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 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 640 621 518
Rank change year-on-year -19 -103 +263
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 110 50 423
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.11% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.63% 0.35% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 93 47 341
10th Percentile £44,000 £45,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.48% +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 17,334 14,220 33,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.93% 30.09% 31.71%
Number of salaries quoted 12,317 9,449 25,240
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 3 July 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 3 July 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 +1 109 £57,500 +6.48% 64
England -23 83 £57,500 +6.48% 74
Work from Home +6 34 £65,000 +22.07% 27
Midlands +1 25 £60,750 +21.50% 11
Scotland +35 24 £65,000 - 2
South East -20 20 £65,000 +8.33% 23
North of England -25 15 £57,500 +23.66% 7
East of England -6 14 £58,750 +8.80% 9
West Midlands - 14 £80,000 - 4
East Midlands -5 11 £54,000 +8.00% 7
North West -2 9 £57,500 +23.66% 5
South West -67 8 £50,000 -4.76% 11
North East - 4 £51,000 - 1
Wales - 3 £44,000 - 2
Yorkshire -34 2 £72,500 +70.59% 1
London -27 1 £65,000 +18.18% 13

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 (0.91%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (9.09%) Simulink
2 3 (2.73%) CANalyzer
3 2 (1.82%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 18 (16.36%) RS-232
2 16 (14.55%) Ethernet
3 13 (11.82%) Bluetooth
4 12 (10.91%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (10.91%) Wireless
5 9 (8.18%) LTE
5 9 (8.18%) Modbus
6 1 (0.91%) MQTT
6 1 (0.91%) Profibus
6 1 (0.91%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.64%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (13.64%) Git
2 6 (5.45%) Eclipse
3 4 (3.64%) Subversion
4 3 (2.73%) CANoe
5 2 (1.82%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.82%) JIRA
6 1 (0.91%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.91%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.91%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.91%) Zephyr
General
1 41 (37.27%) Electronics
2 17 (15.45%) Social Skills
3 11 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 8 (7.27%) Automotive
5 6 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.64%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.64%) Swedish Language
7 3 (2.73%) Advertising
8 2 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.91%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 71 (64.55%) Embedded Engineer
2 55 (50.00%) Software Engineer
3 53 (48.18%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 34 (30.91%) Senior
5 23 (20.91%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 20 (18.18%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 20 (18.18%) Senior Software Engineer
7 13 (11.82%) Firmware Engineer
8 12 (10.91%) Electronics Engineer
9 9 (8.18%) Design Engineer
9 9 (8.18%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 9 (8.18%) Embedded C Engineer
9 9 (8.18%) Senior Design Engineer
9 9 (8.18%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
9 9 (8.18%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 9 (8.18%) Senior Firmware Engineer
10 7 (6.36%) FPGA Engineer
10 7 (6.36%) Systems Engineer
11 6 (5.45%) Architect
11 6 (5.45%) C Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (19.09%) Yocto
2 3 (2.73%) .NET
3 2 (1.82%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.82%) Middleware
4 1 (0.91%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.91%) gRPC
4 1 (0.91%) Kafka
4 1 (0.91%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.91%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 24 (21.82%) Device Driver
2 23 (20.91%) Embedded Systems
3 14 (12.73%) Analogue Electronics
4 13 (11.82%) VHDL
5 12 (10.91%) Algorithms
6 11 (10.00%) IoT
6 11 (10.00%) Verilog
7 10 (9.09%) FPGA
8 8 (7.27%) Raspberry Pi
8 8 (7.27%) Robotics
9 7 (6.36%) ARM Cortex
10 6 (5.45%) PCIe
11 5 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (3.64%) CAN bus
13 2 (1.82%) Acoustics
13 2 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
14 1 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
14 1 (0.91%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 24 (21.82%) Linux
2 22 (20.00%) Embedded Linux
3 17 (15.45%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.82%) Android
4 2 (1.82%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.82%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.82%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.91%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (64.55%) Software Engineering
2 21 (19.09%) Validation
3 19 (17.27%) Agile
4 16 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (14.55%) Scrum
4 16 (14.55%) Test Automation
5 15 (13.64%) Digital Signal Processing
5 15 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (13.64%) Signal Processing
6 13 (11.82%) Collaborative Culture
6 13 (11.82%) Collaborative Working
6 13 (11.82%) Systems Engineering
7 11 (10.00%) Schematic Capture
7 11 (10.00%) Software Testing
8 10 (9.09%) AI
9 8 (7.27%) Collaborative Engineering
9 8 (7.27%) Computer Science
9 8 (7.27%) Kalman Filter
10 7 (6.36%) CI/CD
11 6 (5.45%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 110 (100.00%) C
2 56 (50.91%) C++
3 33 (30.00%) Python
4 30 (27.27%) Embedded C++
5 14 (12.73%) MATLAB
6 12 (10.91%) C#
7 1 (0.91%) Java
7 1 (0.91%) R
Qualifications
1 19 (17.27%) Degree
2 18 (16.36%) Security Cleared
3 12 (10.91%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.45%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.64%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.73%) HNC
6 3 (2.73%) HND
7 1 (0.91%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.55%) DO-254
2 4 (3.64%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.82%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (0.91%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.91%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.91%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.91%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 47 (42.73%) Firmware
2 23 (20.91%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.82%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (5.45%) EMC
2 4 (3.64%) Atmel
2 4 (3.64%) Facebook
2 4 (3.64%) Instagram
3 3 (2.73%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.91%) Google