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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 118 | 75 | 83 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -43 | +8 | +36 |
| Permanent jobs citing C | 27 | 82 | 73 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland | 1.00% | 2.50% | 3.11% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.10% | 7.50% | 7.61% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 23 | 43 | 70 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £43,750 | £34,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,000 | £53,750 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £51,000 | £62,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.40% | +4.17% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £55,498 | £66,250 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,500 | £69,800 | £80,250 |
| 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 | 659 | 1,094 | 959 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 24.30% | 33.31% | 40.84% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 260 | 585 | 766 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £32,500 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,375 | £42,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,249 | £55,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.45% | -4.35% | +0.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £78,790 | £70,000 | £72,433 |
| 90th Percentile | £88,875 | £79,859 | £82,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £62,500 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -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 25 November 2025.
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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 25 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 | -25 | 14 | £51,000 | -18.40% | 16 |
| Glasgow | -12 | 5 | £55,000 | -2.65% | 6 |
| South Ayrshire | - | 4 | £55,498 | - | |
| West Lothian | +2 | 3 | £65,000 | +4.00% | 2 |
| 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: