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 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 613 599 532
Rank change year-on-year -14 -67 +266
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 102 55 389
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.13% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.63% 0.39% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 89 50 333
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,375 £36,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,188 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.48% +2.86% -4.55%

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 16,089 14,013 32,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.62% 32.02% 33.60%
Number of salaries quoted 11,034 9,712 24,888
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

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 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded C in the UK

Embedded C
Top 16 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 16 May 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
UK excluding London -10 96 £57,500 +6.48% 62
England -26 74 £56,000 +3.70% 60
Work from Home +31 34 £65,000 +20.37% 54
Scotland +13 22 £65,000 - 3
Midlands -12 18 £72,500 +45.00% 4
North of England -15 18 £56,000 +21.08% 8
South East -20 14 £65,000 +8.33% 21
West Midlands -26 14 £80,000 +60.00% 4
East of England -10 13 £47,500 -12.04% 11
North West +14 11 £57,500 +43.75% 5
South West -49 8 £50,000 -4.76% 17
Yorkshire -52 6 £55,000 +10.00% 2
East Midlands -28 4 £54,000 +0.47%
London -10 3 £65,000 - 1
Wales -25 3 £44,000 +24.82% 1
North East - 1 £51,000 - 1

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.98%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (5.88%) Simulink
2 3 (2.94%) CANalyzer
3 2 (1.96%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 16 (15.69%) Ethernet
1 16 (15.69%) RS-232
2 9 (8.82%) Bluetooth
3 5 (4.90%) LTE
3 5 (4.90%) Modbus
3 5 (4.90%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (4.90%) Wireless
4 1 (0.98%) MQTT
4 1 (0.98%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.96%) GIS
Development Applications
1 10 (9.80%) Git
2 5 (4.90%) Eclipse
3 4 (3.92%) Subversion
4 3 (2.94%) CANoe
4 3 (2.94%) JIRA
5 2 (1.96%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.98%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.98%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.98%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.98%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.98%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.98%) Zephyr
General
1 42 (41.18%) Electronics
2 15 (14.71%) Manufacturing
3 14 (13.73%) Social Skills
4 7 (6.86%) Automotive
5 5 (4.90%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.92%) Finance
6 4 (3.92%) Swedish Language
7 3 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.98%) Advertising
9 1 (0.98%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 70 (68.63%) Embedded Engineer
2 54 (52.94%) Software Engineer
3 52 (50.98%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 30 (29.41%) Senior
5 20 (19.61%) Electronics Engineer
5 20 (19.61%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 20 (19.61%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 20 (19.61%) Senior Software Engineer
6 12 (11.76%) Design Engineer
6 12 (11.76%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 10 (9.80%) Firmware Engineer
8 8 (7.84%) Senior Design Engineer
8 8 (7.84%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
8 8 (7.84%) Senior Electronics Engineer
8 8 (7.84%) Senior Firmware Engineer
9 7 (6.86%) Embedded C Engineer
10 6 (5.88%) C Software Engineer
10 6 (5.88%) Embedded C Software Engineer
11 5 (4.90%) FPGA Engineer
12 4 (3.92%) Software Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (16.67%) Yocto
2 1 (0.98%) .NET
2 1 (0.98%) GraphQL
2 1 (0.98%) gRPC
2 1 (0.98%) Kafka
2 1 (0.98%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (0.98%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 20 (19.61%) Device Driver
2 17 (16.67%) Analogue Electronics
3 14 (13.73%) Embedded Systems
4 11 (10.78%) VHDL
5 9 (8.82%) Algorithms
5 9 (8.82%) Verilog
6 7 (6.86%) FPGA
6 7 (6.86%) Robotics
7 4 (3.92%) ARM Cortex
7 4 (3.92%) CAN bus
7 4 (3.92%) IoT
7 4 (3.92%) PCIe
7 4 (3.92%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (1.96%) Acoustics
8 2 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.98%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 22 (21.57%) Linux
2 20 (19.61%) Embedded Linux
3 16 (15.69%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.96%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.96%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.98%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (63.73%) Software Engineering
2 21 (20.59%) Agile
3 15 (14.71%) Scrum
3 15 (14.71%) Validation
4 12 (11.76%) Digital Signal Processing
4 12 (11.76%) Signal Processing
5 11 (10.78%) Systems Engineering
5 11 (10.78%) Test Automation
6 10 (9.80%) Collaborative Working
6 10 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (9.80%) Schematic Capture
7 9 (8.82%) AI
8 8 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (7.84%) Software Testing
9 7 (6.86%) Computer Science
9 7 (6.86%) Embedded Software Development
10 6 (5.88%) Collaborative Culture
10 6 (5.88%) Kalman Filter
11 5 (4.90%) Prototyping
11 5 (4.90%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 102 (100.00%) C
2 52 (50.98%) C++
3 29 (28.43%) Python
4 28 (27.45%) Embedded C++
5 8 (7.84%) C#
5 8 (7.84%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.98%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (17.65%) Degree
2 13 (12.75%) Security Cleared
3 8 (7.84%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.90%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.92%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.94%) HNC
6 3 (2.94%) HND
7 2 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.98%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.90%) DO-254
2 2 (1.96%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.98%) HAZOP
3 1 (0.98%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.98%) IEC 62304
3 1 (0.98%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 42 (41.18%) Firmware
2 26 (25.49%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.98%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (6.86%) EMC
2 4 (3.92%) Atmel
3 3 (2.94%) Atlassian
4 2 (1.96%) Facebook
4 2 (1.96%) Instagram
5 1 (0.98%) Google