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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 385 | 264 | 204 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -121 | -60 | +71 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 209 | 336 | 564 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.59% | 0.93% | 1.22% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.82% | 2.89% | 3.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 74 | 134 | 262 |
| 10th Percentile | £68 | £400 | £351 |
| 25th Percentile | £405 | £451 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £538 | £545 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.98% | -1.38% | -9.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £614 | £638 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £810 | £782 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £506 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.56% | -3.71% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 50 | 47 | 145 |
| 10th Percentile | £50.93 | £46.90 | £51.45 |
| 25th Percentile | £61.44 | £57.50 | £56.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £67.75 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.23% | - | +13.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £73.75 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.25 | £95.00 | £90.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £67.50 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.85% | - | - |
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 | 11,482 | 11,621 | 14,388 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.16% | 32.06% | 31.07% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,577 | 7,462 | 10,246 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £508 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.33% | -4.55% | -2.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £751 | £763 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.56% | -2.50% | -2.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 342 | 281 | 443 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.40 | £22.00 | £32.06 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £40.00 | £47.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £60.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +3.31% | +0.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.75 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £75.00 | £78.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
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Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing C.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing C.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C over the 6 months to 19 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 19 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 | -127 | 184 | £500 | -6.98% | 557 |
| UK excluding London | -86 | 145 | £488 | -3.56% | 487 |
| East of England | -13 | 54 | £475 | -5.00% | 139 |
| London | -50 | 49 | £586 | +3.17% | 128 |
| South West | -21 | 43 | £525 | +4.79% | 95 |
| Work from Home | -43 | 42 | £475 | -8.65% | 254 |
| Scotland | +11 | 17 | £438 | -48.53% | 43 |
| North of England | -44 | 17 | £450 | -11.76% | 45 |
| North West | -26 | 12 | £415 | -14.87% | 19 |
| South East | -37 | 11 | £500 | -4.31% | 141 |
| Yorkshire | -44 | 5 | £500 | -1.96% | 15 |
| Midlands | -39 | 3 | - | - | 49 |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 22 |
| West Midlands | -33 | 1 | - | - | 27 |
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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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