C
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring C skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 374 | 217 | 223 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -157 | +6 | +101 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 185 | 433 | 597 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.57% | 1.14% | 1.19% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.74% | 3.56% | 3.69% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 68 | 205 | 303 |
| 10th Percentile | £370 | £400 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £423 | £463 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -1.82% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £625 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £677 | £700 | £810 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £538 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.06% | +2.48% | -2.78% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 34 | 83 | 136 |
| 10th Percentile | £41.25 | £44.79 | £47.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £52.44 | £59.38 | £52.10 |
| Median hourly rate | £68.00 | £67.50 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.74% | +3.85% | +14.32% |
| 75th Percentile | £73.75 | £73.44 | £70.32 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.50 | £85.00 | £90.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £68.00 | £70.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | +7.69% | +13.04% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 10,627 | 12,177 | 16,171 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.74% | 31.93% | 32.19% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,032 | 8,268 | 11,462 |
| 10th Percentile | £340 | £350 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £501 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.67% | -4.55% | -2.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £775 | £783 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 292 | 343 | 465 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.00 | £27.00 | £32.31 |
| 25th Percentile | £37.50 | £46.18 | £48.32 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £65.00 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.38% | +4.00% | +11.61% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.06 | £70.00 | £70.30 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £78.50 | £82.40 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £63.75 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.92% | - | +13.04% |
C
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
C
Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing C.
C
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.
C
Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing C.
C
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.
C
Top 15 Contract Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the UK over the 6 months to 15 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -155 | 155 | £547 | +0.74% | 463 |
| UK excluding London | -129 | 109 | £500 | -7.06% | 445 |
| London | -29 | 52 | £586 | +6.55% | 79 |
| Work from Home | -43 | 49 | £525 | -1.96% | 204 |
| East of England | -20 | 40 | £538 | - | 80 |
| South West | -24 | 29 | £569 | +3.41% | 80 |
| Scotland | +1 | 15 | £438 | -48.53% | 22 |
| North of England | -32 | 15 | £428 | -16.99% | 63 |
| North West | -22 | 11 | £380 | -22.05% | 36 |
| South East | -36 | 8 | £500 | -13.04% | 126 |
| Yorkshire | -20 | 3 | £500 | -5.66% | 21 |
| Midlands | -43 | 2 | - | - | 61 |
| East Midlands | -6 | 1 | - | - | 29 |
| West Midlands | -38 | 1 | - | - | 30 |
| North East | - | 1 | - | - | 6 |
C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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