C
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring C skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 383 | 247 | 202 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -136 | -45 | +95 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 200 | 356 | 579 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.57% | 0.97% | 1.23% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.77% | 3.03% | 3.93% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 73 | 146 | 276 |
| 10th Percentile | £68 | £400 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £461 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £546 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.47% | -0.68% | -8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £619 | £638 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £680 | £810 | £794 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £524 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.31% | -0.24% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 43 | 52 | 147 |
| 10th Percentile | £43.40 | £46.15 | £51.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £61.25 | £54.27 | £55.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £68.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.62% | - | +12.07% |
| 75th Percentile | £73.75 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.25 | £95.00 | £90.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £67.25 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.46% | - | - |
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 | 11,301 | 11,753 | 14,731 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.30% | 32.12% | 31.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,439 | 7,592 | 10,502 |
| 10th Percentile | £345 | £350 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -4.55% | -2.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £644 | £660 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £476 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.96% | -2.00% | -2.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 318 | 282 | 442 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.00 | £22.00 | £32.32 |
| 25th Percentile | £42.81 | £38.88 | £47.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £61.92 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +0.94% | +0.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.44 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £75.00 | £78.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
C
Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C relative to all contract 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 8 November 2025.
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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 8 November 2025.
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Top 14 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 8 November 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 | -140 | 175 | £500 | -8.47% | 855 |
| UK excluding London | -103 | 136 | £475 | -9.31% | 825 |
| London | -43 | 50 | £593 | +7.82% | 206 |
| East of England | -13 | 47 | £475 | -5.00% | 183 |
| South West | -27 | 41 | £500 | -0.20% | 122 |
| Work from Home | -50 | 38 | £475 | -12.44% | 362 |
| Scotland | +20 | 17 | £438 | -48.53% | 74 |
| North of England | -40 | 17 | £450 | -13.46% | 70 |
| North West | -21 | 12 | £415 | -20.19% | 29 |
| South East | -45 | 11 | £500 | -16.67% | 313 |
| Yorkshire | -37 | 5 | £500 | -7.83% | 20 |
| Midlands | -34 | 3 | - | - | 68 |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 40 |
| West Midlands | -37 | 1 | - | - | 28 |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:
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