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 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 109 | 72 | 103 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -37 | +31 | -5 |
| Permanent jobs citing C | 40 | 72 | 148 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland | 1.33% | 3.01% | 3.50% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 5.91% | 8.52% | 6.38% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 37 | 45 | 137 |
| 10th Percentile | £46,800 | - | £27,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,000 | £43,750 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £62,500 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +19.05% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £77,500 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £69,000 | £82,000 | £80,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £57,500 | £60,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.17% | +4.35% | -4.17% |
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 | 677 | 845 | 2,319 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 22.47% | 35.28% | 54.80% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 280 | 465 | 1,032 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,250 | £33,750 | £34,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £42,500 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £55,000 | £55,733 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -1.31% | -6.37% |
| 75th Percentile | £73,563 | £71,500 | £68,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £87,625 | £90,000 | £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 20 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 20 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 | -15 | 26 | £60,000 | +26.32% | 40 |
| West Lothian | +2 | 7 | £65,000 | +4.00% | 13 |
| South Ayrshire | - | 4 | £55,498 | - | |
| Glasgow | -5 | 1 | £55,498 | -26.00% | 16 |
| Renfrewshire | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Inverclyde | - | 1 | £50,000 | - | 2 |
| 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: