Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer Skill Set
Period
to 27 July 2021

The median annual salary for a C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer was £55,000 in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 27 July 2021.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
UK
6 months to
27 Jul 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 931 788 1049
Rank change year-on-year -143 +261 +72
Permanent jobs requiring a C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer 58 23 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.033% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.035% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 55 15 56
10th Percentile " £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
90th Percentile " £65,000 £52,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -10.00%

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 102,854 66,564 139,218
% of permanent IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 95.04% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 73,150 54,318 112,554
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -

C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer.

Salary trend for C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer over the 6 months to 27 July 2021.

Salary histogram for C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 July 2021. 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
Job
Vacancies
UK excluding London -109 45 £52,500 +5.00% 15
England -129 45 £52,500 +5.00% 12
Midlands - 20 £37,500 - 5
West Midlands - 20 £37,500 - 1
Yorkshire -44 18 £55,000 - 1
North of England -52 18 £55,000 - 2
Work from Home - 17 £55,000 - 3
South East -71 7 £55,000 +37.50% 1

C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 27 July 2021, C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer in the job title.

1 58 (100.00%) C
1 58 (100.00%) C++
1 58 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 55 (94.83%) Firmware
3 53 (91.38%) Linux
4 51 (87.93%) Broadband
4 51 (87.93%) TCP/IP
5 35 (60.34%) Embedded Systems
6 33 (56.90%) Ethernet
7 32 (55.17%) Wi-Fi
7 32 (55.17%) Wireless
7 32 (55.17%) Device Driver
7 32 (55.17%) Computer Science
7 32 (55.17%) Device Driver Development
8 31 (53.45%) Requirements Gathering
8 31 (53.45%) MQTT
8 31 (53.45%) Bluetooth
8 31 (53.45%) HTML
8 31 (53.45%) CSS
9 26 (44.83%) Embedded C
9 26 (44.83%) Embedded C++
10 24 (41.38%) Degree
11 23 (39.66%) Self-Motivation
12 21 (36.21%) Social Skills
12 21 (36.21%) Embedded Linux
12 21 (36.21%) Subversion
12 21 (36.21%) Telecoms
13 20 (34.48%) Configuration Management
13 20 (34.48%) Validation
13 20 (34.48%) EMC

C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 51 (87.93%) Broadband
1 51 (87.93%) TCP/IP
2 33 (56.90%) Ethernet
3 32 (55.17%) Wi-Fi
3 32 (55.17%) Wireless
4 31 (53.45%) Bluetooth
4 31 (53.45%) MQTT
5 1 (1.72%) IPsec
Development Applications
1 21 (36.21%) Subversion
2 1 (1.72%) Git (software)
2 1 (1.72%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.72%) JIRA
2 1 (1.72%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 21 (36.21%) Social Skills
1 21 (36.21%) Telecoms
2 20 (34.48%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.17%) Aerospace
3 3 (5.17%) Automotive
3 3 (5.17%) Electronics
3 3 (5.17%) Games
4 1 (1.72%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (53.45%) CSS
1 31 (53.45%) HTML
2 1 (1.72%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (1.72%) GStreamer
2 1 (1.72%) OpenCV
2 1 (1.72%) Qt
2 1 (1.72%) STL
2 1 (1.72%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 35 (60.34%) Embedded Systems
2 32 (55.17%) Device Driver
3 23 (39.66%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.72%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 53 (91.38%) Linux
2 21 (36.21%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 32 (55.17%) Computer Science
2 32 (55.17%) Device Driver Development
3 31 (53.45%) Requirements Gathering
4 20 (34.48%) Configuration Management
4 20 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (34.48%) Software Architecture
4 20 (34.48%) Validation
5 3 (5.17%) Project Planning
6 2 (3.45%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (1.72%) Cross-Platform Development
7 1 (1.72%) Embedded Software Development
7 1 (1.72%) Multithreaded Programming
7 1 (1.72%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 58 (100.00%) C
1 58 (100.00%) C++
2 26 (44.83%) Embedded C
2 26 (44.83%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 24 (41.38%) Degree
System Software
1 55 (94.83%) Firmware
Vendors
1 20 (34.48%) EMC
2 1 (1.72%) NVIDIA