Embedded C Jobs in the UK excluding London

Embedded C
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 532 428 615
Rank change year-on-year -104 +187 +21
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 39 388 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.10% 0.53% 0.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.38% 1.71% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 37 332 73
10th Percentile £47,500 £36,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £43,750 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% -

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,207 22,714 23,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.25% 30.84% 39.74%
Number of salaries quoted 6,599 16,483 13,211
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,635 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,296 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,963
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Embedded C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded C in the UK excluding London

Embedded C
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded C in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Embedded C in the UK excluding London

Embedded C
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded C in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Embedded C in the UK excluding London

Embedded C
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London 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
South East +32 14 £60,000 +9.09% 71
East of England -4 9 £54,000 -10.00% 45
South West +57 7 £52,500 +5.00% 55
Scotland +31 4 £65,000 +23.81% 33
Yorkshire +49 3 £42,500 -5.56% 18
North of England +8 3 £42,500 -15.00% 43
East Midlands +21 2 £50,000 +17.65% 21
Midlands +10 2 £50,000 -9.09% 42
Embedded C
UK

Embedded C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (10.26%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (5.13%) GNU Octave
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.13%) OrCAD
2 2 (5.13%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.82%) Wireless
2 4 (10.26%) Bluetooth
2 4 (10.26%) Ethernet
2 4 (10.26%) RS-232
3 2 (5.13%) LTE
3 2 (5.13%) Modbus
3 2 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.56%) HTTP
4 1 (2.56%) Wideband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (5.13%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Git
2 4 (10.26%) LabVIEW
3 3 (7.69%) Subversion
4 2 (5.13%) Eclipse
General
1 12 (30.77%) Automotive
2 10 (25.64%) Manufacturing
3 8 (20.51%) Electronics
4 4 (10.26%) Aerospace
4 4 (10.26%) Social Skills
5 3 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (7.69%) Marketing
6 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Finance
6 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (56.41%) Software Engineer
2 20 (51.28%) Embedded Engineer
3 19 (48.72%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 18 (46.15%) Senior
5 13 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 13 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 13 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
6 5 (12.82%) Senior Test Engineer
6 5 (12.82%) Test Engineer
7 4 (10.26%) Development Engineer
7 4 (10.26%) Electronics Engineer
7 4 (10.26%) Senior Development Engineer
7 4 (10.26%) Test Development Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) Hardware Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) Lead
8 2 (5.13%) Systems Engineer
9 1 (2.56%) Design Engineer
9 1 (2.56%) Graduate
9 1 (2.56%) Junior
9 1 (2.56%) RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 12 (30.77%) Algorithms
2 6 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (12.82%) Analogue Electronics
3 5 (12.82%) Device Driver
3 5 (12.82%) IoT
4 4 (10.26%) FPGA
5 2 (5.13%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (5.13%) Raspberry Pi
5 2 (5.13%) VHDL
6 1 (2.56%) GNSS
6 1 (2.56%) Robotics
6 1 (2.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.95%) Linux
2 3 (7.69%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (2.56%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (2.56%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (61.54%) Software Engineering
2 10 (25.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (17.95%) Test Automation
4 6 (15.38%) Agile
5 5 (12.82%) Computer Science
5 5 (12.82%) Mathematics
5 5 (12.82%) Physics
5 5 (12.82%) Software Testing
6 4 (10.26%) CAD
6 4 (10.26%) Logistics
6 4 (10.26%) Prototyping
6 4 (10.26%) Signal Processing
6 4 (10.26%) Unit Testing
7 3 (7.69%) Open Source
7 3 (7.69%) Roadmaps
8 2 (5.13%) Business Development
8 2 (5.13%) Control Theory
8 2 (5.13%) Digital Signal Processing
8 2 (5.13%) Embedded Software Development
8 2 (5.13%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 38 (97.44%) C
2 12 (30.77%) C++
3 11 (28.21%) Python
4 9 (23.08%) Embedded C++
5 4 (10.26%) MATLAB
6 2 (5.13%) C#
7 1 (2.56%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 11 (28.21%) Degree
2 5 (12.82%) Security Cleared
3 3 (7.69%) PhD
3 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) AUTOSAR
1 2 (5.13%) Def Stans
2 1 (2.56%) ISO 26262
2 1 (2.56%) MISRA
2 1 (2.56%) MISRA C
System Software
1 7 (17.95%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (7.69%) EMC
2 2 (5.13%) Atmel
3 1 (2.56%) Renesas
3 1 (2.56%) SAP
3 1 (2.56%) Xilinx