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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 627 547 522
Rank change year-on-year -80 -25 +80
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 25 6 59
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.047% 0.018% 0.14%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.18% 0.055% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 13
10th Percentile - £501 £353
25th Percentile £513 £503 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +2.56%
75th Percentile £538 £528 £575
90th Percentile - £534 £797
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 32
10th Percentile £48.00 - £50.93
25th Percentile £56.25 - -
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 14,218 10,867 12,910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.84% 33.16% 30.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,240 7,308 9,123
10th Percentile £360 £350 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +3.05% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 530 260 489
10th Percentile £34.01 £28.16 £30.63
25th Percentile £52.12 £36.25 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.13 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.79% -8.60% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £80.30 £75.00
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 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded C over the 6 months to 19 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded C in the UK

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 19 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 -88 24 £525 +2.44% 39
England -103 24 £525 +2.44% 43
South East -56 14 £525 - 8
East of England -8 9 - - 5
Work from Home -56 4 £525 - 15
London -73 1 - - 8
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.00%) GitHub
1 1 (4.00%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) Ethernet
1 4 (16.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 4 (16.00%) Wireless
2 1 (4.00%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (8.00%) Git
General
1 4 (16.00%) Law
2 1 (4.00%) Electronics
2 1 (4.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (76.00%) Software Engineer
2 13 (52.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 12 (48.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) DSP Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) DSP Software Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) C Software Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Embedded C Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Firmware Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) PyQt
1 1 (4.00%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) FPGA
2 4 (16.00%) PCIe
3 3 (12.00%) ARM Cortex
3 3 (12.00%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (12.00%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (12.00%) Verilog
3 3 (12.00%) VHDL
4 1 (4.00%) Algorithms
4 1 (4.00%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 7 (28.00%) Linux
2 4 (16.00%) Embedded Linux
2 4 (16.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (32.00%) Signal Processing
3 7 (28.00%) Digital Signal Processing
4 4 (16.00%) SysML
4 4 (16.00%) System Testing
4 4 (16.00%) UML
5 3 (12.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (12.00%) Customer Engagement
5 3 (12.00%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (12.00%) Regression Testing
5 3 (12.00%) Test Assurance
5 3 (12.00%) Test Automation
5 3 (12.00%) Trade-off Analysis
6 1 (4.00%) AI
6 1 (4.00%) API Integration
6 1 (4.00%) Device Driver Development
6 1 (4.00%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (4.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 25 (100.00%) C
2 10 (40.00%) C++
3 7 (28.00%) Embedded C++
4 4 (16.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (24.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) Firmware
2 1 (4.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Intel
1 3 (12.00%) SAP
1 3 (12.00%) Xilinx