C Software Engineer Contracts

C Software Engineer
UK

The median C Software Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 663 784
Rank change year-on-year +107 +121 -111
Contract jobs requiring a C Software Engineer 31 43 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.073% 0.075% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.079% 0.056%
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 excluding London median daily rate £500 £488 £410
% change year-on-year +2.56% +18.90% +1.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 33 31
10th Percentile £57.75 - £51.75
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 £65.38
90th Percentile - £90.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -0.76% +9.17% +26.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 39,586 54,569 84,106
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.66% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,744 38,105 59,089
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.01%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,669 1,523 2,070
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.02 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

C Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for C Software Engineer in the UK

C Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for C Software Engineer in the UK

C Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for C Software Engineer in the UK

C Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C Software Engineer over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C Software Engineer in the UK

C Software Engineer
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 C Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England +100 29 £500 +6.67% 15
UK excluding London +53 29 £500 +2.56% 13
East of England +20 27 - -
Work from Home +115 13 - - 8
South East +20 1 - - 1
South West -5 1 £500 -4.76% 3

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 featuring C Software Engineer in the job title.

1 31 (100.00%) C
1 31 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 25 (80.65%) C++
3 11 (35.48%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (35.48%) Verification and Validation
3 11 (35.48%) Validation
4 9 (29.03%) Rational DOORS
4 9 (29.03%) Test Automation
4 9 (29.03%) Visualisation
4 9 (29.03%) Test Scripting
4 9 (29.03%) Linux
4 9 (29.03%) Embedded C
5 7 (22.58%) Embedded C++
5 7 (22.58%) MATLAB
5 7 (22.58%) Simulink
5 7 (22.58%) C#
5 7 (22.58%) Scrum
5 7 (22.58%) Electronics
5 7 (22.58%) Continuous Integration
5 7 (22.58%) Multithreading
5 7 (22.58%) Software Testing
5 7 (22.58%) Mathematics
5 7 (22.58%) Unit Testing
5 7 (22.58%) Agile
5 7 (22.58%) TDD
5 7 (22.58%) Pair Programming
5 7 (22.58%) Data Analysis
5 7 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (22.58%) Mathematical Modelling
5 7 (22.58%) Customer Requirements

C Software Engineer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 7 (22.58%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 7 (22.58%) Modbus
1 7 (22.58%) RS-422
1 7 (22.58%) RS-485
2 2 (6.45%) Diameter Protocol
3 1 (3.23%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 9 (29.03%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (22.58%) Electronics
2 2 (6.45%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.23%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.23%) Aviation
3 1 (3.23%) Law
Operating Systems
1 9 (29.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 11 (35.48%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (35.48%) Validation
2 11 (35.48%) Verification and Validation
3 9 (29.03%) Test Automation
3 9 (29.03%) Test Scripting
3 9 (29.03%) Visualisation
4 7 (22.58%) Agile
4 7 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (22.58%) Continuous Integration
4 7 (22.58%) Data Analysis
4 7 (22.58%) DevOps
4 7 (22.58%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 7 (22.58%) Mathematics
4 7 (22.58%) Multithreading
4 7 (22.58%) Pair Programming
4 7 (22.58%) Scrum
4 7 (22.58%) Software Testing
4 7 (22.58%) TDD
4 7 (22.58%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 31 (100.00%) C
2 25 (80.65%) C++
3 9 (29.03%) Embedded C
4 7 (22.58%) C#
4 7 (22.58%) Embedded C++
4 7 (22.58%) MATLAB
5 1 (3.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 1 (3.23%) Twitter