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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 672 616 545
Rank change year-on-year -56 -71 +156
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 120 55 269
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.11% 0.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.65% 0.41% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 95 54 190
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.98% +1.43% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £60,938 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £72,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% - -

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 18,504 13,534 24,787
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.82% 27.16% 30.46%
Number of salaries quoted 13,186 8,845 16,591
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £36,500
25th Percentile £48,000 £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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £103,750
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 2 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 2 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 -33 116 £57,500 +9.52% 105
England -50 103 £57,500 +9.52% 105
Work from Home -20 43 £65,000 +23.81% 45
Midlands -9 34 £65,000 +30.00% 19
South East -24 27 £65,000 +18.18% 22
West Midlands - 19 £72,500 - 11
North of England -42 18 £57,500 +23.66% 12
East of England -13 15 £62,500 +15.74% 25
East Midlands -15 15 £54,000 +8.00% 8
Scotland +14 14 £67,500 +17.39% 7
North West -7 13 £57,500 +23.66% 8
South West -80 5 £50,000 -4.76% 21
London -57 4 £80,000 +45.45% 8
North East - 4 £51,000 -
Wales -66 3 £44,000 -2.22% 2
Yorkshire -48 1 £70,000 +64.71% 5

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 (0.83%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (14.17%) Simulink
2 4 (3.33%) OrCAD
3 3 (2.50%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.83%) Mathcad
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
1 16 (13.33%) Wireless
2 14 (11.67%) Bluetooth
3 12 (10.00%) RS-232
4 10 (8.33%) Ethernet
4 10 (8.33%) LTE
4 10 (8.33%) Modbus
5 5 (4.17%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.83%) 5G
6 1 (0.83%) MQTT
6 1 (0.83%) Profibus
6 1 (0.83%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 14 (11.67%) Git
2 6 (5.00%) Eclipse
3 3 (2.50%) CANoe
4 2 (1.67%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.67%) JIRA
5 1 (0.83%) GoogleTest
5 1 (0.83%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.83%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.83%) Zephyr
General
1 57 (47.50%) Electronics
2 24 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 15 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 11 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.33%) Automotive
6 4 (3.33%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.33%) Swedish Language
7 3 (2.50%) Advertising
8 1 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.83%) Finance
8 1 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.83%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 66 (55.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 48 (40.00%) Software Engineer
3 47 (39.17%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 44 (36.67%) Senior
5 24 (20.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 19 (15.83%) Electronics Engineer
7 18 (15.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 18 (15.00%) Senior Software Engineer
8 15 (12.50%) Design Engineer
9 14 (11.67%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 14 (11.67%) Firmware Engineer
9 14 (11.67%) Senior Design Engineer
9 14 (11.67%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
9 14 (11.67%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 10 (8.33%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 9 (7.50%) Embedded C Engineer
11 9 (7.50%) FPGA Engineer
12 8 (6.67%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
12 8 (6.67%) Embedded C++ Engineer
12 8 (6.67%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (15.83%) Yocto
2 3 (2.50%) .NET
3 2 (1.67%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.67%) Middleware
4 1 (0.83%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.83%) gRPC
4 1 (0.83%) Kafka
4 1 (0.83%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.83%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 28 (23.33%) Embedded Systems
2 23 (19.17%) Device Driver
3 21 (17.50%) Analogue Electronics
4 17 (14.17%) VHDL
5 16 (13.33%) FPGA
5 16 (13.33%) IoT
6 13 (10.83%) Algorithms
6 13 (10.83%) Robotics
7 12 (10.00%) Verilog
8 9 (7.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (7.50%) Raspberry Pi
9 8 (6.67%) ARM Cortex
10 7 (5.83%) PCIe
11 6 (5.00%) CAN bus
12 3 (2.50%) Acoustics
12 3 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
13 1 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
13 1 (0.83%) NB-IoT
13 1 (0.83%) Optoelectronics
Operating Systems
1 24 (20.00%) Linux
2 21 (17.50%) Embedded Linux
3 18 (15.00%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.67%) Android
4 2 (1.67%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.67%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.67%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (54.17%) Software Engineering
2 29 (24.17%) Validation
3 26 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (15.00%) Digital Signal Processing
5 18 (15.00%) Signal Processing
6 17 (14.17%) Agile
6 17 (14.17%) Schematic Capture
7 16 (13.33%) Collaborative Culture
7 16 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
7 16 (13.33%) Test Automation
8 15 (12.50%) Software Testing
9 14 (11.67%) Scrum
9 14 (11.67%) Systems Engineering
10 11 (9.17%) AI
10 11 (9.17%) Collaborative Engineering
10 11 (9.17%) Cybersecurity
11 10 (8.33%) CI/CD
11 10 (8.33%) Device Driver Development
12 9 (7.50%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 120 (100.00%) C
2 63 (52.50%) C++
3 39 (32.50%) Embedded C++
4 34 (28.33%) Python
5 21 (17.50%) MATLAB
6 11 (9.17%) C#
7 5 (4.17%) Java
8 1 (0.83%) R
8 1 (0.83%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 32 (26.67%) Degree
2 22 (18.33%) Security Cleared
3 13 (10.83%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.67%) DV Cleared
5 6 (5.00%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.33%) PhD
7 3 (2.50%) HNC
7 3 (2.50%) HND
8 1 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.17%) DO-254
2 4 (3.33%) Automotive SPICE
2 4 (3.33%) Def Stans
3 3 (2.50%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.83%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.83%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.83%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.83%) QA
System Software
1 54 (45.00%) Firmware
2 30 (25.00%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.33%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 13 (10.83%) EMC
2 4 (3.33%) Facebook
2 4 (3.33%) Instagram
3 3 (2.50%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.83%) Altera
4 1 (0.83%) Google
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft