C Jobs in Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C over the 3 months to 29 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

C UK > Scotland
Location	3 months to 29 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	56	96	98
Rank change year-on-year	+40	+2
Permanent jobs citing C	114	63	72
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland	4.20%	2.20%	2.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category	6.56%	4.19%	4.55%
Number of salaries quoted	78	30	41
Scotland median annual salary	£42,500	£47,500	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-10.52%	+18.75%
10th Percentile	£30,000	£34,425	£33,000
90th Percentile	£60,200	£67,208	£52,500
UK median annual salary	£47,500	£47,500	£45,000
% change year-on-year	-	+5.55%

C is in the programming language skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for programming language skills.

Programming Language Skills Scotland
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for programming language skills	1737	1504	1582
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland	63.93%	52.57%	50.06%
Number of salaries quoted	2407	1686	1994
Scotland median annual salary	£41,500	£42,500	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-2.35%	+6.25%
10th Percentile	£28,750	£29,125	£27,500
90th Percentile	£66,250	£57,500	£61,250
UK median annual salary	£47,500	£47,500	£45,000
% change year-on-year	-	+5.55%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

C
Salary Trend in Scotland

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing C in Scotland.

C
Salary Histogram in Scotland

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing C in Scotland over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

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 3 months to 29 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Edinburgh	+6	42	£37,500	-25.00%	13
Glasgow	+35	36	£47,500	+18.75%	9
Dundee	-	16	£42,500	-	1
Fife	-2	6	£32,500	-15.03%
Aberdeen	-3	5	£45,000	-
West Lothian	-4	4	£22,500	-43.75%	2
Highlands	-	1	£35,000	-
C UK

C
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Scotland

For the 6 months to 29 June 2017, IT jobs citing C also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Scotland region with a requirement for C.

1	94 (55.62%)	C++
2	84 (49.70%)	Linux
3	83 (49.11%)	Software Engineering
4	65 (38.46%)	Python
5	55 (32.54%)	Java
6	54 (31.95%)	Windows
7	43 (25.44%)	Degree
8	36 (21.30%)	C#
9	35 (20.71%)	VB
10	32 (18.93%)	Electronics
11	31 (18.34%)	OO
11	31 (18.34%)	Firmware
12	27 (15.98%)	Configuration Management
13	26 (15.38%)	Android
14	25 (14.79%)	Red Hat

14	25 (14.79%)	Embedded Linux
15	24 (14.20%)	Finance
16	21 (12.43%)	Computer Science
17	20 (11.83%)	Agile Software Development
18	19 (11.24%)	Embedded C
19	17 (10.06%)	Device Driver
19	17 (10.06%)	Penetration Testing
19	17 (10.06%)	Banking
19	17 (10.06%)	TCP/IP
20	16 (9.47%)	Solaris
20	16 (9.47%)	Ruby
20	16 (9.47%)	Security Testing
20	16 (9.47%)	CREST Certified
21	15 (8.88%)	Device Driver Development
21	15 (8.88%)	Perl

C
Co-occurring IT Skills in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	3 (1.78%)	Confluence
2	2 (1.18%)	Apache
2	2 (1.18%)	Apache Spark
2	2 (1.18%)	MS Exchange
2	2 (1.18%)	SAS
2	2 (1.18%)	SharePoint
3	1 (0.59%)	CMS
3	1 (0.59%)	Exchange Server 2010
3	1 (0.59%)	SharePoint 2013
3	1 (0.59%)	Tomcat

Applications
1	3 (1.78%)	Microsoft Office
2	2 (1.18%)	Microsoft Excel
3	1 (0.59%)	GNU Octave
3	1 (0.59%)	Photoshop
3	1 (0.59%)	Simulink

Business Applications
1	3 (1.78%)	Dynamics NAV
2	1 (0.59%)	Dynamics AX
2	1 (0.59%)	Dynamics CRM

Cloud Services
1	2 (1.18%)	Cloud Computing
2	1 (0.59%)	Amazon AWS
2	1 (0.59%)	GitHub

Communications & Networking
1	17 (10.06%)	TCP/IP
2	11 (6.51%)	SAN
3	7 (4.14%)	WAN
4	6 (3.55%)	BGP
4	6 (3.55%)	Cisco ASA
4	6 (3.55%)	Cisco Nexus
4	6 (3.55%)	Firewall
4	6 (3.55%)	Wireless
5	5 (2.96%)	MPLS
5	5 (2.96%)	Software-Defined Networking
6	4 (2.37%)	RS-232
7	3 (1.78%)	Bluetooth
7	3 (1.78%)	Network Security
7	3 (1.78%)	RS-485
7	3 (1.78%)	ZigBee
8	2 (1.18%)	ATM
8	2 (1.18%)	DECT
8	2 (1.18%)	Ethernet
8	2 (1.18%)	Internet
8	2 (1.18%)	LAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	4 (2.37%)	SQL Server
2	3 (1.78%)	Hadoop
3	2 (1.18%)	Apache Cassandra
3	2 (1.18%)	Big Data
3	2 (1.18%)	MongoDB
3	2 (1.18%)	NoSQL
3	2 (1.18%)	Relational Database
3	2 (1.18%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
4	1 (0.59%)	Data Mining
4	1 (0.59%)	Data Warehouse
4	1 (0.59%)	HBase
4	1 (0.59%)	Microsoft Power View
4	1 (0.59%)	MySQL
4	1 (0.59%)	PowerPivot
4	1 (0.59%)	RDBMS
4	1 (0.59%)	Redis
4	1 (0.59%)	SQL Server 2000
4	1 (0.59%)	SQL Server 2005
4	1 (0.59%)	SQL Server 2014
4	1 (0.59%)	SQL Server Integration Services

