C Jobs in Scotland

C
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 100 111 138
Rank change year-on-year +11 +27 -1
Permanent jobs citing C 182 105 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 3.19% 2.77% 1.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.69% 7.37% 4.29%
Number of salaries quoted 164 94 57
10th Percentile £35,375 £33,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +26.32%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £69,000 £86,964 £66,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £61,180 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.01% +6.40% +4.55%

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 2,721 1,425 2,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 47.75% 37.56% 45.16%
Number of salaries quoted 927 928 1,682
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,874 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +14.58%
75th Percentile £68,114 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,548 £83,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for C in Scotland

C
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for C in Scotland

C
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +52 73 £60,000 +0.84% 13
Glasgow -37 46 £47,500 +11.76% 7
Aberdeen -2 15 £35,000 -17.65%
Dundee +7 13 £47,500 -5.00%
West Lothian -9 13 £60,000 -11.11%
Fife +3 11 £50,000 - 1
North Lanarkshire - 1 £32,500 - 2
Aberdeenshire - 1 £35,000 -
C
UK

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.20%) Apache
Applications
1 8 (4.40%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Infor M3
1 1 (0.55%) JDE EnterpriseOne
1 1 (0.55%) JDE World
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.20%) AWS
1 4 (2.20%) Serverless
2 3 (1.65%) Azure
3 1 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.55%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 44 (24.18%) Wireless
2 18 (9.89%) Network Security
3 16 (8.79%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (8.24%) Ethernet
5 10 (5.49%) RS-232
6 6 (3.30%) Bluetooth
7 4 (2.20%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.65%) Kerberos
8 3 (1.65%) ZigBee
9 2 (1.10%) RS-485
10 1 (0.55%) Modbus
10 1 (0.55%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.40%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.20%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.20%) MySQL
4 2 (1.10%) RDBMS
4 2 (1.10%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.55%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 16 (8.79%) LabVIEW
2 10 (5.49%) Git
3 4 (2.20%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.65%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.10%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.55%) JIRA
6 1 (0.55%) Subversion
General
1 61 (33.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 53 (29.12%) Social Skills
3 33 (18.13%) Manufacturing
4 25 (13.74%) Electronics
5 21 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (8.79%) Legal
7 12 (6.59%) Aerospace
8 7 (3.85%) Automotive
9 4 (2.20%) Finance
9 4 (2.20%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.20%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.65%) Marketing
10 3 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.10%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.55%) Aviation
12 1 (0.55%) French Language
12 1 (0.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 100 (54.95%) Software Engineer
2 66 (36.26%) Embedded Engineer
3 55 (30.22%) Senior
4 46 (25.27%) Senior Software Engineer
5 41 (22.53%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 33 (18.13%) C Software Engineer
7 20 (10.99%) C++ Software Engineer
8 19 (10.44%) C/C++ Software Engineer
8 19 (10.44%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
9 18 (9.89%) Senior C Software Engineer
10 16 (8.79%) Electronics Engineer
10 16 (8.79%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 16 (8.79%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 15 (8.24%) Firmware Engineer
11 15 (8.24%) Graduate
11 15 (8.24%) Manufacturing Engineer
11 15 (8.24%) Software Design Engineer
12 14 (7.69%) Embedded C Engineer
12 14 (7.69%) Embedded C Software Engineer
12 14 (7.69%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.49%) Yocto
2 8 (4.40%) Web Services
3 6 (3.30%) HTML
4 5 (2.75%) .NET
4 5 (2.75%) AngularJS
4 5 (2.75%) CSS
5 4 (2.20%) LDAP
5 4 (2.20%) Node.js
5 4 (2.20%) REST
5 4 (2.20%) Serverless Framework
5 4 (2.20%) SOAP
5 4 (2.20%) Vue
5 4 (2.20%) XML
6 3 (1.65%) DPDK
6 3 (1.65%) JSON
6 3 (1.65%) OpenID
6 3 (1.65%) RESTful
7 1 (0.55%) HTML5
7 1 (0.55%) MFC
7 1 (0.55%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.49%) Device Driver
2 8 (4.40%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (4.40%) Embedded Systems
3 7 (3.85%) Algorithms
4 4 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.65%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (1.10%) IoT
7 1 (0.55%) Arduino
7 1 (0.55%) ARM Cortex
7 1 (0.55%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.55%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.55%) FPGA
7 1 (0.55%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.55%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 50 (27.47%) Linux
2 12 (6.59%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (3.30%) Windows
4 4 (2.20%) AIX
5 2 (1.10%) Android
5 2 (1.10%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.10%) ThreadX
6 1 (0.55%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (80.22%) Software Engineering
2 55 (30.22%) Computer Science
3 32 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (12.64%) Mathematics
5 18 (9.89%) Physics
6 15 (8.24%) Analytical Thinking
6 15 (8.24%) Decision-Making
6 15 (8.24%) Knowledge Transfer
7 12 (6.59%) Agile
8 10 (5.49%) Mentoring
8 10 (5.49%) OOD
9 9 (4.95%) OO
10 8 (4.40%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (3.85%) Project Management
11 7 (3.85%) Software Testing
11 7 (3.85%) Technical Leadership
11 7 (3.85%) UML
12 6 (3.30%) Collaborative Working
12 6 (3.30%) Requirements Gathering
12 6 (3.30%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 82 (45.05%) C++
2 81 (44.51%) Embedded C
3 60 (32.97%) Python
4 31 (17.03%) Java
5 30 (16.48%) C#
6 8 (4.40%) MATLAB
6 8 (4.40%) Rust
7 6 (3.30%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.75%) Bash
8 5 (2.75%) Embedded C++
9 4 (2.20%) Go
9 4 (2.20%) PHP
9 4 (2.20%) VB
10 3 (1.65%) Haskell
11 2 (1.10%) SQL
12 1 (0.55%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.55%) Fortran
12 1 (0.55%) Perl
12 1 (0.55%) RPG
12 1 (0.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 61 (33.52%) Degree
2 7 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.75%) PhD
4 4 (2.20%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.55%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.10%) IEC 62304
2 1 (0.55%) GDPR
2 1 (0.55%) JTAG
System Software
1 46 (25.27%) Firmware
2 21 (11.54%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.65%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (3.30%) Twitter
2 4 (2.20%) Oracle
3 3 (1.65%) Cadence
3 3 (1.65%) SAP
4 2 (1.10%) QNX
5 1 (0.55%) ANSYS
5 1 (0.55%) IBM
5 1 (0.55%) JD Edwards
5 1 (0.55%) Microsoft