C Jobs in Scotland

C
UK > 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 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 102 154
Rank change year-on-year -4 +52 -43
Permanent jobs citing C 228 137 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 3.40% 2.97% 1.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.07% 6.92% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 211 112 58
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £41,875 £41,750 £37,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £60,938
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £69,750
UK median annual salary £56,500 £62,500 £55,750
% change year-on-year -9.60% +12.11% +1.36%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

C is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,757 1,981 2,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 56.05% 42.89% 45.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,148 1,106 1,535
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,250 £83,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 +57 83 £60,000 +9.09% 18
Glasgow -76 46 £46,500 -7.00% 14
Aberdeen +4 31 £52,500 +23.53% 2
Fife +7 18 £50,000 - 4
Dundee +4 17 £47,500 - 2
West Lothian -9 15 £60,000 - 1
Lanarkshire -4 2 - - 1
Inverclyde - 1 £50,000 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £32,500 - 1
Aberdeenshire - 1 £35,000 - 1
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 (1.75%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (2.63%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 7 (3.07%) AWS
2 6 (2.63%) Serverless
3 5 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (0.88%) Azure
4 2 (0.88%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 70 (30.70%) Wireless
2 20 (8.77%) Ethernet
2 20 (8.77%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (7.46%) Network Security
4 14 (6.14%) RS-232
5 6 (2.63%) Bluetooth
6 3 (1.32%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.88%) Modbus
7 2 (0.88%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.44%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.39%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.63%) MySQL
3 5 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.75%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.32%) RDBMS
5 3 (1.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (8.77%) LabVIEW
2 8 (3.51%) Git
3 5 (2.19%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.32%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.32%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.44%) MSTest
5 1 (0.44%) Subversion
5 1 (0.44%) TestComplete
General
1 88 (38.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 77 (33.77%) Social Skills
3 42 (18.42%) Manufacturing
4 23 (10.09%) Electronics
5 19 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (6.58%) Legal
7 10 (4.39%) Aerospace
8 7 (3.07%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.19%) Automotive
9 5 (2.19%) Finance
9 5 (2.19%) Law
9 5 (2.19%) Retail
10 3 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.88%) Aviation
11 2 (0.88%) Marketing
11 2 (0.88%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.88%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 117 (51.32%) Software Engineer
2 91 (39.91%) Embedded Engineer
3 67 (29.39%) Senior
4 56 (24.56%) Senior Software Engineer
5 48 (21.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 30 (13.16%) C Software Engineer
7 27 (11.84%) Firmware Engineer
8 24 (10.53%) Graduate
9 23 (10.09%) Developer
9 23 (10.09%) Junior
9 23 (10.09%) Junior Embedded Engineer
10 21 (9.21%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 21 (9.21%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 20 (8.77%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
12 17 (7.46%) C++ Software Engineer
12 17 (7.46%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
13 16 (7.02%) C/C++ Software Engineer
13 16 (7.02%) Electronics Engineer
13 16 (7.02%) Senior C Software Engineer
14 15 (6.58%) Manufacturing Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.14%) Yocto
2 12 (5.26%) HTML
3 10 (4.39%) CSS
4 9 (3.95%) .NET
5 8 (3.51%) AngularJS
6 7 (3.07%) Web Services
7 6 (2.63%) Node.js
7 6 (2.63%) Serverless Framework
7 6 (2.63%) Vue
8 5 (2.19%) XML
9 4 (1.75%) LDAP
9 4 (1.75%) REST
9 4 (1.75%) SOAP
10 3 (1.32%) JSON
10 3 (1.32%) OpenID
10 3 (1.32%) RESTful
11 2 (0.88%) .NET Framework
11 2 (0.88%) DPDK
11 2 (0.88%) HTML5
11 2 (0.88%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.02%) Device Driver
2 14 (6.14%) Algorithms
3 8 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.63%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (2.19%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.19%) Distributed Computing
6 4 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.88%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.88%) FPGA
8 2 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.44%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 1 (0.44%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.44%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.44%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 55 (24.12%) Linux
2 15 (6.58%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (1.75%) AIX
4 3 (1.32%) Windows
5 2 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.44%) Android
6 1 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.44%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.44%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (81.14%) Software Engineering
2 89 (39.04%) Computer Science
3 47 (20.61%) Mathematics
4 41 (17.98%) Physics
5 38 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (7.46%) Agile
7 15 (6.58%) Analytical Thinking
7 15 (6.58%) Decision-Making
7 15 (6.58%) Knowledge Transfer
8 14 (6.14%) OOD
9 13 (5.70%) Data Management
10 12 (5.26%) Mentoring
11 10 (4.39%) Project Management
12 9 (3.95%) Machine Learning
12 9 (3.95%) OO
13 7 (3.07%) Prototyping
13 7 (3.07%) Workflow
14 6 (2.63%) OOP
14 6 (2.63%) Stakeholder Management
14 6 (2.63%) UML
Programming Languages
1 102 (44.74%) Embedded C
2 89 (39.04%) C++
3 59 (25.88%) Python
4 48 (21.05%) Java
5 46 (20.18%) C#
6 19 (8.33%) Rust
7 8 (3.51%) Go
7 8 (3.51%) JavaScript
8 7 (3.07%) Haskell
9 6 (2.63%) Bash
9 6 (2.63%) PHP
10 5 (2.19%) MATLAB
11 4 (1.75%) SQL
11 4 (1.75%) VB
12 2 (0.88%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.44%) Assembly Language
13 1 (0.44%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.44%) Perl
13 1 (0.44%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 93 (40.79%) Degree
2 14 (6.14%) Master's Degree
3 12 (5.26%) PhD
4 8 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.44%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.44%) IEC 62304
1 1 (0.44%) QA
System Software
1 66 (28.95%) Firmware
2 34 (14.91%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.32%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (3.95%) Twitter
2 4 (1.75%) Oracle
3 3 (1.32%) Cadence
4 2 (0.88%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.88%) Red Hat
4 2 (0.88%) SAP