C Contract Job Trends in Scotland

C
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring C skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 108 118
Rank change year-on-year +9 +10 +48
Contract jobs citing C 17 6 28
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 1.07% 0.34% 1.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.88% 1.09% 3.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 19
10th Percentile - - £423
25th Percentile £65 £775 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £850 £515
Median % change year-on-year -48.53% +65.05% -
75th Percentile £500 £925 £544
90th Percentile £538 - £575
UK median daily rate £500 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -7.83% -1.36% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile £55.13 £48.90 £44.75
25th Percentile £57.19 £53.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £63.75 £61.00 £53.70
Median % change year-on-year +4.51% +13.59% +13.05%
75th Percentile £69.69 £68.25 £61.50
90th Percentile £71.38 £72.30 £62.10
UK median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.62% - +13.04%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

C falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 590 548 713
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 37.18% 31.03% 29.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 322 318 464
10th Percentile £358 £350 £366
25th Percentile £414 £397 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.21%
75th Percentile £554 £525 £575
90th Percentile £625 £606 £688
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 10
10th Percentile £48.76 £17.99 £49.13
25th Percentile £52.81 - £54.65
Median hourly rate £60.61 £19.59 £59.52
Median % change year-on-year +209.41% -67.08% +28.68%
75th Percentile £65.00 £48.00 £70.94
90th Percentile £72.75 £64.20 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.00 £60.36
% change year-on-year +0.81% +2.73% -0.24%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

C job vacancy trend in Scotland

C
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing C.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing C

C
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in Scotland over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for C in Scotland

C
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing C.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing C

C
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in Scotland over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for C in Scotland

C
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 November 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +12 15 £65 -92.35% 21
Dundee - 2 £438 - 5
C
UK

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (29.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) NFC
1 1 (5.88%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (47.06%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 8 (47.06%) ClearCase
2 2 (11.76%) Bitbucket
2 2 (11.76%) GitLab
2 2 (11.76%) JIRA
2 2 (11.76%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (5.88%) Git
3 1 (5.88%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Systems Engineer
2 6 (35.29%) Security Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Principal Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Principal Test Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Software Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Test Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Embedded Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) C Software Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) C/C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Firmware Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Network Systems Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Senior
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Firmware Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.76%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (5.88%) Device Driver
3 1 (5.88%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 9 (52.94%) Windows
2 8 (47.06%) Linux
3 1 (5.88%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (5.88%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (35.29%) Software Testing
2 4 (23.53%) Integration Testing
2 4 (23.53%) Software Engineering
3 3 (17.65%) Agile
3 3 (17.65%) OO
4 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
4 2 (11.76%) OOD
4 2 (11.76%) Scrum
4 2 (11.76%) UML
5 1 (5.88%) CI/CD
5 1 (5.88%) Clean Code
5 1 (5.88%) Collaborative Engineering
5 1 (5.88%) Cryptography
5 1 (5.88%) Energy Management
5 1 (5.88%) OOP
5 1 (5.88%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (5.88%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 11 (64.71%) C++
2 8 (47.06%) Java
2 8 (47.06%) SQL
3 7 (41.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) MISRA
1 2 (11.76%) MISRA C
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Firmware
2 1 (5.88%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) NetApp
1 8 (47.06%) Oracle
2 2 (11.76%) IBM
3 1 (5.88%) Sitecore