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 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 Apr 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 417 | 336 | 185 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -81 | -151 | +66 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 220 | 178 | 546 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.48% | 0.61% | 1.24% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.70% | 1.79% | 4.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 69 | 78 | 232 |
| 10th Percentile | £337 | £269 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £393 | £447 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £500 | £535 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | -6.54% | -10.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £625 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £628 | £703 | £706 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £494 | £464 | £538 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.47% | -13.80% | +7.60% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 90 | 38 | 187 |
| 10th Percentile | £60.00 | £56.75 | £46.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £65.00 | £62.00 | £57.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £67.50 | £72.50 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.90% | +11.54% | +13.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £85.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.38 | £91.50 | £86.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £67.50 | £72.50 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.90% | +11.54% | - |
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 | 12,924 | 9,956 | 12,842 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 28.18% | 34.08% | 29.19% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8,607 | 6,723 | 9,121 |
| 10th Percentile | £354 | £356 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £418 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | - | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £713 | £763 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £476 | £476 | £489 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -2.66% | -2.20% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 545 | 240 | 479 |
| 10th Percentile | £41.94 | £22.50 | £31.13 |
| 25th Percentile | £55.00 | £35.00 | £46.22 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +4.17% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £68.75 | £67.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £85.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £64.00 | £61.60 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.56% | +3.90% | -1.44% |
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 10 April 2026.
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 10 April 2026.
C
Top 17 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 10 April 2026. 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 | -45 | 210 | £500 | - | 451 |
| UK excluding London | -38 | 167 | £494 | +6.47% | 448 |
| Work from Home | -16 | 73 | £468 | -6.50% | 117 |
| East of England | -3 | 70 | £525 | +27.27% | 88 |
| South West | -1 | 49 | £450 | -23.73% | 80 |
| London | -82 | 48 | £461 | -13.02% | 43 |
| South East | -34 | 28 | £500 | - | 129 |
| North of England | -71 | 8 | £531 | - | 58 |
| Northern Ireland | +2 | 5 | £425 | - | 7 |
| Midlands | -64 | 5 | £525 | +213.43% | 66 |
| West Midlands | - | 4 | £488 | - | 33 |
| Yorkshire | -53 | 3 | £531 | - | 29 |
| North West | - | 3 | £450 | - | 20 |
| Scotland | -2 | 2 | - | - | 22 |
| North East | - | 2 | £625 | - | 9 |
| Wales | -13 | 1 | £460 | -12.38% | 12 |
| East Midlands | -37 | 1 | £525 | +213.43% | 33 |
C
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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