Embedded C
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Embedded C skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 543 | 507 | 576 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -36 | +69 | +243 |
| Contract jobs citing Embedded C | 4 | 62 | 86 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.012% | 0.16% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.037% | 0.51% | 0.54% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 11 | 31 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £363 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £391 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -13.64% | +29.41% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £575 | £560 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £488 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.56% | -11.36% | +37.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 28 | 38 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £62.13 | £49.25 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £51.56 |
| Median hourly rate | £90.00 | £70.00 | £72.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +28.57% | -2.78% | +26.32% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £90.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £80.00 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £90.00 | £70.00 | £77.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +28.57% | -9.09% | +35.09% |
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 | 10,685 | 12,146 | 16,062 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.71% | 31.94% | 32.09% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,077 | 8,210 | 11,382 |
| 10th Percentile | £342 | £350 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £501 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.67% | -4.55% | -2.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £775 | £781 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 292 | 342 | 461 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.00 | £27.00 | £32.32 |
| 25th Percentile | £37.50 | £46.18 | £48.32 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £65.00 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.38% | +4.00% | +11.61% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.06 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £78.63 | £82.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £63.75 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.92% | - | +13.04% |
Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Embedded C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Embedded C
Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Embedded C.
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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 16 September 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -39 | 3 | £500 | +8.11% | 68 |
| Work from Home | +27 | 2 | - | - | 9 |
| UK excluding London | -54 | 2 | £500 | +2.56% | 70 |
| London | +29 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| East of England | -4 | 1 | - | - | 15 |
| South West | -12 | 1 | £500 | +8.11% | 6 |
Embedded C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: