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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 634 621 520
Rank change year-on-year -13 -101 +254
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 114 53 406
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.11% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.65% 0.37% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 97 50 329
10th Percentile £44,500 £45,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,125 £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 £60,000 £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 17,645 14,413 31,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.86% 29.33% 31.62%
Number of salaries quoted 12,558 9,591 23,808
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £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 £110,000 £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 15 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 15 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 -3 111 £57,500 +6.48% 52
England -34 88 £57,500 +6.48% 55
Work from Home -11 37 £65,000 +23.81% 29
Midlands -5 26 £67,500 +35.00% 8
Scotland +36 23 £65,000 - 2
South East -17 20 £65,000 +8.33% 16
North of England -24 16 £57,500 +23.66% 9
East of England -14 15 £62,500 +15.74% 5
West Midlands - 14 £80,000 - 2
East Midlands -14 12 £54,000 +8.00% 6
North West -2 10 £57,500 +23.66% 4
South West -68 8 £50,000 -4.76% 9
North East - 4 £51,000 - 2
London -39 3 £80,000 +45.45% 9
Wales - 3 £44,000 - 2
Yorkshire -33 2 £72,500 +70.59% 3

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 (0.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (8.77%) Simulink
2 3 (2.63%) CANalyzer
3 2 (1.75%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.91%) RS-232
2 15 (13.16%) Ethernet
3 13 (11.40%) Bluetooth
3 13 (11.40%) Wi-Fi
3 13 (11.40%) Wireless
4 9 (7.89%) LTE
4 9 (7.89%) Modbus
5 1 (0.88%) MQTT
5 1 (0.88%) Profibus
5 1 (0.88%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.51%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (13.16%) Git
2 5 (4.39%) Eclipse
3 3 (2.63%) CANoe
3 3 (2.63%) Subversion
4 2 (1.75%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.75%) JIRA
5 1 (0.88%) GoogleTest
5 1 (0.88%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.88%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.88%) Zephyr
General
1 43 (37.72%) Electronics
2 17 (14.91%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.65%) Manufacturing
4 8 (7.02%) Automotive
5 6 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.51%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.51%) Swedish Language
7 3 (2.63%) Advertising
8 2 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.88%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 74 (64.91%) Embedded Engineer
2 56 (49.12%) Software Engineer
3 54 (47.37%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 37 (32.46%) Senior
5 25 (21.93%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 21 (18.42%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 21 (18.42%) Senior Software Engineer
7 14 (12.28%) Firmware Engineer
8 13 (11.40%) Electronics Engineer
9 11 (9.65%) Embedded C Engineer
10 10 (8.77%) Design Engineer
10 10 (8.77%) Electronics Design Engineer
10 10 (8.77%) Senior Design Engineer
10 10 (8.77%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
10 10 (8.77%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 10 (8.77%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 8 (7.02%) C Software Engineer
11 8 (7.02%) Embedded C Software Engineer
12 7 (6.14%) FPGA Engineer
12 7 (6.14%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (19.30%) Yocto
2 3 (2.63%) .NET
3 2 (1.75%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.75%) Middleware
4 1 (0.88%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.88%) gRPC
4 1 (0.88%) Kafka
4 1 (0.88%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.88%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 25 (21.93%) Device Driver
1 25 (21.93%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (13.16%) Analogue Electronics
3 13 (11.40%) Algorithms
3 13 (11.40%) IoT
3 13 (11.40%) VHDL
4 11 (9.65%) FPGA
4 11 (9.65%) Robotics
4 11 (9.65%) Verilog
5 8 (7.02%) Raspberry Pi
6 7 (6.14%) ARM Cortex
7 6 (5.26%) PCIe
8 5 (4.39%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (3.51%) CAN bus
10 2 (1.75%) Acoustics
10 2 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.88%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 25 (21.93%) Linux
2 23 (20.18%) Embedded Linux
3 18 (15.79%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.75%) Android
4 2 (1.75%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.75%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.75%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (64.91%) Software Engineering
2 21 (18.42%) Validation
3 18 (15.79%) Agile
4 17 (14.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (14.04%) Digital Signal Processing
5 16 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (14.04%) Signal Processing
5 16 (14.04%) Test Automation
6 15 (13.16%) Scrum
7 14 (12.28%) Collaborative Culture
7 14 (12.28%) Collaborative Working
8 13 (11.40%) Systems Engineering
9 12 (10.53%) Schematic Capture
10 11 (9.65%) Software Testing
11 10 (8.77%) AI
12 9 (7.89%) Collaborative Engineering
12 9 (7.89%) Computer Science
13 8 (7.02%) CI/CD
13 8 (7.02%) Kalman Filter
14 7 (6.14%) Device Driver Development
Programming Languages
1 114 (100.00%) C
2 59 (51.75%) C++
3 33 (28.95%) Embedded C++
3 33 (28.95%) Python
4 14 (12.28%) MATLAB
5 12 (10.53%) C#
6 1 (0.88%) Java
6 1 (0.88%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (17.54%) Degree
2 18 (15.79%) Security Cleared
3 12 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.26%) DV Cleared
5 5 (4.39%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.63%) HNC
7 3 (2.63%) HND
8 1 (0.88%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.39%) DO-254
2 4 (3.51%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.75%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (0.88%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.88%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.88%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.88%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 48 (42.11%) Firmware
2 24 (21.05%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.75%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (5.26%) EMC
2 4 (3.51%) Facebook
2 4 (3.51%) Instagram
3 3 (2.63%) Atlassian
3 3 (2.63%) Atmel
4 1 (0.88%) Google