C Jobs in the North West

C
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 170 237 271
Rank change year-on-year +67 +34 -99
Permanent jobs citing C 138 54 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.29% 0.73% 0.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.50% 1.91% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 107 37 45
10th Percentile £44,000 £47,750 £34,990
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £81,235 £77,715 £64,400
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% +4.55%

All Programming Languages
North West

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 North West with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,068 2,826 3,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 28.65% 38.34% 40.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,458 1,735 2,541
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,800 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for C in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for C in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the North West over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for C in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Manchester +65 100 £52,500 -8.70% 24
Lancashire +5 23 £55,000 -35.29% 3
Cheshire -7 12 £55,000 -8.33% 10
Merseyside - 2 £40,000 - 3
Cumbria - 1 £85,000 - 1
C
England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (1.45%) Fusion 360
2 1 (0.72%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (2.17%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.35%) AWS
1 6 (4.35%) Azure
2 3 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (1.45%) GitHub
4 1 (0.72%) GCP
4 1 (0.72%) Pulumi
4 1 (0.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.87%) Wireless
2 12 (8.70%) RS-232
3 6 (4.35%) Ethernet
4 5 (3.62%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (3.62%) ZigBee
5 3 (2.17%) Bluetooth
5 3 (2.17%) Network Security
5 3 (2.17%) RS-485
6 2 (1.45%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.72%) HTTP
7 1 (0.72%) Internet
7 1 (0.72%) LTE
7 1 (0.72%) MQTT
7 1 (0.72%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.90%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 29 (21.01%) Git
2 16 (11.59%) Jenkins
3 9 (6.52%) Subversion
4 6 (4.35%) JIRA
5 5 (3.62%) Clang
6 3 (2.17%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (1.45%) GDB
7 2 (1.45%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.72%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.72%) GitLab
8 1 (0.72%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (18.84%) Electronics
1 26 (18.84%) Manufacturing
2 21 (15.22%) Social Skills
3 10 (7.25%) Finance
4 7 (5.07%) Automotive
5 3 (2.17%) Retail
6 2 (1.45%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.45%) Marketing
6 2 (1.45%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.45%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.72%) Games
Job Titles
1 81 (58.70%) Software Engineer
2 40 (28.99%) Embedded Engineer
3 30 (21.74%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 29 (21.01%) Lead
5 28 (20.29%) Senior
6 19 (13.77%) Technical Leader
7 17 (12.32%) C Software Engineer
7 17 (12.32%) Developer
8 13 (9.42%) Senior Software Engineer
9 12 (8.70%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 11 (7.97%) C++ Developer
11 8 (5.80%) Compiler Engineer
11 8 (5.80%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 8 (5.80%) Systems Engineer
12 7 (5.07%) Firmware Engineer
12 7 (5.07%) Python Engineer
12 7 (5.07%) Python Software Engineer
12 7 (5.07%) Rust Engineer
12 7 (5.07%) Rust Software Engineer
12 7 (5.07%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.52%) .NET
1 9 (6.52%) SOAP
2 8 (5.80%) LLVM
2 8 (5.80%) Middleware
2 8 (5.80%) React
3 6 (4.35%) Node.js
4 5 (3.62%) RESTful
5 4 (2.90%) HTML
5 4 (2.90%) REST
6 2 (1.45%) CSS
6 2 (1.45%) FHIR
6 2 (1.45%) HTML5
6 2 (1.45%) jQuery
6 2 (1.45%) React Native
6 2 (1.45%) Redux
7 1 (0.72%) MEAN Stack
7 1 (0.72%) MERN Stack
Miscellaneous
1 32 (23.19%) Embedded Systems
2 10 (7.25%) Device Driver
3 7 (5.07%) IoT
4 4 (2.90%) Analogue Electronics
4 4 (2.90%) Smart Energy
5 2 (1.45%) ARM Cortex
5 2 (1.45%) FMCG
5 2 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.45%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.72%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.72%) Cybercrime
6 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.72%) FPGA
6 1 (0.72%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 71 (51.45%) Linux
2 14 (10.14%) Windows
3 10 (7.25%) Embedded Linux
4 8 (5.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (4.35%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (2.90%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.72%) Android
7 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.72%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (72.46%) Software Engineering
2 43 (31.16%) Agile
3 34 (24.64%) Open Source
4 28 (20.29%) Mentoring
5 24 (17.39%) DevOps
6 23 (16.67%) Coaching
7 22 (15.94%) Test Automation
8 21 (15.22%) Computer Science
9 15 (10.87%) Software Architecture
10 14 (10.14%) Embedded Software Development
10 14 (10.14%) OO
11 13 (9.42%) Product Roadmap
11 13 (9.42%) Roadmaps
12 12 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
13 10 (7.25%) Architectural Design
13 10 (7.25%) Feasibility Study
13 10 (7.25%) Re-Platforming
13 10 (7.25%) Strategic Thinking
14 9 (6.52%) CAD
14 9 (6.52%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 43 (31.16%) C++
1 43 (31.16%) Python
2 26 (18.84%) C#
3 23 (16.67%) Java
4 21 (15.22%) Embedded C
5 16 (11.59%) Rust
6 12 (8.70%) JavaScript
7 10 (7.25%) COBOL
7 10 (7.25%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 5 (3.62%) Fortran
8 5 (3.62%) R
9 4 (2.90%) Go
10 3 (2.17%) Bash
10 3 (2.17%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.45%) PHP
11 2 (1.45%) SQL
12 1 (0.72%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.72%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 42 (30.43%) Degree
2 9 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (2.90%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.17%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.17%) QA
2 2 (1.45%) HL7
2 2 (1.45%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.72%) GDPR
System Software
1 32 (23.19%) Firmware
2 27 (19.57%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (3.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (9.42%) Ansible
2 11 (7.97%) Progress Chef
3 5 (3.62%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.17%) Podman
4 3 (2.17%) Terraform
5 1 (0.72%) Puppet
Vendors
1 10 (7.25%) Micro Focus
2 8 (5.80%) Red Hat
3 5 (3.62%) EMC
4 2 (1.45%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.45%) Progress
4 2 (1.45%) SAP
5 1 (0.72%) Atmel
5 1 (0.72%) Google
5 1 (0.72%) Renesas