Embedded C Contracts in Scotland

Embedded C
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Embedded C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded C over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 157 -
Rank change year-on-year +28 - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 6 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.27% 0.10% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.88% 0.30% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £62 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £460 £410
% change year-on-year +8.70% +12.20% +9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile - £43.70 -
25th Percentile £60.25 £50.75 -
Median hourly rate £60.50 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.92% - -
75th Percentile £60.75 £67.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% +22.22%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

Embedded C is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 681 1,000 954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 30.46% 34.94% 27.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 725 644
10th Percentile £363 £406 £363
25th Percentile £415 £435 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £493 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% +3.68% +11.76%
75th Percentile £586 £556 £549
90th Percentile £656 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 21
10th Percentile £29.60 £49.14 £17.50
25th Percentile £41.31 £53.75 £37.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £60.55 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.04% +28.83% +4.44%
75th Percentile £60.75 £67.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £62.50 £69.50 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +20.00% +14.94%

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded C in Scotland

Embedded C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Embedded C in Scotland

Embedded C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Embedded C in Scotland

Embedded C
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Edinburgh +38 5 £62 - 5
Embedded C
UK

Embedded C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Internet
2 1 (16.67%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) CMake
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Software Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Ada Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Ada Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) YAML
1 1 (16.67%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Device Driver
1 4 (66.67%) IoT
1 4 (66.67%) PCIe
1 4 (66.67%) Verilog
1 4 (66.67%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Embedded Linux
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
2 4 (66.67%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (83.33%) CI/CD
3 4 (66.67%) Code Optimisation
3 4 (66.67%) Configuration Management
3 4 (66.67%) Continuous Deployment
3 4 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (66.67%) Defect Tracking
3 4 (66.67%) Device Driver Development
3 4 (66.67%) Memory Management
3 4 (66.67%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C
2 1 (16.67%) Ada
2 1 (16.67%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) MISRA
1 4 (66.67%) MISRA C
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Atlassian
2 4 (66.67%) Intel