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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 469 468 576
Rank change year-on-year -1 +108 +156
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 7 69 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.029% 0.19% 0.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.086% 0.62% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 23
10th Percentile £431 £250 £306
25th Percentile £448 £378 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £503 £460
Median % change year-on-year -3.98% +9.24% +13.58%
75th Percentile £509 £575 £560
90th Percentile £526 £733 -
UK median daily rate £483 £503 £460
% change year-on-year -3.98% +9.24% +13.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 48 23
10th Percentile - - £47.00
25th Percentile - £46.25 £51.25
Median hourly rate £90.00 £70.00 £77.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -9.09% +35.09%
75th Percentile - £72.50 £90.00
90th Percentile - £90.00 -
UK median hourly rate £90.00 £70.00 £74.75
% change year-on-year +28.57% -6.35% +31.14%

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 8,172 11,093 16,404
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.00% 30.16% 34.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,675 8,031 11,991
10th Percentile £361 £350 £381
25th Percentile £413 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £565
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -3.48% +2.66%
75th Percentile £643 £650 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 464 401
10th Percentile £28.18 £36.19 £26.25
25th Percentile £35.00 £49.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% - +19.05%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.75 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £62.25 £62.50
% change year-on-year -7.63% -0.40% +21.95%

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 30 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 +45 5 £483 -12.27% 68
London +44 1 - - 6
East of England +17 1 - - 41
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 (14.29%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Ethernet
1 1 (14.29%) J1939
1 1 (14.29%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Embedded Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (57.14%) Algorithms
2 4 (57.14%) Device Driver
2 4 (57.14%) IoT
3 1 (14.29%) CAN bus
3 1 (14.29%) FPGA
3 1 (14.29%) PCIe
3 1 (14.29%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Architectural Design
2 4 (57.14%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (57.14%) Cloud Enablement
2 4 (57.14%) Decision-Making
2 4 (57.14%) Device Driver Development
2 4 (57.14%) Multithreading
2 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) SDLC
2 4 (57.14%) Signal Processing
3 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Data Collection
4 1 (14.29%) Data Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
4 1 (14.29%) SysML
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
4 1 (14.29%) UML
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) C++
2 1 (14.29%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Intel
1 1 (14.29%) Siemens