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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 533 | 515 | 618 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -18 | +103 | +224 |
| Contract jobs citing Embedded C | 6 | 75 | 67 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.019% | 0.17% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.057% | 0.56% | 0.36% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 14 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £463 | £250 | £301 |
| 25th Percentile | £471 | £367 | £356 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £495 | £475 | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.21% | -2.56% | +8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £521 | £575 | £560 |
| 90th Percentile | £531 | £794 | £572 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £495 | £550 | £543 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | +1.38% | +20.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 45 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £46.25 | £45.75 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £50.75 | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £90.00 | £70.00 | £77.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +28.57% | -9.09% | +35.09% |
| 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 | 10,540 | 13,285 | 18,753 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 33.64% | 30.56% | 33.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,109 | 9,334 | 13,427 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £511 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.60% | -4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £775 | £790 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £489 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -2.20% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 254 | 537 | 447 |
| 10th Percentile | £26.52 | £31.25 | £28.84 |
| 25th Percentile | £34.55 | £46.25 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.00% | - | +19.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.30 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.61 | £75.00 | £79.31 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.00 | £65.00 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.62% | +4.00% | +18.42% |
Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Embedded C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Embedded C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded C.
Embedded C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded C.
Embedded C
Top 6 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 3 July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work from Home | +18 | 5 | £495 | +27.74% | 32 |
| England | -4 | 5 | £495 | +10.00% | 128 |
| UK excluding London | -35 | 4 | £495 | -10.00% | 126 |
| South East | +29 | 3 | £495 | -5.71% | 38 |
| London | +43 | 1 | - | - | 11 |
| East of England | +12 | 1 | - | - | 26 |
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: