Embedded C Jobs

Embedded C
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Embedded C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded C over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 536 811 980
Rank change year-on-year +275 +169 -197
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 408 135 285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.20% 0.34% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 339 69 86
10th Percentile £36,500 £38,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £62,188
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,947 40,085 91,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.25% 42.29% 54.38%
Number of salaries quoted 25,291 26,714 43,327
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,688 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded C in the UK

Embedded C
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded C.

Salary trend for Embedded C in the UK

Embedded C
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded C over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded C in the UK

Embedded C
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded C within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +184 400 £52,500 -4.55% 104
England +243 298 £55,000 +3.29% 99
Work from Home +197 214 £52,500 -19.23% 41
Scotland +6 101 £52,500 -20.75% 11
South East +36 74 £55,000 - 28
South West +39 69 £50,000 - 17
East of England +39 58 £60,000 -7.69% 20
Midlands +8 54 £55,000 +26.44% 15
North of England +43 37 £50,000 -4.76% 11
West Midlands -1 33 £60,000 +37.93% 8
East Midlands -5 21 £42,500 +6.25% 7
North West -10 21 £50,000 -6.98% 8
Yorkshire +69 16 £45,000 +5.88% 3
Wales - 7 £50,000 - 4
London +111 4 £105,000 -2.33% 5

Embedded C
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:

Applications
1 37 (9.07%) Simulink
2 22 (5.39%) Stateflow
3 7 (1.72%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 7 (1.72%) AWS
1 7 (1.72%) AWS IoT
2 5 (1.23%) GitHub
3 3 (0.74%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 86 (21.08%) Wireless
2 42 (10.29%) Wi-Fi
3 35 (8.58%) Bluetooth
4 32 (7.84%) RS-232
5 29 (7.11%) Ethernet
6 20 (4.90%) Internet
7 14 (3.43%) J1939
8 13 (3.19%) TCP/IP
9 11 (2.70%) RS-485
10 9 (2.21%) ZigBee
11 6 (1.47%) DVB
12 5 (1.23%) LTE
12 5 (1.23%) MQTT
13 4 (0.98%) LoRaWAN
14 2 (0.49%) HTTP
14 2 (0.49%) RS-422
15 1 (0.25%) FlexRay
15 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
15 1 (0.25%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.98%) Big Data
2 2 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.49%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 24 (5.88%) JIRA
2 21 (5.15%) ClearCase
2 21 (5.15%) Plastic SCM
3 16 (3.92%) Git
4 14 (3.43%) ClearQuest
4 14 (3.43%) Subversion
5 7 (1.72%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.49%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.25%) GitLab
8 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
General
1 126 (30.88%) Electronics
2 107 (26.23%) Social Skills
3 67 (16.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 64 (15.69%) Manufacturing
5 51 (12.50%) Automotive
6 26 (6.37%) Marketing
7 25 (6.13%) Aerospace
8 20 (4.90%) Telecoms
9 19 (4.66%) Finance
10 16 (3.92%) Public Sector
11 11 (2.70%) Legal
12 9 (2.21%) Retail
13 7 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
14 6 (1.47%) Tech for Good
15 5 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
17 2 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
18 1 (0.25%) Advertising
18 1 (0.25%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 273 (66.91%) Embedded Engineer
2 251 (61.52%) Software Engineer
3 196 (48.04%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 107 (26.23%) Senior
5 81 (19.85%) Senior Software Engineer
6 64 (15.69%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 56 (13.73%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 38 (9.31%) Firmware Engineer
9 37 (9.07%) C Software Engineer
10 31 (7.60%) Embedded C Engineer
10 31 (7.60%) Junior
11 30 (7.35%) Junior Embedded Engineer
12 28 (6.86%) Embedded C Software Engineer
13 26 (6.37%) Graduate
14 21 (5.15%) Electronics Engineer
14 21 (5.15%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
15 18 (4.41%) Developer
16 14 (3.43%) Embedded Developer
17 12 (2.94%) C++ Software Engineer
17 12 (2.94%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.90%) Yocto
2 6 (1.47%) HTML
3 5 (1.23%) FFmpeg
3 5 (1.23%) GStreamer
3 5 (1.23%) OpenEmbedded
3 5 (1.23%) WPF
4 4 (0.98%) Flask
5 3 (0.74%) Qt
6 1 (0.25%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 75 (18.38%) Embedded Systems
2 47 (11.52%) IoT
3 37 (9.07%) Algorithms
4 15 (3.68%) Device Driver
4 15 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.94%) Analogue Electronics
5 12 (2.94%) ARM Cortex
6 11 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.70%) RISC-V
7 10 (2.45%) FPGA
8 9 (2.21%) Renewable Energy
8 9 (2.21%) VHDL
9 8 (1.96%) CAN bus
10 7 (1.72%) Robotics
11 5 (1.23%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.23%) Raspberry Pi
11 5 (1.23%) Smart Home
12 4 (0.98%) Driving Licence
12 4 (0.98%) Smart Energy
13 3 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 182 (44.61%) Linux
2 91 (22.30%) Embedded Linux
3 22 (5.39%) Windows
4 10 (2.45%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (0.98%) Debian
6 1 (0.25%) Fedora
6 1 (0.25%) ThreadX
6 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (80.39%) Software Engineering
2 78 (19.12%) Computer Science
3 55 (13.48%) Agile
4 51 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 50 (12.25%) Software Testing
6 42 (10.29%) Physics
7 40 (9.80%) Mathematics
8 33 (8.09%) Mentoring
9 30 (7.35%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (6.62%) Configuration Management
11 23 (5.64%) Open Source
12 20 (4.90%) Embedded Software Development
12 20 (4.90%) Prototyping
12 20 (4.90%) SDLC
13 16 (3.92%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (3.92%) Digital Marketing
13 16 (3.92%) Programme Management
14 15 (3.68%) OOD
14 15 (3.68%) TDD
15 14 (3.43%) Data Acquisition
Programming Languages
1 407 (99.75%) C
2 148 (36.27%) Python
3 93 (22.79%) C++
4 58 (14.22%) Bash
5 57 (13.97%) Rust
6 55 (13.48%) Embedded C++
7 40 (9.80%) MATLAB
8 33 (8.09%) C#
9 14 (3.43%) Perl
10 12 (2.94%) Java
11 10 (2.45%) R
12 8 (1.96%) SQL
13 5 (1.23%) JavaScript
13 5 (1.23%) XAML
14 3 (0.74%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.49%) Assembly Language
15 2 (0.49%) PHP
Qualifications
1 158 (38.73%) Degree
2 53 (12.99%) Security Cleared
3 15 (3.68%) HND
4 9 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.74%) HNC
6 1 (0.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (8.58%) MISRA
2 22 (5.39%) AUTOSAR
3 17 (4.17%) ISO 26262
4 14 (3.43%) Automotive SPICE
5 12 (2.94%) QA
6 9 (2.21%) IEC 62304
7 8 (1.96%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 112 (27.45%) Firmware
2 45 (11.03%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (2.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (2.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (5.15%) IBM
1 21 (5.15%) Lauterbach
2 17 (4.17%) SAP
3 12 (2.94%) EMC
4 5 (1.23%) Renesas
5 4 (0.98%) Facebook
5 4 (0.98%) Instagram
6 3 (0.74%) Microsoft
7 2 (0.49%) Altera
7 2 (0.49%) Cadence
7 2 (0.49%) Lattice Semiconductor
8 1 (0.25%) Rockwell
8 1 (0.25%) Siemens