GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring GCC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GCC over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 728 861 908
Rank change year-on-year +133 +47 +272
Permanent jobs citing GCC 1 22 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.022% 0.053%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.017% 0.23% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1 15 17
10th Percentile - £49,000 £59,500
25th Percentile £57,000 £51,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -39.00% +45.45%
75th Percentile £63,000 £84,375 £170,000
90th Percentile - £87,500 £180,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £61,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -1.64% -39.00% +122.22%

All Development Application Skills
UK

GCC falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 6,057 9,524 14,201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.81% 9.54% 14.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,748 6,652 8,691
10th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,560 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.65% -4.35% +4.55%

GCC
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GCC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GCC in the UK

GCC
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GCC.

Salary trend for GCC in the UK

GCC
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCC within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
UK excluding London +157 1 £60,000 -1.64% 13
Work from Home +122 1 £60,000 +4.35% 7
England +112 1 £60,000 -1.64% 18
South West +109 1 £60,000 -22.58% 2

GCC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) GSM
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) gcov
1 1 (100.00%) GDB
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio Code
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (100.00%) Yocto
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) QNX