C Jobs in Scotland

C
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 95 159
Rank change year-on-year -13 +64 -64
Permanent jobs citing C 226 134 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 3.37% 2.83% 1.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.97% 6.50% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 209 110 55
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,938 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £60,625
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £72,000
UK median annual salary £55,571 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.09% +13.64% -

All Programming Languages
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,786 2,060 2,610
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 56.39% 43.49% 45.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,146 1,162 1,553
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £83,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for C in Scotland

C
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C in Scotland.

Salary trend for C in Scotland

C
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for C in Scotland

C
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Edinburgh +57 82 £60,000 +9.09% 26
Glasgow -73 46 £46,500 -7.00% 14
Aberdeen +7 31 £52,500 +23.53% 4
Fife +7 18 £50,000 - 4
Dundee +4 17 £47,500 - 2
West Lothian -10 14 £60,000 -
Lanarkshire -7 2 - - 1
Inverclyde - 1 £50,000 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £32,500 - 1
Aberdeenshire - 1 £35,000 -
C
UK

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (1.77%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (2.65%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 7 (3.10%) AWS
2 6 (2.65%) Serverless
3 5 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (0.88%) Azure
4 2 (0.88%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 71 (31.42%) Wireless
2 20 (8.85%) Ethernet
2 20 (8.85%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (6.64%) Network Security
4 14 (6.19%) RS-232
5 6 (2.65%) Bluetooth
6 3 (1.33%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.88%) Modbus
7 2 (0.88%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.44%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.42%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.65%) MySQL
3 5 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.77%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.77%) RDBMS
4 4 (1.77%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (8.85%) LabVIEW
2 8 (3.54%) Git
3 5 (2.21%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.33%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.33%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.44%) MSTest
5 1 (0.44%) Subversion
5 1 (0.44%) TestComplete
General
1 88 (38.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 79 (34.96%) Social Skills
3 42 (18.58%) Manufacturing
4 22 (9.73%) Electronics
5 19 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (6.64%) Legal
7 10 (4.42%) Aerospace
8 7 (3.10%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.21%) Automotive
9 5 (2.21%) Finance
9 5 (2.21%) Law
9 5 (2.21%) Retail
10 3 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.88%) Aviation
11 2 (0.88%) Marketing
11 2 (0.88%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.88%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 113 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 91 (40.27%) Embedded Engineer
3 64 (28.32%) Senior
4 52 (23.01%) Senior Software Engineer
5 47 (20.80%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 28 (12.39%) C Software Engineer
7 27 (11.95%) Firmware Engineer
8 25 (11.06%) Graduate
9 24 (10.62%) Developer
9 24 (10.62%) Junior
9 24 (10.62%) Junior Embedded Engineer
10 20 (8.85%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
10 20 (8.85%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 20 (8.85%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 16 (7.08%) Electronics Engineer
12 15 (6.64%) C++ Software Engineer
12 15 (6.64%) Manufacturing Engineer
12 15 (6.64%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 15 (6.64%) Software Design Engineer
13 14 (6.19%) C/C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.19%) Yocto
2 12 (5.31%) HTML
3 10 (4.42%) CSS
4 9 (3.98%) .NET
5 8 (3.54%) AngularJS
6 7 (3.10%) Web Services
7 6 (2.65%) Node.js
7 6 (2.65%) Serverless Framework
7 6 (2.65%) Vue
8 5 (2.21%) XML
9 4 (1.77%) LDAP
9 4 (1.77%) REST
9 4 (1.77%) SOAP
10 3 (1.33%) JSON
10 3 (1.33%) OpenID
10 3 (1.33%) RESTful
11 2 (0.88%) .NET Framework
11 2 (0.88%) DPDK
11 2 (0.88%) HTML5
11 2 (0.88%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.08%) Device Driver
2 14 (6.19%) Algorithms
3 8 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.65%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (2.21%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.21%) Distributed Computing
6 4 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.33%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.88%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.88%) FPGA
8 2 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.44%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 1 (0.44%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.44%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.44%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 54 (23.89%) Linux
2 15 (6.64%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (1.77%) AIX
4 2 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.88%) Windows
5 1 (0.44%) Android
5 1 (0.44%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.44%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.44%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (80.53%) Software Engineering
2 90 (39.82%) Computer Science
3 48 (21.24%) Mathematics
4 42 (18.58%) Physics
5 38 (16.81%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (7.52%) Agile
7 15 (6.64%) Analytical Thinking
7 15 (6.64%) Decision-Making
7 15 (6.64%) Knowledge Transfer
8 14 (6.19%) OOD
9 13 (5.75%) Data Management
10 12 (5.31%) Mentoring
11 10 (4.42%) Project Management
12 9 (3.98%) Machine Learning
12 9 (3.98%) OO
13 7 (3.10%) Prototyping
13 7 (3.10%) Workflow
14 6 (2.65%) B2B
14 6 (2.65%) OOP
14 6 (2.65%) UML
Programming Languages
1 101 (44.69%) Embedded C
2 87 (38.50%) C++
3 58 (25.66%) Python
4 48 (21.24%) Java
5 46 (20.35%) C#
6 19 (8.41%) Rust
7 8 (3.54%) Go
7 8 (3.54%) JavaScript
8 7 (3.10%) Haskell
9 6 (2.65%) Bash
9 6 (2.65%) PHP
10 5 (2.21%) MATLAB
11 4 (1.77%) SQL
11 4 (1.77%) VB
12 2 (0.88%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.44%) Assembly Language
13 1 (0.44%) Perl
13 1 (0.44%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 94 (41.59%) Degree
2 14 (6.19%) Master's Degree
3 12 (5.31%) PhD
4 8 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.44%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.44%) IEC 62304
1 1 (0.44%) QA
System Software
1 66 (29.20%) Firmware
2 34 (15.04%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (3.98%) Twitter
2 4 (1.77%) Oracle
3 3 (1.33%) Cadence
4 2 (0.88%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.88%) Red Hat
4 2 (0.88%) SAP