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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 626 599 533
Rank change year-on-year -27 -66 +261
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 101 56 391
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.13% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.63% 0.40% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 87 51 334
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £46,125 £47,500 £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 16,067 13,990 32,452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.52% 31.65% 33.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,064 9,733 24,886
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 £110,000 £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 18 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 18 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 -4 95 £57,500 +6.48% 60
England -35 74 £56,000 +3.70% 58
Work from Home +53 32 £65,000 +20.37% 20
Scotland +13 21 £65,000 - 3
Midlands -19 18 £72,500 +45.00% 4
North of England -28 17 £56,000 +21.08% 6
South East -15 15 £65,000 +8.33% 21
West Midlands -9 14 £80,000 +60.00% 4
East of England -16 13 £47,500 -12.04% 11
North West +18 10 £57,500 +43.75% 4
South West -60 8 £50,000 -4.76% 17
Yorkshire -41 6 £55,000 +10.00% 2
East Midlands -32 4 £54,000 +0.47%
London -14 3 £65,000 - 1
Wales -26 3 £44,000 +24.82% 1
North East - 1 £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 (0.99%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (5.94%) Simulink
2 3 (2.97%) CANalyzer
3 2 (1.98%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 15 (14.85%) Ethernet
1 15 (14.85%) RS-232
2 9 (8.91%) Bluetooth
3 5 (4.95%) LTE
3 5 (4.95%) Modbus
3 5 (4.95%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (4.95%) Wireless
4 1 (0.99%) MQTT
4 1 (0.99%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.97%) GIS
Development Applications
1 10 (9.90%) Git
2 5 (4.95%) Eclipse
3 4 (3.96%) Subversion
4 3 (2.97%) CANoe
4 3 (2.97%) JIRA
5 2 (1.98%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.99%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.99%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.99%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.99%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.99%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.99%) Zephyr
General
1 42 (41.58%) Electronics
2 15 (14.85%) Manufacturing
2 15 (14.85%) Social Skills
3 7 (6.93%) Automotive
4 5 (4.95%) Aerospace
5 4 (3.96%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.96%) Finance
5 4 (3.96%) Swedish Language
6 2 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.99%) Advertising
7 1 (0.99%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 68 (67.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 53 (52.48%) Software Engineer
3 51 (50.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 29 (28.71%) Senior
5 19 (18.81%) Electronics Engineer
5 19 (18.81%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 19 (18.81%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 19 (18.81%) Senior Software Engineer
6 12 (11.88%) Design Engineer
6 12 (11.88%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 10 (9.90%) Firmware Engineer
8 8 (7.92%) Senior Design Engineer
8 8 (7.92%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
8 8 (7.92%) Senior Electronics Engineer
8 8 (7.92%) Senior Firmware Engineer
9 7 (6.93%) Embedded C Engineer
10 6 (5.94%) C Software Engineer
10 6 (5.94%) Embedded C Software Engineer
11 5 (4.95%) FPGA Engineer
12 4 (3.96%) Software Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (15.84%) Yocto
2 1 (0.99%) .NET
2 1 (0.99%) GraphQL
2 1 (0.99%) gRPC
2 1 (0.99%) Kafka
2 1 (0.99%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (0.99%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 19 (18.81%) Device Driver
2 17 (16.83%) Analogue Electronics
3 14 (13.86%) Embedded Systems
4 11 (10.89%) VHDL
5 9 (8.91%) Algorithms
5 9 (8.91%) Verilog
6 7 (6.93%) FPGA
6 7 (6.93%) Robotics
7 4 (3.96%) ARM Cortex
7 4 (3.96%) CAN bus
7 4 (3.96%) IoT
7 4 (3.96%) PCIe
7 4 (3.96%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (2.97%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.98%) Acoustics
9 2 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.99%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 21 (20.79%) Linux
2 19 (18.81%) Embedded Linux
3 16 (15.84%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.98%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.98%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.99%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (63.37%) Software Engineering
2 20 (19.80%) Agile
3 15 (14.85%) Validation
4 14 (13.86%) Scrum
5 12 (11.88%) Digital Signal Processing
5 12 (11.88%) Signal Processing
5 12 (11.88%) Systems Engineering
6 11 (10.89%) Collaborative Working
6 11 (10.89%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (10.89%) Test Automation
7 10 (9.90%) Schematic Capture
8 9 (8.91%) AI
9 8 (7.92%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (7.92%) Software Testing
10 7 (6.93%) Computer Science
11 6 (5.94%) Collaborative Culture
11 6 (5.94%) Embedded Software Development
11 6 (5.94%) Kalman Filter
12 5 (4.95%) Prototyping
12 5 (4.95%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 101 (100.00%) C
2 51 (50.50%) C++
3 30 (29.70%) Python
4 28 (27.72%) Embedded C++
5 9 (8.91%) C#
5 9 (8.91%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.99%) R
Qualifications
1 19 (18.81%) Degree
2 14 (13.86%) Security Cleared
3 9 (8.91%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.95%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.96%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.97%) HNC
6 3 (2.97%) HND
7 2 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.99%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.95%) DO-254
2 3 (2.97%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.99%) HAZOP
3 1 (0.99%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.99%) IEC 62304
3 1 (0.99%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 41 (40.59%) Firmware
2 25 (24.75%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.99%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (6.93%) EMC
2 4 (3.96%) Atmel
3 3 (2.97%) Atlassian
3 3 (2.97%) Facebook
3 3 (2.97%) Instagram
4 1 (0.99%) Google