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 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 616 | 570 | 673 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -46 | +103 | +293 |
| Permanent jobs citing Embedded C | 45 | 183 | 73 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.092% | 0.26% | 0.13% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.38% | 0.84% | 0.32% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 44 | 83 | 65 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,750 | £37,500 | £28,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £43,750 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.76% | -8.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,500 | £65,000 | £61,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £66,000 | £70,000 | £67,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £55,000 | £51,250 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +7.32% | -8.48% |
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 | 11,984 | 21,813 | 23,013 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 24.55% | 31.55% | 40.91% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7,986 | 13,055 | 18,822 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £37,500 | £39,294 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £47,500 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.85% | - | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £83,750 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £110,000 | £110,000 | £105,000 |
| 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.
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Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Embedded C.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded C over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.
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Top 13 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 20 October 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 | -25 | 42 | £55,000 | - | 86 |
| UK excluding London | -67 | 39 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 91 |
| Work from Home | +45 | 29 | £52,500 | -12.50% | 38 |
| South East | +15 | 15 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 30 |
| South West | +20 | 9 | £52,500 | -19.23% | 14 |
| North of England | +3 | 8 | £46,500 | -33.57% | 8 |
| North West | +16 | 7 | £46,500 | -33.57% | 2 |
| East of England | -11 | 4 | £80,000 | +33.33% | 25 |
| London | - | 4 | £55,000 | - | |
| East Midlands | -4 | 2 | £50,000 | +25.00% | 8 |
| Midlands | -8 | 2 | £50,000 | +25.00% | 15 |
| North East | +10 | 1 | £40,000 | - | 3 |
| Wales | +9 | 1 | £45,000 | -10.00% |
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: