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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 614 592 526
Rank change year-on-year -22 -66 +278
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 101 55 389
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.13% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.63% 0.39% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 88 50 333
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,375 £36,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,188 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% +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 16,003 13,944 32,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.60% 32.04% 33.59%
Number of salaries quoted 10,964 9,705 24,890
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +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 15 May 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 15 May 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 -12 95 £56,000 +3.70% 70
England -17 74 £55,500 +2.78% 68
Work from Home +41 33 £65,000 +20.37% 57
Scotland +13 21 £65,000 - 3
North of England -21 18 £56,000 +21.08% 12
Midlands -22 18 £72,500 +45.00% 4
East of England -9 14 £45,000 -16.67% 13
West Midlands -18 14 £80,000 +60.00% 4
South East -22 13 £62,500 +4.17% 22
North West +9 11 £57,500 +43.75% 7
South West -52 8 £50,000 -4.76% 18
Yorkshire -52 6 £55,000 +10.00% 5
East Midlands -21 4 £54,000 +0.47%
London -25 3 £65,000 - 1
Wales -28 3 £44,000 +24.82% 1
North East - 1 £51,000 -

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 (0.99%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (4.95%) Simulink
2 3 (2.97%) CANalyzer
3 2 (1.98%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 15 (14.85%) Ethernet
1 15 (14.85%) RS-232
2 9 (8.91%) Bluetooth
3 5 (4.95%) LTE
3 5 (4.95%) Modbus
3 5 (4.95%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (4.95%) Wireless
4 1 (0.99%) MQTT
4 1 (0.99%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.98%) GIS
Development Applications
1 10 (9.90%) Git
2 5 (4.95%) Eclipse
3 4 (3.96%) Subversion
4 3 (2.97%) CANoe
4 3 (2.97%) JIRA
5 2 (1.98%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.99%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.99%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.99%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.99%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.99%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.99%) Zephyr
General
1 42 (41.58%) Electronics
2 15 (14.85%) Manufacturing
3 14 (13.86%) Social Skills
4 7 (6.93%) Automotive
5 5 (4.95%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.96%) Finance
6 4 (3.96%) Swedish Language
7 3 (2.97%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.99%) Advertising
9 1 (0.99%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 70 (69.31%) Embedded Engineer
2 54 (53.47%) Software Engineer
3 52 (51.49%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 29 (28.71%) Senior
5 20 (19.80%) Electronics Engineer
6 19 (18.81%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 19 (18.81%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 19 (18.81%) Senior Software Engineer
7 12 (11.88%) Design Engineer
7 12 (11.88%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 10 (9.90%) Firmware Engineer
9 8 (7.92%) Senior Design Engineer
9 8 (7.92%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
9 8 (7.92%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 8 (7.92%) Senior Firmware Engineer
10 7 (6.93%) Embedded C Engineer
11 6 (5.94%) C Software Engineer
11 6 (5.94%) Embedded C Software Engineer
12 4 (3.96%) Architect
12 4 (3.96%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (15.84%) Yocto
2 1 (0.99%) .NET
2 1 (0.99%) GraphQL
2 1 (0.99%) gRPC
2 1 (0.99%) Kafka
2 1 (0.99%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (0.99%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 19 (18.81%) Device Driver
2 17 (16.83%) Analogue Electronics
3 14 (13.86%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (9.90%) VHDL
5 8 (7.92%) Algorithms
5 8 (7.92%) Verilog
6 7 (6.93%) Robotics
7 6 (5.94%) FPGA
8 4 (3.96%) ARM Cortex
8 4 (3.96%) CAN bus
8 4 (3.96%) IoT
8 4 (3.96%) Raspberry Pi
9 3 (2.97%) PCIe
10 2 (1.98%) Acoustics
10 2 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.99%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 22 (21.78%) Linux
2 20 (19.80%) Embedded Linux
3 16 (15.84%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.98%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.98%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.99%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (64.36%) Software Engineering
2 20 (19.80%) Agile
3 14 (13.86%) Scrum
3 14 (13.86%) Validation
4 11 (10.89%) Digital Signal Processing
4 11 (10.89%) Signal Processing
5 10 (9.90%) Collaborative Working
5 10 (9.90%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (9.90%) Schematic Capture
5 10 (9.90%) Systems Engineering
5 10 (9.90%) Test Automation
6 8 (7.92%) AI
6 8 (7.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (7.92%) Software Testing
7 7 (6.93%) Computer Science
7 7 (6.93%) Embedded Software Development
8 5 (4.95%) Collaborative Culture
8 5 (4.95%) Kalman Filter
8 5 (4.95%) Prototyping
8 5 (4.95%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 101 (100.00%) C
2 51 (50.50%) C++
3 28 (27.72%) Embedded C++
3 28 (27.72%) Python
4 8 (7.92%) C#
5 7 (6.93%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.99%) R
Qualifications
1 19 (18.81%) Degree
2 12 (11.88%) Security Cleared
3 8 (7.92%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.96%) DV Cleared
4 4 (3.96%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.97%) HNC
5 3 (2.97%) HND
6 2 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.99%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.95%) DO-254
2 2 (1.98%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.99%) HAZOP
3 1 (0.99%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.99%) IEC 62304
3 1 (0.99%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 41 (40.59%) Firmware
2 26 (25.74%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.99%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (6.93%) EMC
2 4 (3.96%) Atmel
3 3 (2.97%) Atlassian
4 2 (1.98%) Facebook
4 2 (1.98%) Instagram
5 1 (0.99%) Google