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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 383 | 268 | 201 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -115 | -67 | +78 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 203 | 329 | 549 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.57% | 0.91% | 1.20% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.80% | 2.83% | 3.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 70 | 126 | 243 |
| 10th Percentile | £68 | £400 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £405 | £454 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £530 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.66% | -3.64% | -8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £652 | £810 | £783 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | -2.78% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 56 | 47 | 147 |
| 10th Percentile | £52.00 | £51.15 | £51.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £64.25 | £60.13 | £57.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £67.50 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.85% | - | +13.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £73.75 | £85.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.63 | £95.00 | £90.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £67.50 | £67.50 | £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 | 11,264 | 11,612 | 14,115 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 31.52% | 32.27% | 30.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,433 | 7,429 | 10,054 |
| 10th Percentile | £345 | £350 | £360 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.81% | -4.55% | -2.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £619 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £763 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £495 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.04% | -1.00% | -2.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 331 | 290 | 430 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £22.00 | £31.48 |
| 25th Percentile | £50.00 | £40.06 | £47.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £63.00 | £60.18 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.17% | +4.69% | -1.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £76.38 | £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.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C over the 6 months to 1 December 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 1 December 2025.
C
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 1 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 | -120 | 180 | £500 | -5.21% | 369 |
| UK excluding London | -81 | 147 | £500 | - | 384 |
| East of England | -7 | 59 | £475 | -11.63% | 111 |
| South West | -19 | 44 | £500 | -0.20% | 74 |
| Work from Home | -46 | 44 | £475 | -5.00% | 187 |
| London | -44 | 43 | £559 | -1.32% | 26 |
| Scotland | +15 | 17 | £438 | -48.53% | 27 |
| North of England | -46 | 13 | £475 | +5.67% | 41 |
| South East | -41 | 11 | £500 | +6.95% | 122 |
| North West | -23 | 8 | £463 | +4.17% | 19 |
| Yorkshire | -39 | 5 | £500 | -28.57% | 12 |
| Midlands | -38 | 3 | - | - | 40 |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 18 |
| West Midlands | -30 | 1 | - | - | 22 |
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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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