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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 626 590 521
Rank change year-on-year -36 -69 +322
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 71 52 341
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.092% 0.13% 0.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.51% 0.37% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 69 40 293
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,375 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,750 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -5.41%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,313 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,500 £67,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -6.25%

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 13,837 13,908 30,840
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.99% 33.80% 35.28%
Number of salaries quoted 9,654 10,167 24,474
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,530
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,125 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,790 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.42% +3.31% -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 25 March 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 25 March 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 -43 64 £55,000 +1.85% 85
England -46 48 £55,000 +1.85% 81
Work from Home +23 33 £55,000 +1.85% 22
Scotland -7 17 £65,000 +1.96% 2
North of England -43 14 £55,000 +18.92% 11
East of England -17 10 £45,000 -16.67% 14
Midlands -33 10 £62,500 +25.00% 18
North West -18 8 £46,500 +16.25% 3
West Midlands 0 6 £80,000 +60.00% 13
South East -37 6 £55,000 -8.33% 24
Yorkshire -39 6 £55,000 +10.00% 6
South West -42 5 £50,000 - 15
East Midlands -42 4 £54,000 -6.09% 5
London -5 3 £65,000 - 1
Wales -18 2 £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 2 (2.82%) CANalyzer
1 2 (2.82%) OrCAD
2 1 (1.41%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.49%) Ethernet
1 11 (15.49%) RS-232
2 5 (7.04%) Bluetooth
2 5 (7.04%) LTE
2 5 (7.04%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (7.04%) Wireless
3 4 (5.63%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Git
2 4 (5.63%) Eclipse
2 4 (5.63%) Subversion
3 2 (2.82%) CANoe
3 2 (2.82%) JIRA
4 1 (1.41%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.41%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (1.41%) Zephyr
General
1 29 (40.85%) Electronics
2 10 (14.08%) Manufacturing
3 5 (7.04%) Automotive
3 5 (7.04%) Finance
3 5 (7.04%) Social Skills
4 4 (5.63%) Aerospace
5 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.82%) Swedish Language
6 1 (1.41%) Advertising
6 1 (1.41%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 59 (83.10%) Embedded Engineer
2 38 (53.52%) Software Engineer
3 37 (52.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 18 (25.35%) Electronics Engineer
5 16 (22.54%) Senior
6 12 (16.90%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 11 (15.49%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 11 (15.49%) Senior Software Engineer
8 8 (11.27%) Design Engineer
8 8 (11.27%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 7 (9.86%) Embedded C Engineer
9 7 (9.86%) Firmware Engineer
10 6 (8.45%) C Software Engineer
10 6 (8.45%) Embedded C Software Engineer
11 5 (7.04%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 5 (7.04%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
11 5 (7.04%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
11 5 (7.04%) Linux Engineer
11 5 (7.04%) Software Design Engineer
12 4 (5.63%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (15.49%) Yocto
2 2 (2.82%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 15 (21.13%) Device Driver
2 11 (15.49%) Analogue Electronics
2 11 (15.49%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (7.04%) VHDL
4 4 (5.63%) Raspberry Pi
5 3 (4.23%) FPGA
5 3 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.82%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.82%) ARM Cortex
6 2 (2.82%) IoT
6 2 (2.82%) Robotics
6 2 (2.82%) Verilog
7 1 (1.41%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 20 (28.17%) Linux
2 17 (23.94%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (7.04%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (1.41%) SafeRTOS
4 1 (1.41%) ThreadX
4 1 (1.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (64.79%) Software Engineering
2 18 (25.35%) Agile
3 11 (15.49%) Scrum
4 8 (11.27%) Embedded Software Development
5 6 (8.45%) Schematic Capture
5 6 (8.45%) Validation
6 5 (7.04%) Software Testing
7 4 (5.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (5.63%) Device Driver Development
7 4 (5.63%) Signal Processing
8 3 (4.23%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (4.23%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (4.23%) Digital Signal Processing
8 3 (4.23%) Mentoring
8 3 (4.23%) Prototyping
8 3 (4.23%) Systems Engineering
8 3 (4.23%) Test Automation
8 3 (4.23%) Verification and Validation
9 2 (2.82%) Kalman Filter
9 2 (2.82%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 71 (100.00%) C
2 38 (53.52%) C++
3 20 (28.17%) Embedded C++
4 10 (14.08%) Python
5 1 (1.41%) C#
5 1 (1.41%) MATLAB
5 1 (1.41%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (18.31%) Degree
2 4 (5.63%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.23%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.82%) HNC
4 2 (2.82%) HND
4 2 (2.82%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.82%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.23%) DO-254
2 1 (1.41%) HAZOP
2 1 (1.41%) IEC 61508
2 1 (1.41%) IEC 62304
2 1 (1.41%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 29 (40.85%) Firmware
2 17 (23.94%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (8.45%) EMC
2 4 (5.63%) Atmel
3 2 (2.82%) Atlassian