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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 646 565 506
Rank change year-on-year -81 -59 +56
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 38 3 59
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.070% 0.009% 0.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.27% 0.028% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 10
10th Percentile - - £361
25th Percentile £513 - £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +8.11% -15.91%
75th Percentile £606 - £563
90th Percentile £730 - £610
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 0 24
10th Percentile £34.00 - £56.63
25th Percentile - - £69.06
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £70.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £73.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - -10.83%

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 14,230 10,889 12,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.04% 32.95% 32.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,261 7,184 8,144
10th Percentile £363 £342 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.88% -3.74% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £649
90th Percentile £725 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £494
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.85% -1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 541 295 343
10th Percentile £24.25 £29.00 £26.04
25th Percentile £46.80 £41.25 £45.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +3.17%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £78.50
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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -61 36 £525 +5.00% 146
England -79 35 £525 +5.00% 162
East of England - 18 - - 35
Work from Home -35 16 £525 - 59
South East - 15 £525 - 31
Scotland - 3 - - 12
London -77 2 £775 - 12

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 (2.63%) GitHub
1 1 (2.63%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.53%) Ethernet
1 4 (10.53%) Software-Defined Radio
1 4 (10.53%) Wireless
2 3 (7.89%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 8 (21.05%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (10.53%) Git
3 3 (7.89%) CppUnit
3 3 (7.89%) PVCS
4 1 (2.63%) Eclipse
4 1 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 5 (13.16%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.53%) Law
3 3 (7.89%) Electronics
4 1 (2.63%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 29 (76.32%) Software Engineer
2 28 (73.68%) Embedded Engineer
3 25 (65.79%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 14 (36.84%) C Software Engineer
4 14 (36.84%) Embedded C Engineer
4 14 (36.84%) Embedded C Software Engineer
5 13 (34.21%) Development Engineer
5 13 (34.21%) Software Development Engineer
6 4 (10.53%) DSP Engineer
6 4 (10.53%) DSP Software Engineer
7 3 (7.89%) Embedded Linux Engineer
7 3 (7.89%) Linux Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) Support Technician
9 1 (2.63%) Firmware Engineer
9 1 (2.63%) Senior
9 1 (2.63%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 1 (2.63%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 1 (2.63%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) PyQt
1 1 (2.63%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.05%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (10.53%) Device Driver
2 4 (10.53%) FPGA
2 4 (10.53%) PCIe
3 3 (7.89%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 7 (18.42%) Linux
2 6 (15.79%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (10.53%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (2.63%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (84.21%) Software Engineering
2 7 (18.42%) Signal Processing
3 4 (10.53%) Digital Signal Processing
3 4 (10.53%) SysML
3 4 (10.53%) System Testing
3 4 (10.53%) UML
4 3 (7.89%) API Integration
4 3 (7.89%) Code Coverage
4 3 (7.89%) Collaborative Engineering
4 3 (7.89%) Device Driver Development
4 3 (7.89%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (7.89%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (7.89%) Unit Testing
5 2 (5.26%) Prototyping
6 1 (2.63%) AI
6 1 (2.63%) Embedded Software Development
6 1 (2.63%) TDD
6 1 (2.63%) Validation
6 1 (2.63%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 38 (100.00%) C
2 10 (26.32%) C++
3 7 (18.42%) Embedded C++
4 1 (2.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.63%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (10.53%) Firmware
2 3 (7.89%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.63%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (7.89%) VMware
2 1 (2.63%) Wind River