C Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London
C
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring C skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 326 | 250 | 148 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -76 | -102 | -18 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 165 | 134 | 253 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London | 0.58% | 0.84% | 1.49% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.66% | 3.04% | 5.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 37 | 43 | 89 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £68 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £366 | £445 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £475 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.26% | -9.52% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £544 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £658 | £610 | £640 |
| UK median daily rate | £492 | £500 | £543 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.60% | -7.83% | -1.36% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 68 | 41 | 52 |
| 10th Percentile | £60.00 | £41.25 | £51.03 |
| 25th Percentile | £62.19 | £61.25 | £57.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £68.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.94% | +4.62% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £73.75 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £76.25 | £92.88 |
| UK median hourly rate | £70.00 | £68.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.94% | +4.62% | - |
All Programming Languages
UK excluding London
C falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in the UK excluding London.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 6,195 | 4,405 | 4,340 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 21.88% | 27.45% | 25.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,732 | 2,822 | 2,615 |
| 10th Percentile | £338 | £313 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £489 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -2.86% | -2.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £551 | £581 |
| 90th Percentile | £671 | £638 | £650 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £508 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.45% | -3.33% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 501 | 208 | 244 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.25 | £33.91 | £26.33 |
| 25th Percentile | £45.20 | £50.00 | £47.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £68.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £75.00 | £75.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £65.00 | £57.50 | £63.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.04% | -9.09% | +1.20% |
C Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
C Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing C.
C Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.
C Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing C.
C Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.
C Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 October 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South East | -15 | 53 | £450 | -10.00% | 198 |
| East of England | -17 | 53 | £705 | +61.14% | 235 |
| South West | -58 | 27 | £550 | +10.00% | 125 |
| Midlands | -29 | 17 | £462 | - | 83 |
| West Midlands | -35 | 17 | £462 | - | 43 |
| North of England | -75 | 8 | £420 | -6.67% | 98 |
| Scotland | -36 | 7 | £480 | +9.71% | 46 |
| North West | -53 | 5 | £420 | +10.53% | 46 |
| Yorkshire | -38 | 3 | £400 | -15.79% | 29 |
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C Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Programming Languages
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C++ | 53.3% | 88 |
| 2 | Embedded C | 23.6% | 39 |
| 3 | Python | 13.3% | 22 |
| 4 | SQL | 10.9% | 18 |
| 5 | Ada | 6.7% | 11 |
| 5 | Embedded C++ | 6.7% | 11 |
| 5 | PL/SQL | 6.7% | 11 |
| 8 | ProC | 6.1% | 10 |
| 9 | Java | 4.2% | 7 |
| 9 | MATLAB | 4.2% | 7 |
| 11 | C# | 3.0% | 5 |
| 11 | JavaScript | 3.0% | 5 |
| 11 | SystemVerilog | 3.0% | 5 |
| 11 | VB | 3.0% | 5 |
| 11 | VB6 | 3.0% | 5 |
| 16 | PowerShell | 2.4% | 4 |
| 16 | Rust | 2.4% | 4 |
| 18 | Lua | 1.8% | 3 |
| 18 | TypeScript | 1.8% | 3 |
| 20 | COBOL | 1.2% | 2 |