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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 619 570 660
Rank change year-on-year -49 +90 +267
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 47 173 77
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.093% 0.25% 0.14%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.38% 0.81% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 46 77 70
10th Percentile £45,750 £37,500 £28,175
25th Percentile £46,563 £43,750 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year - +7.32% -10.87%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,938
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -11.89%

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 12,238 21,451 21,834
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 24.13% 31.52% 41.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,449 12,755 17,967
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,500
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% - +2.36%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £108,750 £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.

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 7 November 2025.

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 7 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 -5 43 £55,000 - 114
UK excluding London -66 42 £55,000 - 125
Work from Home +55 31 £52,500 -12.50% 52
South East +6 14 £55,000 +10.00% 35
North of England +5 10 £46,500 -33.57% 16
North West +21 8 £46,500 -33.57% 1
South West +14 8 £52,500 -19.23% 22
East of England +15 5 £80,000 +33.33% 24
London - 4 £55,000 - 7
Midlands +19 2 £55,000 +37.50% 22
Scotland -14 2 £65,000 -3.70% 13
West Midlands +34 1 £60,000 -7.69% 13
Yorkshire +11 1 £55,000 - 8
East Midlands +7 1 £50,000 +25.00% 9
North East +7 1 £40,000 - 7
Wales +3 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.13%) GNU Octave
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.13%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.38%) RS-232
2 2 (4.26%) Ethernet
2 2 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.13%) Bluetooth
3 1 (2.13%) LTE
3 1 (2.13%) Modbus
3 1 (2.13%) RS-422
3 1 (2.13%) RS-485
3 1 (2.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (2.13%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Git
2 3 (6.38%) GitLab
3 1 (2.13%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.13%) Subversion
3 1 (2.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 32 (68.09%) Electronics
2 13 (27.66%) Automotive
3 12 (25.53%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.38%) Law
5 1 (2.13%) Finance
5 1 (2.13%) Marketing
5 1 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (59.57%) Embedded Engineer
2 16 (34.04%) Electronics Engineer
3 12 (25.53%) Firmware Engineer
4 10 (21.28%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 10 (21.28%) Software Engineer
5 9 (19.15%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 8 (17.02%) Senior
7 6 (12.77%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 5 (10.64%) Lead
9 4 (8.51%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 4 (8.51%) Senior Software Engineer
10 3 (6.38%) Software Team Leader
10 3 (6.38%) Team Leader
11 2 (4.26%) Design Engineer
11 2 (4.26%) Developer
11 2 (4.26%) Electronics Design Engineer
11 2 (4.26%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 2 (4.26%) Linux Engineer
12 1 (2.13%) C# Developer
12 1 (2.13%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (19.15%) Flash
2 3 (6.38%) Yocto
3 1 (2.13%) .NET
3 1 (2.13%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.13%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 14 (29.79%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (17.02%) Analogue Electronics
3 6 (12.77%) Device Driver
4 3 (6.38%) IoT
5 2 (4.26%) FPGA
5 2 (4.26%) RISC-V
5 2 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (4.26%) VHDL
6 1 (2.13%) Acoustics
6 1 (2.13%) Algorithms
6 1 (2.13%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (2.13%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.89%) Linux
2 4 (8.51%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.17%) Software Engineering
2 10 (21.28%) Collaborative Culture
3 8 (17.02%) Embedded Software Development
4 6 (12.77%) Mentoring
5 4 (8.51%) Agile
5 4 (8.51%) Device Driver Development
5 4 (8.51%) Physics
5 4 (8.51%) Signal Processing
6 3 (6.38%) Coaching
6 3 (6.38%) Design Patterns
6 3 (6.38%) Digital Signal Processing
6 3 (6.38%) Line Management
6 3 (6.38%) Logistics
6 3 (6.38%) Schematic Capture
6 3 (6.38%) SDLC
6 3 (6.38%) UML
7 2 (4.26%) Mathematics
7 2 (4.26%) Scrum
7 2 (4.26%) Unit Testing
7 2 (4.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 44 (93.62%) C
2 20 (42.55%) C++
3 13 (27.66%) Python
4 12 (25.53%) Embedded C++
5 2 (4.26%) C#
6 1 (2.13%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.13%) Rust
Qualifications
1 15 (31.91%) Degree
2 3 (6.38%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) PhD
4 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.26%) ISO 9000
1 2 (4.26%) JTAG
1 2 (4.26%) MISRA
2 1 (2.13%) Def Stans
2 1 (2.13%) MISRA C
2 1 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 38 (80.85%) Firmware
2 19 (40.43%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) systemd
Vendors
1 16 (34.04%) EMC
2 1 (2.13%) Atmel