The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C over the 3 months to 17 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 66 55 62
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +7
Permanent jobs citing C 102 116 107
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 3.259% 3.373% 3.112%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.580% 7.232% 6.683%
Number of salaries quoted 70 81 76
Average salary £39,000 £35,000 £39,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.42% -10.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £21,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,166 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1828 1604 1601
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 58.40% 46.64% 46.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1102 1249 1164
Average salary £38,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.94% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,500 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C
UK

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland C Jobs Demand Trend

C
Salary Trend

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

Scotland C Salary Trend

C
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland C Salary Histogram

C
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Glasgow -8 34 £40,000 +3.89%
Edinburgh -17 24 £40,000 +23.07%
Fife +2 15 £39,000 +11.42%
Aberdeen +7 12 £38,750 +3.33%
Renfrewshire +5 5 £32,500 -
West Lothian -12 5 £32,500 -27.77%
South Ayrshire - 3 £22,500 -
Highlands -4 1 - -
Dundee -11 1 £32,500 -1.51%
C
UK

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing 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 C.

1 120 (58.82%) C++
2 85 (41.67%) Degree
3 66 (32.35%) C#
4 62 (30.39%) Java
5 58 (28.43%) Linux
6 54 (26.47%) Windows
7 48 (23.53%) .NET
8 45 (22.06%) Computer Science
9 37 (18.14%) SQL
10 33 (16.18%) UNIX
10 33 (16.18%) Telecoms
11 26 (12.75%) Software Engineering
12 24 (11.76%) Electronics
12 24 (11.76%) Python
13 23 (11.27%) Perl
13 23 (11.27%) Firmware
14 19 (9.314%) Embedded C
14 19 (9.314%) Oracle
14 19 (9.314%) XML
14 19 (9.314%) Manufacturing
15 18 (8.824%) SQL Server
15 18 (8.824%) VB
15 18 (8.824%) TCP/IP
15 18 (8.824%) Microsoft
16 17 (8.333%) Security Cleared
16 17 (8.333%) Android
17 15 (7.353%) SC Cleared
17 15 (7.353%) Cisco
17 15 (7.353%) VoIP
17 15 (7.353%) Shell Script

