Embedded C Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Embedded C
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Embedded C skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 86 76
Rank change year-on-year -6 -10 +44
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 10 2 37
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.65% 0.16% 2.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.52% 0.63% 7.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £334
25th Percentile £513 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +60.38%
75th Percentile £538 - £438
90th Percentile - - £560
England median daily rate £550 £400 £490
% change year-on-year +37.50% -18.37% +18.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 21
10th Percentile £67.10 - -
25th Percentile - £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £68.00 £55.00 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.64% -38.89% +56.52%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £68.00 £67.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +0.74% -3.57% +21.74%

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 397 318 504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 25.83% 24.75% 27.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 146 270
10th Percentile £313 £299 £300
25th Percentile £406 £327 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £420 £477
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -11.95% -9.14%
75th Percentile £616 £538 £575
90th Percentile £688 £588 £675
England median daily rate £513 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -5.53% -1.36% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 57 109
10th Percentile £41.25 £47.00 £53.75
25th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% +9.17%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £84.36
90th Percentile £75.00 £95.00 £90.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £61.84
% change year-on-year - +5.11% -1.06%

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Embedded C job vacancy trend in the East of England

Embedded C
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Embedded C
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Embedded 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 Embedded C within the East of England region over the 6 months to 26 November 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 -6 9 - - 6
Cambridgeshire -6 1 £525 - 8
Embedded C
England

Embedded 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (10.00%) 3GPP
2 1 (10.00%) 5G
2 1 (10.00%) 5G NR
2 1 (10.00%) LTE
2 1 (10.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (20.00%) Git
2 2 (20.00%) JIRA
2 2 (20.00%) PVCS
General
1 2 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (10.00%) Law
2 1 (10.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 9 (90.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 9 (90.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 8 (80.00%) C Software Engineer
3 8 (80.00%) Embedded C Engineer
3 8 (80.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
4 3 (30.00%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (30.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (30.00%) C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (30.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
4 3 (30.00%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (30.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 3 (30.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Wireless Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) PCIe
2 1 (10.00%) IoT
2 1 (10.00%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (30.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (30.00%) SysML
2 3 (30.00%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (30.00%) UML
3 2 (20.00%) Code Coverage
3 2 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Workflow
4 1 (10.00%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) C
2 4 (40.00%) C++
2 4 (40.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) ANSYS
1 2 (20.00%) IBM
1 2 (20.00%) VMware