Embedded C Contract Job Trends

Embedded C
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Embedded C skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 546 519
Rank change year-on-year -86 -27 +94
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 25 6 76
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.048% 0.019% 0.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.18% 0.056% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 15
10th Percentile - £463 £250
25th Percentile - £471 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £495 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile - £521 £575
90th Percentile - £531 £792
UK excluding London median daily rate - £495 £525
% change year-on-year - -5.71% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 45
10th Percentile - - £46.25
25th Percentile - - £50.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 £90.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +28.57% -9.09%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £90.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +28.57% -9.09%

All Programming Languages
UK

Embedded 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 13,883 10,624 13,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.90% 33.68% 30.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,009 7,164 9,321
10th Percentile £360 £350 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.29% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £650
90th Percentile £720 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +3.16% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 539 254 537
10th Percentile £34.01 £26.52 £31.25
25th Percentile £53.53 £34.55 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.15 £79.61 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.84% -4.62% +4.00%

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Embedded C relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Embedded C job vacancy trend in the UK

Embedded C
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Embedded C.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Embedded C

Embedded C
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Embedded C.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Embedded C

Embedded C
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded C within the UK over the 6 months to 4 July 2026. 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
UK excluding London -73 25 - - 64
England -96 24 - - 74
South East -46 13 - - 23
East of England -19 11 - - 9
Work from Home -54 5 - - 27
Scotland - 1 - - 2

Embedded 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) Ethernet
1 4 (16.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 4 (16.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (16.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 21 (84.00%) Software Engineer
2 14 (56.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 14 (56.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) C Software Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) DSP Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) DSP Software Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Embedded C Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) FPGA
2 4 (16.00%) PCIe
3 3 (12.00%) ARM Cortex
3 3 (12.00%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (12.00%) Verilog
3 3 (12.00%) VHDL
4 1 (4.00%) Algorithms
4 1 (4.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (24.00%) Linux
2 4 (16.00%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (12.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (88.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (28.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 7 (28.00%) Signal Processing
3 4 (16.00%) SysML
3 4 (16.00%) System Testing
3 4 (16.00%) UML
4 3 (12.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (12.00%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (12.00%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (12.00%) Regression Testing
4 3 (12.00%) Test Assurance
4 3 (12.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (12.00%) Trade-off Analysis
Programming Languages
1 25 (100.00%) C
2 10 (40.00%) C++
3 7 (28.00%) Embedded C++
4 3 (12.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (24.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Intel
1 3 (12.00%) SAP
1 3 (12.00%) Xilinx