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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 647 627 535
Rank change year-on-year -20 -92 +219
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 115 53 378
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.11% 0.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.65% 0.37% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 97 50 306
10th Percentile £44,500 £45,750 £36,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,125 £42,500
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 £60,000 £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 17,604 14,419 30,984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.79% 29.35% 31.56%
Number of salaries quoted 12,591 9,580 22,957
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £35,195
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 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -7 112 £57,500 +6.48% 42
England -38 88 £57,500 +6.48% 46
Work from Home -14 38 £65,000 +23.81% 17
Midlands -6 26 £67,500 +35.00% 9
Scotland +26 24 £65,000 - 2
South East -17 20 £65,000 +8.33% 11
North of England -19 16 £57,500 +23.66% 7
East of England -6 15 £62,500 +15.74% 5
West Midlands - 14 £80,000 - 2
East Midlands -3 12 £54,000 +8.00% 7
North West 0 10 £57,500 +23.66% 3
South West -56 8 £50,000 -4.76% 7
North East - 4 £51,000 - 2
London -23 3 £80,000 +45.45% 8
Wales - 3 £44,000 - 1
Yorkshire -36 2 £72,500 +70.59% 2

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 (0.87%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (8.70%) Simulink
2 3 (2.61%) CANalyzer
3 2 (1.74%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.78%) RS-232
2 15 (13.04%) Ethernet
3 13 (11.30%) Bluetooth
3 13 (11.30%) Wi-Fi
3 13 (11.30%) Wireless
4 9 (7.83%) LTE
4 9 (7.83%) Modbus
5 1 (0.87%) MQTT
5 1 (0.87%) Profibus
5 1 (0.87%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.48%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (13.04%) Git
2 5 (4.35%) Eclipse
3 3 (2.61%) CANoe
3 3 (2.61%) Subversion
4 2 (1.74%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.74%) JIRA
5 1 (0.87%) GoogleTest
5 1 (0.87%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.87%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.87%) Zephyr
General
1 44 (38.26%) Electronics
2 17 (14.78%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.57%) Manufacturing
4 8 (6.96%) Automotive
5 6 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.35%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.48%) Swedish Language
8 3 (2.61%) Advertising
9 2 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.87%) Finance
10 1 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.87%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 75 (65.22%) Embedded Engineer
2 56 (48.70%) Software Engineer
3 54 (46.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 37 (32.17%) Senior
5 25 (21.74%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 21 (18.26%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 21 (18.26%) Senior Software Engineer
7 14 (12.17%) Firmware Engineer
8 13 (11.30%) Electronics Engineer
9 11 (9.57%) Design Engineer
9 11 (9.57%) Embedded C Engineer
10 10 (8.70%) Electronics Design Engineer
10 10 (8.70%) Senior Design Engineer
10 10 (8.70%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
10 10 (8.70%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 10 (8.70%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 8 (6.96%) C Software Engineer
11 8 (6.96%) Embedded C Software Engineer
11 8 (6.96%) FPGA Engineer
12 7 (6.09%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (19.13%) Yocto
2 3 (2.61%) .NET
3 2 (1.74%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.74%) Middleware
4 1 (0.87%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.87%) gRPC
4 1 (0.87%) Kafka
4 1 (0.87%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.87%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 25 (21.74%) Device Driver
1 25 (21.74%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (13.04%) Analogue Electronics
3 14 (12.17%) VHDL
4 13 (11.30%) Algorithms
4 13 (11.30%) IoT
5 12 (10.43%) FPGA
6 11 (9.57%) Robotics
6 11 (9.57%) Verilog
7 8 (6.96%) Raspberry Pi
8 7 (6.09%) ARM Cortex
9 6 (5.22%) PCIe
10 5 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (3.48%) CAN bus
12 2 (1.74%) Acoustics
12 2 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
13 1 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
13 1 (0.87%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 25 (21.74%) Linux
2 23 (20.00%) Embedded Linux
3 18 (15.65%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.74%) Android
4 2 (1.74%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.74%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.74%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.87%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (64.35%) Software Engineering
2 21 (18.26%) Validation
3 18 (15.65%) Agile
4 17 (14.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (14.78%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (13.91%) Digital Signal Processing
5 16 (13.91%) Signal Processing
5 16 (13.91%) Test Automation
6 15 (13.04%) Scrum
7 14 (12.17%) Collaborative Culture
7 14 (12.17%) Collaborative Working
7 14 (12.17%) Systems Engineering
8 12 (10.43%) Schematic Capture
9 11 (9.57%) Software Testing
10 10 (8.70%) AI
11 9 (7.83%) Collaborative Engineering
11 9 (7.83%) Computer Science
12 8 (6.96%) CI/CD
12 8 (6.96%) Kalman Filter
13 7 (6.09%) Device Driver Development
Programming Languages
1 115 (100.00%) C
2 60 (52.17%) C++
3 34 (29.57%) Embedded C++
3 34 (29.57%) Python
4 14 (12.17%) MATLAB
5 12 (10.43%) C#
6 1 (0.87%) Java
6 1 (0.87%) R
6 1 (0.87%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 21 (18.26%) Degree
2 19 (16.52%) Security Cleared
3 13 (11.30%) SC Cleared
4 7 (6.09%) DV Cleared
5 6 (5.22%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.61%) HNC
7 3 (2.61%) HND
8 2 (1.74%) PhD
9 1 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.35%) DO-254
2 4 (3.48%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.74%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (0.87%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.87%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.87%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.87%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.87%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 49 (42.61%) Firmware
2 24 (20.87%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.74%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (5.22%) EMC
2 4 (3.48%) Facebook
2 4 (3.48%) Instagram
3 3 (2.61%) Atlassian
3 3 (2.61%) Atmel
4 1 (0.87%) Altera
4 1 (0.87%) Google