The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded C skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Embedded C over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded C
Rank 80 86 93
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +7
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 7 6 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.660% 0.442% 0.197%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.220% 0.885% 0.469%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 3
Average salary £40,000 £34,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% -15.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +13.33%
All Programming Languages
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
574 678 639
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 54.10% 50.00% 41.93%
Number of salaries quoted 347 521 461
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £46,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Embedded C
Scotland

Embedded C
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Embedded C across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Edinburgh Embedded C Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded C
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Embedded C across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Embedded C Salary Trend

Embedded C
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Embedded C also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Embedded C.

1 9 (100.00%) C
2 7 (77.78%) Firmware
3 6 (66.67%) C++
4 5 (55.56%) Embedded Software Development
5 4 (44.44%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 4 (44.44%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (44.44%) Wireless
5 4 (44.44%) Bluetooth
5 4 (44.44%) MATLAB
6 3 (33.33%) Perl
6 3 (33.33%) PHP
6 3 (33.33%) Python
6 3 (33.33%) Degree
6 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
6 3 (33.33%) Signal Processing
7 2 (22.22%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (22.22%) Digital Signal Processing
7 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
7 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
7 2 (22.22%) Requirements Analysis
7 2 (22.22%) Validation
7 2 (22.22%) VxWorks
7 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
8 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
8 1 (11.11%) OOD
8 1 (11.11%) ZigBee
8 1 (11.11%) xDSL
8 1 (11.11%) Embedded Systems

Embedded C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Embedded C also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Embedded C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Bluetooth
1 4 (44.44%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (44.44%) Wireless
2 1 (11.11%) ZigBee
2 1 (11.11%) xDSL
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Software Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Firmware Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Embedded C Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Embedded C Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) C Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior C Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Real Time Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Real Time Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Firmware
2 4 (44.44%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 1 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Embedded Software Development
2 3 (33.33%) Signal Processing
3 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
3 2 (22.22%) Validation
3 2 (22.22%) Requirements Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (11.11%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) C
2 6 (66.67%) C++
3 4 (44.44%) MATLAB
4 3 (33.33%) Perl
4 3 (33.33%) PHP
4 3 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared