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 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 321 441 607
Rank change year-on-year +120 +166 -140
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 23 22 9
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.090% 0.020%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.46% 0.24% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% +12.68%
UK median daily rate £505 £460 £410
% change year-on-year +9.78% +12.20% +9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 12 7
10th Percentile - £46.25 £45.50
25th Percentile £46.25 £49.06 £50.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £72.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.48% +31.82% +22.22%
75th Percentile £90.00 £90.00 -
90th Percentile - - £56.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -3.45% +31.82% +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 5,003 9,056 16,778
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.18% 37.01% 38.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,641 6,649 12,489
10th Percentile £356 £388 £375
25th Percentile £430 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £670 £638
90th Percentile £788 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 193 189
10th Percentile £32.50 £31.60 £20.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £51.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% +12.36%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £82.00 £73.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.35
% change year-on-year - +24.13% +17.45%

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 22 May 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 (21.74%) J1939
2 1 (4.35%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 8 (34.78%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (4.35%) CMake
2 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 14 (60.87%) Automotive
1 14 (60.87%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 22 (95.65%) Embedded Engineer
1 22 (95.65%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 22 (95.65%) Software Engineer
2 8 (34.78%) C Software Engineer
2 8 (34.78%) Embedded C Engineer
2 8 (34.78%) Embedded C Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) YAML
1 1 (4.35%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (34.78%) Test Automation
2 8 (34.78%) Test Scripting
2 8 (34.78%) Validation
2 8 (34.78%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (4.35%) Agile
3 1 (4.35%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 23 (100.00%) C
2 6 (26.09%) C++
2 6 (26.09%) Embedded C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) AUTOSAR
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) Functional Safety