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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 608 518 503
Rank change year-on-year -90 -15 +128
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 33 6 81
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.066% 0.020% 0.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.25% 0.060% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 15
10th Percentile £333 £428 £250
25th Percentile £381 £439 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £465 £505
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% -7.92% +12.22%
75th Percentile £488 £505 £605
90th Percentile - £525 £792
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £465 £550
% change year-on-year +2.15% -15.45% +11.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 51
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £90.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +28.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £90.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £90.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +28.57% +2.19%

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 13,450 10,021 13,173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.88% 33.96% 30.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,774 6,799 9,279
10th Percentile £358 £354 £350
25th Percentile £417 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £603 £625 £650
90th Percentile £718 £750 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £489
% change year-on-year +2.63% -2.86% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 549 235 534
10th Percentile £35.25 £25.98 £31.55
25th Percentile £53.53 £33.91 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.60 £85.00 £75.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +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
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded C over the 6 months to 13 June 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
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 13 June 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 -80 32 £475 +2.15% 50
England -97 32 £475 +2.15% 49
East of England -13 15 - - 8
South East -52 13 - - 23
Work from Home -61 9 - - 16
South West - 3 £475 - 7
London -61 1 £300 -
Scotland - 1 - - 1

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 (3.03%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.21%) Ethernet
2 4 (12.12%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (12.12%) Wireless
3 1 (3.03%) Modbus
3 1 (3.03%) RS-232
3 1 (3.03%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (12.12%) JIRA
3 3 (9.09%) Git
3 3 (9.09%) PVCS
General
1 4 (12.12%) Law
2 3 (9.09%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 25 (75.76%) Software Engineer
2 19 (57.58%) Embedded Engineer
3 18 (54.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 8 (24.24%) C Software Engineer
4 8 (24.24%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
4 8 (24.24%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 8 (24.24%) C++ Software Engineer
4 8 (24.24%) Embedded C Engineer
4 8 (24.24%) Embedded C Software Engineer
4 8 (24.24%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
4 8 (24.24%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
4 8 (24.24%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 8 (24.24%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) DSP Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) DSP Software Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) Validation Engineer
7 2 (6.06%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (27.27%) FPGA
2 7 (21.21%) PCIe
3 3 (9.09%) ARM Cortex
3 3 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (9.09%) Verilog
3 3 (9.09%) VHDL
4 2 (6.06%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (3.03%) Algorithms
5 1 (3.03%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.18%) Linux
2 5 (15.15%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (9.09%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (78.79%) Software Engineering
2 7 (21.21%) Digital Signal Processing
2 7 (21.21%) Signal Processing
3 4 (12.12%) SysML
3 4 (12.12%) System Testing
3 4 (12.12%) UML
4 3 (9.09%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (9.09%) Code Coverage
4 3 (9.09%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (9.09%) Regression Testing
4 3 (9.09%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (9.09%) Test Assurance
4 3 (9.09%) Test Automation
4 3 (9.09%) Trade-off Analysis
4 3 (9.09%) Unit Testing
4 3 (9.09%) Validation
4 3 (9.09%) Workflow
5 1 (3.03%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.03%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 33 (100.00%) C
2 15 (45.45%) C++
3 12 (36.36%) Embedded C++
4 6 (18.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) DV Cleared
1 6 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.09%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Firmware
2 3 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.03%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (9.09%) ANSYS
1 3 (9.09%) IBM
1 3 (9.09%) Intel
1 3 (9.09%) SAP
1 3 (9.09%) VMware
1 3 (9.09%) Xilinx