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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 663 550 514
Rank change year-on-year -113 -36 +47
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 39 3 55
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.071% 0.009% 0.14%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.27% 0.027% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 9
10th Percentile £484 - £360
25th Percentile £513 - £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £538 - £525
90th Percentile £703 - £645
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £463
% change year-on-year +5.00% +8.11% -15.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 22
10th Percentile £36.13 - £53.88
25th Percentile - - £67.19
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £70.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £74.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +4.48%

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 14,313 10,910 12,231
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.09% 32.92% 32.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,293 7,179 8,104
10th Percentile £363 £344 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% -3.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £648
90th Percentile £725 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £492
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.36% -1.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 548 298 331
10th Percentile £24.10 £29.00 £26.25
25th Percentile £46.66 £41.25 £46.09
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £78.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

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
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded C over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded C in the UK

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded C over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded C in the UK

Embedded C
Top 8 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 3 October 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 -84 37 £525 +5.00% 167
England -92 35 £525 +5.00% 181
East of England - 17 - - 40
Work from Home -55 16 £525 - 69
South East - 15 £525 - 32
Scotland - 4 £480 - 13
London -73 2 £775 - 11
South West -37 1 - - 30

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.56%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.56%) GitHub
1 1 (2.56%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) Bluetooth
1 3 (7.69%) Ethernet
1 3 (7.69%) Software-Defined Radio
1 3 (7.69%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 7 (17.95%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (12.82%) Git
3 3 (7.69%) CppUnit
3 3 (7.69%) PVCS
4 2 (5.13%) JIRA
5 1 (2.56%) Eclipse
General
1 5 (12.82%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.69%) Electronics
2 3 (7.69%) Law
3 1 (2.56%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.56%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 30 (76.92%) Software Engineer
2 29 (74.36%) Embedded Engineer
3 26 (66.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 15 (38.46%) C Software Engineer
5 14 (35.90%) Embedded C Engineer
5 14 (35.90%) Embedded C Software Engineer
6 13 (33.33%) Development Engineer
6 13 (33.33%) Software Development Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) DSP Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) DSP Software Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Embedded Linux Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Linux Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) Support Technician
9 1 (2.56%) C/C++ Software Engineer
9 1 (2.56%) C++ Software Engineer
9 1 (2.56%) Firmware Engineer
9 1 (2.56%) Senior
9 1 (2.56%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 1 (2.56%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 1 (2.56%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) PyQt
1 1 (2.56%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (10.26%) Device Driver
3 3 (7.69%) ARM Cortex
3 3 (7.69%) FPGA
3 3 (7.69%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.95%) Linux
2 6 (15.38%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (7.69%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (2.56%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (84.62%) Software Engineering
2 6 (15.38%) Signal Processing
3 4 (10.26%) Unit Testing
4 3 (7.69%) API Integration
4 3 (7.69%) Code Coverage
4 3 (7.69%) Collaborative Engineering
4 3 (7.69%) Device Driver Development
4 3 (7.69%) Digital Signal Processing
4 3 (7.69%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (7.69%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (7.69%) SysML
4 3 (7.69%) System Testing
4 3 (7.69%) UML
5 2 (5.13%) Prototyping
6 1 (2.56%) Agile
6 1 (2.56%) AI
6 1 (2.56%) Embedded Software Development
6 1 (2.56%) QMS
6 1 (2.56%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 39 (100.00%) C
2 11 (28.21%) C++
3 8 (20.51%) Embedded C++
4 2 (5.13%) Python
5 1 (2.56%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 4 (10.26%) Firmware
2 3 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.56%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (7.69%) VMware
2 1 (2.56%) Wind River