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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 494 | 620 | 807 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +126 | +187 | -146 |
| Contract jobs citing Embedded C | 81 | 62 | 31 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.19% | 0.11% | 0.035% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.63% | 0.32% | 0.098% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15 | 22 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £250 | £306 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £394 | £372 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £455 | £410 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.99% | +10.98% | +6.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £605 | £560 | £450 |
| 90th Percentile | £792 | - | £465 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £498 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.55% | +17.06% | -15.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 53 | 25 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £46.25 | £46.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £51.25 | £47.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £77.00 | £57.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +35.09% | +23.91% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £90.00 | £58.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £90.00 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £77.00 | £57.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +35.09% | +21.28% |
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 | 12,939 | 19,124 | 31,582 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.05% | 34.12% | 36.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,176 | 13,793 | 23,095 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £461 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £680 | £660 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +14.94% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 522 | 433 | 488 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.60 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.00 | £62.50 | £51.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.80% | +20.77% | +17.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £78.95 | £71.98 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +28.05% |
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 1 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 1 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 1 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 | +62 | 76 | £550 | +10.55% | 102 |
| England | +98 | 73 | £503 | +10.44% | 93 |
| Work from Home | +116 | 26 | £613 | +36.11% | 37 |
| South West | +28 | 23 | - | - | 17 |
| South East | +12 | 18 | £550 | +22.22% | 28 |
| East of England | -7 | 17 | £550 | -1.79% | 18 |
| Scotland | +44 | 8 | £850 | - | 12 |
| North of England | +29 | 8 | - | - | 11 |
| North East | - | 6 | - | - | |
| London | +89 | 5 | £250 | -33.55% | 3 |
| North West | +22 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Midlands | +22 | 2 | £505 | +12.22% | 14 |
| East Midlands | +11 | 2 | £505 | +12.22% | 7 |
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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: