Embedded C Jobs in the South East

Embedded C
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Embedded C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded C over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 325 371
Rank change year-on-year +32 +46 +8
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 14 72 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.15% 0.42% 0.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.57% 1.43% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 12 38 14
10th Percentile - £42,500 £40,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,250 £46,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £53,250
% change year-on-year -1.82% +3.29% +1.43%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,453 5,022 5,682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 25.92% 28.99% 40.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,686 4,033 3,729
10th Percentile £34,000 £34,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -6.78% +7.27%
75th Percentile £68,000 £68,750 £74,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £87,600
England median annual salary £61,182 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.97% -7.69% +4.00%

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Embedded C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded C in the South East

Embedded C
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded C in the South East.

Salary trend for Embedded C in the South East

Embedded C
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded C in the South East over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Embedded C in the South East

Embedded C
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded C within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
Hampshire +51 5 £60,000 +33.33% 21
East Sussex +23 3 £55,000 -4.35% 3
Surrey +51 2 £70,000 +27.27% 12
Thames Valley +46 2 £65,000 +18.18% 17
Buckinghamshire +21 2 £65,000 +32.65% 3
Kent +20 2 £60,000 +9.09% 10
Embedded C
England

Embedded C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (14.29%) GNU Octave
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (14.29%) OrCAD
1 2 (14.29%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Bluetooth
2 3 (21.43%) Wireless
3 1 (7.14%) HTTP
3 1 (7.14%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (14.29%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Git
General
1 6 (42.86%) Electronics
2 3 (21.43%) Aerospace
2 3 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (21.43%) Marketing
3 2 (14.29%) Automotive
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Electronics Engineer
1 3 (21.43%) Embedded Engineer
1 3 (21.43%) Software Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Hardware Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Lead
2 2 (14.29%) Senior
2 2 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Design Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Digital Design Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Embedded C Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Firmware Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Software Test Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Test Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (21.43%) Algorithms
2 3 (21.43%) FPGA
2 3 (21.43%) IoT
3 2 (14.29%) Device Driver
3 2 (14.29%) VHDL
4 1 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (7.14%) GNSS
4 1 (7.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Software Engineering
2 4 (28.57%) Mathematics
2 4 (28.57%) Physics
2 4 (28.57%) Prototyping
2 4 (28.57%) Software Testing
2 4 (28.57%) Unit Testing
3 3 (21.43%) Agile
3 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
3 3 (21.43%) Logistics
3 3 (21.43%) Open Source
3 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
3 3 (21.43%) Signal Processing
3 3 (21.43%) Test Automation
4 2 (14.29%) Business Development
4 2 (14.29%) Control Theory
4 2 (14.29%) Device Driver Development
4 2 (14.29%) Digital Signal Processing
4 2 (14.29%) FMEA
4 2 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) C
2 8 (57.14%) C++
3 6 (42.86%) Embedded C++
4 4 (28.57%) MATLAB
5 3 (21.43%) Python
6 2 (14.29%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Degree
2 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) AUTOSAR
1 2 (14.29%) Def Stans
2 1 (7.14%) ISO 26262
2 1 (7.14%) MISRA
2 1 (7.14%) MISRA C
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) EMC
2 1 (7.14%) SAP