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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 619 586 513
Rank change year-on-year -33 -73 +340
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 74 46 353
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.095% 0.11% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.53% 0.33% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 71 41 305
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,375 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -5.41%
75th Percentile £66,250 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -6.25%

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 13,988 13,777 31,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.03% 33.94% 35.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,742 10,173 24,595
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,000 £78,138
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,100 £55,895 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.42% +3.51% -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 27 March 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 27 March 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 -22 67 £55,000 +1.85% 85
England -40 50 £55,000 +1.85% 81
Work from Home +22 33 £55,000 +1.85% 22
Scotland -11 18 £65,000 - 2
North of England -38 15 £55,000 +18.92% 11
East of England -22 10 £45,000 -16.67% 14
Midlands -24 10 £62,500 +25.00% 18
North West -12 8 £46,500 +16.25% 3
Yorkshire -55 7 £55,000 +10.00% 6
West Midlands -5 6 £80,000 +60.00% 13
South West -35 6 £50,000 - 15
South East -44 6 £55,000 -8.33% 24
East Midlands -45 4 £54,000 -6.09% 5
London -1 3 £65,000 - 1
Wales -22 2 £44,000 +24.82% 5

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 2 (2.70%) CANalyzer
1 2 (2.70%) OrCAD
2 1 (1.35%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.22%) Ethernet
2 11 (14.86%) RS-232
3 5 (6.76%) Bluetooth
3 5 (6.76%) LTE
3 5 (6.76%) Modbus
3 5 (6.76%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (6.76%) Wireless
4 1 (1.35%) MQTT
4 1 (1.35%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 5 (6.76%) Git
2 4 (5.41%) Eclipse
2 4 (5.41%) Subversion
3 2 (2.70%) CANoe
3 2 (2.70%) JIRA
4 1 (1.35%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.35%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (1.35%) Zephyr
General
1 31 (41.89%) Electronics
2 11 (14.86%) Manufacturing
3 6 (8.11%) Automotive
4 5 (6.76%) Aerospace
4 5 (6.76%) Finance
4 5 (6.76%) Social Skills
5 2 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.70%) Swedish Language
6 1 (1.35%) Advertising
6 1 (1.35%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 60 (81.08%) Embedded Engineer
2 40 (54.05%) Software Engineer
3 38 (51.35%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 18 (24.32%) Electronics Engineer
5 16 (21.62%) Senior
6 12 (16.22%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 11 (14.86%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 11 (14.86%) Senior Software Engineer
8 8 (10.81%) Design Engineer
8 8 (10.81%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 7 (9.46%) Embedded C Engineer
9 7 (9.46%) Firmware Engineer
10 6 (8.11%) C Software Engineer
10 6 (8.11%) Embedded C Software Engineer
11 5 (6.76%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 5 (6.76%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
11 5 (6.76%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
11 5 (6.76%) Linux Engineer
11 5 (6.76%) Software Design Engineer
12 4 (5.41%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.86%) Yocto
2 2 (2.70%) Flash
3 1 (1.35%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.35%) gRPC
3 1 (1.35%) Kafka
3 1 (1.35%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (1.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 15 (20.27%) Device Driver
2 11 (14.86%) Analogue Electronics
2 11 (14.86%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (6.76%) VHDL
4 4 (5.41%) Raspberry Pi
5 3 (4.05%) FPGA
5 3 (4.05%) Robotics
5 3 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.70%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.70%) ARM Cortex
6 2 (2.70%) IoT
6 2 (2.70%) Verilog
7 1 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.35%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 20 (27.03%) Linux
2 17 (22.97%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (6.76%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (1.35%) SafeRTOS
4 1 (1.35%) ThreadX
4 1 (1.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (64.86%) Software Engineering
2 18 (24.32%) Agile
3 11 (14.86%) Scrum
4 8 (10.81%) Embedded Software Development
5 6 (8.11%) Schematic Capture
5 6 (8.11%) Validation
6 5 (6.76%) Software Testing
7 4 (5.41%) Computer Science
7 4 (5.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (5.41%) Device Driver Development
7 4 (5.41%) Signal Processing
8 3 (4.05%) AI
8 3 (4.05%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (4.05%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (4.05%) Digital Signal Processing
8 3 (4.05%) Mentoring
8 3 (4.05%) Prototyping
8 3 (4.05%) Systems Engineering
8 3 (4.05%) Test Automation
8 3 (4.05%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 74 (100.00%) C
2 40 (54.05%) C++
3 21 (28.38%) Embedded C++
4 12 (16.22%) Python
5 3 (4.05%) C#
6 1 (1.35%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.35%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (20.27%) Degree
2 4 (5.41%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.05%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.70%) HNC
4 2 (2.70%) HND
4 2 (2.70%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.70%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.05%) DO-254
2 1 (1.35%) HAZOP
2 1 (1.35%) IEC 61508
2 1 (1.35%) IEC 62304
2 1 (1.35%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 31 (41.89%) Firmware
2 18 (24.32%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.35%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (8.11%) EMC
2 4 (5.41%) Atmel
3 2 (2.70%) Atlassian