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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 618 592 515
Rank change year-on-year -26 -77 +307
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 84 49 378
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.12% 0.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.56% 0.36% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 77 44 328
10th Percentile £44,500 £41,625 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,313 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -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 14,887 13,577 32,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.81% 33.10% 34.64%
Number of salaries quoted 10,292 10,252 24,965
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,475
25th Percentile £46,939 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,559 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,715
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 11 April 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 11 April 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 -44 78 £55,000 +1.85% 85
England -57 58 £55,000 +1.85% 81
Work from Home +19 33 £60,000 +11.11% 22
Scotland -3 20 £65,000 +1.96% 2
North of England -53 17 £55,000 +18.92% 11
Midlands -35 14 £62,500 +25.00% 18
East of England -29 13 £45,000 -16.67% 14
West Midlands -7 10 £80,000 +60.00% 13
North West -22 10 £51,250 +28.13% 3
South West -49 7 £50,000 -2.44% 15
Yorkshire -53 7 £55,000 +10.00% 6
East Midlands -48 4 £54,000 -6.09% 5
South East -50 4 £53,750 -10.42% 24
London -6 3 £65,000 - 1
Wales -28 3 £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 3 (3.57%) CANalyzer
2 2 (2.38%) OrCAD
3 1 (1.19%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 14 (16.67%) Ethernet
2 13 (15.48%) RS-232
3 7 (8.33%) Bluetooth
4 5 (5.95%) LTE
4 5 (5.95%) Modbus
4 5 (5.95%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (5.95%) Wireless
5 1 (1.19%) MQTT
5 1 (1.19%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 7 (8.33%) Git
2 4 (4.76%) Eclipse
2 4 (4.76%) Subversion
3 3 (3.57%) CANoe
4 2 (2.38%) JIRA
5 1 (1.19%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.19%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (1.19%) Zephyr
General
1 33 (39.29%) Electronics
2 14 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 10 (11.90%) Social Skills
4 5 (5.95%) Aerospace
4 5 (5.95%) Automotive
4 5 (5.95%) Finance
5 4 (4.76%) Swedish Language
6 2 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.19%) Advertising
7 1 (1.19%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 66 (78.57%) Embedded Engineer
2 48 (57.14%) Software Engineer
3 46 (54.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 21 (25.00%) Senior
5 20 (23.81%) Electronics Engineer
6 16 (19.05%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 15 (17.86%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 15 (17.86%) Senior Software Engineer
8 10 (11.90%) Design Engineer
8 10 (11.90%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 7 (8.33%) Embedded C Engineer
9 7 (8.33%) Firmware Engineer
10 6 (7.14%) C Software Engineer
10 6 (7.14%) Embedded C Software Engineer
10 6 (7.14%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 5 (5.95%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 5 (5.95%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
11 5 (5.95%) Linux Engineer
11 5 (5.95%) Senior Design Engineer
11 5 (5.95%) Software Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (15.48%) Yocto
2 1 (1.19%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.19%) gRPC
2 1 (1.19%) Kafka
2 1 (1.19%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (1.19%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.05%) Device Driver
2 13 (15.48%) Analogue Electronics
3 10 (11.90%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (7.14%) VHDL
5 5 (5.95%) Robotics
6 4 (4.76%) Raspberry Pi
6 4 (4.76%) Verilog
7 3 (3.57%) ARM Cortex
8 2 (2.38%) Algorithms
8 2 (2.38%) CAN bus
8 2 (2.38%) FPGA
8 2 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (1.19%) IoT
9 1 (1.19%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 21 (25.00%) Linux
2 19 (22.62%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (11.90%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (2.38%) SafeRTOS
5 1 (1.19%) ThreadX
5 1 (1.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (69.05%) Software Engineering
2 19 (22.62%) Agile
3 13 (15.48%) Scrum
4 9 (10.71%) Validation
5 8 (9.52%) Embedded Software Development
5 8 (9.52%) Software Testing
6 7 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (8.33%) Schematic Capture
7 5 (5.95%) AI
7 5 (5.95%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (5.95%) Digital Signal Processing
7 5 (5.95%) Prototyping
7 5 (5.95%) Signal Processing
7 5 (5.95%) Systems Engineering
7 5 (5.95%) Verification and Validation
8 4 (4.76%) Computer Science
8 4 (4.76%) Programme Management
8 4 (4.76%) Project Management
8 4 (4.76%) Test Automation
8 4 (4.76%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 84 (100.00%) C
2 44 (52.38%) C++
3 23 (27.38%) Embedded C++
4 17 (20.24%) Python
5 3 (3.57%) C#
6 1 (1.19%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.19%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (16.67%) Degree
2 5 (5.95%) SC Cleared
2 5 (5.95%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.57%) HNC
3 3 (3.57%) HND
4 2 (2.38%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.95%) DO-254
2 1 (1.19%) HAZOP
2 1 (1.19%) IEC 61508
2 1 (1.19%) IEC 62304
2 1 (1.19%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 32 (38.10%) Firmware
2 20 (23.81%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.19%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (5.95%) EMC
2 4 (4.76%) Atmel
3 3 (3.57%) Atlassian