Embedded C
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 9 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 521 | 629 | 825 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +108 | +196 | -163 |
| Contract jobs citing Embedded C | 81 | 66 | 31 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.19% | 0.12% | 0.035% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.62% | 0.35% | 0.098% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15 | 21 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £250 | £306 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £394 | £363 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £450 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.22% | - | +13.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £605 | £560 | £475 |
| 90th Percentile | £792 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £460 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +19.57% | +2.22% | -10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 51 | 29 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £45.25 | £46.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £51.25 | £47.19 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £72.50 | £57.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.45% | +27.19% | +20.63% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £90.00 | £58.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £90.00 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £68.50 | £57.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.19% | +20.18% | +20.00% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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 requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 13,047 | 18,952 | 31,653 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.12% | 34.11% | 36.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,199 | 13,649 | 23,126 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £381 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £458 | £460 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £678 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £763 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +14.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 528 | 440 | 496 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.95 | £29.71 | £19.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £51.38 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +21.65% | +14.80% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.31 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.63 | £78.12 | £70.38 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +25.00% |
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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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded C over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.
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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 9 June 2024.
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Top 13 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 9 June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +63 | 76 | £550 | +19.57% | 109 |
| England | +104 | 73 | £503 | +11.67% | 102 |
| Work from Home | +111 | 25 | £613 | +36.11% | 37 |
| South West | +35 | 25 | - | - | 17 |
| South East | +16 | 18 | £550 | +22.22% | 28 |
| East of England | -13 | 16 | £550 | -1.79% | 24 |
| Scotland | +46 | 8 | £850 | - | 9 |
| North of England | +30 | 7 | - | - | 14 |
| North East | - | 6 | - | - | 2 |
| London | +79 | 5 | £250 | -33.55% | 4 |
| Midlands | +21 | 2 | £505 | +12.22% | 16 |
| East Midlands | +11 | 2 | £505 | +12.22% | 6 |
| North West | +13 | 1 | - | - | 11 |
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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: