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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 618 597 532
Rank change year-on-year -21 -65 +314
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 75 45 354
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.096% 0.11% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.53% 0.33% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 72 40 306
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,375 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,563 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,625 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,000 £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 14,109 13,804 31,094
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.07% 33.82% 35.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,842 10,205 24,552
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,528
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,790 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.42% +3.31% -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 28 March 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 28 March 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 68 £55,000 +1.85% 85
England -16 51 £55,000 +1.85% 81
Work from Home +14 33 £55,000 +1.85% 22
Scotland -11 18 £65,000 - 2
North of England -46 15 £55,000 +18.92% 11
Midlands -24 10 £62,500 +25.00% 18
East of England -29 10 £45,000 -16.67% 14
North West -15 8 £46,500 +16.25% 3
South West -35 7 £50,000 - 15
Yorkshire -57 7 £55,000 +10.00% 6
West Midlands -6 6 £80,000 +60.00% 13
South East -39 6 £55,000 -8.33% 24
East Midlands -43 4 £54,000 -6.09% 5
London +5 3 £65,000 - 1
Wales -21 2 £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 2 (2.67%) CANalyzer
1 2 (2.67%) OrCAD
2 1 (1.33%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.00%) Ethernet
2 11 (14.67%) RS-232
3 5 (6.67%) Bluetooth
3 5 (6.67%) LTE
3 5 (6.67%) Modbus
3 5 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (6.67%) Wireless
4 1 (1.33%) MQTT
4 1 (1.33%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 5 (6.67%) Git
2 4 (5.33%) Eclipse
2 4 (5.33%) Subversion
3 2 (2.67%) CANoe
3 2 (2.67%) JIRA
4 1 (1.33%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.33%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (1.33%) Zephyr
General
1 31 (41.33%) Electronics
2 11 (14.67%) Manufacturing
3 6 (8.00%) Automotive
4 5 (6.67%) Aerospace
4 5 (6.67%) Finance
4 5 (6.67%) Social Skills
5 2 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.67%) Swedish Language
6 1 (1.33%) Advertising
6 1 (1.33%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 61 (81.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 41 (54.67%) Software Engineer
3 39 (52.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 18 (24.00%) Electronics Engineer
5 16 (21.33%) Senior
6 12 (16.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 11 (14.67%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 11 (14.67%) Senior Software Engineer
8 8 (10.67%) Design Engineer
8 8 (10.67%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 7 (9.33%) Embedded C Engineer
9 7 (9.33%) Firmware Engineer
10 6 (8.00%) C Software Engineer
10 6 (8.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
11 5 (6.67%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 5 (6.67%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
11 5 (6.67%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
11 5 (6.67%) Linux Engineer
11 5 (6.67%) Software Design Engineer
12 4 (5.33%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.67%) Yocto
2 2 (2.67%) Flash
3 1 (1.33%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.33%) gRPC
3 1 (1.33%) Kafka
3 1 (1.33%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (1.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 15 (20.00%) Device Driver
2 11 (14.67%) Analogue Electronics
2 11 (14.67%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (6.67%) VHDL
4 4 (5.33%) Raspberry Pi
5 3 (4.00%) ARM Cortex
5 3 (4.00%) FPGA
5 3 (4.00%) Robotics
5 3 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.67%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.67%) IoT
6 2 (2.67%) Verilog
7 1 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.33%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 20 (26.67%) Linux
2 17 (22.67%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (8.00%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (2.67%) SafeRTOS
5 1 (1.33%) ThreadX
5 1 (1.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (65.33%) Software Engineering
2 18 (24.00%) Agile
3 11 (14.67%) Scrum
4 8 (10.67%) Embedded Software Development
5 6 (8.00%) Schematic Capture
5 6 (8.00%) Validation
6 5 (6.67%) Software Testing
7 4 (5.33%) Computer Science
7 4 (5.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (5.33%) Device Driver Development
7 4 (5.33%) Signal Processing
8 3 (4.00%) AI
8 3 (4.00%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (4.00%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (4.00%) Digital Signal Processing
8 3 (4.00%) Mentoring
8 3 (4.00%) Prototyping
8 3 (4.00%) Systems Engineering
8 3 (4.00%) Test Automation
8 3 (4.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 75 (100.00%) C
2 41 (54.67%) C++
3 22 (29.33%) Embedded C++
4 12 (16.00%) Python
5 3 (4.00%) C#
6 1 (1.33%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.33%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (20.00%) Degree
2 4 (5.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.67%) HNC
4 2 (2.67%) HND
4 2 (2.67%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.67%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.00%) DO-254
2 1 (1.33%) HAZOP
2 1 (1.33%) IEC 61508
2 1 (1.33%) IEC 62304
2 1 (1.33%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 31 (41.33%) Firmware
2 18 (24.00%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (8.00%) EMC
2 4 (5.33%) Atmel
3 2 (2.67%) Atlassian