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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 6 May 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 593 | 512 | 527 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -81 | +15 | +131 |
| Contract jobs citing Embedded C | 44 | 12 | 73 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.092% | 0.041% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.34% | 0.12% | 0.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £381 | £410 | £250 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £429 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £470 | £505 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.04% | -6.93% | +6.60% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £497 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £594 | £519 | £747 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £470 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.06% | -14.55% | +13.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 15 | 2 | 52 |
| 10th Percentile | £68.80 | £55.13 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £60.94 | £46.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £71.25 | £70.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.75% | +1.79% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £80.94 | £80.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £86.38 | £90.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £71.25 | £70.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.75% | +1.79% | +14.75% |
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 | 12,892 | 10,011 | 12,769 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 27.07% | 34.15% | 29.59% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8,507 | 6,800 | 9,080 |
| 10th Percentile | £355 | £358 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £418 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | - | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £713 | £775 | £763 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £475 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -2.56% | -2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 563 | 252 | 487 |
| 10th Percentile | £41.94 | £22.55 | £31.70 |
| 25th Percentile | £54.55 | £33.91 | £46.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £61.60 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +1.46% | +2.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £68.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £85.00 | £79.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £64.00 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.56% | +2.40% | +3.09% |
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.
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Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Embedded C.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded C over the 6 months to 6 May 2026.
Embedded C
Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Embedded C.
Embedded C
Top 8 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 6 May 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 | -68 | 43 | £513 | +9.04% | 74 |
| UK excluding London | -76 | 40 | £475 | +1.06% | 80 |
| East of England | -11 | 24 | - | - | 13 |
| Work from Home | -29 | 16 | - | - | 23 |
| South East | -46 | 12 | - | - | 28 |
| South West | -32 | 3 | £475 | - | 16 |
| London | -46 | 3 | £550 | - | |
| Scotland | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
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: