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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 156 140 135
Rank change year-on-year -16 -5 +15
Permanent jobs citing C 107 113 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.34% 1.94% 2.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.37% 5.51% 5.36%
Number of salaries quoted 87 22 70
10th Percentile - £39,250 -
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £67,500 £100,000 £80,938
90th Percentile £84,964 £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 1,991 2,051 2,984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 24.86% 35.22% 39.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,684 1,170 2,051
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 £67,300 £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 1 June 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 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
Warwickshire -12 22 £65,000 +36.84% 4
Birmingham -1 21 £57,500 +32.18% 7
Worcestershire -6 19 £50,000 -4.76% 6
Coventry +37 12 £65,000 +30.00% 3
Wolverhampton +22 4 - -
Herefordshire -2 4 £61,500 -41.43% 1
Shropshire - 4 £35,000 -
Staffordshire - 1 £27,500 - 1
Dudley - 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 (9.35%) nginx
2 2 (1.87%) CMS
2 2 (1.87%) IIS
2 2 (1.87%) Liferay
2 2 (1.87%) Magnolia
2 2 (1.87%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 12 (11.21%) Simulink
2 4 (3.74%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.93%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 10 (9.35%) GitHub
2 8 (7.48%) Azure
3 4 (3.74%) AWS
4 2 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.87%) npm
4 2 (1.87%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.21%) Firewall
2 9 (8.41%) Bluetooth
2 9 (8.41%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (6.54%) Wireless
4 6 (5.61%) TCP/IP
5 5 (4.67%) RS-232
5 5 (4.67%) RS-485
5 5 (4.67%) ZigBee
6 4 (3.74%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.93%) DHCP
7 1 (0.93%) DNS
7 1 (0.93%) FlexRay
7 1 (0.93%) GSM
7 1 (0.93%) J1939
7 1 (0.93%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.35%) MySQL
1 10 (9.35%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (6.54%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.74%) DynamoDB
3 4 (3.74%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (2.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.87%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.87%) DB2
5 2 (1.87%) DTS
Development Applications
1 12 (11.21%) Git
2 10 (9.35%) GNU Toolchain
2 10 (9.35%) Subversion
3 6 (5.61%) Visual Studio
4 5 (4.67%) JIRA
5 4 (3.74%) CANoe
5 4 (3.74%) MSTest
5 4 (3.74%) Postman
5 4 (3.74%) SoapUI
6 2 (1.87%) Bower
6 2 (1.87%) gulp
6 2 (1.87%) Moq
6 2 (1.87%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.93%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.93%) GitLab
7 1 (0.93%) PVCS
7 1 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 32 (29.91%) Electronics
2 24 (22.43%) Automotive
3 13 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (8.41%) Manufacturing
4 9 (8.41%) Social Skills
5 4 (3.74%) Games
5 4 (3.74%) Multimedia
6 3 (2.80%) Finance
7 1 (0.93%) Marketing
7 1 (0.93%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (56.07%) Embedded Engineer
2 43 (40.19%) Software Engineer
3 37 (34.58%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 31 (28.97%) Senior
5 22 (20.56%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 17 (15.89%) Lead
7 16 (14.95%) Developer
8 11 (10.28%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 11 (10.28%) Linux Engineer
8 11 (10.28%) Senior Linux Engineer
9 10 (9.35%) Linux Developer
10 7 (6.54%) Senior Software Engineer
11 6 (5.61%) Software Developer
11 6 (5.61%) Test Engineer
12 5 (4.67%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 4 (3.74%) C++ Software Engineer
13 4 (3.74%) Embedded C Software Engineer
13 4 (3.74%) Lead Software Engineer
13 4 (3.74%) Senior Test Engineer
13 4 (3.74%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.21%) Node.js
1 12 (11.21%) Yocto
2 10 (9.35%) POSIX
3 6 (5.61%) .NET
3 6 (5.61%) JSON
3 6 (5.61%) REST
3 6 (5.61%) XML
4 5 (4.67%) ASP.NET
4 5 (4.67%) Unreal Engine
5 4 (3.74%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (3.74%) HTML
5 4 (3.74%) SOAP
5 4 (3.74%) WPF
6 3 (2.80%) .NET Core
6 3 (2.80%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 2 (1.87%) Angular 2
7 2 (1.87%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.87%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (1.87%) Blazor
7 2 (1.87%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.82%) IoT
2 12 (11.21%) Embedded Systems
3 10 (9.35%) Linux Command Line
4 6 (5.61%) Algorithms
5 5 (4.67%) Device Driver
5 5 (4.67%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.67%) Smart Home
6 4 (3.74%) ARM Cortex
6 4 (3.74%) Infotainment
6 4 (3.74%) Smartphone
7 3 (2.80%) Analogue Electronics
7 3 (2.80%) Client/Server
7 3 (2.80%) Mobile Games
7 3 (2.80%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.87%) CMDB
8 2 (1.87%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.87%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.93%) CAN bus
9 1 (0.93%) FMCG
9 1 (0.93%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 30 (28.04%) Linux
2 12 (11.21%) Windows
3 11 (10.28%) Embedded Linux
4 10 (9.35%) Unix
5 6 (5.61%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (61.68%) Software Engineering
2 30 (28.04%) Agile
3 18 (16.82%) Embedded Software Development
4 17 (15.89%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (15.89%) Test Automation
5 14 (13.08%) Open Source
6 13 (12.15%) Software Testing
7 8 (7.48%) DevOps
7 8 (7.48%) Validation
8 7 (6.54%) Mentoring
8 7 (6.54%) OO
9 6 (5.61%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (5.61%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
9 6 (5.61%) Project Management
9 6 (5.61%) Roadmaps
9 6 (5.61%) Test Scripting
10 5 (4.67%) CI/CD
10 5 (4.67%) Code Quality
10 5 (4.67%) Device Driver Development
10 5 (4.67%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 58 (54.21%) C++
2 33 (30.84%) Embedded C
3 19 (17.76%) Python
4 16 (14.95%) C#
5 15 (14.02%) Embedded C++
6 11 (10.28%) MATLAB
7 10 (9.35%) Bash
8 8 (7.48%) Java
8 8 (7.48%) SQL
9 7 (6.54%) T-SQL
10 4 (3.74%) COBOL
10 4 (3.74%) Micro Focus COBOL
10 4 (3.74%) PowerShell
11 3 (2.80%) JavaScript
12 2 (1.87%) Go
12 2 (1.87%) Kotlin
12 2 (1.87%) PHP
12 2 (1.87%) TypeScript
12 2 (1.87%) VB
12 2 (1.87%) XAML
Qualifications
1 26 (24.30%) Degree
2 3 (2.80%) SC Cleared
2 3 (2.80%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.87%) CCNA
3 2 (1.87%) Chartered Engineer
3 2 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (1.87%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.28%) MISRA
2 8 (7.48%) AUTOSAR
3 6 (5.61%) ISO 26262
4 4 (3.74%) MISRA C
4 4 (3.74%) QA
5 1 (0.93%) Automotive SPICE
System Software
1 27 (25.23%) Firmware
2 16 (14.95%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.87%) Nagios
Vendors
1 9 (8.41%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.74%) Micro Focus
3 3 (2.80%) EMC
4 2 (1.87%) Cisco
4 2 (1.87%) Infoblox
4 2 (1.87%) MuleSoft
4 2 (1.87%) OpenText
4 2 (1.87%) Pega
4 2 (1.87%) Sitecore
4 2 (1.87%) Xamarin
5 1 (0.93%) Google
5 1 (0.93%) Oracle
5 1 (0.93%) SAP