C Contracts with Work from Home Options

C
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited C 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 183 219 331
Rank change year-on-year +36 +112 -22
Contract jobs citing C 169 261 319
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.15% 1.09% 0.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.33% 3.00% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 130 197
10th Percentile £400 £375 £400
25th Percentile £475 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% +41.98%
75th Percentile £569 £693 £650
90th Percentile £625 £810 £721
UK median daily rate £535 £560 £575
% change year-on-year -4.46% -2.61% +27.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 54 23
10th Percentile £37.50 £19.44 £44.50
25th Percentile £46.25 £43.67 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £85.00 £63.75 £55.13
90th Percentile £90.00 £90.00 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £58.50 £56.00
% change year-on-year +11.11% +4.46% +17.89%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

C falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,080 8,696 16,767
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.43% 36.42% 38.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,656 6,423 12,512
10th Percentile £356 £381 £381
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £672 £638
90th Percentile £800 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 187 184
10th Percentile £29.38 £26.96 £20.25
25th Percentile £44.88 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £62.69
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.25
% change year-on-year - +19.62% +16.76%

C
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

C trend for jobs with a WFH option

C
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C.

C daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

C
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

C daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C.

C hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

C
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

C hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (3.55%) Confluence
2 1 (0.59%) Apache
2 1 (0.59%) nginx
2 1 (0.59%) Oracle HTTP Server
2 1 (0.59%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (10.65%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (2.37%) Academy Housing
1 4 (2.37%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 2 (1.18%) Endur
2 2 (1.18%) OpenLink RightAngle
2 2 (1.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.59%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 29 (17.16%) AWS
2 11 (6.51%) Azure
3 4 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (2.37%) Power Automate
3 4 (2.37%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.37%) PowerApps
4 3 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (1.78%) Datadog
4 3 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (1.78%) GitHub
4 3 (1.78%) SaaS
5 2 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
5 2 (1.18%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (0.59%) Amazon ELB
6 1 (0.59%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (0.59%) Azure Batch
6 1 (0.59%) GCP
6 1 (0.59%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.73%) Diameter Protocol
2 6 (3.55%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.96%) 802.11
3 5 (2.96%) J1939
3 5 (2.96%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.37%) Wireless
5 2 (1.18%) Firewall
5 2 (1.18%) HTTP
6 1 (0.59%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.59%) DHCP
6 1 (0.59%) DNS
6 1 (0.59%) Internet
6 1 (0.59%) IPv4
6 1 (0.59%) Modbus
6 1 (0.59%) Network Security
6 1 (0.59%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.59%) RS-232
6 1 (0.59%) RTSP
6 1 (0.59%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.59%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.73%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.78%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (1.78%) DB2
4 2 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.18%) MySQL
4 2 (1.18%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.59%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.59%) CouchDB
5 1 (0.59%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.59%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.59%) Ingres
5 1 (0.59%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.59%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.59%) Redis
5 1 (0.59%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 31 (18.34%) PVCS
1 31 (18.34%) Visual Studio
2 13 (7.69%) Git
3 11 (6.51%) JIRA
4 6 (3.55%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.55%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (2.37%) Bitbucket
5 4 (2.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (2.37%) Subversion
6 2 (1.18%) JMeter
7 1 (0.59%) CMake
7 1 (0.59%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.59%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.59%) Maven
7 1 (0.59%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.59%) Selenium
7 1 (0.59%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.59%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.59%) TestNG
7 1 (0.59%) WebDriver
General
1 16 (9.47%) Telecoms
2 15 (8.88%) Automotive
3 14 (8.28%) Electronics
3 14 (8.28%) Public Sector
3 14 (8.28%) Social Skills
4 7 (4.14%) Finance
5 4 (2.37%) Aerospace
5 4 (2.37%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (2.37%) Local Government
6 3 (1.78%) Banking
7 1 (0.59%) Billing
7 1 (0.59%) Law
7 1 (0.59%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 50 (29.59%) Software Engineer
2 31 (18.34%) Programmer
3 30 (17.75%) C Programmer
4 29 (17.16%) Embedded Engineer
4 29 (17.16%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 18 (10.65%) FPGA Engineer
6 17 (10.06%) Developer
7 16 (9.47%) Design Engineer
7 16 (9.47%) FPGA Design Engineer
8 15 (8.88%) C Software Engineer
9 11 (6.51%) Architect
9 11 (6.51%) Senior
10 10 (5.92%) C++ Software Engineer
11 9 (5.33%) Embedded C Engineer
11 9 (5.33%) Embedded C Software Engineer
12 8 (4.73%) DevOps Engineer
13 7 (4.14%) Analyst
14 5 (2.96%) C Developer
14 5 (2.96%) C/C++ Software Engineer
14 5 (2.96%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.28%) Spring Boot
2 13 (7.69%) .NET
3 9 (5.33%) J2EE
4 8 (4.73%) React
4 8 (4.73%) REST
5 7 (4.14%) RESTful
5 7 (4.14%) XML
6 6 (3.55%) HTML
7 5 (2.96%) 802.1X
7 5 (2.96%) Node.js
7 5 (2.96%) Spring
8 3 (1.78%) Flash
8 3 (1.78%) iOS SDK
8 3 (1.78%) JSON
8 3 (1.78%) Middleware
8 3 (1.78%) Yocto
9 2 (1.18%) CSS
9 2 (1.18%) DirectX
9 2 (1.18%) JSP
9 2 (1.18%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.02%) Verilog
2 21 (12.43%) VHDL
3 18 (10.65%) FPGA
4 6 (3.55%) Device Driver
5 5 (2.96%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.96%) CAN bus
5 5 (2.96%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.37%) Housing Association
6 4 (2.37%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.78%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.78%) iPad
7 3 (1.78%) iPhone
7 3 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.78%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.78%) NB-IoT
7 3 (1.78%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.18%) 3D Graphics
8 2 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.18%) STB
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.83%) Linux
2 8 (4.73%) Windows
3 6 (3.55%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.78%) Android
4 3 (1.78%) ThreadX
4 3 (1.78%) Unix
5 2 (1.18%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.59%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.59%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (36.09%) Software Engineering
2 25 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (11.83%) DevOps
3 20 (11.83%) Signal Processing
4 19 (11.24%) Agile
4 19 (11.24%) UVM
5 18 (10.65%) FPGA Design
6 12 (7.10%) Test Automation
7 11 (6.51%) Configuration Management
8 10 (5.92%) Computer Science
8 10 (5.92%) Validation
9 8 (4.73%) Multithreading
10 7 (4.14%) Test Scripting
11 6 (3.55%) API Design
11 6 (3.55%) Software Architecture
11 6 (3.55%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (3.55%) Verification and Validation
12 5 (2.96%) CI/CD
12 5 (2.96%) Microservices
12 5 (2.96%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 69 (40.83%) C++
2 32 (18.93%) PL/SQL
3 31 (18.34%) Python
4 28 (16.57%) Java
5 25 (14.79%) Embedded C
6 19 (11.24%) SystemVerilog
7 18 (10.65%) SQL
8 10 (5.92%) Bash
8 10 (5.92%) Perl
9 9 (5.33%) C#
9 9 (5.33%) JavaScript
10 8 (4.73%) PowerShell
11 7 (4.14%) Shell Script
12 6 (3.55%) Tcl
13 4 (2.37%) Assembly Language
13 4 (2.37%) Embedded C++
13 4 (2.37%) MATLAB
13 4 (2.37%) Ruby
13 4 (2.37%) TypeScript
14 3 (1.78%) Swift
Qualifications
1 51 (30.18%) Security Cleared
2 37 (21.89%) SC Cleared
3 29 (17.16%) Degree
4 12 (7.10%) DV Cleared
5 7 (4.14%) Master's Degree
5 7 (4.14%) PhD
6 4 (2.37%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.59%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.96%) AUTOSAR
2 4 (2.37%) JTAG
3 1 (0.59%) ISO 20022
3 1 (0.59%) NIST
3 1 (0.59%) QA
System Software
1 16 (9.47%) Docker
2 10 (5.92%) Firmware
3 4 (2.37%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (2.37%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (2.37%) VMware NSX
3 4 (2.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (12.43%) Terraform
2 14 (8.28%) Ansible
3 11 (6.51%) Kubernetes
4 5 (2.96%) Functional Safety
5 4 (2.37%) Progress Chef
5 4 (2.37%) Puppet
6 3 (1.78%) Nagios
7 2 (1.18%) Kibana
8 1 (0.59%) Consul
8 1 (0.59%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.59%) Grafana
8 1 (0.59%) logstash
8 1 (0.59%) Oracle Flashback
8 1 (0.59%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.59%) Packer
8 1 (0.59%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 18 (10.65%) Intel
1 18 (10.65%) Microsemi
1 18 (10.65%) Xilinx
2 10 (5.92%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.14%) Oracle
4 5 (2.96%) Splunk
5 4 (2.37%) Atlassian
5 4 (2.37%) Capita
5 4 (2.37%) SAP
6 3 (1.78%) New Relic
6 3 (1.78%) Renesas
7 2 (1.18%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.18%) OpenLink
7 2 (1.18%) Triple Point
7 2 (1.18%) webMethods
8 1 (0.59%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.59%) Google
8 1 (0.59%) Micro Focus
8 1 (0.59%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.59%) Thales