C
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 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to 20 Jul 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 106 | 102 | 87 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | -15 | -10 |
| Permanent jobs citing C | 31 | 51 | 206 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland | 0.93% | 2.04% | 3.55% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 6.21% | 7.34% | 7.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27 | 38 | 186 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,000 | £43,750 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £49,375 | £48,750 | £41,563 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £65,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +23.81% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £77,500 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £71,750 | £85,000 | £67,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £61,500 | £57,500 | £57,004 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.96% | +0.87% | -6.82% |
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 | 499 | 695 | 2,923 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 14.93% | 27.73% | 50.37% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 282 | 313 | 1,038 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,550 | £37,500 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £46,250 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £54,069 | £58,033 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.83% | +5.51% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £78,750 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £98,474 | £78,893 |
| UK median annual salary | £65,000 | £65,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +8.33% | -7.69% |
C
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.
C
Salary Trend in Scotland
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing C.
C
Salary Histogram in Scotland
Salary distribution for jobs citing C in Scotland over the 6 months to 20 July 2026.
C
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 20 July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Lothian | +9 | 15 | £67,500 | +3.85% | |
| Edinburgh | +15 | 14 | £52,500 | +2.94% | 1 |
| Glasgow | +4 | 2 | - | - | |
| 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: