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

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 551 837 963
Rank change year-on-year +286 +126 -215
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 386 158 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.16% 0.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.17% 0.36% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 332 80 106
10th Percentile £36,600 £37,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,188 £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 £67,813 £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 33,037 43,949 85,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.55% 43.27% 54.00%
Number of salaries quoted 24,871 28,012 43,733
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £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 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £53,325
% change year-on-year -1.82% +3.14% +6.65%

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 7 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 7 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 +179 379 £52,500 -4.55% 137
England +227 279 £55,000 - 130
Work from Home +215 214 £52,500 -19.23% 56
Scotland +13 102 £52,500 -22.22% 10
South East +70 74 £55,000 - 36
South West +35 68 £50,000 -20.00% 24
East of England +52 51 £60,000 -7.69% 26
Midlands +1 45 £55,000 +17.65% 30
North of England +39 35 £50,000 -4.76% 10
West Midlands +13 28 £57,500 +16.75% 11
North West +1 19 £50,000 -4.76% 5
East Midlands -12 17 £45,000 - 19
Yorkshire +89 16 £45,000 +5.88% 2
London - 4 £105,000 - 6
Wales - 4 £45,000 - 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 34 (8.81%) Simulink
2 22 (5.70%) Stateflow
3 7 (1.81%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.78%) 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 (2.07%) AWS
1 8 (2.07%) AWS IoT
2 5 (1.30%) GitHub
3 3 (0.78%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 91 (23.58%) Wireless
2 44 (11.40%) Wi-Fi
3 34 (8.81%) Bluetooth
4 32 (8.29%) RS-232
5 28 (7.25%) Ethernet
6 19 (4.92%) Internet
7 14 (3.63%) J1939
8 11 (2.85%) TCP/IP
9 9 (2.33%) RS-485
10 8 (2.07%) ZigBee
11 5 (1.30%) LTE
11 5 (1.30%) MQTT
12 4 (1.04%) LoRaWAN
13 3 (0.78%) 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 (1.04%) Big Data
2 2 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.52%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 24 (6.22%) JIRA
2 21 (5.44%) ClearCase
2 21 (5.44%) Plastic SCM
3 15 (3.89%) Git
4 14 (3.63%) ClearQuest
5 13 (3.37%) Subversion
6 6 (1.55%) Eclipse
7 4 (1.04%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.52%) LabVIEW
General
1 112 (29.02%) Electronics
2 103 (26.68%) Social Skills
3 68 (17.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 60 (15.54%) Manufacturing
5 49 (12.69%) Automotive
6 26 (6.74%) Marketing
7 22 (5.70%) Aerospace
8 20 (5.18%) Telecoms
9 19 (4.92%) Finance
10 16 (4.15%) Public Sector
11 10 (2.59%) Legal
12 9 (2.33%) Retail
13 7 (1.81%) Analytical Skills
14 6 (1.55%) Tech for Good
15 4 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
17 2 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
18 1 (0.26%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 250 (64.77%) Embedded Engineer
2 235 (60.88%) Software Engineer
3 180 (46.63%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 102 (26.42%) Senior
5 78 (20.21%) Senior Software Engineer
6 58 (15.03%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 53 (13.73%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 42 (10.88%) Firmware Engineer
9 35 (9.07%) C Software Engineer
10 31 (8.03%) Junior
11 30 (7.77%) Junior Embedded Engineer
12 28 (7.25%) Embedded C Engineer
13 26 (6.74%) Embedded C Software Engineer
13 26 (6.74%) Graduate
14 25 (6.48%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
15 22 (5.70%) Electronics Engineer
16 18 (4.66%) Developer
17 14 (3.63%) Embedded Developer
18 12 (3.11%) Senior Firmware Engineer
18 12 (3.11%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (5.44%) Yocto
2 6 (1.55%) HTML
3 5 (1.30%) FFmpeg
3 5 (1.30%) GStreamer
3 5 (1.30%) OpenEmbedded
3 5 (1.30%) WPF
4 4 (1.04%) Flask
5 3 (0.78%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 72 (18.65%) Embedded Systems
2 46 (11.92%) IoT
3 37 (9.59%) Algorithms
4 17 (4.40%) Device Driver
5 12 (3.11%) Analogue Electronics
5 12 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.85%) RISC-V
7 8 (2.07%) ARM Cortex
7 8 (2.07%) FPGA
7 8 (2.07%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (1.81%) CAN bus
8 7 (1.81%) Robotics
9 6 (1.55%) VHDL
10 5 (1.30%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.30%) Smart Home
11 4 (1.04%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.04%) Raspberry Pi
11 4 (1.04%) Smart Energy
12 3 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 173 (44.82%) Linux
2 88 (22.80%) Embedded Linux
3 20 (5.18%) Windows
4 8 (2.07%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (1.04%) Debian
6 1 (0.26%) Fedora
6 1 (0.26%) ThreadX
6 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (80.57%) Software Engineering
2 79 (20.47%) Computer Science
3 55 (14.25%) Agile
4 51 (13.21%) Cybersecurity
5 46 (11.92%) Physics
5 46 (11.92%) Software Testing
6 44 (11.40%) Mathematics
7 33 (8.55%) Mentoring
8 29 (7.51%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (6.99%) Configuration Management
10 23 (5.96%) Open Source
11 20 (5.18%) Embedded Software Development
11 20 (5.18%) Prototyping
11 20 (5.18%) SDLC
12 17 (4.40%) OOD
13 16 (4.15%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (4.15%) Digital Marketing
13 16 (4.15%) Programme Management
14 14 (3.63%) Data Acquisition
14 14 (3.63%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 386 (100.00%) C
2 147 (38.08%) Python
3 75 (19.43%) C++
4 59 (15.28%) Bash
5 58 (15.03%) Rust
6 45 (11.66%) Embedded C++
7 37 (9.59%) MATLAB
8 34 (8.81%) C#
9 15 (3.89%) Perl
10 12 (3.11%) Java
11 9 (2.33%) R
12 8 (2.07%) SQL
13 5 (1.30%) JavaScript
13 5 (1.30%) XAML
14 3 (0.78%) 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 (39.64%) Degree
2 53 (13.73%) Security Cleared
3 15 (3.89%) HND
4 9 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.78%) HNC
6 2 (0.52%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.26%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.55%) MISRA
2 22 (5.70%) AUTOSAR
3 15 (3.89%) ISO 26262
4 14 (3.63%) Automotive SPICE
5 13 (3.37%) QA
6 9 (2.33%) IEC 62304
7 8 (2.07%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 111 (28.76%) Firmware
2 49 (12.69%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (2.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (2.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (5.44%) IBM
1 21 (5.44%) Lauterbach
2 17 (4.40%) SAP
3 14 (3.63%) EMC
4 4 (1.04%) Facebook
4 4 (1.04%) Instagram
4 4 (1.04%) Renesas
5 3 (0.78%) Microsoft
6 2 (0.52%) Altera
6 2 (0.52%) Cadence
6 2 (0.52%) Lattice Semiconductor
7 1 (0.26%) Parasoft