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 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 612 593 647
Rank change year-on-year -19 +54 +290
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 48 164 81
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.092% 0.24% 0.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.41% 0.76% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 47 71 73
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £28,300
25th Percentile £45,750 £44,375 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £67,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -10.87%

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 11,814 21,452 21,655
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.56% 31.87% 41.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8,485 12,708 17,794
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,094
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,439 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £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 17 November 2025.

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 17 November 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
England 0 44 £55,000 - 86
UK excluding London -24 43 £52,500 -4.55% 95
Work from Home +83 31 £52,500 -12.50% 42
South East +9 13 £55,000 - 24
North of England +29 11 £46,500 -33.57% 12
North West +49 9 £46,500 -33.57%
South West -3 8 £52,500 -19.23% 17
East of England +11 7 £80,000 +33.33% 21
London - 4 £55,000 -
Scotland -10 2 £65,000 -3.70% 9
West Midlands +42 1 £60,000 -7.69% 14
Midlands +37 1 £60,000 +20.00% 19
North East +6 1 £40,000 - 2
Wales +4 1 £45,000 -10.00%
Yorkshire +1 1 £55,000 - 10

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 (2.08%) GNU Octave
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.25%) RS-232
2 2 (4.17%) Ethernet
3 1 (2.08%) Bluetooth
3 1 (2.08%) RS-422
3 1 (2.08%) RS-485
3 1 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (2.08%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Git
1 3 (6.25%) GitLab
2 1 (2.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 33 (68.75%) Electronics
2 13 (27.08%) Automotive
3 12 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.25%) Law
5 1 (2.08%) Finance
5 1 (2.08%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 30 (62.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 17 (35.42%) Electronics Engineer
3 12 (25.00%) Firmware Engineer
4 11 (22.92%) Software Engineer
5 10 (20.83%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 10 (20.83%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 8 (16.67%) Senior
7 6 (12.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 4 (8.33%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 4 (8.33%) Lead
8 4 (8.33%) Linux Engineer
8 4 (8.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 4 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
9 3 (6.25%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
9 3 (6.25%) Software Team Leader
9 3 (6.25%) Team Leader
10 2 (4.17%) Design Engineer
10 2 (4.17%) Developer
10 2 (4.17%) Electronics Design Engineer
11 1 (2.08%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (18.75%) Flash
2 3 (6.25%) Yocto
3 1 (2.08%) .NET
3 1 (2.08%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.08%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 14 (29.17%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (16.67%) Analogue Electronics
3 5 (10.42%) Device Driver
4 2 (4.17%) IoT
4 2 (4.17%) RISC-V
5 1 (2.08%) Acoustics
5 1 (2.08%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (2.08%) FPGA
5 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.08%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.67%) Linux
2 6 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (37.50%) Software Engineering
2 10 (20.83%) Collaborative Culture
3 9 (18.75%) Embedded Software Development
4 5 (10.42%) Mentoring
5 4 (8.33%) Agile
5 4 (8.33%) Signal Processing
6 3 (6.25%) Coaching
6 3 (6.25%) Design Patterns
6 3 (6.25%) Device Driver Development
6 3 (6.25%) Digital Signal Processing
6 3 (6.25%) Line Management
6 3 (6.25%) Logistics
6 3 (6.25%) Physics
6 3 (6.25%) SDLC
6 3 (6.25%) UML
7 2 (4.17%) Schematic Capture
7 2 (4.17%) Scrum
7 2 (4.17%) Software Testing
7 2 (4.17%) Unit Testing
7 2 (4.17%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 45 (93.75%) C
2 22 (45.83%) C++
3 14 (29.17%) Embedded C++
4 12 (25.00%) Python
5 2 (4.17%) C#
6 1 (2.08%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.08%) Rust
Qualifications
1 16 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (4.17%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.08%) PhD
3 1 (2.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) ISO 9000
1 2 (4.17%) JTAG
1 2 (4.17%) MISRA
2 1 (2.08%) Def Stans
2 1 (2.08%) MISRA C
2 1 (2.08%) QA
System Software
1 37 (77.08%) Firmware
2 20 (41.67%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) systemd
Vendors
1 17 (35.42%) EMC