The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded C skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Embedded C over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the South East region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded C
Rank 348 328 313
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -15
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 93 110 106
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.419% 0.463% 0.471%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.844% 0.903% 0.922%
Number of salaries quoted 84 103 101
Average salary £41,500 £41,250 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.60% +3.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £31,300 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +13.33%
All Programming Languages
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
11021 12181 11497
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 49.68% 51.31% 51.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9691 10873 10270
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Embedded C
England

Embedded C
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Embedded C across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South East Embedded C Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded C
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Embedded C across the South East region.

South East Embedded C Salary Trend

Embedded C
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Embedded C across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East Embedded C Salary Histogram

Embedded C
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded C within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Berkshire +16 19 £40,000 -5.88%
Hampshire -24 19 £37,500 -9.09%
Buckinghamshire - 14 £42,500 -
Oxfordshire -17 13 £45,000 +25.87%
Middlesex - 12 £40,000 -
Surrey -20 7 £40,000 -11.11%
West Sussex - 4 £40,000 -
Kent -21 2 £52,500 +44.82%
Embedded C
England

Embedded C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Embedded C also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Embedded C.

1 242 (100.00%) C
2 148 (61.16%) C++
3 99 (40.91%) Linux
3 99 (40.91%) Degree
4 98 (40.50%) Embedded C++
5 91 (37.60%) Electronics
6 79 (32.64%) Firmware
7 56 (23.14%) Computer Science
8 54 (22.31%) Assembly Language
9 53 (21.90%) Windows
10 52 (21.49%) Device Driver
11 51 (21.07%) TCP/IP
12 40 (16.53%) UML
13 34 (14.05%) STB
14 33 (13.64%) Embedded Systems
15 32 (13.22%) Ethernet
16 30 (12.40%) Automotive
16 30 (12.40%) Software Engineering
17 27 (11.16%) POSIX
17 27 (11.16%) C#
18 25 (10.33%) Java
19 24 (9.917%) DVB
20 23 (9.504%) DTV
21 20 (8.264%) Wireless
21 20 (8.264%) MPEG
22 19 (7.851%) GSM
22 19 (7.851%) XML
22 19 (7.851%) Agile Software Development
23 17 (7.025%) ZigBee
23 17 (7.025%) SNMP

Embedded C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Embedded C also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Embedded C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (11.16%) POSIX
2 19 (7.851%) XML
3 16 (6.612%) Middleware
3 16 (6.612%) Flash
3 16 (6.612%) FIX Protocol
4 9 (3.719%) .NET
5 4 (1.653%) HTML5
6 3 (1.240%) MFC
7 2 (0.826%) OpenGL
8 1 (0.413%) GStreamer
8 1 (0.413%) WebGL
8 1 (0.413%) REST
8 1 (0.413%) Java SE
8 1 (0.413%) Qt
8 1 (0.413%) WCF
8 1 (0.413%) WPF
8 1 (0.413%) DirectX
8 1 (0.413%) WinForms
8 1 (0.413%) ActiveX
8 1 (0.413%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 16 (6.612%) SAS
2 11 (4.545%) CM System
3 5 (2.066%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (1.240%) MS Project
2 2 (0.826%) Simulink
3 1 (0.413%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 51 (21.07%) TCP/IP
2 32 (13.22%) Ethernet
3 24 (9.917%) DVB
4 20 (8.264%) Wireless
5 19 (7.851%) GSM
6 17 (7.025%) ZigBee
6 17 (7.025%) SNMP
7 16 (6.612%) SSL
7 16 (6.612%) iSCSI
7 16 (6.612%) Fibre Channel
8 13 (5.372%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (5.372%) WCDMA
9 11 (4.545%) LTE
10 10 (4.132%) GPRS
11 9 (3.719%) Bluetooth
12 8 (3.306%) UMTS
13 6 (2.479%) UTRAN
13 6 (2.479%) 3GPP
13 6 (2.479%) OFDM
14 4 (1.653%) UPnP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.612%) Big Data
2 1 (0.413%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.893%) ClearCase
1 7 (2.893%) PVCS
1 7 (2.893%) LabVIEW
2 3 (1.240%) Subversion
2 3 (1.240%) Git (software)
2 3 (1.240%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 1 (0.413%) GCC
3 1 (0.413%) NetBeans
3 1 (0.413%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.413%) Eclipse
General
1 91 (37.60%) Electronics
2 30 (12.40%) Automotive
3 17 (7.025%) Telecoms
4 8 (3.306%) Marketing
5 7 (2.893%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.479%) Aerospace
7 2 (0.826%) Finance
7 2 (0.826%) Military
8 1 (0.413%) Banking
8 1 (0.413%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.413%) Games
Job Titles
1 162 (66.94%) Software Engineer
2 133 (54.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 32 (13.22%) Embedded C Engineer
3 32 (13.22%) C Software Engineer
4 27 (11.16%) Embedded C Software Engineer
5 22 (9.091%) Firmware Engineer
6 15 (6.198%) Principal Engineer
7 14 (5.785%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
7 14 (5.785%) Embedded C++ Engineer
8 12 (4.959%) Senior Software Engineer
9 11 (4.545%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
9 11 (4.545%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
9 11 (4.545%) Hardware Engineer
9 11 (4.545%) C++ Software Engineer
10 8 (3.306%) Developer
10 8 (3.306%) Electronics Engineer
10 8 (3.306%) DSP Engineer
11 6 (2.479%) Team Leader
12 5 (2.066%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 5 (2.066%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 79 (32.64%) Firmware
2 56 (23.14%) Computer Science
3 52 (21.49%) Device Driver
4 34 (14.05%) STB
5 33 (13.64%) Embedded Systems
6 23 (9.504%) DTV
7 20 (8.264%) MPEG
8 16 (6.612%) Clustering
9 11 (4.545%) VHDL
10 10 (4.132%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 8 (3.306%) Digital Media
12 6 (2.479%) Derivative
13 5 (2.066%) Physics
14 3 (1.240%) IPTV
14 3 (1.240%) MHEG
14 3 (1.240%) Mathematics
15 2 (0.826%) Streaming Video
15 2 (0.826%) Smartcard
16 1 (0.413%) Open Source
16 1 (0.413%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 99 (40.91%) Linux
2 53 (21.90%) Windows
3 16 (6.612%) FreeBSD
4 15 (6.198%) Embedded Linux
4 15 (6.198%) VxWorks
5 8 (3.306%) Windows CE
6 7 (2.893%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.413%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (16.53%) UML
2 30 (12.40%) Software Engineering
3 19 (7.851%) Agile Software Development
4 17 (7.025%) Validation
5 15 (6.198%) Configuration Management
6 12 (4.959%) Continuous Integration
6 12 (4.959%) Software Architecture
7 11 (4.545%) Embedded Software Development
8 9 (3.719%) OO
9 8 (3.306%) Project Management
9 8 (3.306%) Multithreading
9 8 (3.306%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (2.479%) Regression Testing
10 6 (2.479%) IC Design
10 6 (2.479%) Automated Testing
10 6 (2.479%) Digital Signal Processing
10 6 (2.479%) Signal Processing
10 6 (2.479%) Test Management
11 4 (1.653%) TDD
12 3 (1.240%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 242 (100.00%) C
2 148 (61.16%) C++
3 98 (40.50%) Embedded C++
4 54 (22.31%) Assembly Language
5 27 (11.16%) C#
6 25 (10.33%) Java
7 9 (3.719%) MATLAB
8 8 (3.306%) JavaScript
9 7 (2.893%) Ada
9 7 (2.893%) SQL
9 7 (2.893%) VC++
10 6 (2.479%) Python
11 5 (2.066%) VB.NET
11 5 (2.066%) Perl
12 1 (0.413%) Bash shell
12 1 (0.413%) PHP
Qualifications
1 99 (40.91%) Degree
2 12 (4.959%) Security Cleared
3 6 (2.479%) ISEB
4 5 (2.066%) HNC
4 5 (2.066%) HND
5 3 (1.240%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.893%) QA
2 1 (0.413%) IEC 61508
2 1 (0.413%) JTAG
2 1 (0.413%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 4 (1.653%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (4.132%) EMC
2 9 (3.719%) QNX
3 7 (2.893%) Twitter
4 4 (1.653%) Atmel
5 3 (1.240%) Cadence
5 3 (1.240%) NEC
6 2 (0.826%) i2
6 2 (0.826%) Freescale
7 1 (0.413%) Apple
7 1 (0.413%) Cisco
Southampton, South East
I have just received instruction from a key client of mine for several Embedded C/C++ Engineers in and around the Southampton Area... The client can interview from...
Computer Futures
Salary: £23 - £35000 per annum + Pension,
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Major worldwide US brand seek an Embedded Software Engineer with solid experience of Embedded C running under an RTOS, BSD or Linux in an embedded system and Driver-...
JP Specialist Contracts
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Basingstoke, South East
Experience in Embedded software programming - 5 years + Industry experience - Programming in C/C++- Device Driver development- Assembler programming - ARM7 or ARM9 experience You will also be required to...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Kent
Embedded C, Microchip, Atmel microcontrollers, Bug Trackers, Debug tools, C++, C# My client is an energy company based in Kent... *Possible development Windows PC applications... Skills Embedded C...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
The role:As the Firmware Engineer you will be involved in the generation of new product development and will be involved in all aspects of systems through to...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Attractive Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
Salary + Fantastic benefits incl pension, bonus & much moreDP Connect, an industry award winning recruitment company, have a fantastic opportunity for a talented Embedded Software Engineer to join a...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Fantastic benefits incl pension
Posted: 9 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
RG - Embedded Software Engineer - Embedded C, ARM, PIC, Optics- £40,000p.a Location: Berkshire - RG IMPORTANT: Applicants must be no further than a 15 mile radius of RG...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £41000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Are you a recent grad or have 2-3 years relevant commercial experience of writing code within an embedded Software environment? If so my client wants to hear...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
Embedded C, Embedded Software, Firmware, C/C++, FreeBSD Kernel, RTOS, Linux, Device drivers, PCIe, Fiber channel, SAS, SCSI, iSCSI, Storage, Datacentre, SATA disks, Disk storage, R&D. This...
Saxon Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
LTE Layer2 protocol development, Embedded C/C++, Real Time OS, Knowledge of telecommunications protocols... C.Analysis of LTE/3G/2G specifications... 3.Ability to program in C/C++.
Connectus
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Littlehampton, West Sussex
Embedded C Microcontrollers Firmware Engineer - Worthing/Brighton Area required for global leader in the design and manufacture of High Voltage Power Supplies providing complete solutions UK wide.
Real Time Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include many of the following: Embedded C / C++ & Assembler Linux / Windows OS Web Services HTML HTTP Communication Protocols Intel...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
Desirables include power line communications, ZigBee, Wi-fi, QA, test plans execution, bug tracking, test management systems, ISEB foundation level, software qualifications, validation, systems verification... Skills: Embedded, Assembly...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £33000 to £38000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Guildford
Summary: Experienced Electronics Engineer, VHDL, FPGA, embedded C/C++, complex PCB design, Signal Processing, MUST be UK national for this position, Guildford, to £55k + 10% pension... - Simulating and...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £55k + benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Surrey, South East
This fantastic opportunity offers the chance to work on the latest technology and work alongside some of the best minds in the business.My Client is looking for...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 25 April 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Graduate Software Engineer C++ / VC++ / C / C# SQL (Berkshire) Graduate Software Engineer /Graduate Software Developer C++, VC++, SQL Server, T-SQL, C# (Winforms), xml, JavaScript, STL Slough, Maidenhead,...
KV Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum + Bonus + Excellent Benefit Scheme
Posted: 17 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
Desirable: Experience in bring-up and verification of chipsets for GSM/ WCDMA for a commercial handsetExperience or knowledge in development of TDMA, CDAMA, OFDM(A) based ASIC/DSP...
Computer Futures
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
South East
The Solar Orbiter mission, developed by ESA in collaboration with NASA, is designed to carry an extensive complement of scientific instruments to the near-sun environment and will...
EADS
Posted: 3 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
The skills you will posess include: - Embedded C - Design and coding of embedded solutions at both application and hardware interface level on custom hardware This role is urgent...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013