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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 93 163
Rank change year-on-year -11 +70 -49
Permanent jobs citing C 219 138 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 3.27% 3.00% 1.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.87% 7.03% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 203 114 58
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,938 £40,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +21.05%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £60,938
90th Percentile £67,000 £75,000 £65,750
UK median annual salary £55,571 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.09% +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 3,733 1,963 2,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 55.66% 42.74% 45.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,123 1,080 1,566
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +12.24%
75th Percentile £65,625 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £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 20 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 20 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 +54 80 £60,000 +9.09% 15
Glasgow -81 44 £42,500 -15.00% 12
Aberdeen +1 29 £52,500 +23.53% 2
Fife +9 17 £50,000 - 4
Dundee +3 17 £47,500 -5.00% 3
West Lothian -10 14 £60,000 - 1
Lanarkshire -5 2 - - 2
Inverclyde - 1 £50,000 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £32,500 - 3
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 (1.83%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (2.74%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 7 (3.20%) AWS
2 6 (2.74%) Serverless
3 5 (2.28%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (0.91%) Azure
4 2 (0.91%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 65 (29.68%) Wireless
2 19 (8.68%) Ethernet
2 19 (8.68%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (8.22%) Network Security
4 13 (5.94%) RS-232
5 6 (2.74%) Bluetooth
6 3 (1.37%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.91%) Modbus
7 2 (0.91%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.46%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.57%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.74%) MySQL
3 5 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.83%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.91%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.91%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (9.13%) LabVIEW
2 8 (3.65%) Git
3 3 (1.37%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.37%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.37%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.46%) MSTest
4 1 (0.46%) Subversion
4 1 (0.46%) TestComplete
General
1 80 (36.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 71 (32.42%) Social Skills
3 41 (18.72%) Manufacturing
4 23 (10.50%) Electronics
5 19 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (6.85%) Legal
7 10 (4.57%) Aerospace
8 7 (3.20%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.28%) Automotive
9 5 (2.28%) Finance
9 5 (2.28%) Law
9 5 (2.28%) Retail
10 3 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.91%) Aviation
11 2 (0.91%) Marketing
11 2 (0.91%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.91%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 112 (51.14%) Software Engineer
2 86 (39.27%) Embedded Engineer
3 66 (30.14%) Senior
4 56 (25.57%) Senior Software Engineer
5 43 (19.63%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 31 (14.16%) C Software Engineer
7 24 (10.96%) Graduate
8 23 (10.50%) Firmware Engineer
8 23 (10.50%) Junior
8 23 (10.50%) Junior Embedded Engineer
9 22 (10.05%) Developer
10 20 (9.13%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 20 (9.13%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 18 (8.22%) C++ Software Engineer
11 18 (8.22%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 17 (7.76%) C/C++ Software Engineer
12 17 (7.76%) Senior C Software Engineer
13 16 (7.31%) Electronics Engineer
13 16 (7.31%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
14 15 (6.85%) Software Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.94%) Yocto
2 10 (4.57%) HTML
3 8 (3.65%) AngularJS
3 8 (3.65%) CSS
4 7 (3.20%) .NET
4 7 (3.20%) Web Services
5 6 (2.74%) Node.js
5 6 (2.74%) Serverless Framework
5 6 (2.74%) Vue
6 5 (2.28%) XML
7 4 (1.83%) LDAP
7 4 (1.83%) REST
7 4 (1.83%) SOAP
8 3 (1.37%) JSON
8 3 (1.37%) OpenID
8 3 (1.37%) RESTful
9 2 (0.91%) DPDK
9 2 (0.91%) HTML5
9 2 (0.91%) MFC
10 1 (0.46%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.85%) Device Driver
2 14 (6.39%) Algorithms
3 8 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.74%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (2.28%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.28%) Distributed Computing
6 4 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.37%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.91%) FPGA
9 1 (0.46%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.46%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.46%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 1 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.46%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.46%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 52 (23.74%) Linux
2 14 (6.39%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (1.83%) AIX
4 3 (1.37%) Windows
5 1 (0.46%) Android
5 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.46%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.46%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (81.28%) Software Engineering
2 84 (38.36%) Computer Science
3 43 (19.63%) Mathematics
4 38 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (16.89%) Physics
6 16 (7.31%) Agile
7 15 (6.85%) Analytical Thinking
7 15 (6.85%) Decision-Making
7 15 (6.85%) Knowledge Transfer
8 13 (5.94%) Data Management
8 13 (5.94%) OOD
9 10 (4.57%) Mentoring
9 10 (4.57%) Project Management
10 9 (4.11%) Machine Learning
11 7 (3.20%) OO
11 7 (3.20%) Prototyping
11 7 (3.20%) Workflow
12 6 (2.74%) OOP
12 6 (2.74%) Stakeholder Management
12 6 (2.74%) UML
Programming Languages
1 97 (44.29%) Embedded C
2 86 (39.27%) C++
3 59 (26.94%) Python
4 45 (20.55%) Java
5 44 (20.09%) C#
6 18 (8.22%) Rust
7 8 (3.65%) Go
7 8 (3.65%) JavaScript
8 7 (3.20%) Haskell
9 6 (2.74%) Bash
9 6 (2.74%) PHP
10 5 (2.28%) MATLAB
11 4 (1.83%) VB
12 2 (0.91%) SQL
12 2 (0.91%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.46%) Assembly Language
13 1 (0.46%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.46%) Perl
13 1 (0.46%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.46%) R
Qualifications
1 89 (40.64%) Degree
2 14 (6.39%) Master's Degree
3 12 (5.48%) PhD
4 8 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.46%) HND
5 1 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.46%) IEC 62304
1 1 (0.46%) QA
System Software
1 62 (28.31%) Firmware
2 30 (13.70%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.37%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (4.11%) Twitter
2 4 (1.83%) Oracle
3 3 (1.37%) Cadence
4 2 (0.91%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.91%) SAP
5 1 (0.46%) Red Hat