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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 633 631 530
Rank change year-on-year -2 -101 +249
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 106 44 433
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.098% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.63% 0.31% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 90 42 349
10th Percentile £43,750 £46,375 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.80% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,188 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.48% +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 16,841 13,971 34,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.89% 31.13% 31.54%
Number of salaries quoted 11,911 9,215 25,983
10th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £35,000
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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £97,500
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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +12 102 £57,500 +6.48% 48
England -38 78 £57,500 +6.48% 52
Work from Home +12 30 £65,000 +20.37% 19
Scotland +31 24 £65,000 -
Midlands -8 20 £60,750 +21.50% 5
South East -18 20 £65,000 +8.33% 21
North of England -15 14 £57,500 +35.29% 7
East of England -8 13 £55,000 +1.85% 8
West Midlands - 13 £80,000 - 4
South West -62 8 £50,000 -4.76% 8
North West - 8 £57,500 - 6
East Midlands -27 7 £54,000 +8.00% 1
North East - 4 £51,000 -
London - 3 £65,000 - 3
Wales - 3 £44,000 - 1
Yorkshire -40 2 £72,500 +70.59% 1

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 (0.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (8.49%) Simulink
2 3 (2.83%) CANalyzer
3 2 (1.89%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 18 (16.98%) RS-232
2 16 (15.09%) Ethernet
3 11 (10.38%) Bluetooth
4 8 (7.55%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (7.55%) Wireless
5 7 (6.60%) LTE
5 7 (6.60%) Modbus
6 1 (0.94%) MQTT
6 1 (0.94%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.77%) GIS
Development Applications
1 13 (12.26%) Git
2 5 (4.72%) Eclipse
3 4 (3.77%) Subversion
4 3 (2.83%) CANoe
5 2 (1.89%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.89%) JIRA
6 1 (0.94%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.94%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.94%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.94%) Zephyr
General
1 40 (37.74%) Electronics
2 16 (15.09%) Social Skills
3 11 (10.38%) Manufacturing
4 8 (7.55%) Automotive
5 5 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.77%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.77%) Swedish Language
7 3 (2.83%) Advertising
8 2 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.94%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 69 (65.09%) Embedded Engineer
2 54 (50.94%) Software Engineer
3 52 (49.06%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 31 (29.25%) Senior
5 21 (19.81%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 20 (18.87%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 20 (18.87%) Senior Software Engineer
7 13 (12.26%) Electronics Engineer
8 12 (11.32%) Firmware Engineer
9 9 (8.49%) Embedded C Engineer
10 8 (7.55%) Design Engineer
10 8 (7.55%) Electronics Design Engineer
10 8 (7.55%) Senior Design Engineer
10 8 (7.55%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
10 8 (7.55%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 8 (7.55%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 7 (6.60%) FPGA Engineer
11 7 (6.60%) Systems Engineer
12 6 (5.66%) Architect
12 6 (5.66%) Embedded C Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (16.98%) Yocto
2 3 (2.83%) .NET
3 2 (1.89%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.89%) Middleware
4 1 (0.94%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.94%) gRPC
4 1 (0.94%) Kafka
4 1 (0.94%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.94%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 21 (19.81%) Device Driver
2 20 (18.87%) Embedded Systems
3 13 (12.26%) Analogue Electronics
3 13 (12.26%) VHDL
4 11 (10.38%) Algorithms
4 11 (10.38%) Verilog
5 9 (8.49%) FPGA
6 8 (7.55%) IoT
7 7 (6.60%) ARM Cortex
7 7 (6.60%) Robotics
8 6 (5.66%) PCIe
8 6 (5.66%) Raspberry Pi
9 4 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (3.77%) CAN bus
10 2 (1.89%) Acoustics
10 2 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.94%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 21 (19.81%) Linux
2 19 (17.92%) Embedded Linux
3 16 (15.09%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.89%) Android
4 2 (1.89%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.89%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.89%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.94%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (63.21%) Software Engineering
2 20 (18.87%) Validation
3 18 (16.98%) Agile
4 16 (15.09%) Test Automation
5 15 (14.15%) Scrum
6 14 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (13.21%) Digital Signal Processing
6 14 (13.21%) Signal Processing
7 13 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (12.26%) Systems Engineering
8 12 (11.32%) Collaborative Working
9 11 (10.38%) Collaborative Culture
10 10 (9.43%) AI
10 10 (9.43%) Schematic Capture
10 10 (9.43%) Software Testing
11 8 (7.55%) Kalman Filter
12 7 (6.60%) Computer Science
13 6 (5.66%) Collaborative Engineering
13 6 (5.66%) DevOps
13 6 (5.66%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 106 (100.00%) C
2 53 (50.00%) C++
3 32 (30.19%) Python
4 29 (27.36%) Embedded C++
5 13 (12.26%) MATLAB
6 12 (11.32%) C#
7 1 (0.94%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (16.98%) Security Cleared
2 17 (16.04%) Degree
3 12 (11.32%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.66%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.83%) HNC
5 3 (2.83%) HND
5 3 (2.83%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.94%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.72%) DO-254
2 4 (3.77%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.89%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (0.94%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.94%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.94%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.94%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 43 (40.57%) Firmware
2 21 (19.81%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.89%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (5.66%) EMC
2 4 (3.77%) Atmel
2 4 (3.77%) Facebook
2 4 (3.77%) Instagram
3 3 (2.83%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.94%) Google