Embedded C Job Trends in Cambridge

Embedded C
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring Embedded C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 50 46
Rank change year-on-year -7 -4 +51
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 1 1 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.16% 0.28% 3.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.59% 0.55% 7.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 28
10th Percentile - - £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £130,000
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +4.17%

All Programming Languages
Cambridge

Embedded C falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 169 183 457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 27.17% 50.41% 50.55%
Number of salaries quoted 117 113 331
10th Percentile £40,750 £38,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - +2.88%
75th Percentile £78,500 £73,750 £80,625
90th Percentile £97,000 £81,750 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Embedded C relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Embedded C job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Embedded C
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Embedded C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Embedded C

Embedded C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) ThreadX
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver Development
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware