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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 6 Aug 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 640 | 547 | 509 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -93 | -38 | +81 |
| Contract jobs citing Embedded C | 31 | 6 | 55 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.058% | 0.018% | 0.14% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.22% | 0.055% | 0.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £501 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £513 | £503 | £403 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £513 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.44% | -6.82% | +17.02% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £528 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £534 | £803 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £513 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.44% | -6.82% | +3.77% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 1 | 28 |
| 10th Percentile | £52.00 | - | £62.13 |
| 25th Percentile | £66.25 | - | - |
| 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 | 14,117 | 10,862 | 12,229 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 26.48% | 33.00% | 31.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,165 | 7,304 | 8,594 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £340 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £501 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.35% | -5.52% | -3.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £615 | £625 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £495 | £475 | £497 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.21% | -4.50% | -0.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 532 | 260 | 409 |
| 10th Percentile | £30.05 | £27.99 | £27.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £50.00 | £35.75 | £46.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £57.13 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.79% | -12.12% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £68.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.45 | £83.11 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £64.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.56% | -1.54% | +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
Daily Rate Trend
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.
Embedded C
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded C over the 6 months to 6 August 2026.
Embedded C
Top 7 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 6 August 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 | 30 | £525 | +2.44% | 73 |
| England | -67 | 28 | £525 | +2.44% | 81 |
| South East | -43 | 16 | £525 | - | 18 |
| East of England | -9 | 11 | - | - | 12 |
| Work from Home | -55 | 7 | £525 | - | 34 |
| Scotland | - | 3 | - | - | 2 |
| London | -59 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
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: