GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GCC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GCC 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 875 919 1183
Rank change year-on-year +44 +264 -310
Permanent jobs citing GCC 21 51 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.049% 0.032%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.22% 0.33% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 13 17 20
10th Percentile £48,250 £53,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £62,500 £44,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £100,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.00% +37.93% +45.00%
75th Percentile £86,250 £170,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £174,000 £140,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,000 £100,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -39.00% +122.22% -10.00%

All Development Application Skills
UK

GCC is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 9,547 15,237 34,312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.74% 14.56% 22.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6,733 9,275 15,885
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +9.65%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

GCC
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GCC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GCC in the UK

GCC
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GCC.

Salary trend for GCC in the UK

GCC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCC over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for GCC in the UK

GCC
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCC within the UK 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
UK excluding London +12 19 £61,000 -39.00% 12
England +102 18 £68,000 -49.63% 16
Work from Home +88 7 £57,500 +4.55% 12
East of England +19 7 £75,000 -25.00% 3
North of England +52 4 £61,000 - 2
North West +14 4 £61,000 - 1
Northern Ireland +31 3 £57,500 -
London +115 2 £125,000 -26.47% 4
South East +30 2 £75,000 +50.00% 1
West Midlands +27 2 £55,000 - 2
Midlands +8 2 £55,000 - 2
South West -1 1 £77,500 - 3

GCC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (14.29%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.76%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
1 4 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) 4G
1 3 (14.29%) 5G
2 1 (4.76%) Internet
2 1 (4.76%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 6 (28.57%) GDB
2 4 (19.05%) CMake
2 4 (19.05%) Git
3 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Electronics
4 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) C++ Software Engineer
1 4 (19.05%) Developer
1 4 (19.05%) Software Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Software Developer
2 3 (14.29%) Support Manager
2 3 (14.29%) Technical Manager
2 3 (14.29%) Technical Support
2 3 (14.29%) Technical Support Manager
3 2 (9.52%) C# Developer
3 2 (9.52%) C# Software Developer
3 2 (9.52%) C++ Developer
3 2 (9.52%) Embedded Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Firmware Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) GUI Software Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Senior
3 2 (9.52%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Senior Firmware Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Low Latency C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (28.57%) LLVM
2 5 (23.81%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 3 (14.29%) OpenGL
4 2 (9.52%) Middleware
4 2 (9.52%) Qt
4 2 (9.52%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Algorithms
1 3 (14.29%) Data Structures
2 2 (9.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.76%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (4.76%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 11 (52.38%) Linux
2 5 (23.81%) Windows
3 3 (14.29%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 6 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 4 (19.05%) DevOps
4 3 (14.29%) Agile
4 3 (14.29%) Coaching
4 3 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 3 (14.29%) Escalation Management
4 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 3 (14.29%) Network Management
4 3 (14.29%) People Management
4 3 (14.29%) Performance Management
4 3 (14.29%) Presales
5 2 (9.52%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (9.52%) Embedded Software Development
5 2 (9.52%) Low Latency
5 2 (9.52%) Multithreading
5 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (9.52%) Risk Management
5 2 (9.52%) Web Development
6 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 11 (52.38%) C++
2 6 (28.57%) Python
3 4 (19.05%) C
4 2 (9.52%) C#
4 2 (9.52%) JavaScript
4 2 (9.52%) Lua
4 2 (9.52%) SQL
5 1 (4.76%) Assembly Language
5 1 (4.76%) Bash
5 1 (4.76%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 12 (57.14%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (14.29%) Firmware
2 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Ciena
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft