C Job Trends in Scotland

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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 70 97
Rank change year-on-year -51 +27 +23
Permanent jobs citing C 30 78 61
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.09% 2.40% 2.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.42% 7.42% 6.65%
Number of salaries quoted 22 40 60
10th Percentile - £45,775 £34,750
25th Percentile £48,000 £55,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £65,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -21.54% +10.64% -2.08%
75th Percentile £55,498 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,150 £71,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 679 1,051 917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 24.71% 32.40% 38.72%
Number of salaries quoted 233 557 757
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,400 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +0.88%
75th Percentile £78,750 £67,625 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +1.77%

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 job vacancy trend in Scotland

C
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing C.

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 4 November 2025.

Salary histogram for C in Scotland

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 4 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh -27 13 £51,000 -21.54% 20
Glasgow -12 9 £55,498 -1.77% 6
South Ayrshire - 4 £55,498 -
West Lothian -5 2 £65,000 -1.89% 11
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.33%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.00%) Azure
2 4 (13.33%) AWS
2 4 (13.33%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (13.33%) GitHub
3 3 (10.00%) GCP
3 3 (10.00%) SaaS
4 2 (6.67%) AWS IoT
4 2 (6.67%) Azure Pipelines
5 1 (3.33%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 13 (43.33%) Bluetooth
1 13 (43.33%) RS-232
2 11 (36.67%) Wireless
3 4 (13.33%) Ethernet
4 2 (6.67%) LoRaWAN
4 2 (6.67%) Modbus
4 2 (6.67%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.33%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (3.33%) CockroachDB
2 1 (3.33%) Couchbase
2 1 (3.33%) DynamoDB
2 1 (3.33%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.33%) MySQL
2 1 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.33%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) JIRA
2 2 (6.67%) Git
2 2 (6.67%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (6.67%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (6.67%) Rational Statemate
3 1 (3.33%) IntelliJ
3 1 (3.33%) LabVIEW
3 1 (3.33%) PyCharm
3 1 (3.33%) Visual Studio
3 1 (3.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 14 (46.67%) Electronics
2 5 (16.67%) Military
3 4 (13.33%) Avionics
3 4 (13.33%) Finance
3 4 (13.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Agriculture
4 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Back Office
4 2 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.67%) Marketing
4 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.67%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.33%) Advertising
5 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.33%) Law
5 1 (3.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 19 (63.33%) Software Engineer
2 15 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 15 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) Developer
4 4 (13.33%) Lead
4 4 (13.33%) Senior
4 4 (13.33%) Senior Software Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Software Team Leader
4 4 (13.33%) Team Leader
5 2 (6.67%) Dynamics NAV Developer
5 2 (6.67%) ERP Developer
5 2 (6.67%) SaaS Developer
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Linux Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Principal Software Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Python Developer
6 1 (3.33%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) XML
1 2 (6.67%) Yocto
2 1 (3.33%) Kafka
2 1 (3.33%) Memcached
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (6.67%) ARM Cortex
2 2 (6.67%) Device Driver
2 2 (6.67%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (6.67%) IoT
2 2 (6.67%) Mobile App
2 2 (6.67%) NHS
2 2 (6.67%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.33%) FPGA
3 1 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.33%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.33%) Linux
2 2 (6.67%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (3.33%) Android
3 1 (3.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (23.33%) Agile
3 6 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 5 (16.67%) Hazard Analysis
4 5 (16.67%) SDLC
5 4 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (13.33%) CI/CD
6 3 (10.00%) Clean Code
6 3 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (10.00%) ERP
6 3 (10.00%) Mentoring
6 3 (10.00%) Test Automation
7 2 (6.67%) Creative Thinking
7 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (6.67%) Data Acquisition
7 2 (6.67%) Data Privacy
7 2 (6.67%) DevOps
7 2 (6.67%) Embedded Software Development
7 2 (6.67%) Mobile Development
7 2 (6.67%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 20 (66.67%) C++
2 8 (26.67%) C#
3 6 (20.00%) Python
4 5 (16.67%) Ada
5 4 (13.33%) SQL
6 3 (10.00%) Java
7 2 (6.67%) Bash
7 2 (6.67%) Embedded C
7 2 (6.67%) MATLAB
8 1 (3.33%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) Degree
2 5 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) ISO 9001
1 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.67%) JTAG
System Software
1 13 (43.33%) Firmware
2 4 (13.33%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Ansible
1 1 (3.33%) Grafana
1 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.67%) Google
2 2 (6.67%) Green Hills
2 2 (6.67%) NVIDIA
2 2 (6.67%) SAP
3 1 (3.33%) Cadence
3 1 (3.33%) Oracle
3 1 (3.33%) Splunk
3 1 (3.33%) Sybase