C
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 228 208
Rank change year-on-year +93 -20 +16
Permanent jobs citing C 2,100 1,684 3,125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.12% 1.67% 1.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.33% 3.85% 3.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,682 905 1,047
10th Percentile £38,750 £34,875 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +5.00%

All Programming Languages
UK

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 requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,186 43,722 84,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.45% 43.28% 53.99%
Number of salaries quoted 24,983 27,941 43,470
10th Percentile £35,195 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £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 £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

C
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for C in the UK

C
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for C in the UK

C
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing C over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C in the UK

C
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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
UK excluding London +53 1,812 £55,000 -8.33% 538
England +89 1,763 £57,500 -8.00% 597
Work from Home +73 776 £55,000 -12.00% 261
South East +36 528 £56,500 -5.83% 146
South West +58 286 £57,500 -17.86% 111
East of England +34 258 £60,000 -7.69% 116
North of England +60 238 £55,000 +4.76% 63
London +40 233 £82,500 +20.48% 97
Scotland 0 228 £52,500 -4.55% 41
Midlands +7 215 £52,500 -4.55% 61
North West +61 133 £55,000 - 39
West Midlands -24 117 £60,750 -24.06% 24
East Midlands +43 98 £47,500 -9.52% 37
Yorkshire +38 81 £50,000 +17.65% 17
Wales +37 48 £50,000 -9.09% 10
North East +11 24 £60,000 -4.00% 8
Northern Ireland +32 13 £55,000 +37.50% 1

C
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:

Application Platforms
1 37 (1.76%) Apache
2 22 (1.05%) Apache Spark
3 14 (0.67%) Confluence
4 12 (0.57%) nginx
5 8 (0.38%) CMS
5 8 (0.38%) Jupyter
6 6 (0.29%) IIS
6 6 (0.29%) Kinematics
6 6 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
7 5 (0.24%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.19%) Headless CMS
8 4 (0.19%) Kentico
9 3 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.14%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.095%) IBM Domino
10 2 (0.095%) Liferay
10 2 (0.095%) Magnolia
11 1 (0.048%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.048%) WordPress
Applications
1 119 (5.67%) Simulink
2 33 (1.57%) Stateflow
3 13 (0.62%) CANalyzer
4 10 (0.48%) GNU Octave
5 7 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (0.24%) Doxygen
7 3 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
7 3 (0.14%) TargetLink
8 2 (0.095%) Fusion 360
8 2 (0.095%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.048%) OrCAD
9 1 (0.048%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.048%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (0.33%) Teamcenter
3 6 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.095%) SAP MII
6 1 (0.048%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.048%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.048%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 110 (5.24%) AWS
2 80 (3.81%) Azure
3 43 (2.05%) GitHub
4 32 (1.52%) SaaS
5 23 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (1.10%) Serverless
6 20 (0.95%) Power Platform
7 16 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (0.52%) GCP
9 10 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (0.43%) AWS IoT
11 8 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (0.24%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (0.24%) WhatsApp
13 4 (0.19%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (0.19%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (0.19%) Kontent
14 3 (0.14%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (0.14%) dbt
14 3 (0.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 159 (7.57%) Wireless
2 96 (4.57%) TCP/IP
3 76 (3.62%) Wi-Fi
4 69 (3.29%) Ethernet
5 59 (2.81%) RS-232
6 58 (2.76%) Bluetooth
7 41 (1.95%) RS-485
8 39 (1.86%) Internet
9 38 (1.81%) Network Security
10 25 (1.19%) J1939
11 22 (1.05%) MQTT
12 17 (0.81%) 5G
12 17 (0.81%) ZigBee
13 15 (0.71%) Firewall
14 14 (0.67%) 4G
14 14 (0.67%) Wireshark
15 13 (0.62%) HTTP
16 12 (0.57%) 3G
16 12 (0.57%) DNS
16 12 (0.57%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
2 54 (2.57%) SQL Server
3 45 (2.14%) MongoDB
4 28 (1.33%) MySQL
4 28 (1.33%) Relational Database
5 16 (0.76%) Big Data
6 14 (0.67%) Power BI
7 10 (0.48%) DynamoDB
7 10 (0.48%) RDBMS
8 9 (0.43%) Data Mining
9 7 (0.33%) Apache Cassandra
9 7 (0.33%) SQLite
10 6 (0.29%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.24%) Metadata
11 5 (0.24%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.19%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.19%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 168 (8.00%) Git
2 100 (4.76%) Jenkins
3 97 (4.62%) JIRA
4 94 (4.48%) Visual Studio
5 54 (2.57%) Subversion
6 41 (1.95%) LabVIEW
7 33 (1.57%) GitLab
8 31 (1.48%) Rational Rhapsody
9 21 (1.00%) ClearCase
9 21 (1.00%) Plastic SCM
10 19 (0.90%) Bitbucket
11 15 (0.71%) Eclipse
12 14 (0.67%) ClearQuest
12 14 (0.67%) GDB
13 10 (0.48%) GNU Toolchain
14 9 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
14 9 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
15 7 (0.33%) CMake
15 7 (0.33%) TestRail
16 6 (0.29%) CANoe
General
1 437 (20.81%) Electronics
2 417 (19.86%) Social Skills
3 218 (10.38%) Manufacturing
4 198 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
5 183 (8.71%) Automotive
6 139 (6.62%) Finance
7 111 (5.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 103 (4.90%) Aerospace
8 103 (4.90%) Telecoms
9 99 (4.71%) Marketing
10 63 (3.00%) Public Sector
11 39 (1.86%) Law
11 39 (1.86%) Retail
12 35 (1.67%) Legal
12 35 (1.67%) Military
13 27 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
14 18 (0.86%) Games
15 17 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
16 14 (0.67%) Brand Awareness
17 13 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1,003 (47.76%) Software Engineer
2 601 (28.62%) Embedded Engineer
3 479 (22.81%) Senior
4 422 (20.10%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 286 (13.62%) Developer
6 257 (12.24%) Senior Software Engineer
7 166 (7.90%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 163 (7.76%) Lead
9 133 (6.33%) C++ Software Engineer
9 133 (6.33%) Software Developer
10 107 (5.10%) C Software Engineer
11 99 (4.71%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 88 (4.19%) Firmware Engineer
13 85 (4.05%) Architect
14 83 (3.95%) C++ Developer
15 82 (3.90%) Systems Engineer
16 80 (3.81%) Linux Engineer
17 74 (3.52%) Embedded Developer
18 70 (3.33%) Junior
19 68 (3.24%) Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (6.90%) .NET
