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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 676 626 550
Rank change year-on-year -50 -76 +153
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 133 50 252
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.10% 0.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.71% 0.38% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 102 49 164
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% +2.86% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,500 £69,500 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% - -

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 18,697 13,140 24,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.47% 26.45% 30.78%
Number of salaries quoted 13,324 8,484 15,406
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £105,000
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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -32 127 £57,500 +9.52% 90
England -46 115 £57,500 +6.48% 94
Work from Home -18 47 £65,000 +23.81% 37
Midlands -10 39 £59,500 +19.00% 16
South East -28 29 £65,000 +18.18% 23
North of England -24 22 £57,500 +23.66% 9
West Midlands - 22 £65,000 - 8
North West -11 17 £57,500 +23.66% 7
East of England -18 17 £55,000 -17.91% 22
East Midlands -18 17 £54,000 +8.00% 8
Scotland +20 13 £67,500 +17.39% 7
London -54 4 £80,000 +45.45% 8
South West -85 4 £52,500 - 15
North East - 4 £51,000 - 1
Wales -66 3 £44,000 -2.22% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £70,000 - 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 (0.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (15.04%) Simulink
2 3 (2.26%) CANalyzer
2 3 (2.26%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.75%) Mathcad
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.75%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (13.53%) Wi-Fi
1 18 (13.53%) Wireless
2 15 (11.28%) Bluetooth
3 13 (9.77%) Ethernet
3 13 (9.77%) RS-232
4 11 (8.27%) LTE
4 11 (8.27%) Modbus
5 7 (5.26%) Wireshark
6 2 (1.50%) RS-485
7 1 (0.75%) 5G
7 1 (0.75%) MQTT
7 1 (0.75%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.01%) GIS
Development Applications
1 17 (12.78%) Git
2 8 (6.02%) Eclipse
3 3 (2.26%) CANoe
4 2 (1.50%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.50%) JIRA
4 2 (1.50%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.75%) GoogleTest
5 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.75%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.75%) Zephyr
General
1 67 (50.38%) Electronics
2 28 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 17 (12.78%) Manufacturing
4 16 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.52%) Automotive
6 4 (3.01%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.01%) Swedish Language
7 3 (2.26%) Advertising
8 1 (0.75%) Aviation
8 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.75%) Finance
8 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.75%) Retail
8 1 (0.75%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 68 (51.13%) Embedded Engineer
2 48 (36.09%) Software Engineer
3 47 (35.34%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 46 (34.59%) Senior
5 26 (19.55%) Electronics Engineer
6 25 (18.80%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 18 (13.53%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 18 (13.53%) Senior Software Engineer
8 16 (12.03%) Design Engineer
9 15 (11.28%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 15 (11.28%) Senior Design Engineer
9 15 (11.28%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
9 15 (11.28%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 14 (10.53%) Firmware Engineer
11 11 (8.27%) Lead
12 10 (7.52%) FPGA Engineer
12 10 (7.52%) Senior Firmware Engineer
13 9 (6.77%) Embedded Linux Engineer
13 9 (6.77%) Linux Engineer
14 8 (6.02%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (15.04%) Yocto
2 3 (2.26%) .NET
3 2 (1.50%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.50%) Middleware
4 1 (0.75%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.75%) gRPC
4 1 (0.75%) Kafka
4 1 (0.75%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.75%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 31 (23.31%) Embedded Systems
2 26 (19.55%) Analogue Electronics
3 23 (17.29%) Device Driver
4 22 (16.54%) FPGA
5 19 (14.29%) IoT
5 19 (14.29%) VHDL
6 17 (12.78%) Verilog
7 13 (9.77%) Algorithms
7 13 (9.77%) Robotics
8 11 (8.27%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (7.52%) Raspberry Pi
10 9 (6.77%) ARM Cortex
11 8 (6.02%) PCIe
12 6 (4.51%) CAN bus
13 3 (2.26%) Acoustics
14 2 (1.50%) ASIC
14 2 (1.50%) Optoelectronics
14 2 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
15 1 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
15 1 (0.75%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 25 (18.80%) Linux
2 22 (16.54%) Embedded Linux
3 19 (14.29%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.50%) Android
4 2 (1.50%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.50%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.50%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (50.38%) Software Engineering
2 33 (24.81%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (24.81%) Validation
3 22 (16.54%) Signal Processing
4 21 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (15.04%) Agile
5 20 (15.04%) Digital Signal Processing
6 18 (13.53%) Schematic Capture
7 17 (12.78%) Collaborative Culture
7 17 (12.78%) Collaborative Working
7 17 (12.78%) Software Testing
8 16 (12.03%) Scrum
8 16 (12.03%) Test Automation
9 14 (10.53%) Systems Engineering
10 13 (9.77%) Collaborative Engineering
10 13 (9.77%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (9.02%) AI
11 12 (9.02%) CI/CD
12 11 (8.27%) FPGA Design
13 10 (7.52%) Device Driver Development
Programming Languages
1 133 (100.00%) C
2 70 (52.63%) C++
3 45 (33.83%) Embedded C++
4 39 (29.32%) Python
5 24 (18.05%) MATLAB
6 11 (8.27%) C#
7 7 (5.26%) Java
8 2 (1.50%) Perl
8 2 (1.50%) R
8 2 (1.50%) Tcl
9 1 (0.75%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 39 (29.32%) Degree
2 24 (18.05%) Security Cleared
3 14 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.77%) DV Cleared
5 7 (5.26%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.76%) PhD
7 4 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.26%) HNC
8 3 (2.26%) HND
9 1 (0.75%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.76%) DO-254
2 4 (3.01%) Automotive SPICE
2 4 (3.01%) Def Stans
3 3 (2.26%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.75%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.75%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.75%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.75%) MISRA
4 1 (0.75%) QA
System Software
1 61 (45.86%) Firmware
2 34 (25.56%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.01%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 15 (11.28%) EMC
2 4 (3.01%) Facebook
2 4 (3.01%) Instagram
3 3 (2.26%) Atlassian
4 2 (1.50%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.75%) Altera
5 1 (0.75%) Google
5 1 (0.75%) Thales