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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 386 | 277 | 188 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -109 | -89 | +82 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 214 | 270 | 570 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.55% | 0.86% | 1.28% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.81% | 2.57% | 4.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 65 | 94 | 222 |
| 10th Percentile | £68 | £400 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £382 | £463 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £534 | £535 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.01% | -0.23% | -10.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £638 | £609 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £810 | £688 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £537 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | -6.85% | -2.41% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 85 | 39 | 193 |
| 10th Percentile | £60.00 | £57.53 | £46.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £65.00 | £62.00 | £56.65 |
| Median hourly rate | £67.50 | £68.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.74% | +4.62% | +13.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £85.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.25 | £95.00 | £90.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £67.00 | £68.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.47% | +4.62% | - |
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 | 11,798 | 10,518 | 13,164 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.52% | 33.44% | 29.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,813 | 6,655 | 9,327 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £356 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £501 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.57% | -2.33% | -4.87% |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £721 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £482 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.63% | -2.00% | -2.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 442 | 245 | 504 |
| 10th Percentile | £39.64 | £21.25 | £35.51 |
| 25th Percentile | £52.50 | £35.75 | £46.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +4.17% | -7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £68.00 | £69.62 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.25 | £85.00 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £63.00 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.17% | +0.80% | -3.85% |
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 30 January 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 30 January 2026.
C
Top 16 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 30 January 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 | -105 | 193 | £488 | -8.67% | 496 |
| UK excluding London | -43 | 165 | £475 | -5.00% | 519 |
| East of England | 0 | 63 | £463 | -3.90% | 82 |
| South West | -9 | 60 | £475 | -20.17% | 105 |
| Work from Home | -37 | 57 | £442 | -14.95% | 193 |
| London | -77 | 39 | £488 | -18.75% | 47 |
| Scotland | +14 | 13 | £283 | - | 52 |
| North of England | -60 | 12 | £475 | +18.75% | 62 |
| North West | -17 | 9 | £463 | +15.63% | 25 |
| South East | -49 | 9 | £500 | +6.10% | 160 |
| Northern Ireland | +2 | 5 | £425 | - | 5 |
| Midlands | -55 | 3 | £575 | +76.65% | 58 |
| East Midlands | -27 | 2 | - | - | 42 |
| Yorkshire | -58 | 2 | £531 | - | 28 |
| West Midlands | -41 | 1 | £575 | - | 15 |
| North East | - | 1 | £625 | - | 9 |
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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