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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 619 612 522
Rank change year-on-year -7 -90 +286
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 103 41 396
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.096% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.63% 0.31% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 88 39 338
10th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £47,250 £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 16,455 13,284 32,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.65% 31.10% 32.90%
Number of salaries quoted 11,420 8,949 25,017
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 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £99,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,704
% change year-on-year +4.55% +2.41% -2.36%

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 28 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 28 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 -5 99 £57,500 +6.48% 61
England -29 76 £56,750 +5.09% 64
Work from Home +13 30 £65,000 +20.37% 33
Scotland +20 23 £65,000 - 5
South East -15 19 £62,500 +4.17% 21
Midlands -17 18 £67,000 +34.00% 4
North of England -28 16 £57,500 +35.29% 6
West Midlands - 13 £80,000 - 3
East of England -25 12 £50,000 -7.41% 10
North West - 10 £57,500 - 5
South West -56 8 £50,000 -4.76% 16
East Midlands -24 5 £54,000 +8.00% 1
Yorkshire -50 4 £62,500 +47.06% 1
London - 3 £65,000 - 4
Wales - 3 £44,000 -
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 (0.97%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (5.83%) Simulink
2 3 (2.91%) CANalyzer
3 2 (1.94%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 18 (17.48%) RS-232
2 16 (15.53%) Ethernet
3 10 (9.71%) Bluetooth
4 6 (5.83%) LTE
4 6 (5.83%) Modbus
4 6 (5.83%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (5.83%) Wireless
5 1 (0.97%) MQTT
5 1 (0.97%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.88%) GIS
Development Applications
1 12 (11.65%) Git
2 5 (4.85%) Eclipse
3 4 (3.88%) Subversion
4 3 (2.91%) CANoe
5 2 (1.94%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.94%) JIRA
6 1 (0.97%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.97%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.97%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.97%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.97%) Zephyr
General
1 42 (40.78%) Electronics
2 15 (14.56%) Social Skills
3 13 (12.62%) Manufacturing
4 6 (5.83%) Automotive
5 5 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.88%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.88%) Swedish Language
7 2 (1.94%) Finance
7 2 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.97%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 67 (65.05%) Embedded Engineer
2 52 (50.49%) Software Engineer
3 50 (48.54%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 31 (30.10%) Senior
5 20 (19.42%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 20 (19.42%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 20 (19.42%) Senior Software Engineer
6 17 (16.50%) Electronics Engineer
7 13 (12.62%) Firmware Engineer
8 11 (10.68%) Design Engineer
8 11 (10.68%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 9 (8.74%) Embedded C Engineer
9 9 (8.74%) Senior Design Engineer
9 9 (8.74%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
9 9 (8.74%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 9 (8.74%) Senior Firmware Engineer
10 6 (5.83%) C Software Engineer
10 6 (5.83%) Embedded C Software Engineer
10 6 (5.83%) FPGA Engineer
10 6 (5.83%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (16.50%) Yocto
2 3 (2.91%) .NET
3 1 (0.97%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.97%) gRPC
3 1 (0.97%) iOS SDK
3 1 (0.97%) Kafka
3 1 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.97%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 20 (19.42%) Device Driver
2 16 (15.53%) Analogue Electronics
2 16 (15.53%) Embedded Systems
3 12 (11.65%) VHDL
4 10 (9.71%) Algorithms
4 10 (9.71%) Verilog
5 8 (7.77%) FPGA
6 7 (6.80%) Robotics
7 5 (4.85%) ARM Cortex
7 5 (4.85%) IoT
7 5 (4.85%) PCIe
7 5 (4.85%) Raspberry Pi
8 4 (3.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (3.88%) CAN bus
9 2 (1.94%) Acoustics
9 2 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.97%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 21 (20.39%) Linux
2 19 (18.45%) Embedded Linux
3 17 (16.50%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.94%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.94%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.97%) Android
5 1 (0.97%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.97%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (61.17%) Software Engineering
2 20 (19.42%) Agile
3 17 (16.50%) Validation
4 15 (14.56%) Scrum
5 14 (13.59%) Digital Signal Processing
5 14 (13.59%) Signal Processing
5 14 (13.59%) Test Automation
6 13 (12.62%) Collaborative Working
6 13 (12.62%) Systems Engineering
7 12 (11.65%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (10.68%) Schematic Capture
9 10 (9.71%) AI
10 9 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (7.77%) Collaborative Culture
11 8 (7.77%) Software Testing
12 7 (6.80%) Computer Science
12 7 (6.80%) Kalman Filter
13 6 (5.83%) FPGA Design
14 5 (4.85%) Collaborative Engineering
14 5 (4.85%) Model Validation
Programming Languages
1 103 (100.00%) C
2 52 (50.49%) C++
3 31 (30.10%) Python
4 29 (28.16%) Embedded C++
5 12 (11.65%) C#
6 10 (9.71%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.97%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (17.48%) Degree
2 17 (16.50%) Security Cleared
3 11 (10.68%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.83%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.91%) HNC
5 3 (2.91%) HND
5 3 (2.91%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.97%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.85%) DO-254
2 4 (3.88%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.97%) HAZOP
3 1 (0.97%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.97%) IEC 62304
3 1 (0.97%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 44 (42.72%) Firmware
2 25 (24.27%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.97%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (6.80%) EMC
2 4 (3.88%) Atmel
2 4 (3.88%) Facebook
2 4 (3.88%) Instagram
3 3 (2.91%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.97%) Google