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 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 145 216 273
Rank change year-on-year +71 +57 -51
Permanent jobs citing C 770 610 1,069
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.22% 1.59% 1.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.48% 3.30% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 625 377 467
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 £72,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +4.55%

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 14,059 18,511 44,174
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.47% 48.13% 59.47%
Number of salaries quoted 11,501 14,065 23,940
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,161 £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 £80,000 £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 1 June 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 (3.12%) 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 45 (5.84%) Simulink
2 7 (0.91%) Stateflow
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 (6.23%) AWS
2 35 (4.55%) Azure
3 25 (3.25%) GitHub
4 22 (2.86%) 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 (11.17%) Wireless
2 52 (6.75%) TCP/IP
3 45 (5.84%) RS-232
4 36 (4.68%) Ethernet
5 32 (4.16%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (2.47%) Bluetooth
7 18 (2.34%) RS-485
8 15 (1.95%) 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 (6.62%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (4.55%) MongoDB
3 30 (3.90%) 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 48 (6.23%) Git
2 47 (6.10%) Jenkins
3 36 (4.68%) JIRA
4 22 (2.86%) GitLab
5 19 (2.47%) Subversion
6 18 (2.34%) Visual Studio
7 10 (1.30%) Eclipse
8 9 (1.17%) Rational Rhapsody
9 7 (0.91%) ClearCase
9 7 (0.91%) ClearQuest
9 7 (0.91%) Plastic SCM
10 5 (0.65%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.65%) Clang
10 5 (0.65%) DTrace
10 5 (0.65%) GDB
10 5 (0.65%) LabVIEW
11 4 (0.52%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.39%) Rational Team Concert
12 3 (0.39%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.26%) JMeter
General
1 190 (24.68%) Social Skills
2 119 (15.45%) Electronics
3 83 (10.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 69 (8.96%) Manufacturing
5 68 (8.83%) Automotive
6 56 (7.27%) Finance
7 47 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
8 32 (4.16%) Telecoms
9 30 (3.90%) Aerospace
10 22 (2.86%) Marketing
11 17 (2.21%) 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
1 368 (47.79%) Software Engineer
2 247 (32.08%) Embedded Engineer
3 186 (24.16%) Senior
4 178 (23.12%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 127 (16.49%) Developer
6 103 (13.38%) Senior Software Engineer
7 70 (9.09%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 65 (8.44%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 65 (8.44%) Software Developer
9 63 (8.18%) Lead
10 59 (7.66%) C++ Software Engineer
11 48 (6.23%) Firmware Engineer
12 37 (4.81%) Embedded Developer
13 36 (4.68%) Embedded Software Developer
14 35 (4.55%) Technical Leader
15 32 (4.16%) Senior Developer
16 31 (4.03%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
16 31 (4.03%) Junior
17 30 (3.90%) C Software Engineer
18 29 (3.77%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (6.36%) .NET
2 36 (4.68%) Yocto
3 26 (3.38%) SOAP
3 26 (3.38%) Web Services
4 24 (3.12%) React
4 24 (3.12%) REST
5 22 (2.86%) RESTful
6 21 (2.73%) HTML
7 16 (2.08%) Qt
8 15 (1.95%) CSS
8 15 (1.95%) LAPP Stack
8 15 (1.95%) LLVM
8 15 (1.95%) Node.js
9 14 (1.82%) .NET Framework
9 14 (1.82%) Django
9 14 (1.82%) Kafka
9 14 (1.82%) RabbitMQ
10 11 (1.43%) WPF
11 10 (1.30%) WinForms
12 9 (1.17%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 72 (9.35%) Embedded Systems
2 71 (9.22%) IoT
3 48 (6.23%) Algorithms
4 41 (5.32%) Device Driver
5 28 (3.64%) Client/Server
6 26 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
7 22 (2.86%) Data Structures
7 22 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
7 22 (2.86%) FPGA
8 18 (2.34%) Raspberry Pi
8 18 (2.34%) Satnav
9 17 (2.21%) Mobile App
10 14 (1.82%) Blog
11 13 (1.69%) Analogue Electronics
12 12 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (1.43%) PKI
13 11 (1.43%) RISC-V
14 9 (1.17%) ARM Cortex
15 7 (0.91%) Product Ownership
16 6 (0.78%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 343 (44.55%) Linux
2 128 (16.62%) Embedded Linux
3 40 (5.19%) Windows
4 27 (3.51%) 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
1 538 (69.87%) Software Engineering
2 160 (20.78%) Problem-Solving
3 153 (19.87%) Agile
4 118 (15.32%) Computer Science
5 96 (12.47%) Mentoring
6 88 (11.43%) DevOps
7 84 (10.91%) Open Source
8 66 (8.57%) Coaching
9 62 (8.05%) Cybersecurity
9 62 (8.05%) Mathematics
10 61 (7.92%) Test Automation
11 56 (7.27%) Continuous Integration
11 56 (7.27%) SDLC
11 56 (7.27%) Software Testing
12 55 (7.14%) OO
13 54 (7.01%) Code Quality
14 50 (6.49%) Physics
15 49 (6.36%) Roadmaps
16 44 (5.71%) Multithreading
17 43 (5.58%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 313 (40.65%) Python
2 284 (36.88%) C++
3 214 (27.79%) Embedded C
4 152 (19.74%) Java
5 139 (18.05%) C#
6 77 (10.00%) Bash
7 67 (8.70%) Rust
8 53 (6.88%) SQL
9 38 (4.94%) JavaScript
10 29 (3.77%) COBOL
10 29 (3.77%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 24 (3.12%) VB
12 21 (2.73%) Ada
13 18 (2.34%) MATLAB
14 17 (2.21%) Embedded C++
15 15 (1.95%) Go
15 15 (1.95%) Shell Script
16 14 (1.82%) PHP
17 12 (1.56%) R
18 8 (1.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 202 (26.23%) Degree
2 158 (20.52%) Security Cleared
3 44 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 41 (5.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 30 (3.90%) DV Cleared
5 30 (3.90%) SC Cleared
6 21 (2.73%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.30%) PhD
8 5 (0.65%) HND
9 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.13%) HNC
10 1 (0.13%) MCP
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.64%) QA
2 21 (2.73%) MISRA
3 18 (2.34%) 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
8 2 (0.26%) HL7
8 2 (0.26%) PMO
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 26262
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.13%) JTAG
9 1 (0.13%) MISRA C
System Software
1 155 (20.13%) Firmware
2 88 (11.43%) Embedded Firmware
3 41 (5.32%) 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 (4.42%) 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 (3.77%) Micro Focus
2 26 (3.38%) 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%) Intel
10 5 (0.65%) QNX
10 5 (0.65%) Red Hat
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