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UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited C over the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 101 | 105 | 124 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +4 | +19 | +52 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 17 | 10 | 30 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland | 1.00% | 0.54% | 1.17% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.61% | 2.14% | 3.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11 | 1 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | £274 | - | £415 |
| 25th Percentile | £287 | £775 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £438 | £850 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -48.53% | +78.95% | -8.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £478 | £925 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £538 | - | £569 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £538 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.98% | -2.27% | -4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £55.00 | - | £39.90 |
| 25th Percentile | £56.88 | £46.00 | £41.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £47.00 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +27.66% | -6.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £66.88 | £48.00 | £53.70 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.25 | - | £58.98 |
| UK median hourly rate | £68.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.62% | - | +16.07% |
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 | 651 | 468 | 771 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 38.38% | 25.23% | 30.07% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 371 | 318 | 512 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £325 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £400 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £450 | £486 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.56% | -7.46% | -0.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £529 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £589 | £613 | £600 |
| UK median daily rate | £502 | £533 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.86% | -3.09% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 8 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £41.28 | £18.79 | £43.84 |
| 25th Percentile | £52.50 | £33.40 | £50.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £58.75 | £51.00 | £57.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.20% | -11.30% | +34.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £62.50 | £59.79 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.25 | - | £64.94 |
| UK median hourly rate | £56.00 | £65.00 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.85% | +8.33% | +9.09% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C in Scotland.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 August 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C in Scotland.
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Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 August 2025.
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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 15 August 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 | 10 | £513 | -39.71% | 23 |
| Dundee | - | 3 | £438 | - | |
| Glasgow | -16 | 2 | £300 | - | 15 |
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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: