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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 633 610 518
Rank change year-on-year -23 -92 +271
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 98 46 392
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.11% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.61% 0.34% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 84 43 335
10th Percentile £43,750 - £36,500
25th Percentile £46,313 £47,500 £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 £61,875 £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 16,184 13,399 32,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.51% 31.21% 33.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11,153 9,088 24,848
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 £111,250 £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 22 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 22 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 +5 93 £57,500 +6.48% 60
England -31 72 £56,000 +3.70% 63
Work from Home +24 30 £65,000 +20.37% 23
Scotland +12 21 £65,000 - 4
Midlands -24 17 £80,000 +60.00% 6
North of England -25 16 £56,750 +33.53% 6
South East -34 16 £62,500 +4.17% 19
West Midlands -15 13 £80,000 +60.00% 5
East of England -13 12 £50,000 -7.41% 10
North West +5 10 £57,500 +43.75% 4
South West -56 8 £50,000 -4.76% 17
Yorkshire -43 5 £55,000 +18.92% 2
East Midlands -34 4 £54,000 +8.00% 1
London - 3 £65,000 - 3
Wales - 3 £44,000 -
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 (1.02%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (5.10%) Simulink
2 3 (3.06%) CANalyzer
3 2 (2.04%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 16 (16.33%) RS-232
2 15 (15.31%) Ethernet
3 9 (9.18%) Bluetooth
4 5 (5.10%) LTE
4 5 (5.10%) Modbus
4 5 (5.10%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (5.10%) Wireless
5 1 (1.02%) MQTT
5 1 (1.02%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.06%) GIS
Development Applications
1 11 (11.22%) Git
2 5 (5.10%) Eclipse
3 4 (4.08%) Subversion
4 3 (3.06%) CANoe
5 2 (2.04%) Bitbucket
5 2 (2.04%) JIRA
6 1 (1.02%) GoogleTest
6 1 (1.02%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.02%) SonarQube
6 1 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (1.02%) Zephyr
General
1 41 (41.84%) Electronics
2 14 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 14 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 6 (6.12%) Automotive
4 4 (4.08%) Aerospace
4 4 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.08%) Swedish Language
5 3 (3.06%) Finance
6 2 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.02%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 65 (66.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 50 (51.02%) Software Engineer
3 48 (48.98%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 29 (29.59%) Senior
5 19 (19.39%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 19 (19.39%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 19 (19.39%) Senior Software Engineer
6 18 (18.37%) Electronics Engineer
7 11 (11.22%) Design Engineer
7 11 (11.22%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 11 (11.22%) Firmware Engineer
8 8 (8.16%) Embedded C Engineer
8 8 (8.16%) Senior Design Engineer
8 8 (8.16%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
8 8 (8.16%) Senior Electronics Engineer
8 8 (8.16%) Senior Firmware Engineer
9 6 (6.12%) C Software Engineer
9 6 (6.12%) Embedded C Software Engineer
10 5 (5.10%) FPGA Engineer
11 4 (4.08%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (16.33%) Yocto
2 2 (2.04%) .NET
3 1 (1.02%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.02%) gRPC
3 1 (1.02%) Kafka
3 1 (1.02%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (1.02%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 19 (19.39%) Device Driver
2 16 (16.33%) Analogue Electronics
3 14 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
4 11 (11.22%) VHDL
5 9 (9.18%) Algorithms
5 9 (9.18%) Verilog
6 7 (7.14%) FPGA
6 7 (7.14%) Robotics
7 4 (4.08%) ARM Cortex
7 4 (4.08%) CAN bus
7 4 (4.08%) IoT
7 4 (4.08%) PCIe
7 4 (4.08%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (3.06%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (2.04%) Acoustics
9 2 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (1.02%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 20 (20.41%) Linux
2 18 (18.37%) Embedded Linux
3 16 (16.33%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (2.04%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (2.04%) ThreadX
5 1 (1.02%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (62.24%) Software Engineering
2 19 (19.39%) Agile
3 15 (15.31%) Validation
4 14 (14.29%) Scrum
5 12 (12.24%) Digital Signal Processing
5 12 (12.24%) Signal Processing
5 12 (12.24%) Test Automation
6 11 (11.22%) Collaborative Working
6 11 (11.22%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (11.22%) Systems Engineering
7 10 (10.20%) Schematic Capture
8 9 (9.18%) AI
9 8 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (8.16%) Software Testing
10 7 (7.14%) Computer Science
11 6 (6.12%) Collaborative Culture
11 6 (6.12%) Embedded Software Development
11 6 (6.12%) Kalman Filter
12 5 (5.10%) FPGA Design
12 5 (5.10%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 98 (100.00%) C
2 49 (50.00%) C++
3 29 (29.59%) Python
4 27 (27.55%) Embedded C++
5 10 (10.20%) C#
6 8 (8.16%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.02%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (17.35%) Degree
2 14 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 9 (9.18%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.10%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.06%) HNC
5 3 (3.06%) HND
5 3 (3.06%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.02%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.10%) DO-254
2 3 (3.06%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.02%) HAZOP
3 1 (1.02%) IEC 61508
3 1 (1.02%) IEC 62304
3 1 (1.02%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 41 (41.84%) Firmware
2 25 (25.51%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.02%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (7.14%) EMC
2 4 (4.08%) Atmel
3 3 (3.06%) Atlassian
3 3 (3.06%) Facebook
3 3 (3.06%) Instagram
4 1 (1.02%) Google