C Jobs in Edinburgh

C
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited C over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 42 93
Rank change year-on-year -30 +51 +37
Permanent jobs citing C 16 81 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.83% 5.37% 2.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.50% 14.29% 6.15%
Number of salaries quoted 15 72 49
10th Percentile - £38,750 £39,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,625 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £66,250 £100,000 £100,000
Scotland median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +23.81% -4.55% -4.35%

All Programming Languages
Edinburgh

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 291 567 845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 33.22% 37.57% 43.53%
Number of salaries quoted 186 444 529
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £39,750
25th Percentile £49,029 £50,000 £48,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +9.57%
75th Percentile £82,751 £74,250 £78,108
90th Percentile £98,612 £91,934 £95,466
Scotland median annual salary £58,033 £55,000 £59,763
% change year-on-year +5.51% -7.97% +8.66%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for C in Edinburgh

C
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for C in Edinburgh

C
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for C in Edinburgh

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (6.25%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.25%) SpaceWire
2 1 (6.25%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Git
1 1 (6.25%) GitLab
1 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
1 1 (6.25%) LabVIEW
General
1 10 (62.50%) Electronics
2 4 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Advertising
4 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 9 (56.25%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 9 (56.25%) Software Engineer
3 8 (50.00%) Junior
3 8 (50.00%) Junior Embedded Engineer
3 8 (50.00%) Junior Software Engineer
3 8 (50.00%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
4 4 (25.00%) Developer
4 4 (25.00%) Java Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Lead
5 1 (6.25%) Senior
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Software Test Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Test Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) Middleware
1 4 (25.00%) REST
1 4 (25.00%) WebSockets
2 1 (6.25%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (62.50%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 4 (25.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (6.25%) FPGA
3 1 (6.25%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Software Engineering
2 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (25.00%) Distributed Cache
3 4 (25.00%) Fintech
4 1 (6.25%) Architectural Design
4 1 (6.25%) CI/CD
4 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
4 1 (6.25%) Containerisation
4 1 (6.25%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (6.25%) Data Collection
4 1 (6.25%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (6.25%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (6.25%) Project Management
4 1 (6.25%) Prototyping
4 1 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (6.25%) Software Testing
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (6.25%) Test Automation
4 1 (6.25%) White-Box Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) Python
2 5 (31.25%) C++
2 5 (31.25%) Java
3 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.25%) C#
4 1 (6.25%) MATLAB
4 1 (6.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) ECSS
1 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Docker
2 1 (6.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Cadence