Development Applications
1	6 (3.55%)	Git (software)
1	6 (3.55%)	JIRA
1	6 (3.55%)	Subversion
2	3 (1.78%)	Eclipse
2	3 (1.78%)	Jenkins
2	3 (1.78%)	Visual Studio
3	2 (1.18%)	Atlassian Bamboo
3	2 (1.18%)	Bitbucket
3	2 (1.18%)	Team Foundation Server
4	1 (0.59%)	Ant
4	1 (0.59%)	Clang
4	1 (0.59%)	ClearCase
4	1 (0.59%)	Cucumber
4	1 (0.59%)	FitNesse
4	1 (0.59%)	GDB
4	1 (0.59%)	GitLab
4	1 (0.59%)	Gradle
4	1 (0.59%)	Mercurial
4	1 (0.59%)	TeamCity
4	1 (0.59%)	Trac

General
1	32 (18.93%)	Electronics
2	24 (14.20%)	Finance
3	17 (10.06%)	Banking
4	8 (4.73%)	Manufacturing
5	5 (2.96%)	Telecoms
6	2 (1.18%)	Games
6	2 (1.18%)	Law
6	2 (1.18%)	Military
6	2 (1.18%)	Music Industry
6	2 (1.18%)	Publishing
7	1 (0.59%)	Advertising
7	1 (0.59%)	Aerospace
7	1 (0.59%)	Automotive
7	1 (0.59%)	Marketing
7	1 (0.59%)	Retail

Job Titles
1	74 (43.79%)	Software Engineer
2	37 (21.89%)	Embedded Engineer
3	32 (18.93%)	Embedded Software Engineer
4	22 (13.02%)	C Software Engineer
4	22 (13.02%)	Developer
5	21 (12.43%)	Embedded C Engineer
6	18 (10.65%)	Senior Software Engineer
7	17 (10.06%)	Embedded C Software Engineer
7	17 (10.06%)	Linux Engineer
8	16 (9.47%)	Manual Tester
8	16 (9.47%)	Security Tester
8	16 (9.47%)	Tester
9	12 (7.10%)	Embedded Linux Engineer
9	12 (7.10%)	Embedded Linux Software Engineer
9	12 (7.10%)	Kernel Engineer
9	12 (7.10%)	Kernel Software Engineer
10	11 (6.51%)	Consultant
11	10 (5.92%)	Software Developer
12	8 (4.73%)	C++ Developer
12	8 (4.73%)	Linux Consultant

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	13 (7.69%)	.NET
2	5 (2.96%)	Node.js
3	4 (2.37%)	ASP.NET
4	3 (1.78%)	Ajax
4	3 (1.78%)	XML
4	3 (1.78%)	Yocto
5	2 (1.18%)	CSS
5	2 (1.18%)	Flash
5	2 (1.18%)	HTML
5	2 (1.18%)	JSON
5	2 (1.18%)	Middleware
5	2 (1.18%)	RSS
6	1 (0.59%)	.NET Framework
6	1 (0.59%)	ODBC
6	1 (0.59%)	React
6	1 (0.59%)	SOAP
6	1 (0.59%)	Spring
6	1 (0.59%)	Web Services
6	1 (0.59%)	WinForms
6	1 (0.59%)	XSLT

Miscellaneous
1	21 (12.43%)	Computer Science
2	17 (10.06%)	Device Driver
3	10 (5.92%)	Data Centre
4	9 (5.33%)	Clustering
4	9 (5.33%)	Replication
5	8 (4.73%)	Arduino
5	8 (4.73%)	Raspberry Pi
6	7 (4.14%)	Field-Programmable Gate Array
6	7 (4.14%)	Verilog
7	6 (3.55%)	Algorithms
7	6 (3.55%)	VHDL
8	5 (2.96%)	Data Structures
9	4 (2.37%)	Analytical Skills
9	4 (2.37%)	Embedded Systems
10	3 (1.78%)	APACS
10	3 (1.78%)	ASIC
10	3 (1.78%)	Client/Server
10	3 (1.78%)	EMV
10	3 (1.78%)	Linux Command Line
11	2 (1.18%)	W3C

