C Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

C
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited C over the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 244 138 224
Rank change year-on-year -106 +86 +46
Permanent jobs citing C 257 793 579
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.32% 2.22% 1.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.62% 5.52% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 122 635 361
10th Percentile £42,750 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,948 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +6.19% -9.60% +8.70%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

C falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 7,095 14,375 17,776
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.40% 40.30% 47.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4,429 11,613 13,703
10th Percentile £39,600 £38,750 £41,009
25th Percentile £47,683 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £112,750 £101,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

C
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

C trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

C
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing C.

C salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

C
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing C over the 6 months to 15 June 2025.

C salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C
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 2 (0.78%) Apache
2 1 (0.39%) CMS
2 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.39%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (1.56%) SOLIDWORKS
2 3 (1.17%) Simulink
3 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.39%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Sage 200
1 1 (0.39%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 23 (8.95%) Azure
2 10 (3.89%) Dynamics 365
3 9 (3.50%) GitHub
4 8 (3.11%) AWS
5 6 (2.33%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.56%) Azure Pipelines
7 3 (1.17%) Azure Machine Learning
7 3 (1.17%) SaaS
8 1 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.39%) CloudAMQP
8 1 (0.39%) GCP
8 1 (0.39%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 35 (13.62%) Wireless
2 31 (12.06%) TCP/IP
3 23 (8.95%) Software-Defined Radio
4 14 (5.45%) Modbus
5 12 (4.67%) 5G
5 12 (4.67%) SD-WAN
5 12 (4.67%) WAN
6 8 (3.11%) RS-232
7 7 (2.72%) ZigBee
8 6 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.95%) Bluetooth
9 5 (1.95%) Ethernet
9 5 (1.95%) HTTP
9 5 (1.95%) Internet
9 5 (1.95%) RS-485
10 4 (1.56%) DNS
10 4 (1.56%) Profibus
10 4 (1.56%) SMTP
11 3 (1.17%) LTE
12 2 (0.78%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.72%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (1.17%) RDBMS
3 3 (1.17%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.78%) Metadata
4 2 (0.78%) MySQL
4 2 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.78%) SQLite
5 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 39 (15.18%) Git
2 24 (9.34%) Visual Studio
3 7 (2.72%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.72%) Subversion
4 6 (2.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (1.56%) CppUnit
5 4 (1.56%) GDB
5 4 (1.56%) GitLab
5 4 (1.56%) LabVIEW
5 4 (1.56%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.78%) CMake
6 2 (0.78%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.39%) GCC
7 1 (0.39%) gcov
7 1 (0.39%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.39%) PetaLinux
7 1 (0.39%) PyCharm
7 1 (0.39%) WiX
General
1 70 (27.24%) Finance
2 27 (10.51%) Aerospace
2 27 (10.51%) Electronics
3 25 (9.73%) Social Skills
4 17 (6.61%) Banking
4 17 (6.61%) Manufacturing
5 16 (6.23%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.23%) Investment Banking
6 13 (5.06%) Automotive
7 12 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (4.28%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.50%) Marketing
10 6 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.95%) Retail
12 4 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.78%) Wearables
14 1 (0.39%) Billing
14 1 (0.39%) Games
14 1 (0.39%) Health Technology
14 1 (0.39%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 82 (31.91%) Software Engineer
2 81 (31.52%) Senior
3 71 (27.63%) Embedded Engineer
4 54 (21.01%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 49 (19.07%) Developer
6 31 (12.06%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 31 (12.06%) Senior Software Engineer
7 20 (7.78%) C++ Developer
7 20 (7.78%) Firmware Engineer
8 19 (7.39%) Linux Developer
8 19 (7.39%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 18 (7.00%) Low Latency C++ Developer
10 17 (6.61%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 15 (5.84%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
11 15 (5.84%) Linux Scripter
12 13 (5.06%) Senior Developer
13 12 (4.67%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
14 10 (3.89%) Architect
14 10 (3.89%) Development Engineer
14 10 (3.89%) Senior Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (24.51%) HTML
2 19 (7.39%) .NET
3 16 (6.23%) .NET Framework
4 14 (5.45%) Qt
5 9 (3.50%) CSS
6 8 (3.11%) Yocto
7 7 (2.72%) REST
8 6 (2.33%) Middleware
8 6 (2.33%) WebSockets
9 3 (1.17%) .NET Core
9 3 (1.17%) OpenEmbedded
10 2 (0.78%) LAMP
10 2 (0.78%) React
10 2 (0.78%) XML
11 1 (0.39%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 1 (0.39%) Flask
11 1 (0.39%) HTML5
11 1 (0.39%) Motif
11 1 (0.39%) Web Services
11 1 (0.39%) WebKit
Miscellaneous
1 47 (18.29%) Embedded Systems
2 31 (12.06%) Algorithms
3 26 (10.12%) MicroBlaze
4 25 (9.73%) FPGA
5 24 (9.34%) e-Learning
6 22 (8.56%) RISC-V
7 16 (6.23%) Device Driver
8 12 (4.67%) GNSS
8 12 (4.67%) Self-Driving Car
9 10 (3.89%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (3.11%) Product Ownership
11 7 (2.72%) Analogue Electronics
11 7 (2.72%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.95%) IoT
12 5 (1.95%) Virtual Team
13 4 (1.56%) Tandem
14 3 (1.17%) Acoustics
14 3 (1.17%) Mobile App
14 3 (1.17%) Raspberry Pi
15 2 (0.78%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 106 (41.25%) Linux
2 37 (14.40%) Embedded Linux
3 16 (6.23%) Unix
4 9 (3.50%) Windows
5 6 (2.33%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (1.56%) Android
7 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.78%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.39%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (40.86%) Software Engineering
2 75 (29.18%) Computer Science
3 56 (21.79%) Agile
4 55 (21.40%) Machine Learning
5 50 (19.46%) Artificial Intelligence
6 49 (19.07%) Data Privacy
7 36 (14.01%) Test Automation
8 32 (12.45%) Signal Processing
9 30 (11.67%) Digital Signal Processing
10 27 (10.51%) Innovative Thinking
10 27 (10.51%) Validation
11 26 (10.12%) Software Testing
12 25 (9.73%) Mentoring
13 24 (9.34%) Multithreading
13 24 (9.34%) Software Architecture
14 21 (8.17%) OO
14 21 (8.17%) Problem-Solving
15 20 (7.78%) CI/CD
15 20 (7.78%) Low Latency
15 20 (7.78%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 200 (77.82%) C++
2 123 (47.86%) Python
3 87 (33.85%) Java
4 80 (31.13%) C#
5 74 (28.79%) SQL
6 61 (23.74%) JavaScript
7 56 (21.79%) Rust
8 53 (20.62%) MATLAB
8 53 (20.62%) PHP
9 50 (19.46%) TypeScript
10 49 (19.07%) Dart
10 49 (19.07%) R
10 49 (19.07%) Ruby
11 24 (9.34%) Embedded C
12 16 (6.23%) Bash
13 10 (3.89%) Fortran
14 7 (2.72%) Perl
15 6 (2.33%) X++
16 5 (1.95%) Go
17 3 (1.17%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 99 (38.52%) Degree
2 56 (21.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 44 (17.12%) Security Cleared
4 38 (14.79%) SC Cleared
5 15 (5.84%) PhD
6 12 (4.67%) Master's Degree
7 8 (3.11%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.39%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.11%) PMO
2 7 (2.72%) QA
3 3 (1.17%) JTAG
4 2 (0.78%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.39%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.39%) ECSS
5 1 (0.39%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.39%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.39%) MISRA
5 1 (0.39%) MISRA C
System Software
1 54 (21.01%) Firmware
2 40 (15.56%) Embedded Firmware
3 12 (4.67%) Docker
4 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (3.89%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.39%) Ansible
2 1 (0.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (3.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.56%) Intel
3 2 (0.78%) Atmel
3 2 (0.78%) EMC
3 2 (0.78%) QNX
3 2 (0.78%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.39%) Genesys
4 1 (0.39%) Google
4 1 (0.39%) IBM
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle
4 1 (0.39%) Renesas
4 1 (0.39%) Sage
4 1 (0.39%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.39%) SAP
4 1 (0.39%) Xilinx
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