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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 383 | 289 | 198 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -94 | -91 | +76 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 210 | 294 | 523 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.57% | 0.87% | 1.21% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.82% | 2.66% | 3.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 69 | 110 | 223 |
| 10th Percentile | £68 | £400 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £382 | £459 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £534 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.32% | -2.95% | -8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £638 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £640 | £810 | £706 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £530 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | -5.66% | -3.64% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 62 | 47 | 146 |
| 10th Percentile | £52.00 | £53.40 | £51.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £65.00 | £61.25 | £61.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £67.50 | £67.50 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +3.85% | +13.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.81 | £85.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.13 | £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 | 11,512 | 11,049 | 13,245 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 31.12% | 32.55% | 30.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,607 | 7,086 | 9,417 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £358 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £430 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.81% | -4.55% | -2.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £618 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.56% | -2.50% | -3.85% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 377 | 252 | 407 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £21.33 | £35.00 |
| 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 | £70.00 | £68.75 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.25 | £85.00 | £78.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £64.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.56% | -1.54% | - |
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 24 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 24 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 24 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 | -97 | 189 | £500 | -6.32% | 903 |
| UK excluding London | -54 | 160 | £488 | -2.50% | 873 |
| East of England | -1 | 66 | £475 | -11.63% | 175 |
| Work from Home | -26 | 54 | £450 | -10.00% | 415 |
| South West | -11 | 49 | £500 | -0.20% | 131 |
| London | -63 | 39 | £510 | -18.40% | 117 |
| Scotland | +15 | 16 | £438 | - | 54 |
| North of England | -47 | 14 | £475 | -13.64% | 137 |
| South East | -37 | 11 | £500 | +6.10% | 252 |
| North West | -26 | 9 | £463 | +15.63% | 64 |
| Yorkshire | -37 | 5 | £500 | -28.57% | 53 |
| Midlands | -48 | 3 | £575 | +48.39% | 125 |
| East Midlands | -15 | 2 | - | - | 62 |
| Northern Ireland | -4 | 1 | £425 | - | 9 |
| West Midlands | -31 | 1 | £575 | +48.39% | 57 |
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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