Embedded C Contracts in England

Embedded C
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Embedded C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded C over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 474 475 596
Rank change year-on-year +1 +121 +147
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 11 67 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.045% 0.18% 0.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.13% 0.61% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 21
10th Percentile £410 £250 £313
25th Percentile £429 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £503 £460
Median % change year-on-year -6.47% +9.24% +12.20%
75th Percentile £497 £575 £560
90th Percentile £519 £733 -
UK median daily rate £470 £503 £460
% change year-on-year -6.47% +9.24% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 48 20
10th Percentile - - £45.88
25th Percentile - £46.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £90.00 £70.00 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% +1.82% +25.00%
75th Percentile - £80.00 £77.00
90th Percentile - £90.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £71.25 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.79% +7.69% +18.18%

All Programming Languages
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 8,221 10,920 17,806
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.76% 29.36% 35.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,687 7,931 13,003
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £565
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -4.42% +2.73%
75th Percentile £650 £652 £688
90th Percentile £788 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 441 430
10th Percentile £25.25 £35.52 £26.24
25th Percentile £37.65 £48.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £62.75 £62.50 £61.84
Median % change year-on-year +0.40% +1.07% +23.68%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £60.50 £60.70
% change year-on-year +3.31% -0.33% +21.40%

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Embedded C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded C in England

Embedded C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded C in England.

Daily rate trend for Embedded C in England

Embedded C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded C in England.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded C in England

Embedded C
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South East +34 7 £470 -10.48% 42
London +35 1 - - 6
South West +30 1 - - 23
East of England +13 1 - - 21
Embedded C
UK

Embedded C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Ethernet
1 1 (9.09%) J1939
1 1 (9.09%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Architect
2 4 (36.36%) Embedded Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Senior
3 3 (27.27%) Senior Architect
3 3 (27.27%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 3 (27.27%) Software Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.09%) C Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Embedded C Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Embedded C Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Penetration Tester
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Embedded Systems
2 6 (54.55%) Algorithms
2 6 (54.55%) Device Driver
2 6 (54.55%) IoT
3 1 (9.09%) CAN bus
3 1 (9.09%) FPGA
3 1 (9.09%) PCIe
3 1 (9.09%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Linux
2 1 (9.09%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (9.09%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Agile
2 6 (54.55%) Architectural Design
2 6 (54.55%) Cloud Enablement
2 6 (54.55%) Decision-Making
2 6 (54.55%) Device Driver Development
2 6 (54.55%) Multithreading
2 6 (54.55%) Project Management
2 6 (54.55%) SDLC
3 5 (45.45%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (45.45%) Signal Processing
4 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (9.09%) Data Integration
5 1 (9.09%) Ethical Hacking
5 1 (9.09%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Software Testing
5 1 (9.09%) SysML
5 1 (9.09%) Test Scripting
5 1 (9.09%) UML
5 1 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) C
2 2 (18.18%) C++
2 2 (18.18%) Embedded C++
3 1 (9.09%) C#
3 1 (9.09%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) CEH
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) DO-178B
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Intel
1 1 (9.09%) Siemens