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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 93 163
Rank change year-on-year -11 +70 -44
Permanent jobs citing C 223 133 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 3.26% 3.06% 1.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.06% 7.46% 3.51%
Number of salaries quoted 204 112 57
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,313 £38,750
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 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £63,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +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 3,678 1,784 2,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 53.79% 41.00% 45.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,144 1,012 1,581
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,810 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.86% +5.11% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,450 £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 1 June 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 1 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
Edinburgh +47 83 £60,000 +9.09% 23
Glasgow -81 46 £42,500 -15.00% 8
Aberdeen +3 29 £52,500 +23.53% 3
Fife +6 16 £50,000 -
Dundee +2 16 £47,500 -5.00% 4
West Lothian -8 15 £60,000 -5.88% 2
Lanarkshire -8 2 - - 3
Inverclyde - 1 £50,000 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £32,500 - 2
Aberdeenshire - 1 £35,000 - 1
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 8 (3.59%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 7 (3.14%) AWS
2 6 (2.69%) Serverless
3 5 (2.24%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (0.90%) Azure
4 2 (0.90%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 67 (30.04%) Wireless
2 21 (9.42%) Wi-Fi
3 19 (8.52%) Ethernet
4 18 (8.07%) Network Security
5 14 (6.28%) RS-232
6 7 (3.14%) Bluetooth
7 3 (1.35%) Kerberos
7 3 (1.35%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.90%) Modbus
8 2 (0.90%) ZigBee
9 1 (0.45%) RS-485
9 1 (0.45%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.48%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.69%) MySQL
3 5 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.79%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.90%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.90%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (8.97%) LabVIEW
2 8 (3.59%) Git
3 3 (1.35%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.35%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.35%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.45%) JIRA
4 1 (0.45%) MSTest
4 1 (0.45%) Subversion
4 1 (0.45%) TestComplete
General
1 81 (36.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 71 (31.84%) Social Skills
3 41 (18.39%) Manufacturing
4 25 (11.21%) Electronics
5 19 (8.52%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (7.17%) Legal
7 10 (4.48%) Aerospace
8 7 (3.14%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.69%) Automotive
10 4 (1.79%) Finance
10 4 (1.79%) Law
10 4 (1.79%) Retail
11 3 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.90%) Aviation
12 2 (0.90%) Marketing
12 2 (0.90%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.90%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 116 (52.02%) Software Engineer
2 89 (39.91%) Embedded Engineer
3 67 (30.04%) Senior
4 57 (25.56%) Senior Software Engineer
5 46 (20.63%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 31 (13.90%) C Software Engineer
7 24 (10.76%) Graduate
8 23 (10.31%) Firmware Engineer
8 23 (10.31%) Junior
8 23 (10.31%) Junior Embedded Engineer
9 21 (9.42%) Developer
9 21 (9.42%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 21 (9.42%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 18 (8.07%) C++ Software Engineer
10 18 (8.07%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 17 (7.62%) C/C++ Software Engineer
11 17 (7.62%) Senior C Software Engineer
12 16 (7.17%) Electronics Engineer
12 16 (7.17%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
13 15 (6.73%) Software Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.83%) Yocto
2 10 (4.48%) HTML
3 8 (3.59%) AngularJS
3 8 (3.59%) CSS
4 7 (3.14%) .NET
4 7 (3.14%) Web Services
5 6 (2.69%) Node.js
5 6 (2.69%) Serverless Framework
5 6 (2.69%) Vue
6 5 (2.24%) XML
7 4 (1.79%) LDAP
7 4 (1.79%) REST
7 4 (1.79%) SOAP
8 3 (1.35%) JSON
8 3 (1.35%) OpenID
8 3 (1.35%) RESTful
9 2 (0.90%) DPDK
9 2 (0.90%) HTML5
9 2 (0.90%) MFC
10 1 (0.45%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.73%) Device Driver
2 13 (5.83%) Algorithms
3 8 (3.59%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.14%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (2.24%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.24%) Distributed Computing
6 4 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.35%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.90%) FPGA
9 1 (0.45%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 1 (0.45%) IoT
9 1 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.45%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.45%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 52 (23.32%) Linux
2 14 (6.28%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (1.79%) AIX
3 4 (1.79%) Windows
4 1 (0.45%) Android
4 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.45%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.45%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (82.06%) Software Engineering
2 84 (37.67%) Computer Science
3 42 (18.83%) Mathematics
4 38 (17.04%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (16.59%) Physics
6 15 (6.73%) Analytical Thinking
6 15 (6.73%) Decision-Making
6 15 (6.73%) Knowledge Transfer
7 14 (6.28%) Agile
8 13 (5.83%) Data Management
8 13 (5.83%) OOD
9 10 (4.48%) Mentoring
9 10 (4.48%) Project Management
10 8 (3.59%) Machine Learning
11 7 (3.14%) OO
11 7 (3.14%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (3.14%) UML
11 7 (3.14%) Workflow
12 6 (2.69%) OOP
12 6 (2.69%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 101 (45.29%) Embedded C
2 88 (39.46%) C++
3 61 (27.35%) Python
4 44 (19.73%) C#
4 44 (19.73%) Java
5 17 (7.62%) Rust
6 8 (3.59%) Go
6 8 (3.59%) JavaScript
7 7 (3.14%) MATLAB
8 6 (2.69%) Bash
8 6 (2.69%) Haskell
8 6 (2.69%) PHP
9 4 (1.79%) VB
10 3 (1.35%) Embedded C++
10 3 (1.35%) SQL
11 2 (0.90%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.45%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.45%) Perl
12 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 89 (39.91%) Degree
2 13 (5.83%) Master's Degree
3 11 (4.93%) PhD
4 8 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.45%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.45%) IEC 62304
1 1 (0.45%) QA
System Software
1 65 (29.15%) Firmware
2 31 (13.90%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.35%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (4.04%) Twitter
2 4 (1.79%) Oracle
3 3 (1.35%) Cadence
4 2 (0.90%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.90%) SAP