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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 639 548 521
Rank change year-on-year -91 -27 +64
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 24 6 59
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.045% 0.018% 0.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.17% 0.055% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 12
10th Percentile - £501 £364
25th Percentile £513 £503 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% +7.69%
75th Percentile £538 £528 £625
90th Percentile - £534 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 32
10th Percentile £45.25 - £53.28
25th Percentile £49.38 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £90.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.11% +28.57% -9.09%
75th Percentile £64.38 - -
90th Percentile £67.75 - £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 14,166 10,812 12,576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.74% 33.05% 31.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,200 7,280 8,888
10th Percentile £363 £340 £350
25th Percentile £423 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 521 258 444
10th Percentile £33.70 £27.98 £30.11
25th Percentile £51.25 £36.06 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.38 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.30% -13.27% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £80.89 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.56% -1.54% +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 25 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 25 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 -72 23 £525 +2.44% 44
England -94 23 £525 +2.44% 47
South East -58 14 £525 - 13
East of England -11 8 - - 8
Work from Home -66 3 £525 - 22
London -65 1 - - 6
Scotland - 1 - - 2

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 (4.17%) GitHub
1 1 (4.17%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) Ethernet
1 4 (16.67%) Software-Defined Radio
1 4 (16.67%) Wireless
2 1 (4.17%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (8.33%) Git
General
1 4 (16.67%) Law
2 1 (4.17%) Electronics
2 1 (4.17%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 12 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 11 (45.83%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) DSP Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) DSP Software Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) C Software Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) C/C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Embedded C Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Embedded C Software Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Embedded Linux Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) PyQt
1 1 (4.17%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) FPGA
2 4 (16.67%) PCIe
3 3 (12.50%) ARM Cortex
3 3 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (12.50%) Verilog
3 3 (12.50%) VHDL
4 1 (4.17%) Algorithms
4 1 (4.17%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Linux
2 4 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
2 4 (16.67%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (79.17%) Software Engineering
2 8 (33.33%) Signal Processing
3 7 (29.17%) Digital Signal Processing
4 4 (16.67%) SysML
4 4 (16.67%) System Testing
4 4 (16.67%) UML
5 3 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
5 3 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (12.50%) Regression Testing
5 3 (12.50%) Test Assurance
5 3 (12.50%) Test Automation
5 3 (12.50%) Trade-off Analysis
6 1 (4.17%) AI
6 1 (4.17%) API Integration
6 1 (4.17%) Device Driver Development
6 1 (4.17%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (4.17%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) C
2 9 (37.50%) C++
3 6 (25.00%) Embedded C++
4 4 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Firmware
2 1 (4.17%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Intel
1 3 (12.50%) SAP
1 3 (12.50%) Xilinx