C Contract Job Trends in the East of England

C
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring C skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 34 15
Rank change year-on-year -8 -19 +49
Contract jobs citing C 68 53 147
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 4.26% 4.67% 8.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.75% 19.20% 32.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 33
10th Percentile £413 - £300
25th Percentile £431 £450 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £538 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +26.47% -17.07%
75th Percentile £513 £584 £538
90th Percentile £528 £588 £558
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 21 81
10th Percentile £41.25 £61.25 -
25th Percentile £56.94 £65.00 £65.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £80.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% +14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £95.00 £88.75
90th Percentile £76.25 - £90.00
England median hourly rate £67.50 £67.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year - +3.85% +11.11%

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 383 276 453
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 23.97% 24.30% 26.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 135 237
10th Percentile £324 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £620 £547 £560
90th Percentile £685 £600 £675
England median daily rate £513 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -5.09% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 42 101
10th Percentile £41.25 £48.00 -
25th Percentile £61.75 £61.50 £65.00
Median hourly rate £66.50 £66.00 £69.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.76% -4.35% +6.15%
75th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £84.36
90th Percentile £75.00 £95.00 £90.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +3.17% +0.80% -3.10%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

C job vacancy trend in the East of England

C
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing C.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing C

C
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing C.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing C

C
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in the East of England over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for C in the East of England

C
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the East of England region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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
Hertfordshire -8 47 - - 44
Cambridgeshire -3 17 £463 -13.95% 28
Bedfordshire - 2 - - 3
Norfolk - 2 £475 -
C
England

C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (22.06%) WebLogic
1 15 (22.06%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (14.71%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.35%) SpaceWire
2 4 (5.88%) Ethernet
2 4 (5.88%) RS-232
3 1 (1.47%) 3GPP
3 1 (1.47%) 5G
3 1 (1.47%) 5G NR
3 1 (1.47%) Bluetooth
3 1 (1.47%) HTTP
3 1 (1.47%) LTE
3 1 (1.47%) MQTT
3 1 (1.47%) SSL
3 1 (1.47%) UWB
3 1 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.47%) Wireless
3 1 (1.47%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 12 (17.65%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (10.29%) Git
3 6 (8.82%) JIRA
3 6 (8.82%) PVCS
4 1 (1.47%) Polyspace
General
1 17 (25.00%) Electronics
2 10 (14.71%) Law
3 5 (7.35%) Aerospace
4 4 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.41%) Social Skills
6 2 (2.94%) Military
7 1 (1.47%) Automotive
7 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (44.12%) Software Engineer
2 18 (26.47%) Embedded Engineer
2 18 (26.47%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 14 (20.59%) Consultant
4 12 (17.65%) C Software Engineer
4 12 (17.65%) Embedded C Engineer
4 12 (17.65%) Embedded C Software Engineer
5 10 (14.71%) Design Engineer
6 8 (11.76%) Digital Design Engineer
7 6 (8.82%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
7 6 (8.82%) C/C++ Software Engineer
7 6 (8.82%) C++ Software Engineer
7 6 (8.82%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
7 6 (8.82%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
7 6 (8.82%) Embedded C++ Engineer
7 6 (8.82%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
8 4 (5.88%) FPGA Engineer
9 2 (2.94%) FPGA Design Engineer
9 2 (2.94%) Lead
10 1 (1.47%) Research Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (22.06%) .NET
1 15 (22.06%) HTML
1 15 (22.06%) Middleware
1 15 (22.06%) Node.js
2 10 (14.71%) Flash
3 1 (1.47%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.59%) FPGA
1 14 (20.59%) VHDL
2 6 (8.82%) Analogue Electronics
3 5 (7.35%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (5.88%) CAN bus
4 4 (5.88%) PCIe
5 3 (4.41%) CUDA
5 3 (4.41%) Verilog
6 1 (1.47%) Acoustics
6 1 (1.47%) IoT
6 1 (1.47%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.76%) Linux
2 5 (7.35%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (5.88%) Windows
4 1 (1.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (48.53%) Software Engineering
2 17 (25.00%) Signal Processing
3 15 (22.06%) Requirements Gathering
4 8 (11.76%) AI
4 8 (11.76%) Sensor Fusion
5 7 (10.29%) Unit Testing
5 7 (10.29%) Validation
6 6 (8.82%) Code Coverage
6 6 (8.82%) Requirements Analysis
6 6 (8.82%) Workflow
7 5 (7.35%) Customer Requirements
7 5 (7.35%) Software Testing
7 5 (7.35%) Technical Leadership
8 4 (5.88%) CI/CD
8 4 (5.88%) Digital Signal Processing
8 4 (5.88%) FPGA Design
8 4 (5.88%) Multithreading
8 4 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (5.88%) SysML
8 4 (5.88%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 49 (72.06%) C++
2 21 (30.88%) Java
3 19 (27.94%) Python
4 15 (22.06%) PHP
5 14 (20.59%) Embedded C
6 7 (10.29%) Embedded C++
6 7 (10.29%) MATLAB
7 5 (7.35%) Bash
7 5 (7.35%) Tcl
7 5 (7.35%) VBA
8 4 (5.88%) SystemVerilog
9 1 (1.47%) Go
9 1 (1.47%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (22.06%) Security Cleared
2 14 (20.59%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.35%) Degree
4 1 (1.47%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.47%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.41%) QA
2 1 (1.47%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (1.47%) ISO 26262
2 1 (1.47%) MISRA
2 1 (1.47%) MISRA C
System Software
1 9 (13.24%) Firmware
2 6 (8.82%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.47%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.47%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 15 (22.06%) Dynatrace
2 6 (8.82%) ANSYS
2 6 (8.82%) IBM
2 6 (8.82%) VMware
3 4 (5.88%) Intel
3 4 (5.88%) Microsemi
3 4 (5.88%) Xilinx
4 1 (1.47%) QNX