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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 396 | 281 | 192 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -115 | -89 | +84 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 211 | 295 | 543 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.57% | 0.86% | 1.23% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.83% | 2.65% | 4.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 70 | 110 | 236 |
| 10th Percentile | £68 | £400 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £403 | £457 | £447 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £534 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.32% | -2.95% | -8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £584 | £638 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £810 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 62 | 47 | 147 |
| 10th Percentile | £52.00 | £52.00 | £51.90 |
| 25th Percentile | £65.00 | £61.25 | £61.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £67.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.08% | - | +12.07% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.81 | £85.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.13 | £95.00 | £90.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £66.50 | £67.50 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.48% | +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 | 11,513 | 11,120 | 13,573 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 31.36% | 32.48% | 30.71% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,608 | 7,150 | 9,660 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £360 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.76% | -4.55% | -2.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £619 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £751 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | -3.85% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 367 | 264 | 419 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £21.48 | £32.32 |
| 25th Percentile | £50.00 | £40.06 | £47.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £68.75 | £68.19 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £85.00 | £78.15 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £63.87 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.77% | -1.73% | - |
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 16 December 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 16 December 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 16 December 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 | -103 | 190 | £500 | -5.66% | 283 |
| UK excluding London | -74 | 159 | £500 | - | 298 |
| East of England | -10 | 66 | £475 | -11.63% | 92 |
| Work from Home | -33 | 52 | £450 | -10.00% | 143 |
| South West | -21 | 47 | £500 | -0.20% | 56 |
| London | -50 | 41 | £510 | -16.73% | 35 |
| Scotland | +16 | 16 | £438 | - | 30 |
| North of England | -40 | 14 | £475 | -13.64% | 30 |
| South East | -45 | 11 | £500 | +6.95% | 89 |
| North West | -29 | 9 | £463 | +15.63% | 20 |
| Yorkshire | -44 | 5 | £500 | -28.57% | 6 |
| Midlands | -41 | 4 | £575 | +48.39% | 20 |
| East Midlands | -14 | 2 | - | - | 12 |
| West Midlands | -35 | 2 | £575 | +48.39% | 8 |
| Northern Ireland | -5 | 1 | £425 | - | 4 |
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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