Embedded C Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Embedded C
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Embedded C skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 38 40
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 +11
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 1 3 10
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.28% 0.80% 2.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.90% 2.78% 9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £375 £560
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -33.04% +112.32%
75th Percentile £538 £388 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £525 £375 £425
% change year-on-year +40.00% -11.76% +60.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £52.50 £57.50
Median hourly rate - £55.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £67.25 £55.00 £90.00
% change year-on-year +22.27% -38.89% +56.52%

All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire

Embedded 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 111 108 106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 31.09% 28.65% 21.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 61 64
10th Percentile £253 £300 £413
25th Percentile £383 £344 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £560
90th Percentile £655 £588 £630
East of England median daily rate £501 £420 £493
% change year-on-year +19.17% -14.72% -6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 17
10th Percentile £30.33 £41.90 £22.26
25th Percentile £31.25 £46.25 £47.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £55.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £45.86 £64.00 £77.50
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £67.00
% change year-on-year - -2.99% +11.67%

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Embedded C job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Embedded C
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Embedded C
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Embedded 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 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G NR
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++