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UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 110 | 72 | 99 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -38 | +27 | +9 |
| Permanent jobs citing C | 38 | 72 | 137 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland | 1.30% | 2.97% | 3.40% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 5.78% | 8.15% | 6.45% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 35 | 43 | 126 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £27,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,000 | £43,750 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +9.09% | -1.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £68,250 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £69,750 | £77,500 | £78,125 |
| UK median annual salary | £57,500 | £60,000 | £59,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.17% | +1.69% | -1.67% |
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 permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Scotland.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 657 | 883 | 2,123 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 22.45% | 36.38% | 52.69% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 265 | 469 | 1,015 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,250 | £33,750 | £34,700 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £42,500 | £44,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £55,000 | £56,318 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -2.34% | -5.39% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £88,750 | £85,000 | £80,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £62,500 | £65,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +8.33% | -7.69% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
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Salary Trend in Scotland
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing C.
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Salary Histogram in Scotland
Salary distribution for jobs citing C in Scotland over the 6 months to 6 February 2026.
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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 6 February 2026. 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 | -20 | 25 | £60,000 | +26.32% | 28 |
| West Lothian | +1 | 6 | £65,000 | +4.00% | 5 |
| South Ayrshire | - | 4 | £55,498 | - | |
| Glasgow | -1 | 1 | £55,498 | -26.00% | 5 |
| Renfrewshire | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Inverclyde | - | 1 | £50,000 | - | |
| C UK |
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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: