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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 364 | 253 | 202 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -111 | -51 | +82 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 208 | 342 | 574 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.59% | 0.93% | 1.23% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.82% | 2.92% | 3.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 74 | 137 | 270 |
| 10th Percentile | £68 | £400 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £405 | £455 | £430 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £538 | £545 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.98% | -1.38% | -9.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £619 | £638 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £679 | £810 | £785 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £510 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.41% | -2.86% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 49 | 49 | 146 |
| 10th Percentile | £49.85 | £47.20 | £51.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £61.25 | £57.50 | £55.31 |
| Median hourly rate | £68.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.62% | - | +13.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £73.75 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.25 | £95.00 | £90.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £67.75 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.23% | - | - |
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 | 11,446 | 11,729 | 14,641 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.23% | 32.02% | 31.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,541 | 7,557 | 10,442 |
| 10th Percentile | £345 | £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 | £750 | £763 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | -2.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 335 | 281 | 447 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.13 | £22.00 | £31.40 |
| 25th Percentile | £45.88 | £38.50 | £47.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.17% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £67.92 | £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.
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 15 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 15 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 15 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 | -125 | 183 | £500 | -6.98% | 811 |
| UK excluding London | -86 | 144 | £488 | -4.41% | 710 |
| East of England | -14 | 54 | £475 | -5.00% | 171 |
| London | -48 | 49 | £586 | +3.72% | 177 |
| South West | -30 | 42 | £525 | +1.11% | 114 |
| Work from Home | -39 | 41 | £475 | -12.24% | 533 |
| Scotland | +8 | 17 | £438 | -48.53% | 41 |
| North of England | -45 | 17 | £450 | -11.76% | 54 |
| North West | -22 | 12 | £415 | -14.87% | 26 |
| South East | -39 | 11 | £500 | -4.31% | 286 |
| Yorkshire | -34 | 5 | £500 | -1.96% | 19 |
| Midlands | -34 | 3 | - | - | 59 |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 36 |
| West Midlands | -34 | 1 | - | - | 23 |
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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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