C Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

C
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring C skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 36 20
Rank change year-on-year -1 -16 +16
Contract jobs citing C 3 6 26
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.84% 1.94% 5.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.75% 6.52% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 10
10th Percentile - £464 £506
25th Percentile £513 £484 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -4.44% +2.27%
75th Percentile £538 £572 £772
90th Percentile - £581 £820
East of England median daily rate £475 £481 £425
% change year-on-year -1.30% +13.24% -22.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £53.15 -
25th Percentile £41.25 £54.13 £35.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £58.50 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.35% +21.88% -16.52%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.13 £69.06
90th Percentile - £64.25 £80.88
East of England median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +7.69%

All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 80 92 91
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 22.28% 29.68% 20.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 60 47
10th Percentile £298 £329 £434
25th Percentile £400 £344 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £454 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.63% -13.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £541 £528 £581
90th Percentile £625 £589 £693
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 17
10th Percentile £32.75 £31.00 £31.37
25th Percentile £35.00 £39.69 £35.52
Median hourly rate £42.50 £48.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -22.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £44.75 £56.25 £77.50
90th Percentile £51.41 £61.25 -
East of England median hourly rate £68.00 £66.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.03% +1.54% -

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

C job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

C
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing C.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing C

C
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing C.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing C

C
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 29 January 2026. 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
Cambridge -4 1 - - 24
C
East of England

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) 3GPP
1 1 (33.33%) 5G
1 1 (33.33%) 5G NR
1 1 (33.33%) Bluetooth
1 1 (33.33%) HTTP
1 1 (33.33%) LTE
1 1 (33.33%) MQTT
1 1 (33.33%) SSL
1 1 (33.33%) UWB
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
1 1 (33.33%) ZigBee
General
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) PCB Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Acoustics
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (33.33%) IoT
1 1 (33.33%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Data Collection
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 1 (33.33%) Power Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) Schematic Capture
2 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded C
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded C++
3 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware