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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 657 636 542
Rank change year-on-year -21 -94 +171
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 125 53 260
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.11% 0.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.67% 0.38% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 103 51 197
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £62,500 £79,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% - -2.33%

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 18,617 13,892 25,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.42% 27.77% 30.42%
Number of salaries quoted 13,173 9,121 17,625
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 16 August 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 16 August 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 -28 121 £57,500 +9.52% 60
England -39 104 £57,500 +9.52% 68
Work from Home -16 46 £65,000 +23.81% 26
Midlands +5 33 £67,500 +35.00% 10
South East -29 27 £65,000 +18.18% 15
North of England -44 19 £57,500 +23.66% 11
Scotland +19 18 £66,250 +15.22% 1
West Midlands - 18 £80,000 - 5
East Midlands -11 15 £54,000 +8.00% 5
East of England -23 15 £62,500 +15.74% 11
North West +1 14 £57,500 +23.66% 7
South West -84 6 £50,000 -4.76% 14
London -49 4 £80,000 +45.45% 3
North East - 4 £51,000 - 2
Wales - 3 £44,000 -
Yorkshire -33 1 £70,000 +64.71% 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.80%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (10.40%) Simulink
2 5 (4.00%) OrCAD
3 3 (2.40%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.80%) Mathcad
4 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (12.80%) Wi-Fi
1 16 (12.80%) Wireless
2 15 (12.00%) RS-232
3 14 (11.20%) Bluetooth
4 13 (10.40%) Ethernet
5 10 (8.00%) LTE
5 10 (8.00%) Modbus
6 2 (1.60%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.80%) MQTT
7 1 (0.80%) Profibus
7 1 (0.80%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.20%) GIS
Development Applications
1 14 (11.20%) Git
2 3 (2.40%) CANoe
2 3 (2.40%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.60%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.60%) JIRA
4 1 (0.80%) GoogleTest
4 1 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.80%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.80%) Zephyr
General
1 55 (44.00%) Electronics
2 21 (16.80%) Social Skills
3 15 (12.00%) Manufacturing
4 9 (7.20%) Automotive
5 8 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.00%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.20%) Swedish Language
8 3 (2.40%) Advertising
9 2 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.80%) Finance
10 1 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.80%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 72 (57.60%) Embedded Engineer
2 53 (42.40%) Software Engineer
3 52 (41.60%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 48 (38.40%) Senior
5 27 (21.60%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 21 (16.80%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 21 (16.80%) Senior Software Engineer
7 20 (16.00%) Electronics Engineer
8 16 (12.80%) Design Engineer
9 15 (12.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 15 (12.00%) Firmware Engineer
9 15 (12.00%) Senior Design Engineer
9 15 (12.00%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
9 15 (12.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 11 (8.80%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 9 (7.20%) Embedded C Engineer
11 9 (7.20%) FPGA Engineer
12 8 (6.40%) Embedded Linux Engineer
12 8 (6.40%) Hardware Engineer
12 8 (6.40%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (17.60%) Yocto
2 3 (2.40%) .NET
3 2 (1.60%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.60%) Middleware
4 1 (0.80%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.80%) gRPC
4 1 (0.80%) Kafka
4 1 (0.80%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.80%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 28 (22.40%) Embedded Systems
2 27 (21.60%) Device Driver
3 22 (17.60%) Analogue Electronics
4 18 (14.40%) VHDL
5 17 (13.60%) FPGA
6 16 (12.80%) IoT
7 14 (11.20%) Algorithms
8 13 (10.40%) Robotics
9 12 (9.60%) Verilog
10 9 (7.20%) Raspberry Pi
11 8 (6.40%) ARM Cortex
12 7 (5.60%) PCIe
13 6 (4.80%) Analytical Mindset
14 5 (4.00%) CAN bus
15 4 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
16 3 (2.40%) Acoustics
17 1 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
17 1 (0.80%) NB-IoT
17 1 (0.80%) Optoelectronics
Operating Systems
1 28 (22.40%) Linux
2 24 (19.20%) Embedded Linux
3 19 (15.20%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.60%) Android
4 2 (1.60%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.60%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.60%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (56.80%) Software Engineering
2 26 (20.80%) Validation
3 22 (17.60%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (15.20%) Digital Signal Processing
5 19 (15.20%) Schematic Capture
5 19 (15.20%) Signal Processing
6 17 (13.60%) Agile
6 17 (13.60%) Collaborative Working
7 16 (12.80%) Collaborative Culture
7 16 (12.80%) Test Automation
8 14 (11.20%) Scrum
8 14 (11.20%) Systems Engineering
9 12 (9.60%) Software Testing
10 11 (8.80%) AI
10 11 (8.80%) Collaborative Engineering
10 11 (8.80%) Device Driver Development
11 10 (8.00%) CI/CD
11 10 (8.00%) Kalman Filter
12 8 (6.40%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 125 (100.00%) C
2 65 (52.00%) C++
3 38 (30.40%) Embedded C++
4 34 (27.20%) Python
5 17 (13.60%) MATLAB
6 11 (8.80%) C#
7 2 (1.60%) Java
8 1 (0.80%) R
8 1 (0.80%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 28 (22.40%) Degree
2 22 (17.60%) Security Cleared
3 13 (10.40%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.40%) DV Cleared
5 6 (4.80%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.20%) PhD
7 3 (2.40%) HNC
7 3 (2.40%) HND
8 1 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.00%) DO-254
2 4 (3.20%) Def Stans
3 3 (2.40%) Automotive SPICE
4 2 (1.60%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.80%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.80%) HAZOP
5 1 (0.80%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.80%) IEC 62304
5 1 (0.80%) QA
System Software
1 53 (42.40%) Firmware
2 28 (22.40%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.40%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 13 (10.40%) EMC
2 4 (3.20%) Facebook
2 4 (3.20%) Instagram
3 3 (2.40%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.80%) Altera
4 1 (0.80%) Google
4 1 (0.80%) Microsoft