C
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited C over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 369 | 191 | 234 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -178 | +43 | +117 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 168 | 542 | 628 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.55% | 1.26% | 1.13% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.63% | 4.11% | 3.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 72 | 241 | 336 |
| 10th Percentile | £274 | £388 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £366 | £450 | £436 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £496 | £535 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.29% | -2.73% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £588 | £661 |
| 90th Percentile | £681 | £675 | £810 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £400 | £538 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.65% | +2.48% | +2.19% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 33 | 169 | 114 |
| 10th Percentile | £54.40 | £46.25 | £37.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £59.00 | £56.65 | £48.95 |
| Median hourly rate | £68.00 | £65.00 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.62% | +8.33% | +7.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £75.00 | £70.00 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £83.50 | £85.00 | £90.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £68.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.62% | - | +14.04% |
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 | 10,329 | 13,186 | 18,747 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 33.70% | 30.54% | 33.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,970 | 9,253 | 13,420 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £454 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £511 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.76% | -4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £775 | £790 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 249 | 540 | 448 |
| 10th Percentile | £26.21 | £31.25 | £27.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £34.48 | £46.25 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £62.50 | £61.60 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.00% | +1.46% | +17.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.30 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.00 | £75.00 | £79.28 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.25 | £65.00 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.23% | +4.00% | +18.99% |
C
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C.
C
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.
C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C.
C
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.
C
Top 15 Contract 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 June 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 | -177 | 138 | £540 | +0.93% | 2,252 |
| UK excluding London | -173 | 82 | £400 | -25.65% | 1,466 |
| London | +19 | 64 | £613 | +22.50% | 926 |
| Work from Home | -58 | 45 | £475 | -11.21% | 889 |
| East of England | -33 | 31 | £400 | -27.27% | 346 |
| South West | -23 | 20 | £575 | +3.37% | 226 |
| Scotland | +1 | 14 | £300 | -54.29% | 138 |
| North of England | -18 | 6 | £375 | -27.88% | 208 |
| South East | -45 | 6 | £500 | -9.09% | 353 |
| Midlands | -38 | 5 | £75 | -85.98% | 158 |
| East Midlands | +1 | 4 | £75 | -83.15% | 48 |
| North West | -3 | 4 | £375 | -27.88% | 104 |
| North East | -3 | 1 | - | - | 16 |
| Yorkshire | -4 | 1 | - | - | 88 |
| West Midlands | -40 | 1 | - | - | 110 |
C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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