Embedded C
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 22 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 505 | 621 | 816 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +116 | +195 | -164 |
| Contract jobs citing Embedded C | 73 | 61 | 34 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.17% | 0.11% | 0.039% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.57% | 0.31% | 0.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 13 | 23 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £250 | £308 | £402 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £381 | £404 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £460 | £410 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.78% | +12.20% | +9.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £560 | £424 |
| 90th Percentile | £747 | - | £440 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £513 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.32% | +20.59% | -15.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 52 | 23 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £46.25 | £46.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.63 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £72.50 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.45% | +31.82% | +22.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.50 | £83.50 | £58.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £90.00 | £90.00 | £58.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £71.00 | £57.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.41% | +24.56% | +26.67% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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 with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,749 | 19,557 | 31,642 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.05% | 34.54% | 36.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,087 | 14,087 | 23,080 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.64% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £676 | £656 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +16.28% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 497 | 445 | 502 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.18 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.35 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +24.13% | +17.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.30 | £78.00 | £71.58 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +24.05% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Embedded C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded C.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded C over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded C.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded C over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.
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Top 13 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +71 | 69 | £550 | +7.32% | 116 |
| England | +120 | 67 | £505 | +9.78% | 110 |
| Work from Home | +120 | 23 | - | - | 42 |
| South West | +31 | 19 | - | - | 23 |
| South East | +14 | 18 | £550 | +22.22% | 27 |
| East of England | 0 | 17 | £550 | -1.79% | 18 |
| North of England | +39 | 7 | - | - | 12 |
| Scotland | +44 | 6 | - | - | 9 |
| North East | - | 6 | - | - | |
| London | +87 | 4 | £250 | -38.91% | 4 |
| Midlands | +25 | 2 | £505 | +12.22% | 23 |
| East Midlands | +8 | 2 | £505 | +12.22% | 10 |
| North West | +20 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
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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: