Embedded C Jobs in the UK excluding London

Embedded C
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 418 606 615
Rank change year-on-year +188 +9 -71
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 382 155 238
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.54% 0.26% 0.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.70% 0.64% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 329 78 89
10th Percentile £36,500 £36,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,625 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,438 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £65,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 22,461 24,086 32,692
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.67% 40.05% 46.16%
Number of salaries quoted 16,381 13,553 21,130
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +3.55% +6.22%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £68,269
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Embedded C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded C in the UK excluding London

Embedded C
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded C in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Embedded C in the UK excluding London

Embedded C
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded C in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded C in the UK excluding London

Embedded C
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
Scotland +11 102 £52,500 -22.22% 11
South East +48 74 £55,000 - 29
South West +44 68 £50,000 -20.00% 22
East of England +58 53 £60,000 -7.69% 16
Midlands -11 45 £55,000 +17.65% 24
North of England +50 36 £50,000 -4.76% 10
West Midlands +8 28 £57,500 +16.75% 8
North West +2 20 £50,000 -4.76% 5
East Midlands -13 17 £45,000 - 16
Yorkshire +98 16 £45,000 +5.88% 2
Wales - 4 £45,000 - 4
Embedded C
UK

Embedded C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (9.16%) Simulink
2 22 (5.76%) Stateflow
3 7 (1.83%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 8 (2.09%) AWS
1 8 (2.09%) AWS IoT
2 5 (1.31%) GitHub
3 3 (0.79%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 90 (23.56%) Wireless
2 43 (11.26%) Wi-Fi
3 34 (8.90%) Bluetooth
4 31 (8.12%) RS-232
5 27 (7.07%) Ethernet
6 19 (4.97%) Internet
7 14 (3.66%) J1939
8 11 (2.88%) TCP/IP
9 9 (2.36%) RS-485
10 8 (2.09%) ZigBee
11 5 (1.31%) LTE
11 5 (1.31%) MQTT
12 4 (1.05%) LoRaWAN
13 3 (0.79%) DVB
14 2 (0.52%) RS-422
15 1 (0.26%) FlexRay
15 1 (0.26%) GSM
15 1 (0.26%) HTTP
15 1 (0.26%) Network Security
15 1 (0.26%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.05%) Big Data
2 2 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.52%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 24 (6.28%) JIRA
2 21 (5.50%) ClearCase
2 21 (5.50%) Plastic SCM
3 15 (3.93%) Git
4 14 (3.66%) ClearQuest
5 13 (3.40%) Subversion
6 6 (1.57%) Eclipse
7 4 (1.05%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.52%) LabVIEW
General
1 111 (29.06%) Electronics
2 101 (26.44%) Social Skills
3 69 (18.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 59 (15.45%) Manufacturing
5 49 (12.83%) Automotive
6 26 (6.81%) Marketing
7 22 (5.76%) Aerospace
8 20 (5.24%) Telecoms
9 19 (4.97%) Finance
10 16 (4.19%) Public Sector
11 10 (2.62%) Legal
12 9 (2.36%) Retail
13 7 (1.83%) Analytical Skills
14 6 (1.57%) Tech for Good
15 4 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
17 2 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
18 1 (0.26%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 250 (65.45%) Embedded Engineer
2 236 (61.78%) Software Engineer
3 181 (47.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 102 (26.70%) Senior
5 77 (20.16%) Senior Software Engineer
6 58 (15.18%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 52 (13.61%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 42 (10.99%) Firmware Engineer
9 35 (9.16%) C Software Engineer
10 31 (8.12%) Junior
11 30 (7.85%) Junior Embedded Engineer
12 28 (7.33%) Embedded C Engineer
13 26 (6.81%) Embedded C Software Engineer
13 26 (6.81%) Graduate
14 25 (6.54%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
15 21 (5.50%) Electronics Engineer
16 18 (4.71%) Developer
17 14 (3.66%) Embedded Developer
18 12 (3.14%) Senior Firmware Engineer
18 12 (3.14%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.24%) Yocto
2 6 (1.57%) HTML
3 5 (1.31%) FFmpeg
3 5 (1.31%) GStreamer
3 5 (1.31%) OpenEmbedded
3 5 (1.31%) WPF
4 4 (1.05%) Flask
5 3 (0.79%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 69 (18.06%) Embedded Systems
2 43 (11.26%) IoT
3 36 (9.42%) Algorithms
4 14 (3.66%) Device Driver
5 12 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.62%) Analogue Electronics
7 8 (2.09%) ARM Cortex
7 8 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.09%) FPGA
7 8 (2.09%) Renewable Energy
7 8 (2.09%) RISC-V
8 7 (1.83%) CAN bus
8 7 (1.83%) Robotics
9 6 (1.57%) VHDL
10 5 (1.31%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.31%) Smart Home
11 4 (1.05%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.05%) Raspberry Pi
11 4 (1.05%) Smart Energy
12 3 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 171 (44.76%) Linux
2 85 (22.25%) Embedded Linux
3 21 (5.50%) Windows
4 8 (2.09%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (1.05%) Debian
6 1 (0.26%) Fedora
6 1 (0.26%) ThreadX
6 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (81.15%) Software Engineering
2 79 (20.68%) Computer Science
3 52 (13.61%) Agile
4 51 (13.35%) Cybersecurity
5 46 (12.04%) Software Testing
6 45 (11.78%) Physics
7 44 (11.52%) Mathematics
8 30 (7.85%) Mentoring
9 29 (7.59%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (7.07%) Configuration Management
11 20 (5.24%) Embedded Software Development
11 20 (5.24%) Open Source
11 20 (5.24%) Prototyping
11 20 (5.24%) SDLC
12 16 (4.19%) Business Intelligence
12 16 (4.19%) Digital Marketing
12 16 (4.19%) OOD
12 16 (4.19%) Programme Management
13 14 (3.66%) Data Acquisition
13 14 (3.66%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 382 (100.00%) C
2 146 (38.22%) Python
3 76 (19.90%) C++
4 59 (15.45%) Bash
5 58 (15.18%) Rust
6 46 (12.04%) Embedded C++
7 38 (9.95%) MATLAB
8 34 (8.90%) C#
9 15 (3.93%) Perl
10 12 (3.14%) Java
11 9 (2.36%) R
12 8 (2.09%) SQL
13 5 (1.31%) JavaScript
13 5 (1.31%) XAML
14 3 (0.79%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.52%) Assembly Language
15 2 (0.52%) PHP
16 1 (0.26%) Ada
16 1 (0.26%) Groovy
16 1 (0.26%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 153 (40.05%) Degree
2 53 (13.87%) Security Cleared
3 15 (3.93%) HND
4 9 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.79%) HNC
6 2 (0.52%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.26%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.64%) MISRA
2 20 (5.24%) AUTOSAR
3 15 (3.93%) ISO 26262
4 14 (3.66%) Automotive SPICE
5 13 (3.40%) QA
6 9 (2.36%) IEC 62304
7 8 (2.09%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 111 (29.06%) Firmware
2 49 (12.83%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (2.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (2.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (5.50%) IBM
1 21 (5.50%) Lauterbach
2 17 (4.45%) SAP
3 14 (3.66%) EMC
4 4 (1.05%) Facebook
4 4 (1.05%) Instagram
4 4 (1.05%) Renesas
5 3 (0.79%) Microsoft
6 2 (0.52%) Altera
6 2 (0.52%) Cadence
6 2 (0.52%) Lattice Semiconductor
7 1 (0.26%) Parasoft