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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 98 158
Rank change year-on-year -8 +60 -50
Permanent jobs citing C 224 136 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 3.35% 2.94% 1.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.98% 6.90% 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 208 112 56
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,750 £38,438
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 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £56,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.60% +8.70% +4.55%

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 3,747 1,971 2,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 56.08% 42.59% 45.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,138 1,095 1,558
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £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 £87,000 £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 14 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 14 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 +60 82 £60,000 +9.09% 13
Glasgow -75 45 £44,500 -11.00% 13
Aberdeen +4 30 £52,500 +23.53% 2
Fife +7 17 £50,000 - 4
Dundee +4 17 £47,500 -5.00% 2
West Lothian -9 15 £60,000 - 1
Lanarkshire -5 2 - - 1
Inverclyde - 1 £50,000 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £32,500 - 1
Aberdeenshire - 1 £35,000 -
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 (1.79%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (2.68%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 7 (3.13%) AWS
2 6 (2.68%) Serverless
3 5 (2.23%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (0.89%) Azure
4 2 (0.89%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 68 (30.36%) Wireless
2 20 (8.93%) Ethernet
2 20 (8.93%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (8.04%) Network Security
4 14 (6.25%) RS-232
5 6 (2.68%) Bluetooth
6 3 (1.34%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.89%) Modbus
7 2 (0.89%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.45%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.46%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.68%) MySQL
3 5 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.79%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.34%) RDBMS
5 3 (1.34%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (8.93%) LabVIEW
2 8 (3.57%) Git
3 4 (1.79%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.34%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.34%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.45%) MSTest
5 1 (0.45%) Subversion
5 1 (0.45%) TestComplete
General
1 84 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 74 (33.04%) Social Skills
3 42 (18.75%) Manufacturing
4 23 (10.27%) Electronics
5 19 (8.48%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (6.70%) Legal
7 10 (4.46%) Aerospace
8 7 (3.13%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.23%) Automotive
9 5 (2.23%) Finance
9 5 (2.23%) Law
9 5 (2.23%) Retail
10 3 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.89%) Aviation
11 2 (0.89%) Marketing
11 2 (0.89%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.89%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 115 (51.34%) Software Engineer
2 89 (39.73%) Embedded Engineer
3 68 (30.36%) Senior
4 57 (25.45%) Senior Software Engineer
5 46 (20.54%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 31 (13.84%) C Software Engineer
7 25 (11.16%) Firmware Engineer
8 24 (10.71%) Graduate
9 23 (10.27%) Developer
9 23 (10.27%) Junior
9 23 (10.27%) Junior Embedded Engineer
10 21 (9.38%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 21 (9.38%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 18 (8.04%) C++ Software Engineer
11 18 (8.04%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
11 18 (8.04%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 17 (7.59%) C/C++ Software Engineer
12 17 (7.59%) Senior C Software Engineer
13 16 (7.14%) Electronics Engineer
14 15 (6.70%) Software Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.25%) Yocto
2 11 (4.91%) HTML
3 9 (4.02%) CSS
4 8 (3.57%) .NET
4 8 (3.57%) AngularJS
5 7 (3.13%) Web Services
6 6 (2.68%) Node.js
6 6 (2.68%) Serverless Framework
6 6 (2.68%) Vue
7 5 (2.23%) XML
8 4 (1.79%) LDAP
8 4 (1.79%) REST
8 4 (1.79%) SOAP
9 3 (1.34%) JSON
9 3 (1.34%) OpenID
9 3 (1.34%) RESTful
10 2 (0.89%) DPDK
10 2 (0.89%) HTML5
10 2 (0.89%) MFC
11 1 (0.45%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.14%) Device Driver
2 14 (6.25%) Algorithms
3 8 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.68%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (2.23%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.23%) Distributed Computing
6 4 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.34%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.89%) FPGA
9 1 (0.45%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.45%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 1 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.45%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.45%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 54 (24.11%) Linux
2 15 (6.70%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (1.79%) AIX
4 3 (1.34%) Windows
5 1 (0.45%) Android
5 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.45%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.45%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (81.25%) Software Engineering
2 86 (38.39%) Computer Science
3 45 (20.09%) Mathematics
4 39 (17.41%) Physics
5 38 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (7.14%) Agile
7 15 (6.70%) Analytical Thinking
7 15 (6.70%) Decision-Making
7 15 (6.70%) Knowledge Transfer
8 14 (6.25%) OOD
9 13 (5.80%) Data Management
10 11 (4.91%) Mentoring
11 10 (4.46%) Project Management
12 9 (4.02%) Machine Learning
13 8 (3.57%) OO
14 7 (3.13%) Prototyping
14 7 (3.13%) Workflow
15 6 (2.68%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
15 6 (2.68%) User Experience
15 6 (2.68%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 100 (44.64%) Embedded C
2 88 (39.29%) C++
3 59 (26.34%) Python
4 46 (20.54%) Java
5 45 (20.09%) C#
6 18 (8.04%) Rust
7 8 (3.57%) Go
7 8 (3.57%) JavaScript
8 7 (3.13%) Haskell
9 6 (2.68%) Bash
9 6 (2.68%) PHP
10 5 (2.23%) MATLAB
11 4 (1.79%) VB
12 3 (1.34%) SQL
13 2 (0.89%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.45%) Assembly Language
14 1 (0.45%) Embedded C++
14 1 (0.45%) Perl
14 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 91 (40.63%) Degree
2 14 (6.25%) Master's Degree
3 12 (5.36%) PhD
4 8 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.45%) HND
5 1 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.45%) IEC 62304
1 1 (0.45%) QA
System Software
1 64 (28.57%) Firmware
2 32 (14.29%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.34%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (4.02%) Twitter
2 4 (1.79%) Oracle
3 3 (1.34%) Cadence
4 2 (0.89%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.89%) SAP
5 1 (0.45%) Red Hat