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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 662 643 571
Rank change year-on-year -19 -72 +156
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 125 51 255
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.10% 0.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.67% 0.36% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 104 49 194
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £60,000 £64,688
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £79,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% - -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 18,554 14,111 25,282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.63% 28.42% 30.47%
Number of salaries quoted 13,145 9,271 17,882
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
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 8 August 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 8 August 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 -20 121 £57,500 +9.52% 70
England -50 102 £57,500 +9.52% 77
Work from Home -21 43 £65,000 +23.81% 32
Midlands -1 29 £67,500 +35.00% 12
South East -22 27 £65,000 +8.33% 15
Scotland +29 20 £65,000 - 2
North of England -33 19 £57,500 +23.66% 14
West Midlands - 16 £80,000 - 5
East of England -17 15 £62,500 +15.74% 12
North West +5 13 £57,500 +23.66% 8
East Midlands -11 13 £54,000 +8.00% 7
South West -75 8 £50,000 -4.76% 16
London -39 4 £80,000 +45.45% 6
North East - 4 £51,000 - 3
Wales - 3 £44,000 -
Yorkshire -37 2 £72,500 +70.59% 3

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 (0.80%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (8.80%) Simulink
2 5 (4.00%) OrCAD
3 3 (2.40%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.80%) Mathcad
4 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (12.00%) RS-232
2 14 (11.20%) Wi-Fi
2 14 (11.20%) Wireless
3 13 (10.40%) Ethernet
4 12 (9.60%) Bluetooth
5 8 (6.40%) LTE
5 8 (6.40%) Modbus
6 1 (0.80%) MQTT
6 1 (0.80%) Profibus
6 1 (0.80%) RS-485
6 1 (0.80%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.20%) GIS
Development Applications
1 14 (11.20%) Git
2 3 (2.40%) CANoe
3 2 (1.60%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.60%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.60%) JIRA
4 1 (0.80%) GoogleTest
4 1 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.80%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.80%) Zephyr
General
1 54 (43.20%) Electronics
2 20 (16.00%) Social Skills
3 16 (12.80%) Manufacturing
4 8 (6.40%) Automotive
5 7 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.00%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.20%) Swedish Language
8 3 (2.40%) Advertising
9 2 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.80%) Finance
10 1 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.80%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 73 (58.40%) Embedded Engineer
2 53 (42.40%) Software Engineer
3 51 (40.80%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 47 (37.60%) Senior
5 27 (21.60%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 21 (16.80%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 21 (16.80%) Senior Software Engineer
7 19 (15.20%) Electronics Engineer
8 15 (12.00%) Design Engineer
8 15 (12.00%) Firmware Engineer
9 14 (11.20%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 14 (11.20%) Senior Design Engineer
9 14 (11.20%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
9 14 (11.20%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 11 (8.80%) Embedded C Engineer
10 11 (8.80%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 9 (7.20%) FPGA Engineer
12 8 (6.40%) C Software Engineer
12 8 (6.40%) Embedded Linux Engineer
12 8 (6.40%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (17.60%) Yocto
2 3 (2.40%) .NET
3 2 (1.60%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.60%) Middleware
4 1 (0.80%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.80%) gRPC
4 1 (0.80%) Kafka
4 1 (0.80%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.80%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 28 (22.40%) Embedded Systems
2 27 (21.60%) Device Driver
3 21 (16.80%) Analogue Electronics
4 18 (14.40%) VHDL
5 17 (13.60%) FPGA
6 16 (12.80%) IoT
7 14 (11.20%) Algorithms
8 13 (10.40%) Robotics
9 12 (9.60%) Verilog
10 8 (6.40%) ARM Cortex
11 7 (5.60%) PCIe
11 7 (5.60%) Raspberry Pi
12 5 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (3.20%) CAN bus
13 4 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (2.40%) Acoustics
15 1 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
15 1 (0.80%) NB-IoT
15 1 (0.80%) Optoelectronics
Operating Systems
1 28 (22.40%) Linux
2 24 (19.20%) Embedded Linux
3 19 (15.20%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.60%) Android
4 2 (1.60%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.60%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.60%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (58.40%) Software Engineering
2 25 (20.00%) Validation
3 20 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 20 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (14.40%) Digital Signal Processing
4 18 (14.40%) Schematic Capture
4 18 (14.40%) Signal Processing
5 16 (12.80%) Agile
5 16 (12.80%) Collaborative Culture
5 16 (12.80%) Collaborative Working
5 16 (12.80%) Test Automation
6 14 (11.20%) Systems Engineering
7 13 (10.40%) Scrum
8 11 (8.80%) AI
8 11 (8.80%) Collaborative Engineering
8 11 (8.80%) Device Driver Development
8 11 (8.80%) Software Testing
9 10 (8.00%) CI/CD
9 10 (8.00%) Kalman Filter
10 9 (7.20%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 125 (100.00%) C
2 65 (52.00%) C++
3 37 (29.60%) Embedded C++
4 34 (27.20%) Python
5 15 (12.00%) MATLAB
6 12 (9.60%) C#
7 1 (0.80%) Java
7 1 (0.80%) R
7 1 (0.80%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 27 (21.60%) Degree
2 22 (17.60%) Security Cleared
3 13 (10.40%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.40%) DV Cleared
5 6 (4.80%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.20%) PhD
7 3 (2.40%) HNC
7 3 (2.40%) HND
8 1 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.00%) DO-254
2 4 (3.20%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.60%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (0.80%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.80%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.80%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.80%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.80%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.80%) QA
System Software
1 50 (40.00%) Firmware
2 27 (21.60%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.60%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 13 (10.40%) EMC
2 4 (3.20%) Facebook
2 4 (3.20%) Instagram
3 3 (2.40%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.80%) Altera
4 1 (0.80%) Google
4 1 (0.80%) Microsoft