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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 386 | 256 | 205 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -130 | -51 | +71 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 206 | 340 | 554 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.57% | 0.93% | 1.21% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.79% | 2.90% | 3.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 72 | 131 | 249 |
| 10th Percentile | £68 | £400 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £414 | £456 | £430 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £538 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.98% | -0.46% | -10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £810 | £786 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £501 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.10% | -4.67% | -2.78% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 53 | 48 | 145 |
| 10th Percentile | £52.00 | £49.95 | £51.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £62.00 | £58.64 | £57.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £68.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.62% | - | +13.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £73.75 | £77.50 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.00 | £95.00 | £90.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £67.75 | £67.50 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.37% | +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 | 11,525 | 11,717 | 14,140 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 31.98% | 32.12% | 30.93% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,604 | 7,488 | 10,072 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £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 | £620 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £756 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | -2.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 341 | 301 | 433 |
| 10th Percentile | £30.00 | £22.00 | £32.06 |
| 25th Percentile | £48.75 | £40.58 | £47.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £63.50 | £63.00 | £60.14 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.79% | +4.76% | +0.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £75.00 | £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.
C
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C over the 6 months to 26 November 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 26 November 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 26 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 | -120 | 182 | £500 | -5.66% | 402 |
| UK excluding London | -88 | 144 | £500 | -0.10% | 413 |
| East of England | -11 | 57 | £475 | -11.63% | 121 |
| London | -52 | 48 | £577 | +3.50% | 45 |
| Work from Home | -36 | 43 | £475 | -12.04% | 189 |
| South West | -30 | 42 | £500 | -0.20% | 80 |
| Scotland | +8 | 17 | £438 | -48.53% | 35 |
| North of England | -53 | 14 | £475 | -6.86% | 38 |
| South East | -41 | 11 | £500 | +6.95% | 127 |
| North West | -25 | 9 | £463 | +1.65% | 19 |
| Yorkshire | -36 | 5 | £500 | -17.36% | 12 |
| Midlands | -35 | 3 | - | - | 41 |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 20 |
| West Midlands | -27 | 1 | - | - | 21 |
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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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