Operating Systems
1	84 (49.70%)	Linux
2	54 (31.95%)	Windows
3	26 (15.38%)	Android
4	25 (14.79%)	Embedded Linux
5	16 (9.47%)	Solaris
6	14 (8.28%)	Unix
7	10 (5.92%)	VxWorks
8	9 (5.33%)	AIX
8	9 (5.33%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9	5 (2.96%)	Apple iOS
10	3 (1.78%)	Windows Phone
11	2 (1.18%)	Mac OS X
11	2 (1.18%)	ThreadX
11	2 (1.18%)	Windows Server
12	1 (0.59%)	Mac OS
12	1 (0.59%)	MVS
12	1 (0.59%)	Windows Server 2008
12	1 (0.59%)	Windows Server 2012
12	1 (0.59%)	Windows XP

Processes & Methodologies
1	83 (49.11%)	Software Engineering
2	31 (18.34%)	OO
3	27 (15.98%)	Configuration Management
4	20 (11.83%)	Agile Software Development
5	17 (10.06%)	Penetration Testing
6	16 (9.47%)	Security Testing
7	15 (8.88%)	Device Driver Development
8	11 (6.51%)	SDLC
9	10 (5.92%)	High Availability
10	9 (5.33%)	Disaster Recovery
10	9 (5.33%)	Identity Management
10	9 (5.33%)	ITIL
10	9 (5.33%)	Programme Delivery
11	8 (4.73%)	Project Planning
12	7 (4.14%)	Android Development
12	7 (4.14%)	OOD
12	7 (4.14%)	Validation
13	6 (3.55%)	Programme Management
13	6 (3.55%)	Test Automation
14	5 (2.96%)	Statistics

Programming Languages
1	94 (55.62%)	C++
2	65 (38.46%)	Python
3	55 (32.54%)	Java
4	36 (21.30%)	C#
5	35 (20.71%)	VB
6	19 (11.24%)	Embedded C
7	16 (9.47%)	Ruby
8	15 (8.88%)	Perl
9	14 (8.28%)	PHP
10	10 (5.92%)	SQL
11	9 (5.33%)	JavaScript
12	6 (3.55%)	Embedded C++
13	5 (2.96%)	Shell Script
14	4 (2.37%)	Assembly Language
14	4 (2.37%)	Bash Shell
14	4 (2.37%)	Scala
15	3 (1.78%)	Lisp
15	3 (1.78%)	VB.NET
16	2 (1.18%)	ActionScript
16	2 (1.18%)	PL/SQL

Qualifications
1	43 (25.44%)	Degree
2	16 (9.47%)	CREST Certified
3	6 (3.55%)	Cisco Certification
3	6 (3.55%)	Computer Science Degree
3	6 (3.55%)	SC Cleared
3	6 (3.55%)	Security Cleared
4	5 (2.96%)	CCIE
5	2 (1.18%)	PhD
6	1 (0.59%)	CCNP
6	1 (0.59%)	CISSP
6	1 (0.59%)	ISEB
6	1 (0.59%)	MCP
6	1 (0.59%)	Microsoft Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	2 (1.18%)	DO-178B
1	2 (1.18%)	JTAG
2	1 (0.59%)	Data Quality
2	1 (0.59%)	Government Security Classifications
2	1 (0.59%)	MISRA
2	1 (0.59%)	QA
2	1 (0.59%)	RMADS

System Software
1	31 (18.34%)	Firmware
2	11 (6.51%)	Active Directory
3	9 (5.33%)	RHEV
4	2 (1.18%)	Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
4	2 (1.18%)	VMware Infrastructure
5	1 (0.59%)	Apache Flume
5	1 (0.59%)	HDFS
5	1 (0.59%)	KVM
5	1 (0.59%)	Virtual Machines
5	1 (0.59%)	vSphere

Systems Management
1	10 (5.92%)	Opscode Chef
1	10 (5.92%)	Puppet
2	9 (5.33%)	Control-M
2	9 (5.33%)	Rundeck
2	9 (5.33%)	Tivoli Storage Manager
3	1 (0.59%)	Ansible
3	1 (0.59%)	Backup Exec
3	1 (0.59%)	Cisco CUCM
3	1 (0.59%)	MOM
3	1 (0.59%)	Nagios

Vendors
1	25 (14.79%)	Red Hat
2	11 (6.51%)	Microsoft
3	10 (5.92%)	EMC
4	6 (3.55%)	Cisco
5	3 (1.78%)	Intel
6	2 (1.18%)	IBM
6	2 (1.18%)	Oracle
6	2 (1.18%)	VMware
7	1 (0.59%)	Adobe
7	1 (0.59%)	Avaya
7	1 (0.59%)	CheckPoint
7	1 (0.59%)	HP
7	1 (0.59%)	JD Edwards
7	1 (0.59%)	Nintex
7	1 (0.59%)	QNX
7	1 (0.59%)	Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7	1 (0.59%)	Salesforce.com
7	1 (0.59%)	Symantec
7	1 (0.59%)	Telerik
7	1 (0.59%)	Xilinx