Embedded C Contracts in Scotland

Embedded C
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Embedded C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded C over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 166 -
Rank change year-on-year +46 - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 6 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.28% 0.072% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.94% 0.21% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £505 £474 £410
% change year-on-year +6.60% +15.55% +9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - £41.35 -
25th Percentile £60.25 £44.88 -
Median hourly rate £60.50 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.24% - -
75th Percentile £60.75 £60.88 -
90th Percentile - £64.85 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -3.45% +31.82% +22.22%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

Embedded C is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 641 958 953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 29.39% 34.65% 27.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 698 651
10th Percentile £363 £406 £363
25th Percentile £414 £438 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.84% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £560 £550
90th Percentile £650 £666 £638
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 21
10th Percentile £29.60 £48.43 £17.50
25th Percentile £41.31 £51.25 £37.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £59.03 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +25.60% +8.05%
75th Percentile £60.75 £67.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £62.50 £69.75 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £60.63 £50.00
% change year-on-year +2.27% +21.25% +14.94%

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Embedded C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded C in Scotland

Embedded C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded C in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Embedded C in Scotland

Embedded C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded C in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded C in Scotland

Embedded C
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded C within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 8 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +39 4 - - 3
Embedded C
UK

Embedded 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (33.33%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) CMake
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) YAML
1 2 (33.33%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Device Driver
1 4 (66.67%) IoT
1 4 (66.67%) PCIe
1 4 (66.67%) Verilog
1 4 (66.67%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (66.67%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Code Optimisation
2 4 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Deployment
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (66.67%) Defect Tracking
2 4 (66.67%) Device Driver Development
2 4 (66.67%) Memory Management
2 4 (66.67%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) MISRA
1 4 (66.67%) MISRA C
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Firmware
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Atlassian
1 4 (66.67%) Intel