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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 104 98
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 +67
Permanent jobs citing C 66 228 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.20% 3.40% 2.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.50% 6.06% 6.94%
Number of salaries quoted 56 211 113
10th Percentile £43,750 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £48,438 £41,875 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £67,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +8.70%

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 1,015 3,760 1,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 33.90% 56.07% 42.73%
Number of salaries quoted 748 1,151 1,099
10th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,683 £43,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £62,672 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -29 20 £47,500 -20.83% 39
Lanarkshire 0 17 £66,000 - 3
Glasgow +149 13 £75,000 +61.29% 14
West Lothian +1 7 £65,000 +8.33% 4
Dundee -1 3 £57,500 +21.05% 17
Fife -20 3 £51,250 +2.50%
Aberdeen +3 2 - - 7
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 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Sage 200
1 1 (1.52%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.03%) AWS
1 2 (3.03%) Azure
2 1 (1.52%) AWS IoT
2 1 (1.52%) GCP
2 1 (1.52%) GitHub
2 1 (1.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (28.79%) TCP/IP
2 10 (15.15%) Modbus
3 6 (9.09%) Ethernet
4 5 (7.58%) RS-232
5 4 (6.06%) Wireless
6 3 (4.55%) Bluetooth
6 3 (4.55%) ZigBee
7 2 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.52%) LoRaWAN
8 1 (1.52%) MQTT
8 1 (1.52%) Multicast
8 1 (1.52%) RTP
8 1 (1.52%) RTSP
8 1 (1.52%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (18.18%) Visual Studio
2 3 (4.55%) Git
2 3 (4.55%) LabVIEW
3 2 (3.03%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.03%) JIRA
4 1 (1.52%) Android Studio
4 1 (1.52%) GitLab
4 1 (1.52%) IntelliJ
4 1 (1.52%) PyCharm
4 1 (1.52%) Subversion
4 1 (1.52%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 20 (30.30%) Electronics
2 12 (18.18%) Finance
3 8 (12.12%) Manufacturing
4 7 (10.61%) Social Skills
5 6 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (9.09%) Telecoms
6 4 (6.06%) Wearables
7 3 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.52%) Advertising
8 1 (1.52%) Agriculture
8 1 (1.52%) Legal
8 1 (1.52%) Marketing
8 1 (1.52%) Military
8 1 (1.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 37 (56.06%) Embedded Engineer
2 35 (53.03%) Software Engineer
3 30 (45.45%) Senior
4 25 (37.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 16 (24.24%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 12 (18.18%) Firmware Engineer
7 11 (16.67%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
8 10 (15.15%) Architect
8 10 (15.15%) Junior
8 10 (15.15%) Junior Embedded Engineer
8 10 (15.15%) Junior Software Engineer
8 10 (15.15%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
8 10 (15.15%) Senior Architect
8 10 (15.15%) Senior Firmware Engineer
8 10 (15.15%) Senior Software Architect
8 10 (15.15%) Senior Software Engineer
8 10 (15.15%) Senior Systems Architect
8 10 (15.15%) Software Architect
8 10 (15.15%) Systems Architect
9 6 (9.09%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (18.18%) .NET
1 12 (18.18%) CSS
1 12 (18.18%) HTML
2 11 (16.67%) .NET Framework
3 4 (6.06%) Middleware
3 4 (6.06%) REST
3 4 (6.06%) WebSockets
3 4 (6.06%) Yocto
4 1 (1.52%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.52%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.52%) HTML5
4 1 (1.52%) jQuery
4 1 (1.52%) Node.js
4 1 (1.52%) React
4 1 (1.52%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 18 (27.27%) Embedded Systems
2 12 (18.18%) Device Driver
3 10 (15.15%) Product Ownership
4 6 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (7.58%) Algorithms
6 4 (6.06%) Data Structures
7 3 (4.55%) IoT
7 3 (4.55%) Virtual Team
8 2 (3.03%) GNSS
8 2 (3.03%) Legacy Code
8 2 (3.03%) Life Science
8 2 (3.03%) Smart Energy
9 1 (1.52%) ARM Cortex
9 1 (1.52%) FPGA
9 1 (1.52%) IPTV
9 1 (1.52%) Mobile App
9 1 (1.52%) MPEG
9 1 (1.52%) PCIe
9 1 (1.52%) Verilog
9 1 (1.52%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 26 (39.39%) Linux
2 15 (22.73%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (6.06%) Apple iOS
4 3 (4.55%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (4.55%) Mac OS
5 2 (3.03%) Android
5 2 (3.03%) Windows
6 1 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.52%) Rocky
6 1 (1.52%) Unix
6 1 (1.52%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (71.21%) Software Engineering
2 19 (28.79%) Multithreading
2 19 (28.79%) Software Architecture
3 18 (27.27%) Mentoring
4 15 (22.73%) Agile
5 12 (18.18%) OO
6 11 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 11 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
6 11 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (15.15%) Microservices
7 10 (15.15%) SOA
8 9 (13.64%) Continuous Deployment
8 9 (13.64%) Continuous Integration
9 7 (10.61%) Computer Science
10 5 (7.58%) Embedded Software Development
11 4 (6.06%) Clean Code
11 4 (6.06%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (6.06%) Distributed Cache
11 4 (6.06%) Fintech
11 4 (6.06%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 46 (69.70%) C++
2 16 (24.24%) Java
3 13 (19.70%) C#
3 13 (19.70%) SQL
4 11 (16.67%) Python
5 6 (9.09%) Embedded C
5 6 (9.09%) JavaScript
5 6 (9.09%) Objective-C
6 3 (4.55%) Embedded C++
7 2 (3.03%) Assembly Language
7 2 (3.03%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.52%) Bash
8 1 (1.52%) Kotlin
8 1 (1.52%) Perl
8 1 (1.52%) PHP
8 1 (1.52%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.52%) Swift
8 1 (1.52%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (13.64%) Degree
2 4 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.03%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.03%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.03%) IEC 62304
1 2 (3.03%) MISRA
2 1 (1.52%) ECSS
2 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.52%) JTAG
2 1 (1.52%) QA
System Software
1 16 (24.24%) Firmware
2 13 (19.70%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (7.58%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (7.58%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.52%) Ansible
2 1 (1.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (1.52%) Cadence
1 1 (1.52%) Google
1 1 (1.52%) NVIDIA
1 1 (1.52%) Red Hat
1 1 (1.52%) Sage
1 1 (1.52%) SAP