C jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, C appears in 4,571 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning C, with demand down 46% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is C in demand in 2026?
Yes. C appears in 4,571 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 46% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning C (38.4% of all postings mentioning C).
+What jobs require C?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning C are Embedded Firmware Engineer (68.2% of that role’s postings mention C), Embedded Linux Software Engineer (68.0% of that role’s postings mention C), Embedded Software Developer (67.3% of that role’s postings mention C).
+What skills are commonly paired with C?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), C most often appears alongside C++, Python, Linux, Java, Rust.
+Where is C most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring C are Bengaluru, San Jose, Sunnyvale, El Segundo, Santa Clara, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring C — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require C
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Embedded Firmware Engineer | 15 | 68.2% |
| Embedded Linux Software Engineer | 17 | 68.0% |
| Embedded Software Developer | 37 | 67.3% |
| Firmware Engineer | 67 | 60.4% |
| Vulnerability Research Engineer | 13 | 54.2% |
| Embedded Systems Engineer | 19 | 46.3% |
| Embedded Software Engineer | 439 | 46.0% |
| Flight Software Engineer | 43 | 42.6% |
| Cyber Software Engineer | 11 | 39.3% |
| Embedded Software Architect | 9 | 39.1% |
Roles with the most C postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 1,753 | 38.4% |
| Embedded Software Engineer | 439 | 9.6% |
| Systems Engineer | 119 | 2.6% |
| Firmware Engineer | 67 | 1.5% |
| Software Developer | 57 | 1.2% |
| Test Engineer | 51 | 1.1% |
| System Software Engineer | 49 | 1.1% |
| Flight Software Engineer | 43 | 0.9% |
| Backend Engineer | 41 | 0.9% |
| Embedded Software Developer | 37 | 0.8% |
Top metros hiring for C
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 118 | 2.6% |
| San Jose | 113 | 2.5% |
| Sunnyvale | 95 | 2.1% |
| El Segundo | 90 | 2.0% |
| Santa Clara | 87 | 1.9% |
| San Francisco | 60 | 1.3% |
| Redmond | 59 | 1.3% |
| Dublin | 56 | 1.2% |
| Hawthorne | 52 | 1.1% |
Skills commonly paired with C
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning C by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s C postings by all C postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-09-28
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