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.
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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
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
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: