Embedded C Job Trends

Embedded C
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Embedded C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 589 597 622
Rank change year-on-year +8 +25 +206
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 52 122 97
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.087% 0.23% 0.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.45% 0.67% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 52 55 88
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £47,500 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £63,125 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £73,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year - +2.33% -2.27%

All Programming Languages
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11,542 18,125 21,421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.38% 33.78% 38.67%
Number of salaries quoted 8,455 10,579 17,510
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £108,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Embedded C job vacancy trend in the UK

Embedded C
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Embedded C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Embedded C

Embedded C
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded C over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded C in the UK

Embedded C
Top 15 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 10 January 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
England +4 44 £55,000 - 107
UK excluding London -23 44 £55,000 - 112
Work from Home +85 33 £55,000 -8.33% 78
North of England +10 15 £46,500 -25.60% 15
South East +8 11 £55,000 - 26
North West +26 9 £46,500 -33.57% 4
East of England +8 9 £45,000 -25.00% 21
Yorkshire -18 5 £55,000 -2.22% 8
London +50 4 £60,000 - 7
Scotland +2 3 £65,000 +4.00% 5
South West -24 3 £52,500 +0.48% 26
West Midlands +20 2 £62,500 +25.00% 6
Midlands +16 2 £62,500 +25.00% 16
Wales +3 1 £45,000 +27.66% 7
North East +3 1 £40,000 - 3

Embedded C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.77%) Ethernet
1 3 (5.77%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Git
1 3 (5.77%) GitLab
2 1 (1.92%) JIRA
2 1 (1.92%) Rational DOORS
General
1 35 (67.31%) Electronics
2 13 (25.00%) Automotive
3 12 (23.08%) Manufacturing
4 5 (9.62%) Finance
5 2 (3.85%) Law
6 1 (1.92%) Advertising
6 1 (1.92%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.92%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (76.92%) Embedded Engineer
2 20 (38.46%) Electronics Engineer
3 15 (28.85%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 15 (28.85%) Software Engineer
4 13 (25.00%) Firmware Engineer
5 10 (19.23%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 9 (17.31%) Senior
7 7 (13.46%) Design Engineer
7 7 (13.46%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 6 (11.54%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 5 (9.62%) Embedded Linux Engineer
9 5 (9.62%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
9 5 (9.62%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
9 5 (9.62%) Linux Engineer
9 5 (9.62%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 5 (9.62%) Senior Software Engineer
9 5 (9.62%) Software Design Engineer
10 3 (5.77%) Lead
10 3 (5.77%) Software Team Leader
10 3 (5.77%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (17.31%) Flash
2 3 (5.77%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 17 (32.69%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (17.31%) Analogue Electronics
3 4 (7.69%) Device Driver
4 2 (3.85%) IoT
4 2 (3.85%) RISC-V
5 1 (1.92%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (1.92%) FPGA
5 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.92%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 10 (19.23%) Linux
2 8 (15.38%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.92%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (40.38%) Software Engineering
2 10 (19.23%) Agile
2 10 (19.23%) Collaborative Culture
3 9 (17.31%) Embedded Software Development
4 5 (9.62%) Mentoring
5 4 (7.69%) Signal Processing
6 3 (5.77%) Coaching
6 3 (5.77%) Digital Signal Processing
6 3 (5.77%) Line Management
6 3 (5.77%) Logistics
6 3 (5.77%) Schematic Capture
6 3 (5.77%) Scrum
6 3 (5.77%) Validation
7 2 (3.85%) Design Patterns
7 2 (3.85%) Physics
7 2 (3.85%) SDLC
7 2 (3.85%) Software Testing
7 2 (3.85%) UML
7 2 (3.85%) Unit Testing
8 1 (1.92%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 50 (96.15%) C
2 27 (51.92%) C++
3 20 (38.46%) Embedded C++
4 7 (13.46%) Python
5 1 (1.92%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 14 (26.92%) Degree
2 2 (3.85%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.92%) PhD
3 1 (1.92%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.85%) ISO 9000
1 2 (3.85%) JTAG
System Software
1 36 (69.23%) Firmware
2 25 (48.08%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 12 (23.08%) EMC