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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 114 | 76 | 106 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -38 | +30 | +2 |
| Permanent jobs citing C | 29 | 71 | 90 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland | 1.07% | 2.75% | 2.88% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.83% | 7.58% | 5.80% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27 | 40 | 85 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £33,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,000 | £43,750 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,498 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.50% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £66,250 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £66,000 | £77,500 | £81,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £56,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.83% | - | - |
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 | 600 | 937 | 1,553 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 22.06% | 36.35% | 49.74% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 252 | 491 | 819 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,025 | £33,750 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £42,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,249 | £55,000 | £59,526 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.45% | -7.60% | +3.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £74,300 | £68,750 | £72,433 |
| 90th Percentile | £87,500 | £79,648 | £85,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £62,500 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +4.00% | -3.85% |
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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 12 January 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 12 January 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 | -22 | 19 | £51,000 | -5.12% | 18 |
| South Ayrshire | - | 4 | £55,498 | - | |
| West Lothian | +2 | 3 | £65,000 | +4.00% | 4 |
| Glasgow | +7 | 1 | £55,498 | +20.65% | 1 |
| Renfrewshire | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Inverclyde | - | 1 | £50,000 | - | |
| 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: