C Jobs in Scotland

C
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited C over the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 125 122
Rank change year-on-year +29 -3 +37
Permanent jobs citing C 100 66 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.91% 2.27% 2.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.18% 6.07% 5.07%
Number of salaries quoted 42 64 51
10th Percentile £46,050 £34,125 £43,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £58,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.51% -2.08% +21.21%
75th Percentile £67,188 £75,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%

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 1,222 1,087 2,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 23.40% 37.37% 47.45%
Number of salaries quoted 611 774 1,584
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.77% +13.00%
75th Percentile £65,625 £72,433 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £62,879 £65,000 £62,833
% change year-on-year -3.26% +3.45% +4.72%

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 29 October 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 29 October 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 +52 47 £62,500 -3.85% 25
Glasgow +22 13 £56,500 -29.38% 9
West Lothian -29 13 £65,000 +8.33% 2
Fife - 7 - -
Moray - 5 - -
East Ayrshire - 5 - -
South Ayrshire - 5 - -
Dundee -4 1 £60,000 -5.88%
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:

Applications
1 7 (7.00%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (2.00%) JDE EnterpriseOne
1 2 (2.00%) JDE World
2 1 (1.00%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.00%) AWS
2 8 (8.00%) Azure
3 4 (4.00%) GCP
3 4 (4.00%) GitHub
4 3 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.00%) Ethernet
2 8 (8.00%) RS-232
3 5 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (5.00%) Wireless
4 4 (4.00%) Network Security
4 4 (4.00%) RS-485
4 4 (4.00%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.00%) ZigBee
6 1 (1.00%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.00%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (5.00%) RDBMS
2 5 (5.00%) Relational Database
3 3 (3.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 8 (8.00%) Git
2 5 (5.00%) Jenkins
2 5 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 25 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 15 (15.00%) Electronics
2 15 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 13 (13.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (9.00%) Automotive
5 6 (6.00%) Legal
6 4 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (4.00%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.00%) Finance
8 2 (2.00%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.00%) French Language
9 1 (1.00%) Games
9 1 (1.00%) Marketing
9 1 (1.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (56.00%) Software Engineer
2 46 (46.00%) Senior
3 25 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
4 21 (21.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 19 (19.00%) Senior Software Engineer
6 11 (11.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 10 (10.00%) Lead
7 10 (10.00%) Lead Software Engineer
8 9 (9.00%) C++ Software Engineer
9 7 (7.00%) Architect
9 7 (7.00%) C Software Engineer
9 7 (7.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
9 7 (7.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 7 (7.00%) Software Architect
10 6 (6.00%) Senior C Software Engineer
10 6 (6.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 4 (4.00%) Senior Software Test Engineer
11 4 (4.00%) Senior Test Engineer
11 4 (4.00%) Software Test Engineer
11 4 (4.00%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.00%) AngularJS
1 4 (4.00%) Node.js
1 4 (4.00%) Qt
1 4 (4.00%) React
1 4 (4.00%) Yocto
2 1 (1.00%) DPDK
2 1 (1.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.00%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (5.00%) Algorithms
3 4 (4.00%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.00%) Device Driver
4 2 (2.00%) IoT
4 2 (2.00%) Life Science
4 2 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.00%) Arduino
5 1 (1.00%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (1.00%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.00%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 24 (24.00%) Linux
2 8 (8.00%) Windows
3 7 (7.00%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (5.00%) Unix
5 2 (2.00%) ThreadX
6 1 (1.00%) Android
6 1 (1.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (58.00%) Software Engineering
2 20 (20.00%) CAD
2 20 (20.00%) Experimental Design
3 14 (14.00%) Agile
4 12 (12.00%) DevOps
5 9 (9.00%) Computer Science
5 9 (9.00%) Test Automation
6 7 (7.00%) CI/CD
6 7 (7.00%) Mathematics
6 7 (7.00%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (7.00%) Software Testing
7 6 (6.00%) Scrum
7 6 (6.00%) Signal Processing
7 6 (6.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (6.00%) UML
8 4 (4.00%) Black-Box Testing
8 4 (4.00%) OOD
8 4 (4.00%) Open Source
8 4 (4.00%) Test Strategy
8 4 (4.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 50 (50.00%) C++
2 22 (22.00%) Python
3 16 (16.00%) Embedded C
4 12 (12.00%) Java
5 7 (7.00%) MATLAB
5 7 (7.00%) Rust
6 5 (5.00%) Embedded C++
6 5 (5.00%) JavaScript
6 5 (5.00%) Shell Script
7 4 (4.00%) Groovy
7 4 (4.00%) TypeScript
8 3 (3.00%) Fortran
9 2 (2.00%) C#
9 2 (2.00%) RPG
10 1 (1.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (11.00%) Degree
2 3 (3.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.00%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (1.00%) GDPR
2 1 (1.00%) IEC 62304
2 1 (1.00%) JTAG
System Software
1 9 (9.00%) Firmware
2 4 (4.00%) Docker
2 4 (4.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (3.00%) IBM
2 2 (2.00%) JD Edwards
2 2 (2.00%) QNX
3 1 (1.00%) ANSYS
3 1 (1.00%) SAP