Embedded C Contracts in the UK excluding London

Embedded C
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 326 330 412
Rank change year-on-year +4 +82 +73
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 10 69 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.078% 0.33% 0.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.27% 1.42% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 15
10th Percentile £410 £425 £333
25th Percentile £429 £469 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £550 £460
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% +19.57% +8.24%
75th Percentile £497 £605 £560
90th Percentile £519 £775 -
UK median daily rate £470 £503 £460
% change year-on-year -6.47% +9.24% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 53 21
10th Percentile £55.13 - £42.50
25th Percentile £60.94 £46.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £71.25 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% +7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £80.94 £80.00 £77.00
90th Percentile £86.38 £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
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,641 4,865 6,991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.52% 23.42% 29.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,400 3,277 4,996
10th Percentile £325 £319 £338
25th Percentile £402 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £594
90th Percentile £650 £650 £676
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 397 346
10th Percentile £22.38 £37.58 £23.61
25th Percentile £42.00 £50.75 £50.00
Median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% - +26.21%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £69.31
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.00
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Embedded C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded C in the UK excluding London

Embedded C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded C in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Embedded C in the UK excluding London

Embedded C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded C in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded C in the UK excluding London

Embedded C
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded C in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded C in the UK excluding London

Embedded C
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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% 64
South West +30 1 - - 34
East of England +13 1 - - 35
Wales +1 1 - - 8
Embedded C
UK

Embedded C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (10.00%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (10.00%) Automotive
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Software Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Senior
3 3 (30.00%) Senior Architect
3 3 (30.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 3 (30.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) C Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Embedded C Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Algorithms
1 6 (60.00%) Device Driver
1 6 (60.00%) Embedded Systems
1 6 (60.00%) IoT
2 1 (10.00%) FPGA
2 1 (10.00%) PCIe
2 1 (10.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (10.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Agile
2 6 (60.00%) Architectural Design
2 6 (60.00%) Cloud Enablement
2 6 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 6 (60.00%) Device Driver Development
2 6 (60.00%) Multithreading
2 6 (60.00%) Project Management
2 6 (60.00%) SDLC
3 5 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (50.00%) Signal Processing
4 4 (40.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) DevOps
5 1 (10.00%) Prototyping
5 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
5 1 (10.00%) SysML
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
5 1 (10.00%) UML
5 1 (10.00%) Validation
5 1 (10.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) C
2 1 (10.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) DO-178B
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Intel
1 1 (10.00%) Siemens