Embedded C Contracts with Work from Home Options

Embedded C
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Embedded C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded C over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 325 446 623
Rank change year-on-year +121 +177 -172
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 27 24 11
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.093% 0.025%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.52% 0.25% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - £356 -
25th Percentile £463 £420 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +12.50% +12.68%
75th Percentile £488 £475 -
90th Percentile - £509 -
UK median daily rate £503 £460 £410
% change year-on-year +9.24% +12.20% +9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 10 9
10th Percentile - £45.53 £46.50
25th Percentile £46.25 £47.19 £52.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £90.00 £90.00 -
90th Percentile - - £55.50
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% +22.22%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

Embedded C is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,147 9,658 16,961
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.47% 37.35% 38.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,710 7,073 12,579
10th Percentile £350 £393 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.47%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 213 194
10th Percentile £27.50 £35.00 £20.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £58.75 £63.00 £49.63
Median % change year-on-year -6.75% +26.95% +10.28%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £86.88 £79.20 £67.35
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £60.70 £50.00
% change year-on-year -0.33% +21.40% +13.64%

Embedded C
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Embedded C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Embedded C trend for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded C
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Embedded C.

Embedded C daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded C
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Embedded C.

Embedded C hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded C
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Embedded C over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Embedded C hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) J1939
2 1 (3.70%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 10 (37.04%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (3.70%) CMake
2 1 (3.70%) JIRA
2 1 (3.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (51.85%) Automotive
1 14 (51.85%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 24 (88.89%) Embedded Engineer
1 24 (88.89%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 24 (88.89%) Software Engineer
2 10 (37.04%) C Software Engineer
2 10 (37.04%) Embedded C Engineer
2 10 (37.04%) Embedded C Software Engineer
3 1 (3.70%) Developer
3 1 (3.70%) Embedded Developer
3 1 (3.70%) Embedded Software Developer
3 1 (3.70%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) YAML
1 1 (3.70%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) CAN bus
2 1 (3.70%) ASIC
2 1 (3.70%) FPGA
2 1 (3.70%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Linux
2 1 (3.70%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (96.30%) Software Engineering
2 10 (37.04%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (37.04%) Test Automation
2 10 (37.04%) Test Scripting
2 10 (37.04%) Validation
2 10 (37.04%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (3.70%) Agile
3 1 (3.70%) CI/CD
3 1 (3.70%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (100.00%) C
2 8 (29.63%) C++
2 8 (29.63%) Embedded C++
3 1 (3.70%) C#
3 1 (3.70%) SystemVerilog
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (3.70%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (18.52%) Functional Safety