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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 15 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 500 | 641 | 820 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +141 | +179 | -176 |
| Contract jobs citing Embedded C | 73 | 59 | 37 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.17% | 0.10% | 0.042% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.58% | 0.30% | 0.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 13 | 23 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £250 | £318 | £402 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £406 | £405 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £488 | £410 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.59% | +18.90% | +9.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £560 | £438 |
| 90th Percentile | £747 | - | £445 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £513 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.32% | +20.59% | -15.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 52 | 22 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £46.25 | £46.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.31 | £52.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £74.75 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.35% | +35.91% | +22.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £80.00 | £86.75 | £58.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £90.00 | £90.00 | £58.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £77.00 | £56.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +37.50% | +21.74% |
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 | 12,689 | 19,807 | 31,680 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.82% | 34.69% | 36.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,016 | 14,288 | 23,102 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £392 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £533 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.09% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £653 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £785 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +2.04% | +15.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 491 | 450 | 512 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.24 | £19.56 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.10 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +24.75% | +16.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £78.00 | £74.30 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +24.05% |
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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 15 May 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 15 May 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 15 May 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 | +70 | 69 | £550 | +7.32% | 114 |
| England | +106 | 67 | £505 | +3.59% | 106 |
| Work from Home | +127 | 24 | - | - | 50 |
| South West | +35 | 18 | - | - | 23 |
| South East | +21 | 18 | £550 | +22.22% | 26 |
| East of England | +3 | 18 | £550 | -1.79% | 19 |
| North of England | +26 | 7 | - | - | 10 |
| Scotland | +51 | 6 | - | - | 10 |
| North East | - | 6 | - | - | 3 |
| London | +96 | 4 | £250 | -46.09% | 5 |
| Midlands | +33 | 2 | £505 | +12.22% | 23 |
| East Midlands | +16 | 2 | £505 | +12.22% | 13 |
| North West | +19 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
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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: