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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 636 602 526
Rank change year-on-year -34 -76 +264
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 100 44 393
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.10% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.61% 0.33% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 86 41 335
10th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £46,500 £51,250 £43,750
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 £62,500 £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 16,262 13,258 32,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.53% 31.10% 33.37%
Number of salaries quoted 11,226 8,942 24,877
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 £86,188 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 23 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 23 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 +3 95 £57,500 +6.48% 49
England -46 74 £56,000 +3.70% 52
Work from Home +13 30 £65,000 +20.37% 21
Scotland +21 21 £65,000 - 2
North of England -39 18 £56,750 +33.53% 5
Midlands -16 17 £80,000 +60.00% 4
South East -21 16 £62,500 +4.17% 19
West Midlands - 13 £80,000 - 3
East of England -7 12 £50,000 -7.41% 9
North West +6 11 £57,500 +43.75% 3
South West -52 8 £50,000 -4.76% 11
Yorkshire -41 5 £55,000 +18.92% 2
East Midlands -30 4 £54,000 +8.00% 1
Wales - 3 £44,000 -
London - 3 £65,000 - 2
North East - 2 £51,000 -

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 (1.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (5.00%) Simulink
2 3 (3.00%) CANalyzer
3 2 (2.00%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 16 (16.00%) RS-232
2 15 (15.00%) Ethernet
3 9 (9.00%) Bluetooth
4 5 (5.00%) LTE
4 5 (5.00%) Modbus
4 5 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (5.00%) Wireless
5 1 (1.00%) MQTT
5 1 (1.00%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 11 (11.00%) Git
2 5 (5.00%) Eclipse
3 4 (4.00%) Subversion
4 3 (3.00%) CANoe
5 2 (2.00%) Bitbucket
5 2 (2.00%) JIRA
6 1 (1.00%) GoogleTest
6 1 (1.00%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.00%) SonarQube
6 1 (1.00%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (1.00%) Zephyr
General
1 42 (42.00%) Electronics
2 14 (14.00%) Manufacturing
2 14 (14.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (6.00%) Automotive
4 4 (4.00%) Aerospace
4 4 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.00%) Swedish Language
5 3 (3.00%) Finance
6 2 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.00%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 66 (66.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 51 (51.00%) Software Engineer
3 49 (49.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 30 (30.00%) Senior
5 19 (19.00%) Electronics Engineer
5 19 (19.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 19 (19.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 19 (19.00%) Senior Software Engineer
6 12 (12.00%) Design Engineer
6 12 (12.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
6 12 (12.00%) Firmware Engineer
7 9 (9.00%) Senior Design Engineer
7 9 (9.00%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
7 9 (9.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
7 9 (9.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
8 8 (8.00%) Embedded C Engineer
9 6 (6.00%) C Software Engineer
9 6 (6.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
10 5 (5.00%) FPGA Engineer
11 4 (4.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (16.00%) Yocto
2 2 (2.00%) .NET
3 1 (1.00%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.00%) gRPC
3 1 (1.00%) Kafka
3 1 (1.00%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (1.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 19 (19.00%) Device Driver
2 17 (17.00%) Analogue Electronics
3 15 (15.00%) Embedded Systems
4 11 (11.00%) VHDL
5 9 (9.00%) Algorithms
5 9 (9.00%) Verilog
6 7 (7.00%) FPGA
6 7 (7.00%) Robotics
7 5 (5.00%) ARM Cortex
7 5 (5.00%) IoT
8 4 (4.00%) CAN bus
8 4 (4.00%) PCIe
8 4 (4.00%) Raspberry Pi
9 3 (3.00%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (2.00%) Acoustics
10 2 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (1.00%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 20 (20.00%) Linux
2 18 (18.00%) Embedded Linux
3 17 (17.00%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (2.00%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (2.00%) ThreadX
5 1 (1.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (62.00%) Software Engineering
2 19 (19.00%) Agile
3 15 (15.00%) Validation
4 14 (14.00%) Scrum
5 13 (13.00%) Digital Signal Processing
5 13 (13.00%) Signal Processing
6 12 (12.00%) Collaborative Working
6 12 (12.00%) Test Automation
7 11 (11.00%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (11.00%) Schematic Capture
7 11 (11.00%) Systems Engineering
8 9 (9.00%) AI
8 9 (9.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (8.00%) Software Testing
10 7 (7.00%) Collaborative Culture
10 7 (7.00%) Computer Science
11 6 (6.00%) Embedded Software Development
11 6 (6.00%) Kalman Filter
12 5 (5.00%) FPGA Design
12 5 (5.00%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 100 (100.00%) C
2 49 (49.00%) C++
3 29 (29.00%) Python
4 27 (27.00%) Embedded C++
5 10 (10.00%) C#
6 8 (8.00%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.00%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (17.00%) Degree
2 14 (14.00%) Security Cleared
3 9 (9.00%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.00%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.00%) HNC
5 3 (3.00%) HND
5 3 (3.00%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.00%) DO-254
2 3 (3.00%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.00%) HAZOP
3 1 (1.00%) IEC 61508
3 1 (1.00%) IEC 62304
3 1 (1.00%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 43 (43.00%) Firmware
2 26 (26.00%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (7.00%) EMC
2 4 (4.00%) Atmel
3 3 (3.00%) Atlassian
3 3 (3.00%) Facebook
3 3 (3.00%) Instagram
4 1 (1.00%) Google