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

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 535 837 963
Rank change year-on-year +302 +126 -215
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 389 158 276
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 335 80 106
10th Percentile £36,900 £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 33,235 43,949 85,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.51% 43.27% 54.00%
Number of salaries quoted 24,988 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 8 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 8 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 +174 382 £52,500 -4.55% 117
England +221 281 £55,000 - 109
Work from Home +209 215 £52,500 -19.23% 48
Scotland +19 103 £52,500 -22.22% 10
South East +65 74 £55,000 - 31
South West +40 68 £50,000 -20.00% 23
East of England +49 52 £60,000 -7.69% 16
Midlands +3 45 £55,000 +17.65% 25
North of England +37 36 £50,000 -4.76% 10
West Midlands +8 28 £57,500 +16.75% 8
North West -6 20 £50,000 -4.76% 5
East Midlands -10 17 £45,000 - 17
Yorkshire +88 16 £45,000 +5.88% 2
London - 4 £105,000 - 5
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 35 (9.00%) Simulink
2 22 (5.66%) Stateflow
3 7 (1.80%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.51%) 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 (2.06%) AWS
1 8 (2.06%) AWS IoT
2 5 (1.29%) GitHub
3 3 (0.77%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 91 (23.39%) Wireless
2 44 (11.31%) Wi-Fi
3 34 (8.74%) Bluetooth
4 32 (8.23%) RS-232
5 28 (7.20%) Ethernet
6 19 (4.88%) Internet
7 14 (3.60%) J1939
8 11 (2.83%) TCP/IP
9 9 (2.31%) RS-485
10 8 (2.06%) ZigBee
11 5 (1.29%) LTE
11 5 (1.29%) MQTT
12 4 (1.03%) LoRaWAN
13 3 (0.77%) DVB
14 2 (0.51%) 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 (1.03%) Big Data
2 2 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.51%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 24 (6.17%) JIRA
2 21 (5.40%) ClearCase
2 21 (5.40%) Plastic SCM
3 15 (3.86%) Git
4 14 (3.60%) ClearQuest
5 13 (3.34%) Subversion
6 6 (1.54%) Eclipse
7 4 (1.03%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.51%) LabVIEW
General
1 114 (29.31%) Electronics
2 103 (26.48%) Social Skills
3 69 (17.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 60 (15.42%) Manufacturing
5 49 (12.60%) Automotive
6 26 (6.68%) Marketing
7 22 (5.66%) Aerospace
8 20 (5.14%) Telecoms
9 19 (4.88%) Finance
10 16 (4.11%) Public Sector
11 10 (2.57%) Legal
12 9 (2.31%) Retail
13 7 (1.80%) Analytical Skills
14 6 (1.54%) Tech for Good
15 4 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
17 2 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
18 1 (0.26%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 253 (65.04%) Embedded Engineer
2 237 (60.93%) Software Engineer
3 182 (46.79%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 104 (26.74%) Senior
5 79 (20.31%) Senior Software Engineer
6 60 (15.42%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 54 (13.88%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 42 (10.80%) Firmware Engineer
9 35 (9.00%) C Software Engineer
10 31 (7.97%) Junior
11 30 (7.71%) Junior Embedded Engineer
12 28 (7.20%) Embedded C Engineer
13 26 (6.68%) Embedded C Software Engineer
13 26 (6.68%) Graduate
14 25 (6.43%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
15 22 (5.66%) Electronics Engineer
16 18 (4.63%) Developer
17 14 (3.60%) Embedded Developer
18 12 (3.08%) Embedded Software Developer
18 12 (3.08%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (5.40%) Yocto
2 6 (1.54%) HTML
3 5 (1.29%) FFmpeg
3 5 (1.29%) GStreamer
3 5 (1.29%) OpenEmbedded
3 5 (1.29%) WPF
4 4 (1.03%) Flask
5 3 (0.77%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 72 (18.51%) Embedded Systems
2 46 (11.83%) IoT
3 37 (9.51%) Algorithms
4 17 (4.37%) Device Driver
5 12 (3.08%) Analogue Electronics
5 12 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.83%) RISC-V
7 8 (2.06%) ARM Cortex
7 8 (2.06%) FPGA
7 8 (2.06%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (1.80%) CAN bus
8 7 (1.80%) Robotics
9 6 (1.54%) VHDL
10 5 (1.29%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.29%) Smart Home
11 4 (1.03%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.03%) Raspberry Pi
11 4 (1.03%) Smart Energy
12 3 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 175 (44.99%) Linux
2 88 (22.62%) Embedded Linux
3 21 (5.40%) Windows
4 8 (2.06%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (1.03%) Debian
6 1 (0.26%) Fedora
6 1 (0.26%) ThreadX
6 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (80.72%) Software Engineering
2 79 (20.31%) Computer Science
3 55 (14.14%) Agile
4 51 (13.11%) Cybersecurity
5 46 (11.83%) Physics
5 46 (11.83%) Software Testing
6 44 (11.31%) Mathematics
7 33 (8.48%) Mentoring
8 29 (7.46%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (6.94%) Configuration Management
10 23 (5.91%) Open Source
11 20 (5.14%) Embedded Software Development
11 20 (5.14%) Prototyping
11 20 (5.14%) SDLC
12 17 (4.37%) OOD
13 16 (4.11%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (4.11%) Digital Marketing
13 16 (4.11%) Programme Management
14 14 (3.60%) Data Acquisition
14 14 (3.60%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 389 (100.00%) C
2 147 (37.79%) Python
3 76 (19.54%) C++
4 59 (15.17%) Bash
5 58 (14.91%) Rust
6 46 (11.83%) Embedded C++
7 38 (9.77%) MATLAB
8 34 (8.74%) C#
9 15 (3.86%) Perl
10 12 (3.08%) Java
11 9 (2.31%) R
12 8 (2.06%) SQL
13 5 (1.29%) JavaScript
13 5 (1.29%) XAML
14 3 (0.77%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.51%) Assembly Language
15 2 (0.51%) PHP
16 1 (0.26%) Ada
16 1 (0.26%) Groovy
16 1 (0.26%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 154 (39.59%) Degree
2 53 (13.62%) Security Cleared
3 15 (3.86%) HND
4 9 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.77%) HNC
6 2 (0.51%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.26%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.48%) MISRA
2 22 (5.66%) AUTOSAR
3 15 (3.86%) ISO 26262
4 14 (3.60%) Automotive SPICE
5 13 (3.34%) QA
6 9 (2.31%) IEC 62304
7 8 (2.06%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 112 (28.79%) Firmware
2 49 (12.60%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (2.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (2.83%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (5.40%) IBM
1 21 (5.40%) Lauterbach
2 17 (4.37%) SAP
3 14 (3.60%) EMC
4 4 (1.03%) Facebook
4 4 (1.03%) Instagram
4 4 (1.03%) Renesas
5 3 (0.77%) Microsoft
6 2 (0.51%) Altera
6 2 (0.51%) Cadence
6 2 (0.51%) Lattice Semiconductor
7 1 (0.26%) Parasoft