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 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 630 610 511
Rank change year-on-year -20 -99 +280
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 107 48 424
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.11% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.63% 0.34% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 90 45 342
10th Percentile £43,750 £45,950 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £44,063
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 £61,250 £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 17,088 14,028 33,549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.94% 30.80% 31.79%
Number of salaries quoted 12,120 9,259 25,320
10th Percentile £36,795 £35,500 £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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,784
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.39% -0.39%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 +11 106 £57,500 +6.48% 51
England -42 80 £57,500 +6.48% 55
Work from Home +10 32 £65,000 +20.37% 17
Scotland +33 24 £65,000 - 1
Midlands -10 23 £60,750 +21.50% 7
South East -22 20 £65,000 +8.33% 20
East of England -11 14 £58,750 +8.80% 6
North of England -18 14 £57,500 +29.21% 8
West Midlands - 14 £80,000 - 4
East Midlands -17 9 £54,000 +8.00% 3
North West +9 8 £57,500 +23.66% 7
South West -56 8 £50,000 -4.76% 9
North East - 4 £51,000 -
Wales - 3 £44,000 - 2
Yorkshire -36 2 £72,500 +70.59% 1
London -30 1 £65,000 +18.18% 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 (0.93%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (9.35%) Simulink
2 3 (2.80%) CANalyzer
3 2 (1.87%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 18 (16.82%) RS-232
2 16 (14.95%) Ethernet
3 12 (11.21%) Bluetooth
4 10 (9.35%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (9.35%) Wireless
5 8 (7.48%) LTE
5 8 (7.48%) Modbus
6 1 (0.93%) MQTT
6 1 (0.93%) Profibus
6 1 (0.93%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.74%) GIS
Development Applications
1 14 (13.08%) Git
2 6 (5.61%) Eclipse
3 4 (3.74%) Subversion
4 3 (2.80%) CANoe
5 2 (1.87%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.87%) JIRA
6 1 (0.93%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.93%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.93%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.93%) Zephyr
General
1 40 (37.38%) Electronics
2 17 (15.89%) Social Skills
3 11 (10.28%) Manufacturing
4 8 (7.48%) Automotive
5 6 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.74%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.74%) Swedish Language
7 3 (2.80%) Advertising
8 2 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 69 (64.49%) Embedded Engineer
2 54 (50.47%) Software Engineer
3 52 (48.60%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 32 (29.91%) Senior
5 22 (20.56%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 20 (18.69%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 20 (18.69%) Senior Software Engineer
7 12 (11.21%) Firmware Engineer
8 11 (10.28%) Electronics Engineer
9 9 (8.41%) Embedded C Engineer
10 8 (7.48%) Design Engineer
10 8 (7.48%) Electronics Design Engineer
10 8 (7.48%) Senior Design Engineer
10 8 (7.48%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
10 8 (7.48%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 8 (7.48%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 7 (6.54%) FPGA Engineer
11 7 (6.54%) Systems Engineer
12 6 (5.61%) Architect
12 6 (5.61%) C Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (18.69%) Yocto
2 3 (2.80%) .NET
3 2 (1.87%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.87%) Middleware
4 1 (0.93%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.93%) gRPC
4 1 (0.93%) Kafka
4 1 (0.93%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.93%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (21.50%) Device Driver
2 22 (20.56%) Embedded Systems
3 13 (12.15%) Analogue Electronics
3 13 (12.15%) VHDL
4 12 (11.21%) Algorithms
5 11 (10.28%) Verilog
6 10 (9.35%) FPGA
6 10 (9.35%) IoT
7 8 (7.48%) Robotics
8 7 (6.54%) ARM Cortex
8 7 (6.54%) Raspberry Pi
9 6 (5.61%) PCIe
10 5 (4.67%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (3.74%) CAN bus
12 2 (1.87%) Acoustics
12 2 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
13 1 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
13 1 (0.93%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 23 (21.50%) Linux
2 21 (19.63%) Embedded Linux
3 16 (14.95%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.87%) Android
4 2 (1.87%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.87%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.87%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.93%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (64.49%) Software Engineering
2 21 (19.63%) Validation
3 19 (17.76%) Agile
4 16 (14.95%) Scrum
4 16 (14.95%) Test Automation
5 15 (14.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (14.02%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (13.08%) Digital Signal Processing
6 14 (13.08%) Signal Processing
7 13 (12.15%) Systems Engineering
8 12 (11.21%) Collaborative Culture
8 12 (11.21%) Collaborative Working
9 11 (10.28%) Software Testing
10 10 (9.35%) AI
10 10 (9.35%) Schematic Capture
11 8 (7.48%) Computer Science
11 8 (7.48%) Kalman Filter
12 7 (6.54%) Collaborative Engineering
13 6 (5.61%) CI/CD
13 6 (5.61%) FPGA Design
Programming Languages
1 107 (100.00%) C
2 55 (51.40%) C++
3 33 (30.84%) Python
4 30 (28.04%) Embedded C++
5 14 (13.08%) MATLAB
6 12 (11.21%) C#
7 1 (0.93%) Java
7 1 (0.93%) R
Qualifications
1 19 (17.76%) Degree
2 18 (16.82%) Security Cleared
3 12 (11.21%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.61%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.74%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.80%) HNC
6 3 (2.80%) HND
7 1 (0.93%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.67%) DO-254
2 4 (3.74%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.87%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (0.93%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.93%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.93%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.93%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 45 (42.06%) Firmware
2 22 (20.56%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.87%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (5.61%) EMC
2 4 (3.74%) Atmel
2 4 (3.74%) Facebook
2 4 (3.74%) Instagram
3 3 (2.80%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.93%) Google