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 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 144 211 269
Rank change year-on-year +67 +58 -42
Permanent jobs citing C 772 610 1,071
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.22% 1.58% 1.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.48% 3.29% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 627 376 467
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,281 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £56,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.40% +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 14,076 18,556 44,337
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.45% 48.15% 59.52%
Number of salaries quoted 11,515 14,138 23,931
10th Percentile £38,638 £41,227 £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 £81,813
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 2 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 (3.11%) 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 47 (6.09%) 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 (6.22%) AWS
2 35 (4.53%) Azure
3 25 (3.24%) GitHub
4 22 (2.85%) SaaS
5 16 (2.07%) AWS Lambda
5 16 (2.07%) Serverless
6 13 (1.68%) 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%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 86 (11.14%) Wireless
2 52 (6.74%) TCP/IP
3 45 (5.83%) RS-232
4 36 (4.66%) Ethernet
5 32 (4.15%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (2.46%) Bluetooth
7 18 (2.33%) RS-485
8 15 (1.94%) ZigBee
9 12 (1.55%) Network Security
10 11 (1.42%) 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%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (6.61%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (4.53%) MongoDB
3 30 (3.89%) 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 (6.22%) Git
2 47 (6.09%) Jenkins
3 36 (4.66%) JIRA
4 22 (2.85%) GitLab
5 19 (2.46%) Subversion
6 18 (2.33%) 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%) JUnit
General
1 192 (24.87%) Social Skills
2 119 (15.41%) Electronics
3 83 (10.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 69 (8.94%) Manufacturing
5 68 (8.81%) Automotive
6 56 (7.25%) Finance
7 47 (6.09%) Analytical Skills
8 32 (4.15%) Telecoms
9 30 (3.89%) Aerospace
10 22 (2.85%) Marketing
11 17 (2.20%) Law
12 15 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.81%) 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 (47.67%) Software Engineer
2 247 (31.99%) Embedded Engineer
3 186 (24.09%) Senior
4 178 (23.06%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 129 (16.71%) Developer
6 103 (13.34%) Senior Software Engineer
7 70 (9.07%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 67 (8.68%) Software Developer
9 65 (8.42%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 63 (8.16%) Lead
11 59 (7.64%) C++ Software Engineer
12 48 (6.22%) Firmware Engineer
13 39 (5.05%) Embedded Developer
14 38 (4.92%) Embedded Software Developer
15 35 (4.53%) Technical Leader
16 32 (4.15%) Senior Developer
17 31 (4.02%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
17 31 (4.02%) Junior
18 30 (3.89%) C Software Engineer
19 29 (3.76%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (6.35%) .NET
2 36 (4.66%) Yocto
3 26 (3.37%) SOAP
3 26 (3.37%) Web Services
4 24 (3.11%) React
4 24 (3.11%) REST
5 22 (2.85%) RESTful
6 21 (2.72%) HTML
7 16 (2.07%) Qt
8 15 (1.94%) CSS
8 15 (1.94%) LAPP Stack
8 15 (1.94%) LLVM
8 15 (1.94%) Node.js
9 14 (1.81%) .NET Framework
9 14 (1.81%) Django
9 14 (1.81%) Kafka
9 14 (1.81%) RabbitMQ
10 11 (1.42%) WPF
11 10 (1.30%) WinForms
12 9 (1.17%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 72 (9.33%) Embedded Systems
2 71 (9.20%) IoT
3 48 (6.22%) Algorithms
4 41 (5.31%) Device Driver
5 28 (3.63%) Client/Server
6 26 (3.37%) Distributed Systems
7 22 (2.85%) Data Structures
7 22 (2.85%) Enterprise Software
7 22 (2.85%) FPGA
8 18 (2.33%) Raspberry Pi
8 18 (2.33%) Satnav
9 17 (2.20%) Mobile App
10 14 (1.81%) Blog
11 13 (1.68%) Analogue Electronics
12 12 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (1.42%) PKI
13 11 (1.42%) RISC-V
14 9 (1.17%) ARM Cortex
15 7 (0.91%) Product Ownership
16 6 (0.78%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 345 (44.69%) Linux
2 130 (16.84%) Embedded Linux
3 40 (5.18%) Windows
4 27 (3.50%) FreeRTOS
5 22 (2.85%) AIX
5 22 (2.85%) Android
6 20 (2.59%) Ubuntu
7 14 (1.81%) Apple iOS
8 13 (1.68%) Unix
9 11 (1.42%) 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
1 540 (69.95%) Software Engineering
2 162 (20.98%) Problem-Solving
3 153 (19.82%) Agile
4 120 (15.54%) Computer Science
5 96 (12.44%) Mentoring
6 90 (11.66%) DevOps
7 84 (10.88%) Open Source
8 66 (8.55%) Coaching
9 62 (8.03%) Cybersecurity
9 62 (8.03%) Mathematics
10 61 (7.90%) Test Automation
11 58 (7.51%) Continuous Integration
12 56 (7.25%) Code Quality
12 56 (7.25%) SDLC
12 56 (7.25%) Software Testing
13 55 (7.12%) OO
14 50 (6.48%) Physics
15 49 (6.35%) Roadmaps
16 44 (5.70%) Multithreading
17 43 (5.57%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 315 (40.80%) Python
2 286 (37.05%) C++
3 214 (27.72%) Embedded C
4 154 (19.95%) Java
5 139 (18.01%) C#
6 77 (9.97%) Bash
7 67 (8.68%) Rust
8 53 (6.87%) SQL
9 38 (4.92%) JavaScript
10 29 (3.76%) COBOL
10 29 (3.76%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 24 (3.11%) VB
12 21 (2.72%) Ada
13 18 (2.33%) MATLAB
14 17 (2.20%) Embedded C++
15 15 (1.94%) Go
15 15 (1.94%) Shell Script
16 14 (1.81%) PHP
17 12 (1.55%) R
18 8 (1.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 204 (26.42%) Degree
2 160 (20.73%) Security Cleared
3 46 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 41 (5.31%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (4.15%) DV Cleared
6 30 (3.89%) SC Cleared
7 21 (2.72%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.30%) PhD
9 5 (0.65%) HND
10 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.13%) HNC
11 1 (0.13%) MCP
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.63%) QA
2 21 (2.72%) MISRA
3 18 (2.33%) 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 (20.08%) Firmware
2 88 (11.40%) Embedded Firmware
3 41 (5.31%) 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 (4.40%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.20%) Ansible
3 15 (1.94%) 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 (3.76%) Micro Focus
2 26 (3.37%) Oracle
3 23 (2.98%) Xilinx
4 18 (2.33%) Microsoft
5 16 (2.07%) SAP
6 13 (1.68%) 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