Embedded C Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Embedded C
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Embedded C skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 30 -
Rank change year-on-year -19 - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 6 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.34% 0.64% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.06% 4.55% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £525 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +22.22%

All Programming Languages
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 99 22 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 22.05% 14.10% 25.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 14 32
10th Percentile £263 £350 £329
25th Percentile £381 £361 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £444 £500
Median % change year-on-year +19.44% -11.25% +17.65%
75th Percentile £650 £550 £525
90th Percentile £889 £585 £574
South East median daily rate £516 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +3.25% -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 2
10th Percentile £43.81 - £66.63
25th Percentile £45.67 £20.85 £69.06
Median hourly rate £52.50 £21.90 £76.25
Median % change year-on-year +139.73% -71.28% +136.07%
75th Percentile £77.50 £22.95 £86.56
90th Percentile - - £90.88
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £69.38
% change year-on-year +9.09% -20.72% +24.93%

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Embedded C job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Embedded C
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Embedded C
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Embedded C
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 29 August 2026. 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
Oxford +2 3 - - 1
Abingdon - 3 £525 -
Embedded C
South East

Embedded C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (50.00%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) ARM Cortex
1 3 (50.00%) Device Driver
1 3 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) API Integration
1 3 (50.00%) Device Driver Development
1 3 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (50.00%) Signal Processing
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C
2 3 (50.00%) C++
2 3 (50.00%) Embedded C++
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Firmware