Embedded C
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Embedded C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded C over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 505 | 527 | 654 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +22 | +127 | +162 |
| Contract jobs citing Embedded C | 14 | 73 | 59 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.048% | 0.17% | 0.099% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.14% | 0.57% | 0.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 14 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | £410 | £250 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £429 | £425 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £503 | £460 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.47% | +9.24% | +12.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £497 | £575 | £560 |
| 90th Percentile | £519 | £733 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £470 | £550 | £460 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.55% | +19.57% | +8.24% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 53 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | £55.13 | - | £42.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £60.94 | £46.25 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £71.25 | £70.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.79% | +7.69% | +18.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £80.94 | £80.00 | £77.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £86.38 | £90.00 | £90.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £71.25 | £70.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.79% | +7.69% | +18.18% |
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 | 9,942 | 12,854 | 20,901 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.01% | 29.49% | 35.02% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,743 | 9,130 | 15,092 |
| 10th Percentile | £360 | £350 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £419 | £425 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £769 | £760 | £780 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £489 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -2.20% | +3.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 245 | 485 | 471 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.49 | £31.25 | £26.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £33.91 | £46.25 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.50 | £60.70 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.31% | -0.33% | +21.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £78.75 | £77.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £63.87 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.20% | - | +26.21% |
Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Embedded C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded C.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded C.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded C over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
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Top 7 Contract 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 30 April 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 | +8 | 12 | £470 | -6.47% | 100 |
| UK excluding London | -3 | 12 | £470 | -14.55% | 109 |
| Work from Home | +32 | 9 | £475 | - | 47 |
| South East | +31 | 7 | £470 | -10.48% | 33 |
| South West | +30 | 2 | - | - | 16 |
| East of England | +17 | 2 | - | - | 14 |
| Wales | +5 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
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: