Embedded C Job Trends

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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 617 594 521
Rank change year-on-year -23 -73 +330
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 81 46 366
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.11% 0.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.56% 0.34% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 76 41 318
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,563 £47,500 £42,813
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 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £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 14,407 13,724 31,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.05% 33.56% 34.95%
Number of salaries quoted 9,999 10,208 24,719
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,508
25th Percentile £46,276 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,310 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,050 £56,750 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.23% +5.09% -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 2 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 2 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 -38 74 £55,000 +1.85% 85
England -50 55 £55,000 +1.85% 81
Work from Home +24 33 £60,000 +11.11% 22
Scotland -13 19 £65,000 +1.96% 2
North of England -54 16 £55,000 +18.92% 11
East of England -24 12 £45,000 -16.67% 14
Midlands -27 12 £72,500 +45.00% 18
North West -15 9 £46,500 +16.25% 3
West Midlands -12 8 £80,000 +60.00% 13
South West -30 7 £50,000 - 15
Yorkshire -49 7 £55,000 +10.00% 6
South East -43 5 £55,000 -8.33% 24
East Midlands -45 4 £54,000 -6.09% 5
London -4 3 £65,000 - 1
Wales -20 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 (3.70%) CANalyzer
2 2 (2.47%) OrCAD
3 1 (1.23%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.05%) Ethernet
2 12 (14.81%) RS-232
3 5 (6.17%) Bluetooth
3 5 (6.17%) LTE
3 5 (6.17%) Modbus
3 5 (6.17%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (6.17%) Wireless
4 1 (1.23%) MQTT
4 1 (1.23%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 5 (6.17%) Git
2 4 (4.94%) Eclipse
2 4 (4.94%) Subversion
3 3 (3.70%) CANoe
4 2 (2.47%) JIRA
5 1 (1.23%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.23%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (1.23%) Zephyr
General
1 32 (39.51%) Electronics
2 13 (16.05%) Manufacturing
3 8 (9.88%) Social Skills
4 5 (6.17%) Aerospace
4 5 (6.17%) Automotive
4 5 (6.17%) Finance
5 3 (3.70%) Swedish Language
6 2 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.23%) Advertising
7 1 (1.23%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 64 (79.01%) Embedded Engineer
2 45 (55.56%) Software Engineer
3 43 (53.09%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 19 (23.46%) Electronics Engineer
5 18 (22.22%) Senior
6 13 (16.05%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 12 (14.81%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 12 (14.81%) Senior Software Engineer
8 9 (11.11%) Design Engineer
8 9 (11.11%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 7 (8.64%) Embedded C Engineer
9 7 (8.64%) Firmware Engineer
10 6 (7.41%) C Software Engineer
10 6 (7.41%) Embedded C Software Engineer
11 5 (6.17%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 5 (6.17%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
11 5 (6.17%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
11 5 (6.17%) Linux Engineer
11 5 (6.17%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 5 (6.17%) Software Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (14.81%) Yocto
2 1 (1.23%) Flash
2 1 (1.23%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.23%) gRPC
2 1 (1.23%) Kafka
2 1 (1.23%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (1.23%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.75%) Device Driver
2 12 (14.81%) Analogue Electronics
3 11 (13.58%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (7.41%) VHDL
5 4 (4.94%) Raspberry Pi
5 4 (4.94%) Robotics
6 3 (3.70%) ARM Cortex
6 3 (3.70%) FPGA
6 3 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.70%) Verilog
7 2 (2.47%) Algorithms
7 2 (2.47%) IoT
8 1 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.23%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 21 (25.93%) Linux
2 18 (22.22%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (8.64%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (2.47%) SafeRTOS
5 1 (1.23%) ThreadX
5 1 (1.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 19 (23.46%) Agile
3 12 (14.81%) Scrum
4 9 (11.11%) Embedded Software Development
5 8 (9.88%) Validation
6 7 (8.64%) Schematic Capture
6 7 (8.64%) Software Testing
7 6 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (6.17%) Signal Processing
9 4 (4.94%) AI
9 4 (4.94%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (4.94%) Computer Science
9 4 (4.94%) Device Driver Development
9 4 (4.94%) Digital Signal Processing
9 4 (4.94%) Prototyping
9 4 (4.94%) Systems Engineering
9 4 (4.94%) Test Automation
9 4 (4.94%) Verification and Validation
10 3 (3.70%) Programme Management
10 3 (3.70%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 81 (100.00%) C
2 44 (54.32%) C++
3 23 (28.40%) Embedded C++
4 14 (17.28%) Python
5 3 (3.70%) C#
6 1 (1.23%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.23%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (19.75%) Degree
2 5 (6.17%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.94%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.70%) HNC
4 3 (3.70%) HND
5 2 (2.47%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.47%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.94%) DO-254
2 1 (1.23%) HAZOP
2 1 (1.23%) IEC 61508
2 1 (1.23%) IEC 62304
2 1 (1.23%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 31 (38.27%) Firmware
2 18 (22.22%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.23%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (7.41%) EMC
2 4 (4.94%) Atmel
3 3 (3.70%) Atlassian