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 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 644 562 505
Rank change year-on-year -82 -57 +53
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 36 3 61
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.066% 0.009% 0.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.26% 0.028% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 11
10th Percentile - - £363
25th Percentile £513 - £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £606 - £575
90th Percentile £730 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £488
% change year-on-year +5.00% +2.56% -11.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 27
10th Percentile £49.63 - £60.75
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £70.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - -2.78%

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 14,087 10,751 12,316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 25.92% 32.92% 32.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,146 7,102 8,292
10th Percentile £363 £344 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £505 £528
Median % change year-on-year +3.47% -4.27% -4.09%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 557 290 346
10th Percentile £26.51 £29.00 £27.00
25th Percentile £46.75 £40.31 £46.18
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +3.17%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £78.88 £78.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

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 21 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded C over the 6 months to 21 September 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 21 September 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 -72 34 £525 +5.00% 146
England -86 33 £525 +5.00% 167
East of England - 16 - - 42
South East - 15 £525 - 34
Work from Home -50 14 £525 - 64
Scotland - 3 - - 7
London -83 2 £775 - 16

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 (2.78%) GitHub
1 1 (2.78%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.11%) Ethernet
1 4 (11.11%) Software-Defined Radio
1 4 (11.11%) Wireless
2 3 (8.33%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 8 (22.22%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (11.11%) Git
3 3 (8.33%) CppUnit
3 3 (8.33%) PVCS
4 1 (2.78%) Eclipse
4 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 5 (13.89%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.11%) Law
3 2 (5.56%) Electronics
4 1 (2.78%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 27 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 26 (72.22%) Embedded Engineer
3 23 (63.89%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 12 (33.33%) C Software Engineer
4 12 (33.33%) Embedded C Engineer
4 12 (33.33%) Embedded C Software Engineer
5 11 (30.56%) Development Engineer
5 11 (30.56%) Software Development Engineer
6 4 (11.11%) DSP Engineer
6 4 (11.11%) DSP Software Engineer
7 3 (8.33%) Embedded Linux Engineer
7 3 (8.33%) Linux Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Firmware Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Senior
8 1 (2.78%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Senior Software Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) PyQt
1 1 (2.78%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.22%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (13.89%) FPGA
3 4 (11.11%) Device Driver
3 4 (11.11%) PCIe
4 3 (8.33%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (2.78%) Verilog
5 1 (2.78%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.22%) Linux
2 7 (19.44%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (11.11%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (2.78%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (83.33%) Software Engineering
2 8 (22.22%) Signal Processing
3 5 (13.89%) Digital Signal Processing
4 4 (11.11%) SysML
4 4 (11.11%) System Testing
4 4 (11.11%) UML
5 3 (8.33%) API Integration
5 3 (8.33%) Code Coverage
5 3 (8.33%) Collaborative Engineering
5 3 (8.33%) Device Driver Development
5 3 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (8.33%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (8.33%) Unit Testing
6 1 (2.78%) Embedded Software Development
6 1 (2.78%) Prototyping
6 1 (2.78%) Test Assurance
6 1 (2.78%) Test Harness
6 1 (2.78%) Trade-off Analysis
6 1 (2.78%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 36 (100.00%) C
2 11 (30.56%) C++
3 8 (22.22%) Embedded C++
4 1 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (5.56%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.78%) DV Cleared
2 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (11.11%) Firmware
2 3 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.78%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (8.33%) VMware
2 1 (2.78%) Intel
2 1 (2.78%) SAP
2 1 (2.78%) Wind River
2 1 (2.78%) Xilinx