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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 660 635 576
Rank change year-on-year -25 -59 +143
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 121 52 266
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.10% 0.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.66% 0.36% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 102 50 207
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £48,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £60,000 £64,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% - -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 18,347 14,285 25,411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.73% 28.77% 30.33%
Number of salaries quoted 13,045 9,453 18,225
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,750 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 August 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 August 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 -2 118 £60,000 +14.29% 63
England -28 97 £57,500 +9.52% 71
Work from Home -11 43 £65,000 +23.81% 33
Midlands -3 28 £67,500 +35.00% 10
South East -11 26 £65,000 +8.33% 17
Scotland +25 21 £65,000 - 1
North of England -29 17 £57,500 +23.66% 12
East of England -16 15 £62,500 +15.74% 10
West Midlands - 15 £80,000 - 4
East Midlands -18 13 £54,000 +8.00% 6
North West +2 11 £57,500 +23.66% 7
South West -71 8 £50,000 -4.76% 13
North East - 4 £51,000 - 2
London -38 3 £80,000 +45.45% 7
Wales - 3 £44,000 - 1
Yorkshire -36 2 £72,500 +70.59% 3

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 10 (8.26%) Simulink
2 4 (3.31%) OrCAD
3 3 (2.48%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.83%) Mathcad
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.22%) RS-232
2 14 (11.57%) Ethernet
2 14 (11.57%) Wi-Fi
2 14 (11.57%) Wireless
3 12 (9.92%) Bluetooth
4 8 (6.61%) LTE
4 8 (6.61%) Modbus
5 1 (0.83%) MQTT
5 1 (0.83%) Profibus
5 1 (0.83%) RS-485
5 1 (0.83%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.31%) GIS
Development Applications
1 14 (11.57%) Git
2 3 (2.48%) CANoe
3 2 (1.65%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.65%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.65%) JIRA
4 1 (0.83%) GoogleTest
4 1 (0.83%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.83%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.83%) Zephyr
General
1 51 (42.15%) Electronics
2 19 (15.70%) Social Skills
3 14 (11.57%) Manufacturing
4 8 (6.61%) Automotive
5 7 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.13%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.31%) Swedish Language
8 3 (2.48%) Advertising
9 2 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.83%) Finance
10 1 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.83%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 73 (60.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 53 (43.80%) Software Engineer
3 51 (42.15%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 45 (37.19%) Senior
5 27 (22.31%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 21 (17.36%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 21 (17.36%) Senior Software Engineer
7 16 (13.22%) Electronics Engineer
8 15 (12.40%) Firmware Engineer
9 13 (10.74%) Design Engineer
10 12 (9.92%) Electronics Design Engineer
10 12 (9.92%) Senior Design Engineer
10 12 (9.92%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
10 12 (9.92%) Senior Electronics Engineer
11 11 (9.09%) Senior Firmware Engineer
12 10 (8.26%) Embedded C Engineer
13 8 (6.61%) Embedded Linux Engineer
13 8 (6.61%) FPGA Engineer
13 8 (6.61%) Hardware Engineer
13 8 (6.61%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (19.01%) Yocto
2 3 (2.48%) .NET
3 2 (1.65%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.65%) 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 27 (22.31%) Device Driver
1 27 (22.31%) Embedded Systems
2 19 (15.70%) Analogue Electronics
3 16 (13.22%) VHDL
4 15 (12.40%) IoT
5 14 (11.57%) FPGA
6 13 (10.74%) Algorithms
7 12 (9.92%) Robotics
8 11 (9.09%) Verilog
9 7 (5.79%) ARM Cortex
9 7 (5.79%) Raspberry Pi
10 6 (4.96%) PCIe
11 5 (4.13%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (3.31%) CAN bus
13 3 (2.48%) Acoustics
13 3 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
14 1 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
14 1 (0.83%) NB-IoT
14 1 (0.83%) Optoelectronics
Operating Systems
1 27 (22.31%) Linux
2 24 (19.83%) Embedded Linux
3 19 (15.70%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.65%) Android
4 2 (1.65%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.65%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.65%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (60.33%) Software Engineering
2 23 (19.01%) Validation
3 20 (16.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (14.05%) Agile
5 17 (14.05%) Digital Signal Processing
5 17 (14.05%) Signal Processing
6 16 (13.22%) Collaborative Culture
6 16 (13.22%) Test Automation
7 15 (12.40%) Collaborative Working
7 15 (12.40%) Schematic Capture
8 14 (11.57%) Scrum
8 14 (11.57%) Systems Engineering
9 11 (9.09%) Collaborative Engineering
9 11 (9.09%) Software Testing
10 10 (8.26%) AI
10 10 (8.26%) CI/CD
10 10 (8.26%) Device Driver Development
11 9 (7.44%) Computer Science
11 9 (7.44%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 121 (100.00%) C
2 64 (52.89%) C++
3 35 (28.93%) Embedded C++
4 32 (26.45%) Python
5 14 (11.57%) MATLAB
6 12 (9.92%) C#
7 1 (0.83%) Java
7 1 (0.83%) R
7 1 (0.83%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 25 (20.66%) Degree
2 20 (16.53%) Security Cleared
3 13 (10.74%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.79%) DV Cleared
5 6 (4.96%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.48%) HNC
7 3 (2.48%) HND
7 3 (2.48%) PhD
8 1 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.13%) DO-254
2 4 (3.31%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.65%) Automotive SPICE
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%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.83%) QA
System Software
1 50 (41.32%) Firmware
2 26 (21.49%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.65%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 12 (9.92%) EMC
2 4 (3.31%) Facebook
2 4 (3.31%) Instagram
3 3 (2.48%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.83%) Altera
4 1 (0.83%) Google
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft