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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 652 627 567
Rank change year-on-year -25 -60 +141
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 125 53 261
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.11% 0.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.67% 0.38% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 103 51 197
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £48,750 £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 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £79,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% - -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 18,574 14,028 25,469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.50% 28.18% 30.49%
Number of salaries quoted 13,152 9,204 17,821
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £84,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -

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 11 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 11 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 -11 121 £57,500 +9.52% 70
England -41 103 £57,500 +7.98% 77
Work from Home -18 43 £65,000 +23.81% 30
Midlands -20 30 £67,500 +35.00% 12
South East -24 27 £65,000 +8.33% 14
Scotland +26 19 £65,000 - 2
North of England -32 19 £57,500 +23.66% 15
West Midlands - 17 £80,000 - 6
East of England -22 15 £62,500 +15.74% 11
North West -6 13 £57,500 +23.66% 8
East Midlands -13 13 £54,000 +8.00% 6
South West -76 8 £50,000 -4.76% 17
London -35 4 £80,000 +45.45% 5
North East - 4 £51,000 - 3
Wales - 3 £44,000 -
Yorkshire -33 2 £72,500 +70.59% 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 (0.80%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (9.60%) Simulink
2 5 (4.00%) OrCAD
3 3 (2.40%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.80%) Mathcad
4 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (12.00%) RS-232
2 14 (11.20%) Wi-Fi
2 14 (11.20%) Wireless
3 13 (10.40%) Ethernet
4 12 (9.60%) Bluetooth
5 8 (6.40%) LTE
5 8 (6.40%) Modbus
6 2 (1.60%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.80%) MQTT
7 1 (0.80%) Profibus
7 1 (0.80%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.20%) GIS
Development Applications
1 14 (11.20%) Git
2 3 (2.40%) CANoe
2 3 (2.40%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.60%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.60%) JIRA
4 1 (0.80%) GoogleTest
4 1 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.80%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.80%) Zephyr
General
1 55 (44.00%) Electronics
2 21 (16.80%) Social Skills
3 16 (12.80%) Manufacturing
4 8 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.40%) Automotive
5 5 (4.00%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.20%) Swedish Language
7 3 (2.40%) Advertising
8 2 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.80%) Finance
9 1 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.80%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 72 (57.60%) Embedded Engineer
2 52 (41.60%) Software Engineer
3 50 (40.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 47 (37.60%) Senior
5 27 (21.60%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 21 (16.80%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 21 (16.80%) Senior Software Engineer
7 19 (15.20%) Electronics Engineer
8 15 (12.00%) Design Engineer
8 15 (12.00%) Firmware Engineer
9 14 (11.20%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 14 (11.20%) Senior Design Engineer
9 14 (11.20%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
9 14 (11.20%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 11 (8.80%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 10 (8.00%) Embedded C Engineer
12 9 (7.20%) FPGA Engineer
13 8 (6.40%) Embedded Linux Engineer
13 8 (6.40%) Hardware Engineer
13 8 (6.40%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (17.60%) Yocto
2 3 (2.40%) .NET
3 2 (1.60%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.60%) Middleware
4 1 (0.80%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.80%) gRPC
4 1 (0.80%) Kafka
4 1 (0.80%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.80%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 28 (22.40%) Embedded Systems
2 27 (21.60%) Device Driver
3 21 (16.80%) Analogue Electronics
4 18 (14.40%) VHDL
5 17 (13.60%) FPGA
6 16 (12.80%) IoT
7 14 (11.20%) Algorithms
8 13 (10.40%) Robotics
9 12 (9.60%) Verilog
10 8 (6.40%) ARM Cortex
11 7 (5.60%) PCIe
11 7 (5.60%) Raspberry Pi
12 6 (4.80%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (3.20%) CAN bus
13 4 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (2.40%) Acoustics
15 1 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
15 1 (0.80%) NB-IoT
15 1 (0.80%) Optoelectronics
Operating Systems
1 28 (22.40%) Linux
2 24 (19.20%) Embedded Linux
3 19 (15.20%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.60%) Android
4 2 (1.60%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.60%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.60%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (57.60%) Software Engineering
2 26 (20.80%) Validation
3 21 (16.80%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (14.40%) Digital Signal Processing
5 18 (14.40%) Schematic Capture
5 18 (14.40%) Signal Processing
6 17 (13.60%) Agile
7 16 (12.80%) Collaborative Culture
7 16 (12.80%) Collaborative Working
7 16 (12.80%) Test Automation
8 14 (11.20%) Scrum
8 14 (11.20%) Systems Engineering
9 12 (9.60%) Software Testing
10 11 (8.80%) AI
10 11 (8.80%) Collaborative Engineering
10 11 (8.80%) Device Driver Development
11 10 (8.00%) CI/CD
11 10 (8.00%) Kalman Filter
12 9 (7.20%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 125 (100.00%) C
2 65 (52.00%) C++
3 37 (29.60%) Embedded C++
4 34 (27.20%) Python
5 16 (12.80%) MATLAB
6 12 (9.60%) C#
7 2 (1.60%) Java
8 1 (0.80%) R
8 1 (0.80%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 28 (22.40%) Degree
2 22 (17.60%) Security Cleared
3 13 (10.40%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.40%) DV Cleared
5 6 (4.80%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.20%) PhD
7 3 (2.40%) HNC
7 3 (2.40%) HND
8 1 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.00%) DO-254
2 4 (3.20%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.60%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (0.80%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.80%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.80%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.80%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.80%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.80%) QA
System Software
1 51 (40.80%) Firmware
2 28 (22.40%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.60%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 13 (10.40%) EMC
2 4 (3.20%) Facebook
2 4 (3.20%) Instagram
3 3 (2.40%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.80%) Altera
4 1 (0.80%) Google
4 1 (0.80%) Microsoft