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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 628 533 521
Rank change year-on-year -95 -12 +94
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 24 6 75
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.046% 0.019% 0.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.17% 0.056% 0.56%
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% -4.00%
75th Percentile - £521 £575
90th Percentile - £531 £792
UK excluding London median daily rate - £495 £525
% change year-on-year - -5.71% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 44
10th Percentile - - £46.25
25th Percentile - - £49.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £90.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +28.57% -6.35%
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 13,981 10,688 13,281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.85% 33.58% 30.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,074 7,205 9,329
10th Percentile £360 £350 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £650
90th Percentile £721 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £489
% change year-on-year +3.58% -2.86% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 537 255 536
10th Percentile £34.01 £27.00 £31.25
25th Percentile £53.53 £35.00 £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 £79.00 £78.22 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +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 7 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 -94 24 - - 47
England -87 23 - - 53
South East -55 13 - - 20
East of England -19 10 - - 4
Work from Home -56 4 - - 20
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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) Ethernet
1 4 (16.67%) Software-Defined Radio
1 4 (16.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (16.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 20 (83.33%) Software Engineer
2 13 (54.17%) Embedded Engineer
2 13 (54.17%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) DSP Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) DSP Software Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) C Software Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Embedded C Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Embedded C Software Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) FPGA
2 4 (16.67%) PCIe
3 3 (12.50%) ARM Cortex
3 3 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (12.50%) Verilog
3 3 (12.50%) VHDL
4 1 (4.17%) Algorithms
4 1 (4.17%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Linux
2 4 (16.67%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (87.50%) Software Engineering
2 7 (29.17%) Digital Signal Processing
2 7 (29.17%) Signal Processing
3 4 (16.67%) SysML
3 4 (16.67%) System Testing
3 4 (16.67%) UML
4 3 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (12.50%) Regression Testing
4 3 (12.50%) Test Assurance
4 3 (12.50%) Test Automation
4 3 (12.50%) Trade-off Analysis
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) C
2 9 (37.50%) C++
3 6 (25.00%) Embedded C++
4 3 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Intel
1 3 (12.50%) SAP
1 3 (12.50%) Xilinx