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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 680 602 595
Rank change year-on-year -78 -7 +72
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 130 52 196
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.10% 0.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.71% 0.41% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 97 51 93
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 - £71,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% +10.00%

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 18,347 12,793 22,740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.58% 25.76% 31.03%
Number of salaries quoted 13,020 8,190 13,763
10th Percentile £39,000 £32,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £84,125 £83,750 £84,982
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 -34 123 £57,500 +9.52% 147
England -54 118 £57,500 +4.55% 166
Work from Home -22 50 £65,000 +23.81% 65
Midlands +3 46 £54,000 +8.00% 22
South East -38 28 £65,000 +18.18% 32
East Midlands -7 26 £54,000 +8.00% 10
North of England -53 21 £57,500 +23.66% 23
West Midlands - 20 £65,000 - 12
North West -12 17 £57,500 +23.66% 8
East of England -19 16 £56,250 -29.69% 34
Scotland - 8 £67,500 - 9
North East -57 4 £51,000 +27.50% 9
London -64 4 £80,000 +45.45% 11
South West -80 3 £70,000 +33.33% 27
Wales -75 1 £50,000 +11.11% 2

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 2 (1.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (18.46%) Simulink
2 4 (3.08%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.77%) Mathcad
3 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.77%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (18.46%) Wi-Fi
1 24 (18.46%) Wireless
2 17 (13.08%) Bluetooth
3 14 (10.77%) LTE
3 14 (10.77%) Modbus
4 10 (7.69%) Ethernet
5 9 (6.92%) RS-232
5 9 (6.92%) Wireshark
6 2 (1.54%) RS-485
7 1 (0.77%) 5G
7 1 (0.77%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.08%) GIS
Development Applications
1 18 (13.85%) Git
2 10 (7.69%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.54%) Mercurial
3 2 (1.54%) PetaLinux
4 1 (0.77%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.77%) GoogleTest
4 1 (0.77%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.77%) JIRA
4 1 (0.77%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 67 (51.54%) Electronics
2 25 (19.23%) Social Skills
3 19 (14.62%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.38%) Automotive
6 3 (2.31%) Advertising
6 3 (2.31%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.54%) Military
8 1 (0.77%) Aviation
8 1 (0.77%) Finance
8 1 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.77%) Retail
8 1 (0.77%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 62 (47.69%) Embedded Engineer
2 48 (36.92%) Senior
3 39 (30.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 39 (30.00%) Software Engineer
4 29 (22.31%) Electronics Engineer
5 25 (19.23%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 18 (13.85%) Design Engineer
7 17 (13.08%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 17 (13.08%) Senior Electronics Engineer
8 16 (12.31%) Senior Design Engineer
8 16 (12.31%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
9 15 (11.54%) Lead
9 15 (11.54%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 15 (11.54%) Senior Software Engineer
10 14 (10.77%) Embedded Linux Engineer
10 14 (10.77%) Linux Engineer
11 12 (9.23%) FPGA Engineer
12 10 (7.69%) Firmware Engineer
12 10 (7.69%) Senior Linux Engineer
13 9 (6.92%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (17.69%) Yocto
2 3 (2.31%) .NET
3 2 (1.54%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.54%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 35 (26.92%) Embedded Systems
2 32 (24.62%) FPGA
3 27 (20.77%) Device Driver
4 25 (19.23%) Analogue Electronics
5 23 (17.69%) IoT
6 21 (16.15%) VHDL
7 19 (14.62%) Algorithms
8 15 (11.54%) Verilog
9 14 (10.77%) Raspberry Pi
10 13 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (8.46%) Robotics
12 8 (6.15%) PCIe
13 6 (4.62%) ARM Cortex
14 5 (3.85%) CAN bus
15 4 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
16 3 (2.31%) Acoustics
16 3 (2.31%) ASIC
17 2 (1.54%) Optoelectronics
18 1 (0.77%) Augmented Reality
18 1 (0.77%) Industrial Internet of Things
Operating Systems
1 31 (23.85%) Linux
2 26 (20.00%) Embedded Linux
3 12 (9.23%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.54%) Android
4 2 (1.54%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.77%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (44.62%) Software Engineering
2 37 (28.46%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (22.31%) Validation
4 26 (20.00%) Signal Processing
5 20 (15.38%) Digital Signal Processing
6 19 (14.62%) Collaborative Culture
6 19 (14.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (14.62%) Schematic Capture
7 18 (13.85%) Agile
8 17 (13.08%) Collaborative Working
9 16 (12.31%) Collaborative Engineering
9 16 (12.31%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (10.77%) CI/CD
10 14 (10.77%) Device Driver Development
10 14 (10.77%) FPGA Design
10 14 (10.77%) Scrum
11 12 (9.23%) Software Testing
11 12 (9.23%) Systems Engineering
11 12 (9.23%) Test Automation
12 10 (7.69%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 130 (100.00%) C
2 68 (52.31%) C++
3 48 (36.92%) Embedded C++
4 35 (26.92%) Python
5 30 (23.08%) MATLAB
6 9 (6.92%) C#
6 9 (6.92%) Java
7 3 (2.31%) Perl
7 3 (2.31%) SystemVerilog
7 3 (2.31%) Tcl
8 1 (0.77%) R
Qualifications
1 41 (31.54%) Degree
2 24 (18.46%) Security Cleared
3 13 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.92%) DV Cleared
5 8 (6.15%) Master's Degree
6 6 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (3.85%) PhD
8 4 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.77%) HNC
9 1 (0.77%) HND
9 1 (0.77%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.08%) Automotive SPICE
1 4 (3.08%) Def Stans
2 2 (1.54%) ISO 26262
3 1 (0.77%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.77%) DO-254
3 1 (0.77%) GDPR
3 1 (0.77%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.77%) MISRA
3 1 (0.77%) QA
System Software
1 64 (49.23%) Firmware
2 34 (26.15%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (3.08%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 17 (13.08%) EMC
2 4 (3.08%) Facebook
2 4 (3.08%) Instagram
3 3 (2.31%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.54%) Intel
4 2 (1.54%) Xilinx
5 1 (0.77%) Altera
5 1 (0.77%) Google
5 1 (0.77%) Thales