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

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 238 275
Rank change year-on-year +72 +37 -88
Permanent jobs citing C 139 51 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.24% 0.70% 0.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.41% 1.83% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 106 34 45
10th Percentile £43,750 £49,125 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,625 £50,000 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +22.50% -
75th Percentile £66,875 £75,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £81,857 £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 3,149 2,782 3,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 28.09% 38.06% 39.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,496 1,727 2,554
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,800 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,043 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.08% +0.08% +14.58%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £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

C
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 9 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 9 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 +60 100 £52,500 -16.00% 19
Lancashire +4 23 £55,000 -35.29% 3
Cheshire -12 13 £55,000 -8.33% 16
Merseyside - 2 £40,000 - 4
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 (1.44%) Fusion 360
2 1 (0.72%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (2.16%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.04%) AWS
1 7 (5.04%) Azure
2 3 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (2.16%) GitHub
3 2 (1.44%) GCP
4 1 (0.72%) Pulumi
4 1 (0.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.07%) Wireless
2 13 (9.35%) RS-232
3 6 (4.32%) Ethernet
4 5 (3.60%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (3.60%) ZigBee
5 4 (2.88%) RS-485
6 3 (2.16%) Bluetooth
6 3 (2.16%) Network Security
7 2 (1.44%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.72%) HTTP
8 1 (0.72%) Internet
8 1 (0.72%) LTE
8 1 (0.72%) MQTT
8 1 (0.72%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.88%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 30 (21.58%) Git
2 16 (11.51%) Jenkins
3 10 (7.19%) Subversion
4 6 (4.32%) JIRA
5 5 (3.60%) Clang
6 3 (2.16%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (1.44%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.72%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.72%) GDB
8 1 (0.72%) GitLab
8 1 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.72%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (19.42%) Electronics
2 26 (18.71%) Manufacturing
3 21 (15.11%) Social Skills
4 10 (7.19%) Finance
5 7 (5.04%) Automotive
6 3 (2.16%) Retail
7 2 (1.44%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.44%) Marketing
7 2 (1.44%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.44%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.72%) Games
Job Titles
1 83 (59.71%) Software Engineer
2 42 (30.22%) Embedded Engineer
3 32 (23.02%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 29 (20.86%) Lead
5 28 (20.14%) Senior
6 19 (13.67%) Technical Leader
7 17 (12.23%) C Software Engineer
8 16 (11.51%) Developer
9 13 (9.35%) Senior Software Engineer
10 12 (8.63%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 10 (7.19%) C++ Developer
12 8 (5.76%) Compiler Engineer
12 8 (5.76%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 8 (5.76%) Systems Engineer
13 7 (5.04%) Firmware Engineer
13 7 (5.04%) Python Engineer
13 7 (5.04%) Python Software Engineer
13 7 (5.04%) Rust Engineer
13 7 (5.04%) Rust Software Engineer
13 7 (5.04%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.47%) .NET
1 9 (6.47%) SOAP
2 8 (5.76%) LLVM
2 8 (5.76%) Middleware
3 7 (5.04%) React
4 6 (4.32%) Node.js
5 5 (3.60%) RESTful
6 4 (2.88%) REST
7 3 (2.16%) HTML
8 2 (1.44%) CSS
8 2 (1.44%) FHIR
8 2 (1.44%) jQuery
8 2 (1.44%) React Native
9 1 (0.72%) HTML5
9 1 (0.72%) MEAN Stack
9 1 (0.72%) MERN Stack
9 1 (0.72%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 31 (22.30%) Embedded Systems
2 10 (7.19%) Device Driver
3 7 (5.04%) IoT
4 4 (2.88%) Analogue Electronics
4 4 (2.88%) Smart Energy
5 3 (2.16%) ARM Cortex
6 2 (1.44%) FMCG
6 2 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.44%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.72%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.72%) Cybercrime
7 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.72%) FPGA
7 1 (0.72%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 70 (50.36%) Linux
2 14 (10.07%) Windows
3 10 (7.19%) Embedded Linux
4 8 (5.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (5.04%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (2.88%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.72%) Android
7 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.72%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (73.38%) Software Engineering
2 42 (30.22%) Agile
3 34 (24.46%) Open Source
4 27 (19.42%) Mentoring
5 24 (17.27%) DevOps
6 22 (15.83%) Coaching
6 22 (15.83%) Computer Science
6 22 (15.83%) Test Automation
7 15 (10.79%) Software Architecture
8 14 (10.07%) Embedded Software Development
8 14 (10.07%) OO
9 13 (9.35%) Product Roadmap
9 13 (9.35%) Roadmaps
10 12 (8.63%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (7.19%) Architectural Design
11 10 (7.19%) Feasibility Study
11 10 (7.19%) Re-Platforming
11 10 (7.19%) Strategic Thinking
12 9 (6.47%) CAD
12 9 (6.47%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 44 (31.65%) C++
1 44 (31.65%) Python
2 27 (19.42%) C#
3 23 (16.55%) Embedded C
4 22 (15.83%) Java
5 16 (11.51%) Rust
6 12 (8.63%) JavaScript
7 10 (7.19%) COBOL
7 10 (7.19%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 6 (4.32%) R
9 5 (3.60%) Fortran
10 4 (2.88%) Go
11 3 (2.16%) Bash
11 3 (2.16%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.44%) Embedded C++
12 2 (1.44%) PHP
12 2 (1.44%) SQL
13 1 (0.72%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 43 (30.94%) Degree
2 9 (6.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.16%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.44%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.16%) QA
2 2 (1.44%) HL7
2 2 (1.44%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.72%) GDPR
3 1 (0.72%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 33 (23.74%) Firmware
2 28 (20.14%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (3.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (9.35%) Ansible
2 11 (7.91%) Progress Chef
3 5 (3.60%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.16%) Podman
4 3 (2.16%) Terraform
5 1 (0.72%) Puppet
Vendors
1 10 (7.19%) Micro Focus
2 8 (5.76%) Red Hat
3 5 (3.60%) EMC
4 2 (1.44%) Google
4 2 (1.44%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.44%) Progress
4 2 (1.44%) SAP
5 1 (0.72%) Atmel
5 1 (0.72%) Renesas