Embedded C Job Trends

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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 600 582 634
Rank change year-on-year -18 +52 +296
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 50 163 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.095% 0.24% 0.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.42% 0.76% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 49 70 72
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £46,125 £38,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,313
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £67,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -7.49%

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 11,925 21,328 21,552
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.65% 31.85% 40.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,538 12,599 17,717
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,658
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £108,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025. 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
England +1 45 £53,750 -2.27% 83
UK excluding London -22 45 £52,500 -4.55% 91
Work from Home +80 33 £52,500 -12.50% 40
South East +21 13 £55,000 - 24
North of England +43 12 £46,500 -33.57% 12
North West +45 10 £46,500 -33.57%
South West +8 8 £52,500 -19.23% 16
East of England +8 7 £80,000 +33.33% 21
London - 4 £55,000 -
Scotland -9 3 £65,000 -3.70% 8
West Midlands +42 1 £60,000 -7.69% 12
Midlands +19 1 £60,000 +20.00% 17
Yorkshire +8 1 £55,000 - 10
Wales +5 1 £45,000 -10.00%
North East +3 1 £40,000 - 2

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 1 (2.00%) GNU Octave
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.00%) RS-232
2 3 (6.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (2.00%) Bluetooth
3 1 (2.00%) RS-422
3 1 (2.00%) RS-485
3 1 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (2.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Git
1 3 (6.00%) GitLab
2 1 (2.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 34 (68.00%) Electronics
2 13 (26.00%) Automotive
3 12 (24.00%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.00%) Law
5 1 (2.00%) Finance
5 1 (2.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 32 (64.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 18 (36.00%) Electronics Engineer
3 12 (24.00%) Firmware Engineer
3 12 (24.00%) Software Engineer
4 11 (22.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 10 (20.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 9 (18.00%) Senior
7 7 (14.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 5 (10.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 5 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
9 4 (8.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
9 4 (8.00%) Lead
9 4 (8.00%) Linux Engineer
10 3 (6.00%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
10 3 (6.00%) Software Team Leader
10 3 (6.00%) Team Leader
11 2 (4.00%) Design Engineer
11 2 (4.00%) Developer
11 2 (4.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
12 1 (2.00%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (18.00%) Flash
2 4 (8.00%) Yocto
3 1 (2.00%) .NET
3 1 (2.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.00%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.00%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (16.00%) Analogue Electronics
3 6 (12.00%) Device Driver
4 2 (4.00%) IoT
4 2 (4.00%) RISC-V
5 1 (2.00%) Acoustics
5 1 (2.00%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (2.00%) FPGA
5 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 9 (18.00%) Linux
2 7 (14.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.00%) Software Engineering
2 10 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 10 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
3 5 (10.00%) Agile
3 5 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 4 (8.00%) Signal Processing
5 3 (6.00%) Coaching
5 3 (6.00%) Design Patterns
5 3 (6.00%) Device Driver Development
5 3 (6.00%) Digital Signal Processing
5 3 (6.00%) Line Management
5 3 (6.00%) Logistics
5 3 (6.00%) Physics
5 3 (6.00%) Scrum
5 3 (6.00%) SDLC
5 3 (6.00%) UML
6 2 (4.00%) Schematic Capture
6 2 (4.00%) Software Testing
6 2 (4.00%) Unit Testing
6 2 (4.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 47 (94.00%) C
2 24 (48.00%) C++
3 15 (30.00%) Embedded C++
4 12 (24.00%) Python
5 2 (4.00%) C#
6 1 (2.00%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 16 (32.00%) Degree
2 2 (4.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.00%) PhD
3 1 (2.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) ISO 9000
1 2 (4.00%) JTAG
1 2 (4.00%) MISRA
2 1 (2.00%) Def Stans
2 1 (2.00%) MISRA C
2 1 (2.00%) QA
System Software
1 38 (76.00%) Firmware
2 21 (42.00%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) systemd
Vendors
1 18 (36.00%) EMC