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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 512 | 527 | 658 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +15 | +131 | +167 |
| Contract jobs citing Embedded C | 12 | 73 | 58 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.041% | 0.17% | 0.098% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.12% | 0.57% | 0.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 13 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | £410 | £250 | £315 |
| 25th Percentile | £429 | £425 | £403 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £505 | £474 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.93% | +6.60% | +15.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £497 | £575 | £560 |
| 90th Percentile | £519 | £747 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £470 | £550 | £486 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.55% | +13.11% | +14.41% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 52 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | £55.13 | - | £42.50 |
| 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 | £61.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.79% | +14.75% | +10.91% |
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 | 10,012 | 12,769 | 20,585 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.14% | 29.59% | 34.85% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,802 | 9,080 | 14,839 |
| 10th Percentile | £358 | £350 | £394 |
| 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 | £775 | £763 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.56% | -2.50% | +2.04% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 252 | 487 | 463 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.55 | £31.70 | £26.15 |
| 25th Percentile | £33.91 | £46.25 | £49.84 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £61.60 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.46% | +2.67% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £79.50 | £77.80 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £64.00 | £62.50 | £60.63 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.40% | +3.09% | +21.86% |
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 6 May 2025.
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Top 8 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 6 May 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 | +7 | 10 | £470 | -6.93% | 136 |
| UK excluding London | -7 | 10 | £470 | -14.55% | 142 |
| Work from Home | +30 | 8 | £475 | - | 64 |
| South East | +25 | 7 | £470 | -14.55% | 40 |
| London | +33 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| South West | +20 | 1 | - | - | 25 |
| East of England | +10 | 1 | - | - | 27 |
| Wales | +9 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
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: