Embedded C Contracts with Work from Home Options

Embedded C
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 312 444 614
Rank change year-on-year +132 +170 -158
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 25 23 11
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.090% 0.025%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.49% 0.24% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% +12.68%
UK median daily rate £505 £474 £410
% change year-on-year +6.60% +15.55% +9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 10 9
10th Percentile - £45.53 £46.50
25th Percentile £46.25 £47.19 £52.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £90.00 £90.00 -
90th Percentile - - £55.50
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% +22.22%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,078 9,546 16,961
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.52% 37.33% 38.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,680 6,981 12,592
10th Percentile £350 £388 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 207 190
10th Percentile £26.50 £33.30 £20.70
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £49.63
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.94% +10.28%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £88.38 £77.60 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £60.55 £50.00
% change year-on-year +1.73% +21.10% +14.29%

Embedded C
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Embedded C trend for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded 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 Embedded C.

Embedded C daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded 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 Embedded C.

Embedded C hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded C
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Embedded C over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Embedded C hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) J1939
2 1 (4.00%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 10 (40.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (4.00%) CMake
2 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 14 (56.00%) Automotive
1 14 (56.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 24 (96.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 24 (96.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 24 (96.00%) Software Engineer
2 10 (40.00%) C Software Engineer
2 10 (40.00%) Embedded C Engineer
2 10 (40.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) YAML
1 1 (4.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 10 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (40.00%) Test Automation
2 10 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 10 (40.00%) Validation
2 10 (40.00%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (4.00%) Agile
3 1 (4.00%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 25 (100.00%) C
2 8 (32.00%) C++
2 8 (32.00%) Embedded C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) AUTOSAR
Systems Management
1 5 (20.00%) Functional Safety