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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 588 593 618
Rank change year-on-year +5 +25 +250
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 56 124 83
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.095% 0.22% 0.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.48% 0.66% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 56 57 77
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,250 £28,100
25th Percentile £45,750 £43,750 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £71,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 11,585 18,765 20,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.58% 33.84% 39.66%
Number of salaries quoted 8,477 11,094 16,511
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,968
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +3.23% -3.13%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025. 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
England -1 48 £55,000 - 63
UK excluding London -23 48 £55,000 - 68
Work from Home +85 36 £55,000 -8.33% 28
North of England +11 18 £46,500 -25.60% 8
North West +31 12 £46,500 -33.57% 4
South East +7 11 £55,000 - 17
East of England +17 9 £45,000 -25.00% 12
Yorkshire -7 5 £55,000 -2.22% 2
London +62 4 £60,000 - 4
South West -12 4 £52,500 +0.48% 19
Scotland +5 3 £65,000 +4.00% 6
West Midlands +26 2 £62,500 +25.00% 3
Midlands +15 2 £62,500 +25.00% 9
Wales +8 1 £45,000 +27.66% 3
North East +6 1 £40,000 - 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.36%) Ethernet
1 3 (5.36%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Git
1 3 (5.36%) GitLab
2 1 (1.79%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) Rational DOORS
General
1 38 (67.86%) Electronics
2 13 (23.21%) Automotive
2 13 (23.21%) Manufacturing
3 5 (8.93%) Finance
4 2 (3.57%) Law
5 1 (1.79%) Advertising
5 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.79%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (75.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 23 (41.07%) Electronics Engineer
3 16 (28.57%) Software Engineer
4 15 (26.79%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 13 (23.21%) Firmware Engineer
6 10 (17.86%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 9 (16.07%) Senior
8 7 (12.50%) Design Engineer
8 7 (12.50%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 6 (10.71%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 5 (8.93%) Embedded Linux Engineer
10 5 (8.93%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
10 5 (8.93%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
10 5 (8.93%) Linux Engineer
10 5 (8.93%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 5 (8.93%) Senior Software Engineer
10 5 (8.93%) Software Design Engineer
11 4 (7.14%) Lead
12 3 (5.36%) Software Team Leader
12 3 (5.36%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.07%) Flash
2 3 (5.36%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 17 (30.36%) Embedded Systems
2 10 (17.86%) Analogue Electronics
3 4 (7.14%) Device Driver
4 2 (3.57%) IoT
4 2 (3.57%) RISC-V
5 1 (1.79%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (1.79%) FPGA
5 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.79%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 10 (17.86%) Linux
2 8 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.79%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (39.29%) Software Engineering
2 11 (19.64%) Embedded Software Development
3 10 (17.86%) Agile
3 10 (17.86%) Collaborative Culture
4 5 (8.93%) Mentoring
5 4 (7.14%) Signal Processing
6 3 (5.36%) Coaching
6 3 (5.36%) Digital Signal Processing
6 3 (5.36%) Line Management
6 3 (5.36%) Logistics
6 3 (5.36%) Schematic Capture
6 3 (5.36%) Scrum
6 3 (5.36%) Validation
7 2 (3.57%) Design Patterns
7 2 (3.57%) Physics
7 2 (3.57%) SDLC
7 2 (3.57%) Software Testing
7 2 (3.57%) UML
7 2 (3.57%) Unit Testing
8 1 (1.79%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 54 (96.43%) C
2 29 (51.79%) C++
3 22 (39.29%) Embedded C++
4 8 (14.29%) Python
5 1 (1.79%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 15 (26.79%) Degree
2 2 (3.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.79%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.79%) PhD
3 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) ISO 9000
1 2 (3.57%) JTAG
2 1 (1.79%) MISRA
2 1 (1.79%) MISRA C
System Software
1 39 (69.64%) Firmware
2 27 (48.21%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 15 (26.79%) EMC