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

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 541 808 959
Rank change year-on-year +267 +151 -202
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 399 144 282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.19% 0.34% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 338 74 88
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,938 £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 £67,500 £61,563
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 33,562 41,867 90,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.71% 43.01% 54.20%
Number of salaries quoted 25,071 26,942 43,619
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 £53,772 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.23% +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 28 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 28 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 +193 391 £52,500 -4.55% 125
England +234 293 £55,000 +3.29% 116
Work from Home +208 211 £52,500 -19.23% 52
Scotland +15 98 £52,500 -22.22% 15
South East +47 72 £55,000 - 27
South West +40 69 £50,000 -20.00% 25
East of England +39 58 £60,000 -7.69% 21
Midlands +11 52 £55,000 +31.74% 21
North of England +49 36 £50,000 -4.76% 14
West Midlands +17 32 £60,000 +37.93% 9
North West -1 20 £50,000 -4.76% 11
East Midlands -6 20 £42,500 +6.25% 12
Yorkshire +87 16 £45,000 +5.88% 3
Wales - 6 £50,000 - 4
London - 4 £105,000 - 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 35 (8.77%) Simulink
2 22 (5.51%) Stateflow
3 7 (1.75%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.50%) 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 (2.01%) AWS
1 8 (2.01%) AWS IoT
2 5 (1.25%) GitHub
3 3 (0.75%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 85 (21.30%) Wireless
2 42 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
3 34 (8.52%) Bluetooth
4 30 (7.52%) RS-232
5 27 (6.77%) Ethernet
6 20 (5.01%) Internet
7 14 (3.51%) J1939
8 11 (2.76%) TCP/IP
9 9 (2.26%) RS-485
10 8 (2.01%) ZigBee
11 6 (1.50%) DVB
12 5 (1.25%) LTE
12 5 (1.25%) MQTT
13 4 (1.00%) LoRaWAN
14 2 (0.50%) HTTP
14 2 (0.50%) RS-422
15 1 (0.25%) FlexRay
15 1 (0.25%) GSM
15 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.00%) Big Data
2 2 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.50%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 24 (6.02%) JIRA
2 21 (5.26%) ClearCase
2 21 (5.26%) Plastic SCM
3 15 (3.76%) Git
4 14 (3.51%) ClearQuest
5 13 (3.26%) Subversion
6 7 (1.75%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.75%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.50%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.25%) GitLab
9 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
General
1 124 (31.08%) Electronics
2 106 (26.57%) Social Skills
3 67 (16.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 63 (15.79%) Manufacturing
5 50 (12.53%) Automotive
6 26 (6.52%) Marketing
7 24 (6.02%) Aerospace
8 20 (5.01%) Telecoms
9 19 (4.76%) Finance
10 16 (4.01%) Public Sector
11 10 (2.51%) Legal
12 9 (2.26%) Retail
13 7 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
14 6 (1.50%) Tech for Good
15 5 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
17 2 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
18 1 (0.25%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 265 (66.42%) Embedded Engineer
2 246 (61.65%) Software Engineer
3 191 (47.87%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 104 (26.07%) Senior
5 80 (20.05%) Senior Software Engineer
6 61 (15.29%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 55 (13.78%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 38 (9.52%) Firmware Engineer
9 37 (9.27%) C Software Engineer
10 31 (7.77%) Junior
11 30 (7.52%) Embedded C Engineer
11 30 (7.52%) Junior Embedded Engineer
12 28 (7.02%) Embedded C Software Engineer
13 26 (6.52%) Graduate
14 21 (5.26%) Electronics Engineer
14 21 (5.26%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
15 18 (4.51%) Developer
16 14 (3.51%) Embedded Developer
17 12 (3.01%) Senior Firmware Engineer
17 12 (3.01%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.76%) Yocto
2 6 (1.50%) HTML
3 5 (1.25%) FFmpeg
3 5 (1.25%) GStreamer
3 5 (1.25%) OpenEmbedded
3 5 (1.25%) WPF
4 4 (1.00%) Flask
5 3 (0.75%) Qt
6 1 (0.25%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 75 (18.80%) Embedded Systems
2 47 (11.78%) IoT
3 37 (9.27%) Algorithms
4 15 (3.76%) Device Driver
4 15 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (3.01%) Analogue Electronics
6 11 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.76%) RISC-V
7 10 (2.51%) FPGA
8 9 (2.26%) ARM Cortex
8 9 (2.26%) Renewable Energy
8 9 (2.26%) VHDL
9 7 (1.75%) CAN bus
9 7 (1.75%) Robotics
10 5 (1.25%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.25%) Smart Home
11 4 (1.00%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.00%) Raspberry Pi
11 4 (1.00%) Smart Energy
12 3 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 180 (45.11%) Linux
2 91 (22.81%) Embedded Linux
3 22 (5.51%) Windows
4 8 (2.01%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (1.00%) Debian
6 1 (0.25%) Fedora
6 1 (0.25%) ThreadX
6 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (80.70%) Software Engineering
2 77 (19.30%) Computer Science
3 55 (13.78%) Agile
4 51 (12.78%) Cybersecurity
5 49 (12.28%) Software Testing
6 42 (10.53%) Physics
7 40 (10.03%) Mathematics
8 33 (8.27%) Mentoring
9 30 (7.52%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (6.77%) Configuration Management
11 23 (5.76%) Open Source
12 20 (5.01%) Embedded Software Development
12 20 (5.01%) Prototyping
12 20 (5.01%) SDLC
13 16 (4.01%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (4.01%) Digital Marketing
13 16 (4.01%) Programme Management
14 15 (3.76%) OOD
14 15 (3.76%) TDD
15 14 (3.51%) Data Acquisition
Programming Languages
1 398 (99.75%) C
2 147 (36.84%) Python
3 85 (21.30%) C++
4 58 (14.54%) Bash
5 57 (14.29%) Rust
6 51 (12.78%) Embedded C++
7 38 (9.52%) MATLAB
8 32 (8.02%) C#
9 14 (3.51%) Perl
10 12 (3.01%) Java
11 9 (2.26%) R
12 7 (1.75%) SQL
13 5 (1.25%) JavaScript
13 5 (1.25%) XAML
14 3 (0.75%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.50%) Assembly Language
15 2 (0.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 155 (38.85%) Degree
2 52 (13.03%) Security Cleared
3 15 (3.76%) HND
4 9 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.75%) HNC
6 1 (0.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.52%) MISRA
2 22 (5.51%) AUTOSAR
3 17 (4.26%) ISO 26262
4 14 (3.51%) Automotive SPICE
5 12 (3.01%) QA
6 9 (2.26%) IEC 62304
7 8 (2.01%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 111 (27.82%) Firmware
2 45 (11.28%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (2.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (2.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (5.26%) IBM
1 21 (5.26%) Lauterbach
2 17 (4.26%) SAP
3 13 (3.26%) EMC
4 5 (1.25%) Renesas
5 4 (1.00%) Facebook
5 4 (1.00%) Instagram
6 3 (0.75%) Microsoft
7 2 (0.50%) Altera
7 2 (0.50%) Cadence
7 2 (0.50%) Lattice Semiconductor