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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 636 635 525
Rank change year-on-year -1 -110 +227
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 121 54 347
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.11% 0.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.68% 0.38% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 103 51 281
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £36,500
25th Percentile £50,500 £48,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +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 £58,750 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +8.80% +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 17,792 14,377 29,163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.76% 29.24% 31.16%
Number of salaries quoted 12,757 9,545 21,410
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,250 £35,525
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 £80,000
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 22 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 22 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 -10 118 £58,750 +8.80% 51
England -20 94 £57,500 +6.48% 54
Work from Home +1 43 £65,000 +23.81% 21
Midlands +2 27 £67,500 +35.00% 9
Scotland +36 24 £65,000 - 2
South East -17 24 £65,000 +8.33% 15
North of England -20 17 £57,500 +23.66% 8
East of England 0 15 £62,500 +15.74% 6
West Midlands - 14 £80,000 - 2
East Midlands -14 13 £54,000 +8.00% 7
North West +1 11 £57,500 +23.66% 4
South West -71 8 £50,000 -4.76% 10
North East - 4 £51,000 - 2
London -28 3 £80,000 +45.45% 7
Wales - 3 £44,000 - 1
Yorkshire -40 2 £72,500 +70.59% 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 1 (0.83%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (8.26%) Simulink
2 3 (2.48%) CANalyzer
3 2 (1.65%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.05%) RS-232
2 15 (12.40%) Ethernet
3 14 (11.57%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (11.57%) Wireless
4 13 (10.74%) Bluetooth
5 9 (7.44%) LTE
5 9 (7.44%) Modbus
6 1 (0.83%) MQTT
6 1 (0.83%) Profibus
6 1 (0.83%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.31%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (12.40%) Git
2 4 (3.31%) Eclipse
3 3 (2.48%) CANoe
4 2 (1.65%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.65%) JIRA
4 2 (1.65%) Subversion
5 1 (0.83%) GoogleTest
5 1 (0.83%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.83%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.83%) Zephyr
General
1 49 (40.50%) Electronics
2 17 (14.05%) Social Skills
3 12 (9.92%) Manufacturing
4 8 (6.61%) Automotive
5 6 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.13%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.31%) Swedish Language
8 3 (2.48%) Advertising
9 2 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.83%) Finance
10 1 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.83%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 76 (62.81%) Embedded Engineer
2 56 (46.28%) Software Engineer
3 54 (44.63%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 43 (35.54%) Senior
5 26 (21.49%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 21 (17.36%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 21 (17.36%) Senior Software Engineer
7 15 (12.40%) Firmware Engineer
8 14 (11.57%) Electronics Engineer
9 12 (9.92%) Design Engineer
10 11 (9.09%) Electronics Design Engineer
10 11 (9.09%) Embedded C Engineer
10 11 (9.09%) Senior Design Engineer
10 11 (9.09%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
10 11 (9.09%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 11 (9.09%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 8 (6.61%) C Software Engineer
11 8 (6.61%) Embedded C Software Engineer
11 8 (6.61%) FPGA Engineer
11 8 (6.61%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (19.01%) Yocto
2 3 (2.48%) .NET
3 2 (1.65%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.65%) Middleware
4 1 (0.83%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.83%) gRPC
4 1 (0.83%) Kafka
4 1 (0.83%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.83%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 26 (21.49%) Device Driver
1 26 (21.49%) Embedded Systems
2 17 (14.05%) Analogue Electronics
3 14 (11.57%) IoT
3 14 (11.57%) VHDL
4 13 (10.74%) Algorithms
5 12 (9.92%) FPGA
6 11 (9.09%) Robotics
6 11 (9.09%) Verilog
7 8 (6.61%) Raspberry Pi
8 7 (5.79%) ARM Cortex
9 6 (4.96%) PCIe
10 5 (4.13%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (3.31%) CAN bus
12 3 (2.48%) Acoustics
13 2 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
14 1 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
14 1 (0.83%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 26 (21.49%) Linux
2 24 (19.83%) Embedded Linux
3 19 (15.70%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.65%) Android
4 2 (1.65%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.65%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.65%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (61.98%) Software Engineering
2 21 (17.36%) Validation
3 18 (14.88%) Agile
3 18 (14.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (14.05%) Digital Signal Processing
4 17 (14.05%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (14.05%) Signal Processing
5 16 (13.22%) Test Automation
6 15 (12.40%) Collaborative Culture
6 15 (12.40%) Collaborative Working
6 15 (12.40%) Scrum
7 14 (11.57%) Systems Engineering
8 13 (10.74%) Schematic Capture
9 11 (9.09%) Software Testing
10 10 (8.26%) AI
10 10 (8.26%) Collaborative Engineering
11 9 (7.44%) CI/CD
11 9 (7.44%) Computer Science
12 8 (6.61%) Device Driver Development
12 8 (6.61%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 121 (100.00%) C
2 62 (51.24%) C++
3 34 (28.10%) Embedded C++
4 33 (27.27%) Python
5 14 (11.57%) MATLAB
6 12 (9.92%) C#
7 1 (0.83%) Java
7 1 (0.83%) R
7 1 (0.83%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 22 (18.18%) Degree
2 19 (15.70%) Security Cleared
3 13 (10.74%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.79%) DV Cleared
5 6 (4.96%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.48%) HNC
7 3 (2.48%) HND
8 2 (1.65%) PhD
9 1 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.13%) DO-254
2 4 (3.31%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.65%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.83%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.83%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.83%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.83%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 51 (42.15%) Firmware
2 26 (21.49%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.65%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 10 (8.26%) EMC
2 4 (3.31%) Facebook
2 4 (3.31%) Instagram
3 3 (2.48%) Atlassian
4 2 (1.65%) Atmel
5 1 (0.83%) Altera
5 1 (0.83%) Google