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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 883 862 1201
Rank change year-on-year -21 +339 -266
Permanent jobs citing GCC 21 57 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.062% 0.036%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.22% 0.44% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 14 19 24
10th Percentile £48,625 £65,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £100,000 £44,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £135,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -54.81% +96.36% +37.50%
75th Percentile £81,313 £170,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £180,000 £140,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,500 £100,000 £47,250
% change year-on-year -39.50% +111.64% -9.13%

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 9,534 12,866 40,570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.68% 13.91% 23.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6,498 8,121 16,018
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £75,772 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

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
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCC over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for GCC in the UK

GCC
Top 12 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 12 June 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
UK excluding London -54 19 £60,500 -39.50% 7
England +14 18 £61,000 -64.12% 11
Work from Home +28 8 £57,500 +4.55% 4
East of England -4 7 £60,000 -40.00% 2
North of England +11 4 £61,000 -9.63% 1
North West -22 4 £61,000 -9.63% 1
Northern Ireland +20 3 £57,500 -
London +71 2 £93,000 -45.29% 4
West Midlands -10 2 £55,000 -
South East -26 2 £75,000 -
Midlands -38 2 £55,000 -
South West -40 1 £77,500 - 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:

Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (14.29%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.76%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) Azure
1 5 (23.81%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) 4G
1 4 (19.05%) 5G
2 1 (4.76%) Internet
2 1 (4.76%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 6 (28.57%) GDB
2 5 (23.81%) CMake
3 3 (14.29%) Git
4 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) C++ Software Engineer
1 5 (23.81%) Developer
1 5 (23.81%) Software Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Software Developer
3 3 (14.29%) C++ Developer
3 3 (14.29%) GUI Software Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Support Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Technical Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Technical Support
3 3 (14.29%) Technical Support Manager
4 2 (9.52%) C# Developer
4 2 (9.52%) C# Software Developer
4 2 (9.52%) C++ Software Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Embedded Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Firmware Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Firmware Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 5 (23.81%) LLVM
2 4 (19.05%) OpenGL
3 2 (9.52%) Qt
4 1 (4.76%) Middleware
4 1 (4.76%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Algorithms
1 4 (19.05%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.76%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (4.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (4.76%) FPGA
2 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (57.14%) Linux
2 6 (28.57%) Windows
3 4 (19.05%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 7 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 5 (23.81%) DevOps
3 4 (19.05%) Agile
4 3 (14.29%) Coaching
4 3 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 3 (14.29%) Escalation Management
4 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 3 (14.29%) Network Management
4 3 (14.29%) People Management
4 3 (14.29%) Performance Management
4 3 (14.29%) Presales
5 2 (9.52%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (9.52%) Embedded Software Development
5 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (9.52%) Scrum
5 2 (9.52%) SDLC
5 2 (9.52%) Web Development
6 1 (4.76%) Multithreading
6 1 (4.76%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (52.38%) C++
2 5 (23.81%) Python
3 4 (19.05%) C
4 2 (9.52%) C#
4 2 (9.52%) JavaScript
4 2 (9.52%) Lua
5 1 (4.76%) Assembly Language
5 1 (4.76%) Bash
5 1 (4.76%) MATLAB
5 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (57.14%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (14.29%) Firmware
2 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (23.81%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Ciena
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft