Embedded C Contracts in England

Embedded C
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Embedded C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Embedded C over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 477 573 757
Rank change year-on-year +96 +184 -152
Contract jobs citing Embedded C 73 63 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.13% 0.043%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.64% 0.39% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 20 5
10th Percentile £250 £306 £385
25th Percentile £378 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% - +23.29%
75th Percentile £575 £560 £475
90th Percentile £733 £562 -
UK median daily rate £505 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +12.22% - +13.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 27 16
10th Percentile - £48.50 £46.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £51.25 £47.19
Median hourly rate £70.00 £77.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +35.09% +20.63%
75th Percentile - £90.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £90.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £57.00
% change year-on-year -3.45% +27.19% +20.63%

All Programming Languages
England

Embedded 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11,366 16,181 25,623
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.30% 34.40% 36.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,149 11,851 18,996
10th Percentile £350 £375 £388
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 481 398 445
10th Percentile £35.52 £29.13 £20.00
25th Percentile £49.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - +19.05% +19.12%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £63.25
90th Percentile £77.50 £79.65 £73.70
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.25
% change year-on-year - +19.62% +16.76%

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Embedded C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded C in England

Embedded C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Embedded C in England.

Daily rate trend for Embedded C in England

Embedded C
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Embedded C in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Embedded C in England

Embedded C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Embedded C in England.

Hourly rate trend for Embedded C in England

Embedded C
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Embedded C in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Embedded C in England

Embedded C
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 12 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
South West +25 25 - - 20
South East +16 18 £550 +22.22% 26
East of England -9 16 £550 -1.79% 20
North of England +22 7 - - 10
North East - 6 - - 2
London +77 5 £250 -33.55% 3
Midlands +16 2 £505 +12.22% 13
East Midlands +6 2 £505 +12.22% 6
North West +15 1 - - 7
Embedded C
UK

Embedded C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (4.11%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.85%) J1939
2 4 (5.48%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.37%) 4G
3 1 (1.37%) 5G
3 1 (1.37%) RS-232
3 1 (1.37%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 6 (8.22%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (4.11%) Git
General
1 16 (21.92%) Automotive
2 14 (19.18%) Electronics
3 3 (4.11%) Aerospace
4 2 (2.74%) Aviation
4 2 (2.74%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.37%) Law
5 1 (1.37%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.37%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 56 (76.71%) Embedded Engineer
2 54 (73.97%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 54 (73.97%) Software Engineer
3 6 (8.22%) C Software Engineer
3 6 (8.22%) Developer
3 6 (8.22%) Embedded C Engineer
3 6 (8.22%) Embedded C Software Engineer
3 6 (8.22%) Embedded Developer
4 5 (6.85%) FPGA Engineer
4 5 (6.85%) Principal Embedded Software Engineer
4 5 (6.85%) Principal Engineer
4 5 (6.85%) Principal Software Engineer
5 3 (4.11%) Design Engineer
5 3 (4.11%) Firmware Engineer
5 3 (4.11%) FPGA Design Engineer
6 2 (2.74%) C Developer
6 2 (2.74%) DSP Engineer
6 2 (2.74%) Embedded C Developer
6 2 (2.74%) Software Verification Engineer
7 1 (1.37%) Process Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.11%) Yocto
2 2 (2.74%) Flash
2 2 (2.74%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 25 (34.25%) ARM Cortex
2 6 (8.22%) Algorithms
2 6 (8.22%) VHDL
3 5 (6.85%) CAN bus
3 5 (6.85%) FPGA
4 4 (5.48%) STB
5 2 (2.74%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.74%) GNSS
5 2 (2.74%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 27 (36.99%) Linux
2 25 (34.25%) FreeRTOS
3 2 (2.74%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (76.71%) Software Engineering
2 25 (34.25%) Configuration Management
3 12 (16.44%) Validation
4 10 (13.70%) Verification and Validation
5 8 (10.96%) Test Scripting
6 6 (8.22%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (8.22%) Test Automation
7 5 (6.85%) FPGA Design
7 5 (6.85%) Multithreading
8 4 (5.48%) Agile
8 4 (5.48%) Open Source
8 4 (5.48%) Scrum
9 3 (4.11%) Risk Management
10 2 (2.74%) Analytics
10 2 (2.74%) Digital Signal Processing
10 2 (2.74%) Embedded Software Development
10 2 (2.74%) Signal Processing
11 1 (1.37%) Kalman Filter
11 1 (1.37%) Mathematics
11 1 (1.37%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 73 (100.00%) C
2 18 (24.66%) C++
3 14 (19.18%) Embedded C++
4 4 (5.48%) MATLAB
5 3 (4.11%) Bash
6 2 (2.74%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (26.03%) Security Cleared
2 16 (21.92%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.11%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.37%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.59%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 6 (8.22%) Firmware
2 1 (1.37%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (6.85%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 25 (34.25%) IBM
1 25 (34.25%) Lauterbach
2 4 (5.48%) BT
2 4 (5.48%) Xilinx
3 2 (2.74%) Broadcom
3 2 (2.74%) Renesas