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 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 605 | 579 | 622 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -26 | +43 | +296 |
| Permanent jobs citing Embedded C | 56 | 171 | 83 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.10% | 0.25% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.47% | 0.78% | 0.40% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 55 | 76 | 75 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,000 | £37,500 | £28,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,750 | £46,875 | £39,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.76% | -6.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,500 | £65,000 | £61,875 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,500 | £68,125 | £67,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +4.76% | -5.41% |
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 | 11,985 | 21,831 | 20,713 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 22.23% | 32.51% | 40.84% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8,685 | 13,072 | 17,106 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £37,500 | £39,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £47,500 | £48,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.85% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £107,500 | £107,500 | £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 27 November 2025.
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 27 November 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 | -10 | 49 | £53,750 | -2.27% | 67 |
| UK excluding London | -28 | 49 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 77 |
| Work from Home | +103 | 38 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 31 |
| North of England | +50 | 15 | £46,500 | -25.60% | 9 |
| South East | +23 | 12 | £55,000 | - | 22 |
| North West | +57 | 11 | £46,500 | -33.57% | |
| East of England | +22 | 8 | £62,500 | +4.17% | 23 |
| South West | -3 | 8 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 7 |
| London | +61 | 4 | £55,000 | - | 1 |
| Scotland | +1 | 3 | £65,000 | +4.00% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | 0 | 3 | £55,000 | -2.22% | 7 |
| West Midlands | +53 | 2 | £62,500 | -3.85% | 9 |
| Midlands | +18 | 2 | £62,500 | +16.28% | 14 |
| North East | +15 | 1 | £40,000 | - | 2 |
| Wales | +2 | 1 | £45,000 | -10.00% | 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: