Embedded C Contracts in the UK excluding London

Embedded C
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 319 390 488
Rank change year-on-year +71 +98 -91
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 75 52 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.23% 0.081%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.52% 0.81% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 16 4
10th Percentile £425 £338 £383
25th Percentile £463 £409 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £498 £425
Median % change year-on-year +10.55% +17.06% -15.00%
75th Percentile £670 £560 £456
90th Percentile £800 - £468
UK median daily rate £505 £455 £410
% change year-on-year +10.99% +10.98% +6.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 24 13
10th Percentile - £46.25 £46.50
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.94 £52.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £77.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +35.09% +20.00%
75th Percentile - £90.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £89.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £77.00 £57.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% +35.09% +20.63%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,921 6,412 8,834
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.71% 27.98% 28.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,294 4,493 6,194
10th Percentile £319 £350 £338
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +14.42%
75th Percentile £583 £594 £575
90th Percentile £650 £678 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 429 322 322
10th Percentile £37.54 £26.48 £17.00
25th Percentile £51.25 £51.25 £31.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - +19.05% +28.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £78.00 £67.36
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £51.25
% change year-on-year -0.80% +21.95% +15.62%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded C in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram 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 3 June 2024.

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 3 June 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
South West +31 23 - - 16
South East +15 18 £550 +22.22% 25
East of England -7 16 £550 -1.79% 18
Scotland +53 8 £850 - 11
North of England +33 8 - - 11
North East - 6 - -
Midlands +23 2 £505 +12.22% 15
North West +11 2 - - 9
East Midlands +9 2 £505 +12.22% 7
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:

Applications
1 3 (4.00%) Simulink
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.67%) J1939
2 4 (5.33%) Internet
3 2 (2.67%) Modbus
4 1 (1.33%) 4G
4 1 (1.33%) 5G
4 1 (1.33%) RS-232
4 1 (1.33%) RS-422
4 1 (1.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 6 (8.00%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (4.00%) Git
3 2 (2.67%) CMake
3 2 (2.67%) JIRA
General
1 18 (24.00%) Electronics
2 16 (21.33%) Automotive
3 2 (2.67%) Aerospace
3 2 (2.67%) Aviation
3 2 (2.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.33%) Law
4 1 (1.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 58 (77.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 57 (76.00%) Software Engineer
3 56 (74.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 6 (8.00%) C Software Engineer
4 6 (8.00%) Embedded C Engineer
4 6 (8.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
5 5 (6.67%) FPGA Engineer
5 5 (6.67%) Principal Embedded Software Engineer
5 5 (6.67%) Principal Engineer
5 5 (6.67%) Principal Software Engineer
6 4 (5.33%) Firmware Engineer
7 3 (4.00%) Design Engineer
7 3 (4.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
8 2 (2.67%) C Developer
8 2 (2.67%) Developer
8 2 (2.67%) DSP Engineer
8 2 (2.67%) Embedded C Developer
8 2 (2.67%) Embedded Developer
8 2 (2.67%) Software Verification Engineer
9 1 (1.33%) VHDL Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.67%) Yocto
2 2 (2.67%) Flash
2 2 (2.67%) JSON
2 2 (2.67%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (30.67%) ARM Cortex
2 10 (13.33%) VHDL
3 6 (8.00%) Algorithms
4 5 (6.67%) CAN bus
4 5 (6.67%) FPGA
4 5 (6.67%) IoT
5 4 (5.33%) Device Driver
5 4 (5.33%) PCIe
5 4 (5.33%) Verilog
6 2 (2.67%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.67%) GNSS
6 2 (2.67%) NB-IoT
7 1 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 31 (41.33%) Linux
2 23 (30.67%) FreeRTOS
3 6 (8.00%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (5.33%) VxWorks
5 3 (4.00%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (81.33%) Software Engineering
2 27 (36.00%) Configuration Management
3 12 (16.00%) Validation
4 10 (13.33%) Verification and Validation
5 8 (10.67%) Test Scripting
6 6 (8.00%) Agile
6 6 (8.00%) CI/CD
6 6 (8.00%) Multithreading
6 6 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (8.00%) Test Automation
7 5 (6.67%) FPGA Design
8 4 (5.33%) Code Optimisation
8 4 (5.33%) Continuous Deployment
8 4 (5.33%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (5.33%) Defect Tracking
8 4 (5.33%) Device Driver Development
8 4 (5.33%) Memory Management
8 4 (5.33%) Open Source
8 4 (5.33%) Requirements Management
9 3 (4.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (100.00%) C
2 19 (25.33%) C++
3 14 (18.67%) Embedded C++
4 4 (5.33%) MATLAB
5 3 (4.00%) Bash
6 2 (2.67%) Python
7 1 (1.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 19 (25.33%) Security Cleared
2 16 (21.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.33%) AUTOSAR
2 4 (5.33%) MISRA
2 4 (5.33%) MISRA C
System Software
1 12 (16.00%) Firmware
2 2 (2.67%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (6.67%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 23 (30.67%) IBM
1 23 (30.67%) Lauterbach
2 4 (5.33%) Atlassian
2 4 (5.33%) Intel
2 4 (5.33%) Xilinx
3 2 (2.67%) Broadcom
3 2 (2.67%) Renesas
4 1 (1.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.33%) SAP