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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 635 547 514
Rank change year-on-year -88 -33 +100
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 25 6 74
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.048% 0.019% 0.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.18% 0.056% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 16
10th Percentile - £463 £250
25th Percentile - £471 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £495 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile - £521 £575
90th Percentile - £531 £789
UK excluding London median daily rate - £495 £525
% change year-on-year - -5.71% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 42
10th Percentile £50.75 - £46.25
25th Percentile £63.13 - £54.44
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 14,214 10,796 13,278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 27.01% 33.36% 30.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,243 7,282 9,344
10th Percentile £360 £350 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +3.16% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 544 263 528
10th Percentile £34.01 £27.59 £31.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £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 £80.00 £77.50 £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 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 10 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 10 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
England -91 24 - - 49
UK excluding London -100 24 - - 42
South East -49 13 - - 15
East of England -23 10 - - 3
Work from Home -52 4 - - 19
London -66 1 - - 10
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:

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
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (4.00%) Git
General
1 4 (16.00%) Law
2 1 (4.00%) Electronics
2 1 (4.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 13 (52.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 13 (52.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) DSP Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) DSP Software Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) C Software Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Embedded C Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Firmware 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%) Verilog
3 3 (12.00%) VHDL
4 2 (8.00%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (4.00%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 6 (24.00%) Linux
2 4 (16.00%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (12.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (84.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (28.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 7 (28.00%) Signal Processing
3 4 (16.00%) SysML
3 4 (16.00%) System Testing
3 4 (16.00%) UML
4 3 (12.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (12.00%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (12.00%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (12.00%) Regression Testing
4 3 (12.00%) Test Assurance
4 3 (12.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (12.00%) Trade-off Analysis
5 1 (4.00%) AI
5 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 2 (8.00%) Firmware
2 1 (4.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Intel
1 3 (12.00%) SAP
1 3 (12.00%) Xilinx