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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 96 156
Rank change year-on-year -8 +60 -48
Permanent jobs citing C 228 137 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 3.39% 2.91% 1.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.00% 6.76% 3.52%
Number of salaries quoted 211 112 57
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,750 £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 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £70,500
UK median annual salary £56,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.60% +8.70% +4.55%

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 3,797 2,027 2,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 56.38% 43.07% 45.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,145 1,139 1,560
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 £85,000 £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 5 May 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 5 May 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 +55 83 £60,000 +9.09% 21
Glasgow -73 46 £46,500 -7.00% 14
Aberdeen +4 31 £52,500 +23.53% 3
Fife +6 18 £50,000 - 4
Dundee +2 17 £47,500 - 2
West Lothian -9 15 £60,000 - 1
Lanarkshire -6 2 - - 1
Inverclyde - 1 £50,000 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £32,500 - 1
Aberdeenshire - 1 £35,000 - 1
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 (1.75%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (2.63%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 7 (3.07%) AWS
2 6 (2.63%) Serverless
3 5 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (0.88%) Azure
4 2 (0.88%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 72 (31.58%) Wireless
2 21 (9.21%) Ethernet
2 21 (9.21%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (7.02%) Network Security
4 15 (6.58%) RS-232
5 6 (2.63%) Bluetooth
6 3 (1.32%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.88%) Modbus
7 2 (0.88%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.44%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.39%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.63%) MySQL
3 5 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.75%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.75%) RDBMS
4 4 (1.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (8.77%) LabVIEW
2 8 (3.51%) Git
3 5 (2.19%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.32%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.32%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.44%) MSTest
5 1 (0.44%) Subversion
5 1 (0.44%) TestComplete
General
1 88 (38.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 79 (34.65%) Social Skills
3 43 (18.86%) Manufacturing
4 22 (9.65%) Electronics
5 19 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (6.58%) Legal
7 10 (4.39%) Aerospace
8 7 (3.07%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.19%) Automotive
9 5 (2.19%) Finance
9 5 (2.19%) Law
9 5 (2.19%) Retail
10 3 (1.32%) 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
1 115 (50.44%) Software Engineer
2 92 (40.35%) Embedded Engineer
3 66 (28.95%) Senior
4 54 (23.68%) Senior Software Engineer
5 48 (21.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 29 (12.72%) C Software Engineer
7 27 (11.84%) Firmware Engineer
8 25 (10.96%) Graduate
9 24 (10.53%) Developer
9 24 (10.53%) Junior
9 24 (10.53%) Junior Embedded Engineer
10 21 (9.21%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 21 (9.21%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 20 (8.77%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
12 16 (7.02%) C++ Software Engineer
12 16 (7.02%) Electronics Engineer
12 16 (7.02%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
13 15 (6.58%) C/C++ Software Engineer
13 15 (6.58%) Senior C Software Engineer
13 15 (6.58%) Software Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.58%) Yocto
2 12 (5.26%) HTML
3 10 (4.39%) CSS
4 9 (3.95%) .NET
5 8 (3.51%) AngularJS
6 7 (3.07%) Web Services
7 6 (2.63%) Node.js
7 6 (2.63%) Serverless Framework
7 6 (2.63%) Vue
8 5 (2.19%) XML
9 4 (1.75%) LDAP
9 4 (1.75%) REST
9 4 (1.75%) SOAP
10 3 (1.32%) JSON
10 3 (1.32%) OpenID
10 3 (1.32%) RESTful
11 2 (0.88%) .NET Framework
11 2 (0.88%) DPDK
11 2 (0.88%) HTML5
11 2 (0.88%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.46%) Device Driver
2 14 (6.14%) Algorithms
3 8 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.63%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (2.19%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.19%) Distributed Computing
6 4 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.32%) 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 55 (24.12%) Linux
2 16 (7.02%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (1.75%) 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
1 184 (80.70%) Software Engineering
2 90 (39.47%) Computer Science
3 48 (21.05%) Mathematics
4 42 (18.42%) Physics
5 38 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (7.46%) Agile
7 15 (6.58%) Analytical Thinking
7 15 (6.58%) Decision-Making
7 15 (6.58%) Knowledge Transfer
7 15 (6.58%) OOD
8 13 (5.70%) Data Management
9 12 (5.26%) Mentoring
10 10 (4.39%) Project Management
11 9 (3.95%) Machine Learning
11 9 (3.95%) OO
12 7 (3.07%) Prototyping
12 7 (3.07%) Workflow
13 6 (2.63%) B2B
13 6 (2.63%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (2.63%) UML
Programming Languages
1 102 (44.74%) Embedded C
2 88 (38.60%) C++
3 58 (25.44%) Python
4 48 (21.05%) Java
5 46 (20.18%) C#
6 19 (8.33%) Rust
7 8 (3.51%) Go
7 8 (3.51%) JavaScript
8 7 (3.07%) Haskell
9 6 (2.63%) Bash
9 6 (2.63%) PHP
10 5 (2.19%) MATLAB
11 4 (1.75%) SQL
11 4 (1.75%) 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 (41.23%) Degree
2 14 (6.14%) Master's Degree
3 12 (5.26%) PhD
4 8 (3.51%) 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 (28.95%) Firmware
2 34 (14.91%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.32%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (3.95%) Twitter
2 4 (1.75%) Oracle
3 3 (1.32%) Cadence
4 2 (0.88%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.88%) Red Hat
4 2 (0.88%) SAP