C Software Engineer Contracts in England

C Software Engineer
UK > England

The median C Software Engineer daily rate in England is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 504 603 732
Rank change year-on-year +99 +129 -136
Contract jobs requiring a C Software Engineer 27 43 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.074% 0.089% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.094% 0.066%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 6
10th Percentile - £427 £398
25th Percentile £475 £438 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £468
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +0.27% +16.88%
75th Percentile £525 £533 £566
90th Percentile - £536 £597
UK median daily rate £500 £469 £468
% change year-on-year +6.67% +0.27% +16.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 33 30
10th Percentile - £57.00 £51.70
25th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +9.17% +26.32%
75th Percentile £90.00 £77.00 £65.56
90th Percentile - £90.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -0.76% +9.17% +26.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 33,767 45,838 67,777
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.60% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,422 32,556 48,342
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,441 1,340 1,860
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.18 £44.77 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.94% +94.63% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.05 £64.78
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

C Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured C Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for C Software Engineer in England

C Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C Software Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for C Software Engineer in England

C Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C Software Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for C Software Engineer in England

C Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C Software Engineer in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C Software Engineer in England

C Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C Software Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
East of England +15 25 - - 1
South East +20 1 - - 4
South West -5 1 £500 -4.76% 3
C Software Engineer
UK

C Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, C Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring C Software Engineer in the job title.

1 27 (100.00%) C
1 27 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 21 (77.78%) C++
3 10 (37.04%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (37.04%) Verification and Validation
3 10 (37.04%) Validation
4 9 (33.33%) Linux
4 9 (33.33%) Visualisation
5 8 (29.63%) Rational DOORS
5 8 (29.63%) Test Automation
5 8 (29.63%) Test Scripting
5 8 (29.63%) Embedded C
6 7 (25.93%) MATLAB
6 7 (25.93%) Simulink
6 7 (25.93%) Mathematics
6 7 (25.93%) Data Analysis
6 7 (25.93%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
6 7 (25.93%) Mathematical Modelling
6 7 (25.93%) Multithreading
7 6 (22.22%) Modbus
7 6 (22.22%) DevOps
7 6 (22.22%) Customer Requirements
7 6 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (22.22%) RS-485
7 6 (22.22%) RS-422
7 6 (22.22%) Agile
7 6 (22.22%) TDD
7 6 (22.22%) Pair Programming
7 6 (22.22%) Software Testing
7 6 (22.22%) Unit Testing

C Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 7 (25.93%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) Modbus
1 6 (22.22%) RS-422
1 6 (22.22%) RS-485
2 1 (3.70%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 8 (29.63%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (22.22%) Electronics
2 1 (3.70%) Aerospace
2 1 (3.70%) Aviation
2 1 (3.70%) Law
Operating Systems
1 9 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 10 (37.04%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (37.04%) Validation
2 10 (37.04%) Verification and Validation
3 9 (33.33%) Visualisation
4 8 (29.63%) Test Automation
4 8 (29.63%) Test Scripting
5 7 (25.93%) Data Analysis
5 7 (25.93%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 7 (25.93%) Mathematical Modelling
5 7 (25.93%) Mathematics
5 7 (25.93%) Multithreading
6 6 (22.22%) Agile
6 6 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (22.22%) Customer Requirements
6 6 (22.22%) DevOps
6 6 (22.22%) Pair Programming
6 6 (22.22%) Software Testing
6 6 (22.22%) TDD
6 6 (22.22%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (100.00%) C
2 21 (77.78%) C++
3 8 (29.63%) Embedded C
4 7 (25.93%) MATLAB
5 6 (22.22%) C#
5 6 (22.22%) Embedded C++
6 1 (3.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
1 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 1 (3.70%) Twitter