C
2 69 (58.97%) C++
3 37 (31.62%) Embedded C
4 27 (23.08%) Python
5 11 (9.40%) Embedded C++
5 11 (9.40%) Java
6 9 (7.69%) Perl
7 8 (6.84%) Bash
7 8 (6.84%) C#
8 7 (5.98%) Rust
9 3 (2.56%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.85%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.85%) Ruby
10 1 (0.85%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 26 (22.22%) Degree
2 19 (16.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.42%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.71%) HND
4 2 (1.71%) PhD
5 1 (0.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.71%) Automotive SPICE
1 2 (1.71%) AUTOSAR
1 2 (1.71%) ISO 26262
1 2 (1.71%) MISRA
1 2 (1.71%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (1.71%) IBM
1 2 (1.71%) Lauterbach
2 1 (0.85%) Intel
2 1 (0.85%) QNX
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