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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 629 529 517
Rank change year-on-year -100 -12 +97
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 26 5 74
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.051% 0.016% 0.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.19% 0.048% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 13
10th Percentile - £463 £250
25th Percentile - £471 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -1.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile - £521 £575
90th Percentile - £531 £797
UK excluding London median daily rate - £495 £550
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 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 13,838 10,381 13,183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.92% 33.75% 30.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,976 7,005 9,251
10th Percentile £358 £350 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.86% -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 548 251 540
10th Percentile £34.09 £26.32 £31.25
25th Percentile £53.53 £34.62 £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 £77.65 £80.00 £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 1 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 -76 26 - - 73
England -99 25 - - 78
South East -54 13 - - 27
East of England -10 12 - - 11
Work from Home -47 6 - - 24
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 (15.38%) Ethernet
1 4 (15.38%) Software-Defined Radio
1 4 (15.38%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (3.85%) Git
2 1 (3.85%) JIRA
2 1 (3.85%) PVCS
General
1 4 (15.38%) Law
2 1 (3.85%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 22 (84.62%) Software Engineer
2 15 (57.69%) Embedded Engineer
2 15 (57.69%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) C Software Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) C/C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Embedded C Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Embedded C Software Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) DSP Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) DSP Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) FPGA
2 4 (15.38%) PCIe
3 3 (11.54%) ARM Cortex
3 3 (11.54%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (11.54%) Verilog
3 3 (11.54%) VHDL
4 1 (3.85%) Algorithms
4 1 (3.85%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (23.08%) Linux
2 4 (15.38%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (11.54%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (88.46%) Software Engineering
2 7 (26.92%) Digital Signal Processing
2 7 (26.92%) Signal Processing
3 4 (15.38%) SysML
3 4 (15.38%) System Testing
3 4 (15.38%) UML
4 3 (11.54%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (11.54%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (11.54%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (11.54%) Regression Testing
4 3 (11.54%) Test Assurance
4 3 (11.54%) Test Automation
4 3 (11.54%) Trade-off Analysis
5 1 (3.85%) Code Coverage
5 1 (3.85%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (3.85%) Unit Testing
5 1 (3.85%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 26 (100.00%) C
2 11 (42.31%) C++
3 8 (30.77%) Embedded C++
4 3 (11.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) DV Cleared
1 6 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Firmware
1 1 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Intel
1 3 (11.54%) SAP
1 3 (11.54%) Xilinx
2 1 (3.85%) ANSYS
2 1 (3.85%) IBM
2 1 (3.85%) VMware