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing 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 C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 48 (23.53%) .NET
2 19 (9.314%) XML
3 11 (5.392%) ASP.NET
3 11 (5.392%) OpenGL
4 8 (3.922%) WPF
4 8 (3.922%) Qt
5 7 (3.431%) MFC
5 7 (3.431%) Direct3D
6 5 (2.451%) Web Services
6 5 (2.451%) CSS
6 5 (2.451%) Middleware
7 4 (1.961%) J2EE
7 4 (1.961%) HTML
8 3 (1.471%) J2SE
9 2 (0.980%) Flash
9 2 (0.980%) J2ME
9 2 (0.980%) STL
9 2 (0.980%) Ajax
9 2 (0.980%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.980%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 7 (3.431%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.471%) IIS
2 3 (1.471%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (0.980%) Confluence
3 2 (0.980%) Apache
3 2 (0.980%) Tomcat
3 2 (0.980%) SAS
3 2 (0.980%) OpenROAD
4 1 (0.490%) CMS
4 1 (0.490%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.490%) Documentum
Applications
1 10 (4.902%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.471%) InfoPath
3 2 (0.980%) MS Office
4 1 (0.490%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.471%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.490%) Maximo
2 1 (0.490%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.824%) TCP/IP
2 15 (7.353%) VoIP
3 11 (5.392%) Ethernet
3 11 (5.392%) Wireless
4 9 (4.412%) Bluetooth
5 8 (3.922%) Intranet
5 8 (3.922%) IP Telephony
5 8 (3.922%) Unified Communications
6 7 (3.431%) DNS
6 7 (3.431%) DHCP
7 6 (2.941%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (2.451%) SNMP
8 5 (2.451%) Broadband
8 5 (2.451%) NFC
8 5 (2.451%) SSH
9 4 (1.961%) SAN
9 4 (1.961%) Internet
10 3 (1.471%) Firewall
10 3 (1.471%) CDMA
10 3 (1.471%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.824%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.431%) RDBMS
3 4 (1.961%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (1.471%) Ingres
4 3 (1.471%) DB2
4 3 (1.471%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (1.471%) Informix
4 3 (1.471%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.471%) GIS
4 3 (1.471%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.471%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (1.471%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (1.471%) MySQL
4 3 (1.471%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (0.980%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.490%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.490%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 14 (6.863%) Visual Studio
2 12 (5.882%) Subversion
3 10 (4.902%) Carbide.c++
4 7 (3.431%) LabVIEW
5 5 (2.451%) Eclipse
6 4 (1.961%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (1.961%) Mercurial
7 3 (1.471%) JIRA
7 3 (1.471%) CaliberRM
7 3 (1.471%) RequisitePro
8 2 (0.980%) CodeWarrior
8 2 (0.980%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.490%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.490%) ProC
9 1 (0.490%) NUnit
General
1 33 (16.18%) Telecoms
2 24 (11.76%) Electronics
3 19 (9.314%) Manufacturing
4 15 (7.353%) Finance
5 14 (6.863%) Automotive
6 10 (4.902%) Aerospace
7 7 (3.431%) Back Office
7 7 (3.431%) Military
8 6 (2.941%) Retail
9 5 (2.451%) Games
10 4 (1.961%) Advertising
11 3 (1.471%) Banking
12 2 (0.980%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.980%) Legal
13 1 (0.490%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.490%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 81 (39.71%) Software Engineer
2 40 (19.61%) Developer
3 26 (12.75%) Senior Software Engineer
4 19 (9.314%) Software Developer
5 17 (8.333%) Firmware Engineer
6 13 (6.373%) Consultant
7 12 (5.882%) Test Engineer
8 11 (5.392%) Support Engineer
8 11 (5.392%) Development Engineer
9 10 (4.902%) Senior Test Engineer
9 10 (4.902%) C Software Engineer
10 8 (3.922%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.922%) Senior Development Engineer
10 8 (3.922%) IT Support
10 8 (3.922%) Service Desk Engineer
11 7 (3.431%) Field Service Engineer
11 7 (3.431%) Field Engineer
11 7 (3.431%) C++ Software Engineer
11 7 (3.431%) Test Development Engineer
11 7 (3.431%) Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 45 (22.06%) Computer Science
2 23 (11.27%) Firmware
3 15 (7.353%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 10 (4.902%) Embedded Systems
5 9 (4.412%) Visualisation
5 9 (4.412%) Mathematics
6 7 (3.431%) CUDA
7 6 (2.941%) VHDL
8 5 (2.451%) EPoS
8 5 (2.451%) EFTPOS
8 5 (2.451%) Smartcard
8 5 (2.451%) Mobile App
8 5 (2.451%) Mobile Payment
8 5 (2.451%) CCTV
9 4 (1.961%) SCADA
9 4 (1.961%) Device Driver
10 3 (1.471%) Verilog
10 3 (1.471%) Physics
10 3 (1.471%) CAN bus
11 2 (0.980%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 58 (28.43%) Linux
2 54 (26.47%) Windows
3 33 (16.18%) UNIX
4 17 (8.333%) Android
5 14 (6.863%) Apple iOS
6 8 (3.922%) Windows Server 2008
6 8 (3.922%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (2.941%) HPUX
7 6 (2.941%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (1.471%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.471%) Solaris
8 3 (1.471%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.980%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.490%) Debian
10 1 (0.490%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.490%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (12.75%) Software Engineering
2 14 (6.863%) Agile Software Development
2 14 (6.863%) Configuration Management
3 13 (6.373%) OO
4 12 (5.882%) ITIL
5 11 (5.392%) Signal Processing
6 10 (4.902%) Incident Management
6 10 (4.902%) Web Development
6 10 (4.902%) Unit Testing
6 10 (4.902%) Project Management
6 10 (4.902%) Change Management
7 8 (3.922%) Six Sigma
7 8 (3.922%) OOD
7 8 (3.922%) Validation
7 8 (3.922%) Scrum
7 8 (3.922%) Lean Manufacturing
7 8 (3.922%) Workforce Management Optimization
8 7 (3.431%) Requirements Analysis
8 7 (3.431%) Digital Signal Processing
8 7 (3.431%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 120 (58.82%) C++
2 66 (32.35%) C#
3 62 (30.39%) Java
4 37 (18.14%) SQL
5 24 (11.76%) Python
6 23 (11.27%) Perl
7 19 (9.314%) Embedded C
8 18 (8.824%) VB
9 15 (7.353%) Shell Script
10 13 (6.373%) MATLAB
11 11 (5.392%) Assembly Language
12 9 (4.412%) VB.NET
12 9 (4.412%) Ruby
13 8 (3.922%) Embedded C++
13 8 (3.922%) JavaScript
14 7 (3.431%) VC++
15 6 (2.941%) PHP
16 5 (2.451%) T-SQL
16 5 (2.451%) VBScript
16 5 (2.451%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 85 (41.67%) Degree
2 17 (8.333%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.353%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.922%) Avaya Certification
5 7 (3.431%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.431%) HNC
5 7 (3.431%) HND
5 7 (3.431%) MCSE
5 7 (3.431%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.431%) MCDST
6 5 (2.451%) PhD
7 3 (1.471%) ISEB
7 3 (1.471%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.490%) PMP
8 1 (0.490%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.490%) CCA
8 1 (0.490%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.471%) QA
2 2 (0.980%) JTAG
2 2 (0.980%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (2.451%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.961%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.471%) vSphere
3 3 (1.471%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 5 (2.451%) WMI
1 5 (2.451%) SCCM
2 3 (1.471%) OpenView
2 3 (1.471%) HP SIM
3 1 (0.490%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 19 (9.314%) Oracle
2 18 (8.824%) Microsoft
3 15 (7.353%) Cisco
4 8 (3.922%) Nortel
4 8 (3.922%) Avaya
4 8 (3.922%) Verint
5 7 (3.431%) HP
6 6 (2.941%) VMware
7 5 (2.451%) Mitel
7 5 (2.451%) Altiris
8 3 (1.471%) EMC
8 3 (1.471%) Apple
8 3 (1.471%) Remedy
8 3 (1.471%) IBM
9 2 (0.980%) Sun
10 1 (0.490%) Intergraph
10 1 (0.490%) Open Text
10 1 (0.490%) Intel
10 1 (0.490%) Alterian
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Cathcart Associates
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Posted: 1 May 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
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Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
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Salary: £23000 to £33000 per annum - Performance related bonus, pension and 3
Posted: 13 May 2013
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Salary: negotiable
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