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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 533 799 954
Rank change year-on-year +266 +155 -191
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 394 153 287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.16% 0.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.18% 0.36% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 336 80 97
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

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 33,326 42,611 88,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.02% 43.26% 54.15%
Number of salaries quoted 24,946 27,225 43,437
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,000 £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 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 23 May 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 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +194 386 £52,500 -4.55% 119
England +245 289 £55,000 +4.02% 112
Work from Home +195 211 £52,500 -19.23% 45
Scotland +13 98 £52,500 -22.22% 9
South East +56 73 £55,000 - 32
South West +50 68 £50,000 -20.00% 23
East of England +49 56 £60,000 -7.69% 19
Midlands +2 50 £55,000 +31.74% 21
North of England +35 36 £50,000 -4.76% 12
West Midlands +11 31 £60,000 +37.93% 9
North West -11 20 £50,000 -4.76% 9
East Midlands +2 19 £43,750 +9.38% 12
Yorkshire +89 16 £45,000 +5.88% 3
Wales - 5 £47,500 - 5
London - 4 £105,000 - 4

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 35 (8.88%) Simulink
2 22 (5.58%) Stateflow
3 7 (1.78%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.51%) 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 8 (2.03%) AWS
1 8 (2.03%) AWS IoT
2 5 (1.27%) GitHub
3 3 (0.76%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 85 (21.57%) Wireless
2 42 (10.66%) Wi-Fi
3 34 (8.63%) Bluetooth
4 30 (7.61%) RS-232
5 27 (6.85%) Ethernet
6 20 (5.08%) Internet
7 14 (3.55%) J1939
8 11 (2.79%) TCP/IP
9 9 (2.28%) RS-485
10 8 (2.03%) ZigBee
11 5 (1.27%) DVB
11 5 (1.27%) LTE
11 5 (1.27%) MQTT
12 4 (1.02%) LoRaWAN
13 2 (0.51%) HTTP
13 2 (0.51%) RS-422
14 1 (0.25%) FlexRay
14 1 (0.25%) GSM
14 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.02%) Big Data
2 2 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.51%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 24 (6.09%) JIRA
2 21 (5.33%) ClearCase
2 21 (5.33%) Plastic SCM
3 15 (3.81%) Git
4 14 (3.55%) ClearQuest
5 13 (3.30%) Subversion
6 7 (1.78%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.76%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.51%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.25%) GitLab
9 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
General
1 120 (30.46%) Electronics
2 104 (26.40%) Social Skills
3 67 (17.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 62 (15.74%) Manufacturing
5 50 (12.69%) Automotive
6 26 (6.60%) Marketing
7 23 (5.84%) Aerospace
8 20 (5.08%) Telecoms
9 19 (4.82%) Finance
10 16 (4.06%) Public Sector
11 10 (2.54%) Legal
12 9 (2.28%) Retail
13 7 (1.78%) Analytical Skills
14 6 (1.52%) Tech for Good
15 5 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
17 2 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
18 1 (0.25%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 259 (65.74%) Embedded Engineer
2 241 (61.17%) Software Engineer
3 186 (47.21%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 103 (26.14%) Senior
5 79 (20.05%) Senior Software Engineer
6 60 (15.23%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 54 (13.71%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 38 (9.64%) Firmware Engineer
9 37 (9.39%) C Software Engineer
10 31 (7.87%) Junior
11 30 (7.61%) Embedded C Engineer
11 30 (7.61%) Junior Embedded Engineer
12 28 (7.11%) Embedded C Software Engineer
13 26 (6.60%) Graduate
14 21 (5.33%) Electronics Engineer
14 21 (5.33%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
15 18 (4.57%) Developer
16 14 (3.55%) Embedded Developer
17 12 (3.05%) C++ Software Engineer
17 12 (3.05%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.82%) Yocto
2 6 (1.52%) HTML
3 5 (1.27%) FFmpeg
3 5 (1.27%) GStreamer
3 5 (1.27%) OpenEmbedded
3 5 (1.27%) WPF
4 4 (1.02%) Flask
5 3 (0.76%) Qt
6 1 (0.25%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 74 (18.78%) Embedded Systems
2 47 (11.93%) IoT
3 37 (9.39%) Algorithms
4 15 (3.81%) Device Driver
5 14 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (3.05%) Analogue Electronics
7 11 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.79%) RISC-V
8 9 (2.28%) ARM Cortex
8 9 (2.28%) FPGA
8 9 (2.28%) Renewable Energy
9 8 (2.03%) VHDL
10 7 (1.78%) CAN bus
10 7 (1.78%) Robotics
11 5 (1.27%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.27%) Smart Home
12 4 (1.02%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.02%) Raspberry Pi
12 4 (1.02%) Smart Energy
13 3 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 179 (45.43%) Linux
2 90 (22.84%) Embedded Linux
3 22 (5.58%) Windows
4 8 (2.03%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (1.02%) Debian
6 1 (0.25%) Fedora
6 1 (0.25%) ThreadX
6 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (80.71%) Software Engineering
2 76 (19.29%) Computer Science
3 55 (13.96%) Agile
4 51 (12.94%) Cybersecurity
5 49 (12.44%) Software Testing
6 42 (10.66%) Physics
7 40 (10.15%) Mathematics
8 33 (8.38%) Mentoring
9 30 (7.61%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (6.85%) Configuration Management
11 23 (5.84%) Open Source
12 20 (5.08%) Embedded Software Development
12 20 (5.08%) Prototyping
12 20 (5.08%) SDLC
13 16 (4.06%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (4.06%) Digital Marketing
13 16 (4.06%) Programme Management
14 15 (3.81%) OOD
14 15 (3.81%) TDD
15 14 (3.55%) Data Acquisition
Programming Languages
1 394 (100.00%) C
2 147 (37.31%) Python
3 83 (21.07%) C++
4 58 (14.72%) Bash
5 57 (14.47%) Rust
6 50 (12.69%) Embedded C++
7 38 (9.64%) MATLAB
8 33 (8.38%) C#
9 14 (3.55%) Perl
10 12 (3.05%) Java
11 9 (2.28%) R
12 7 (1.78%) SQL
13 5 (1.27%) JavaScript
13 5 (1.27%) XAML
14 3 (0.76%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.51%) Assembly Language
15 2 (0.51%) PHP
Qualifications
1 153 (38.83%) Degree
2 52 (13.20%) Security Cleared
3 15 (3.81%) HND
4 9 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.76%) HNC
6 1 (0.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.38%) MISRA
2 22 (5.58%) AUTOSAR
3 16 (4.06%) ISO 26262
4 14 (3.55%) Automotive SPICE
5 13 (3.30%) QA
6 9 (2.28%) IEC 62304
7 8 (2.03%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 110 (27.92%) Firmware
2 45 (11.42%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (2.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (2.79%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (5.33%) IBM
1 21 (5.33%) Lauterbach
2 17 (4.31%) SAP
3 13 (3.30%) EMC
4 5 (1.27%) Renesas
5 4 (1.02%) Facebook
5 4 (1.02%) Instagram
6 3 (0.76%) Microsoft
7 2 (0.51%) Altera
7 2 (0.51%) Cadence
7 2 (0.51%) Lattice Semiconductor