2 81 (3.86%) HTML
3 73 (3.48%) Yocto
4 62 (2.95%) WPF
5 53 (2.52%) Qt
6 50 (2.38%) Node.js
7 49 (2.33%) REST
8 46 (2.19%) CSS
9 44 (2.10%) Web Services
10 43 (2.05%) React
11 40 (1.90%) .NET Framework
12 38 (1.81%) SOAP
13 32 (1.52%) RESTful
14 27 (1.29%) XML
15 25 (1.19%) ASP.NET
15 25 (1.19%) HTML5
15 25 (1.19%) JSON
16 24 (1.14%) Django
17 23 (1.10%) Middleware
18 22 (1.05%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 233 (11.10%) Embedded Systems
2 222 (10.57%) Algorithms
3 162 (7.71%) IoT
4 120 (5.71%) FPGA
5 72 (3.43%) VHDL
6 71 (3.38%) Device Driver
7 65 (3.10%) Distributed Systems
8 61 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
9 51 (2.43%) Data Structures
10 48 (2.29%) Analogue Electronics
11 46 (2.19%) Robotics
12 44 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
13 38 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
13 38 (1.81%) CUDA
14 35 (1.67%) PKI
15 34 (1.62%) Product Ownership
15 34 (1.62%) Verilog
16 32 (1.52%) Raspberry Pi
17 29 (1.38%) Mobile App
18 28 (1.33%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 838 (39.90%) Linux
2 207 (9.86%) Embedded Linux
3 183 (8.71%) Windows
4 76 (3.62%) Unix
5 62 (2.95%) Android
6 48 (2.29%) Ubuntu
7 39 (1.86%) FreeRTOS
8 32 (1.52%) Apple iOS
9 22 (1.05%) AIX
9 22 (1.05%) Debian
10 13 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 12 (0.57%) Windows 10
12 6 (0.29%) ThreadX
13 5 (0.24%) Mac OS
13 5 (0.24%) VxWorks
14 4 (0.19%) Kali Linux
15 3 (0.14%) CentOS
15 3 (0.14%) Windows Embedded Compact
16 2 (0.095%) Solaris
17 1 (0.048%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,360 (64.76%) Software Engineering
2 404 (19.24%) Problem-Solving
3 395 (18.81%) Computer Science
4 372 (17.71%) Agile
5 220 (10.48%) Mathematics
6 168 (8.00%) DevOps
7 163 (7.76%) Software Testing
7 163 (7.76%) Test Automation
8 160 (7.62%) Physics
9 134 (6.38%) Mentoring
10 132 (6.29%) Cybersecurity
11 130 (6.19%) Open Source
12 128 (6.10%) SDLC
13 116 (5.52%) Embedded Software Development
14 113 (5.38%) OO
15 107 (5.10%) Artificial Intelligence
16 106 (5.05%) Multithreading
17 105 (5.00%) Machine Learning
18 103 (4.90%) Software Architecture
19 101 (4.81%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 938 (44.67%) C++
2 717 (34.14%) Python
3 420 (20.00%) C#
4 389 (18.52%) Embedded C
5 320 (15.24%) Java
6 149 (7.10%) Bash
7 144 (6.86%) SQL
8 135 (6.43%) MATLAB
9 131 (6.24%) Rust
10 129 (6.14%) JavaScript
11 64 (3.05%) Go
12 62 (2.95%) Ada
13 59 (2.81%) Fortran
13 59 (2.81%) Perl
14 56 (2.67%) VB
15 52 (2.48%) Embedded C++
16 44 (2.10%) PHP
17 39 (1.86%) Shell Script
18 33 (1.57%) Assembly Language
19 32 (1.52%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 709 (33.76%) Degree
2 267 (12.71%) Security Cleared
3 123 (5.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 106 (5.05%) Master's Degree
5 102 (4.86%) PhD
6 82 (3.90%) SC Cleared
7 54 (2.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 54 (2.57%) DV Cleared
8 25 (1.19%) HND
9 13 (0.62%) HNC
10 9 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (0.33%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.29%) SANS
13 5 (0.24%) CISA
13 5 (0.24%) CISM
13 5 (0.24%) CISSP
13 5 (0.24%) CRISC
13 5 (0.24%) MCAD
14 4 (0.19%) CESG Certified Professional
15 3 (0.14%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (3.76%) QA
2 57 (2.71%) MISRA
3 37 (1.76%) ISO 26262
4 27 (1.29%) Automotive SPICE
4 27 (1.29%) AUTOSAR
5 24 (1.14%) ISO 13485
6 21 (1.00%) Software Quality Assurance
7 18 (0.86%) GDPR
8 15 (0.71%) Def Stans
9 14 (0.67%) JTAG
10 10 (0.48%) IEC 62304
10 10 (0.48%) MISRA C
11 9 (0.43%) ISO 9001
12 8 (0.38%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 8 (0.38%) Data Quality
12 8 (0.38%) IEC 61508
13 7 (0.33%) DO-178B
14 6 (0.29%) NIST
15 5 (0.24%) NCSC
16 3 (0.14%) TickIT
System Software
1 358 (17.05%) Firmware
2 193 (9.19%) Embedded Firmware
3 66 (3.14%) Docker
4 4 (0.19%) Ceph
4 4 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.14%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.095%) Kamailio
7 1 (0.048%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.048%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.048%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 75 (3.57%) Kubernetes
2 35 (1.67%) Ansible
3 21 (1.00%) Terraform
4 20 (0.95%) Progress Chef
5 14 (0.67%) Functional Safety
6 5 (0.24%) Grafana
7 4 (0.19%) Knative
7 4 (0.19%) Nagios
7 4 (0.19%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.19%) Puppet
8 3 (0.14%) logstash
8 3 (0.14%) Podman
9 1 (0.048%) Kibana
9 1 (0.048%) Packer
9 1 (0.048%) SCCM
Vendors
1 110 (5.24%) Microsoft
2 54 (2.57%) SAP
3 35 (1.67%) Oracle
4 31 (1.48%) Xilinx
5 30 (1.43%) IBM
6 29 (1.38%) Micro Focus
7 28 (1.33%) Red Hat
8 22 (1.05%) EMC
9 21 (1.00%) Google
9 21 (1.00%) Lauterbach
10 10 (0.48%) Altera
10 10 (0.48%) Atlassian
11 9 (0.43%) Renesas
11 9 (0.43%) Twitter
12 8 (0.38%) Green Hills
12 8 (0.38%) Motorola
12 8 (0.38%) Sitecore
13 7 (0.33%) Cadence
13 7 (0.33%) Facebook
13 7 (0.33%) NVIDIA