Embedded C Contract Job Trends in London

Embedded C
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Embedded C skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 382 379 418
Rank change year-on-year -3 +39 -
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 1 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.007% 0.013% 0.030%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.018% 0.033% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £280
25th Percentile - £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £313
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% +28.00% -
75th Percentile - £450 £375
90th Percentile - - £458
England median daily rate £538 £400 £483
% change year-on-year +34.38% -17.10% +16.97%

All Programming Languages
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,423 6,080 7,337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.49% 38.98% 36.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,654 4,141 5,509
10th Percentile £368 £365 £394
25th Percentile £426 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £570 £580
Median % change year-on-year -4.39% -1.72% -3.33%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £800 £825 £813
England median daily rate £513 £539 £550
% change year-on-year -4.96% -1.95% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 41 73
10th Percentile £22.99 £35.00 £25.88
25th Percentile £31.83 £40.06 £36.28
Median hourly rate £45.50 £47.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% -13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £63.63 £61.50 £65.11
90th Percentile £87.50 £97.50 £77.00
England median hourly rate £63.32 £65.00 £62.25
% change year-on-year -2.59% +4.42% -0.40%

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Embedded C job vacancy trend in London

Embedded C
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Embedded C
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Embedded C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
1 1 (100.00%) RS-232
1 1 (100.00%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware