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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 614 589 512
Rank change year-on-year -25 -77 +314
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 85 47 379
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.11% 0.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.57% 0.34% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 78 42 329
10th Percentile £44,625 £42,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,938 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% +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 14,811 13,624 31,988
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.87% 33.33% 34.67%
Number of salaries quoted 10,236 10,241 24,982
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,691 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +3.07% +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 9 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded C in the UK

Embedded C
Top 15 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 9 April 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 -36 79 £55,000 +1.85% 85
England -39 59 £55,000 +1.85% 81
Work from Home +25 34 £60,000 +11.11% 22
Scotland +4 20 £65,000 +1.96% 2
North of England -63 17 £55,000 +18.92% 11
Midlands -30 14 £62,500 +25.00% 18
East of England -24 13 £45,000 -16.67% 14
West Midlands -13 10 £80,000 +60.00% 13
North West -23 10 £51,250 +28.13% 3
South West -30 7 £50,000 -2.44% 15
Yorkshire -58 7 £55,000 +10.00% 6
South East -38 5 £55,000 -8.33% 24
East Midlands -51 4 £54,000 -6.09% 5
London -7 3 £65,000 - 1
Wales -26 3 £44,000 +24.82% 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:

Applications
1 3 (3.53%) CANalyzer
2 2 (2.35%) OrCAD
3 1 (1.18%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 14 (16.47%) Ethernet
2 13 (15.29%) RS-232
3 7 (8.24%) Bluetooth
4 5 (5.88%) LTE
4 5 (5.88%) Modbus
4 5 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (5.88%) Wireless
5 1 (1.18%) MQTT
5 1 (1.18%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 7 (8.24%) Git
2 4 (4.71%) Eclipse
2 4 (4.71%) Subversion
3 3 (3.53%) CANoe
4 2 (2.35%) JIRA
5 1 (1.18%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.18%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (1.18%) Zephyr
General
1 34 (40.00%) Electronics
2 14 (16.47%) Manufacturing
3 10 (11.76%) Social Skills
4 6 (7.06%) Automotive
5 5 (5.88%) Aerospace
5 5 (5.88%) Finance
6 4 (4.71%) Swedish Language
7 2 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.18%) Advertising
8 1 (1.18%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 67 (78.82%) Embedded Engineer
2 48 (56.47%) Software Engineer
3 46 (54.12%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 21 (24.71%) Senior
5 20 (23.53%) Electronics Engineer
6 16 (18.82%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 15 (17.65%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 15 (17.65%) Senior Software Engineer
8 10 (11.76%) Design Engineer
8 10 (11.76%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 8 (9.41%) Firmware Engineer
10 7 (8.24%) Embedded C Engineer
11 6 (7.06%) C Software Engineer
11 6 (7.06%) Embedded C Software Engineer
11 6 (7.06%) Senior Firmware Engineer
12 5 (5.88%) Embedded Linux Engineer
12 5 (5.88%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
12 5 (5.88%) Senior Design Engineer
12 5 (5.88%) Senior Electronics Engineer
12 5 (5.88%) Software Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (15.29%) Yocto
2 1 (1.18%) Flash
2 1 (1.18%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.18%) gRPC
2 1 (1.18%) Kafka
2 1 (1.18%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (1.18%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 16 (18.82%) Device Driver
2 13 (15.29%) Analogue Electronics
3 11 (12.94%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (7.06%) VHDL
5 5 (5.88%) Robotics
6 4 (4.71%) Raspberry Pi
6 4 (4.71%) Verilog
7 3 (3.53%) ARM Cortex
8 2 (2.35%) Algorithms
8 2 (2.35%) CAN bus
8 2 (2.35%) FPGA
8 2 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (1.18%) IoT
9 1 (1.18%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 21 (24.71%) Linux
2 19 (22.35%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (11.76%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (2.35%) SafeRTOS
5 1 (1.18%) ThreadX
5 1 (1.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (68.24%) Software Engineering
2 19 (22.35%) Agile
3 13 (15.29%) Scrum
4 9 (10.59%) Validation
5 8 (9.41%) Embedded Software Development
5 8 (9.41%) Software Testing
6 7 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (8.24%) Schematic Capture
7 5 (5.88%) AI
7 5 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (5.88%) Digital Signal Processing
7 5 (5.88%) Prototyping
7 5 (5.88%) Signal Processing
7 5 (5.88%) Systems Engineering
7 5 (5.88%) Verification and Validation
8 4 (4.71%) Computer Science
8 4 (4.71%) Programme Management
8 4 (4.71%) Project Management
8 4 (4.71%) Test Automation
8 4 (4.71%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 85 (100.00%) C
2 44 (51.76%) C++
3 23 (27.06%) Embedded C++
4 17 (20.00%) Python
5 3 (3.53%) C#
6 1 (1.18%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.18%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (16.47%) Degree
2 5 (5.88%) SC Cleared
2 5 (5.88%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.53%) HNC
3 3 (3.53%) HND
4 2 (2.35%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.88%) DO-254
2 1 (1.18%) HAZOP
2 1 (1.18%) IEC 61508
2 1 (1.18%) IEC 62304
2 1 (1.18%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 33 (38.82%) Firmware
2 21 (24.71%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.18%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (5.88%) EMC
2 4 (4.71%) Atmel
3 3 (3.53%) Atlassian