Embedded C Job Trends in the South West

Embedded C
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Embedded C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 157 200
Rank change year-on-year -69 +43 +31
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 8 14 49
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.090% 0.40% 0.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.54% 1.71% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 8 14 43
10th Percentile £42,750 £42,250 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £60,250 - -
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% +3.29%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,481 818 2,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.72% 23.53% 25.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,050 541 1,514
10th Percentile £32,725 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,423 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £69,688
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +1.56% +4.92% -6.15%

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Embedded C job vacancy trend in the South West

Embedded C
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Embedded C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Embedded C

Embedded C
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded C in the South West over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded C in the South West

Embedded C
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 7 August 2026. 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
Bristol -32 4 £50,000 +11.11% 6
Gloucestershire -49 3 £50,000 -4.76% 8
Devon - 1 £40,000 -
Embedded C
England

Embedded C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Ethernet
1 1 (12.50%) Modbus
1 1 (12.50%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Bitbucket
1 1 (12.50%) Eclipse
1 1 (12.50%) GoogleTest
1 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
1 1 (12.50%) SonarQube
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 3 (37.50%) Aerospace
2 2 (25.00%) Electronics
2 2 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Automotive
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Junior
3 2 (25.00%) Junior Embedded Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (25.00%) ARM Cortex
1 2 (25.00%) Device Driver
1 2 (25.00%) FPGA
1 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (25.00%) VHDL
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) FreeRTOS
2 2 (25.00%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) SafeRTOS
3 1 (12.50%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (25.00%) Device Driver Development
2 2 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (25.00%) Schematic Capture
3 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
3 1 (12.50%) Concurrent Programming
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (12.50%) FMEA
3 1 (12.50%) Hazard Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C
2 5 (62.50%) C++
3 4 (50.00%) Embedded C++
4 2 (25.00%) Python
5 1 (12.50%) C#
5 1 (12.50%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) DO-254
1 1 (12.50%) HAZOP
1 1 (12.50%) IEC 61508
1 1 (12.50%) IEC 62304
1 1 (12.50%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Firmware
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Google