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 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 678 608 562
Rank change year-on-year -70 -46 +128
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 132 52 228
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.11% 0.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.70% 0.40% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 97 51 132
10th Percentile £46,650 £45,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% -1.82% +8.37%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,000 - £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% +10.00%

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 18,839 13,029 23,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.10% 26.45% 30.88%
Number of salaries quoted 13,310 8,426 14,516
10th Percentile £39,000 £33,644 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,886 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 -46 126 £57,500 +9.52% 148
England -51 118 £57,500 +7.98% 170
Work from Home -28 48 £65,000 +23.81% 60
Midlands -8 44 £54,000 +8.00% 20
South East -43 28 £65,000 +18.18% 30
West Midlands - 23 £65,000 - 10
North of England -46 22 £57,500 +23.66% 21
East Midlands -8 21 £54,000 +8.00% 10
North West -14 17 £57,500 +23.66% 10
East of England -20 17 £62,500 -21.88% 35
Scotland +13 11 £67,500 +17.39% 10
London -55 4 £80,000 +45.45% 15
North East -62 4 £51,000 +27.50% 7
South West -88 3 £55,000 +4.76% 32
Wales -76 1 £44,000 -2.22% 2
Yorkshire - 1 £70,000 - 4

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 (0.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (17.42%) Simulink
2 3 (2.27%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.76%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.76%) Mathcad
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (15.15%) Wi-Fi
1 20 (15.15%) Wireless
2 16 (12.12%) Bluetooth
3 13 (9.85%) Modbus
4 12 (9.09%) LTE
5 11 (8.33%) Ethernet
5 11 (8.33%) RS-232
6 9 (6.82%) Wireshark
7 2 (1.52%) RS-485
8 1 (0.76%) 5G
8 1 (0.76%) MQTT
8 1 (0.76%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.03%) GIS
Development Applications
1 17 (12.88%) Git
2 10 (7.58%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.52%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.76%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.76%) CANoe
4 1 (0.76%) GoogleTest
4 1 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.76%) JIRA
4 1 (0.76%) PetaLinux
4 1 (0.76%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 68 (51.52%) Electronics
2 28 (21.21%) Social Skills
3 18 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (10.61%) Manufacturing
5 9 (6.82%) Automotive
6 3 (2.27%) Advertising
6 3 (2.27%) Aerospace
6 3 (2.27%) Swedish Language
7 1 (0.76%) Aviation
7 1 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.76%) Finance
7 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.76%) Military
7 1 (0.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 65 (49.24%) Embedded Engineer
2 47 (35.61%) Senior
3 45 (34.09%) Software Engineer
4 44 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 26 (19.70%) Electronics Engineer
6 25 (18.94%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 17 (12.88%) Design Engineer
7 17 (12.88%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 17 (12.88%) Senior Software Engineer
8 16 (12.12%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 16 (12.12%) Senior Design Engineer
8 16 (12.12%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
8 16 (12.12%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 14 (10.61%) Lead
10 12 (9.09%) Embedded Linux Engineer
10 12 (9.09%) Firmware Engineer
10 12 (9.09%) Linux Engineer
11 11 (8.33%) FPGA Engineer
12 9 (6.82%) Applications Engineer
12 9 (6.82%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (16.67%) Yocto
2 3 (2.27%) .NET
3 2 (1.52%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.52%) Middleware
4 1 (0.76%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.76%) gRPC
4 1 (0.76%) Kafka
4 1 (0.76%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.76%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 31 (23.48%) Embedded Systems
2 27 (20.45%) FPGA
3 25 (18.94%) Device Driver
4 24 (18.18%) Analogue Electronics
5 21 (15.91%) IoT
6 20 (15.15%) VHDL
7 17 (12.88%) Algorithms
8 16 (12.12%) Verilog
9 14 (10.61%) Robotics
10 13 (9.85%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (9.09%) Raspberry Pi
12 8 (6.06%) PCIe
13 7 (5.30%) ARM Cortex
14 6 (4.55%) CAN bus
15 3 (2.27%) Acoustics
15 3 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
16 2 (1.52%) ASIC
16 2 (1.52%) Optoelectronics
17 1 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (21.21%) Linux
2 24 (18.18%) Embedded Linux
3 16 (12.12%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.52%) Android
4 2 (1.52%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.76%) SafeRTOS
5 1 (0.76%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (48.48%) Software Engineering
2 36 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (23.48%) Validation
4 24 (18.18%) Signal Processing
5 20 (15.15%) Agile
5 20 (15.15%) Digital Signal Processing
6 19 (14.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (13.64%) Schematic Capture
8 17 (12.88%) Collaborative Culture
8 17 (12.88%) Collaborative Working
9 16 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (12.12%) Scrum
10 15 (11.36%) Software Testing
11 14 (10.61%) Collaborative Engineering
12 13 (9.85%) CI/CD
12 13 (9.85%) Systems Engineering
12 13 (9.85%) Test Automation
13 12 (9.09%) AI
13 12 (9.09%) FPGA Design
14 11 (8.33%) Device Driver Development
Programming Languages
1 132 (100.00%) C
2 68 (51.52%) C++
3 46 (34.85%) Embedded C++
4 38 (28.79%) Python
5 28 (21.21%) MATLAB
6 11 (8.33%) C#
7 9 (6.82%) Java
8 2 (1.52%) Perl
8 2 (1.52%) SystemVerilog
8 2 (1.52%) Tcl
9 1 (0.76%) R
Qualifications
1 40 (30.30%) Degree
2 25 (18.94%) Security Cleared
3 14 (10.61%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.82%) DV Cleared
5 8 (6.06%) Master's Degree
6 6 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (3.79%) PhD
8 3 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.76%) HNC
9 1 (0.76%) HND
9 1 (0.76%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.03%) Automotive SPICE
1 4 (3.03%) Def Stans
2 3 (2.27%) DO-254
3 2 (1.52%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.76%) MISRA
4 1 (0.76%) QA
System Software
1 61 (46.21%) Firmware
2 35 (26.52%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.03%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 15 (11.36%) EMC
2 4 (3.03%) Facebook
2 4 (3.03%) Instagram
3 2 (1.52%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.76%) Altera
4 1 (0.76%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.76%) Google
4 1 (0.76%) Intel
4 1 (0.76%) Thales
4 1 (0.76%) Xilinx