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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 612 589 553
Rank change year-on-year -23 -36 +294
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 60 105 250
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.089% 0.21% 0.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.48% 0.62% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60 43 219
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,750 £29,700
25th Percentile £45,750 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 12,606 16,872 27,761
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.69% 34.43% 37.04%
Number of salaries quoted 9,023 9,993 22,876
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,300 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,869 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,250 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +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 17 February 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 17 February 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 -34 53 £55,000 - 77
England -8 44 £55,000 +1.85% 71
Work from Home +63 33 £55,000 -8.33% 25
North of England -10 16 £50,750 +1.50% 11
Scotland -7 11 £65,000 +1.96% 7
North West +16 9 £46,500 +16.25% 2
South East -2 9 £55,000 - 18
East of England +11 7 £45,000 -16.67% 10
Midlands +5 6 £54,000 +0.47% 17
Yorkshire -39 6 £55,000 -2.22% 8
East Midlands -9 4 £54,000 -6.09% 11
London +28 3 £65,000 - 4
South West -31 3 £50,000 -4.76% 14
West Midlands +14 2 £62,500 +25.00% 6
Wales -5 1 £45,000 +27.66% 4
North East -10 1 £40,000 - 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.67%) OrCAD
1 1 (1.67%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.67%) Ethernet
1 7 (11.67%) RS-232
2 4 (6.67%) Bluetooth
2 4 (6.67%) LTE
2 4 (6.67%) Modbus
2 4 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (6.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (8.33%) Git
2 4 (6.67%) Eclipse
2 4 (6.67%) Subversion
3 1 (1.67%) GitLab
3 1 (1.67%) JIRA
3 1 (1.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 32 (53.33%) Electronics
2 10 (16.67%) Automotive
3 8 (13.33%) Manufacturing
4 5 (8.33%) Finance
5 2 (3.33%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.67%) Advertising
6 1 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (85.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 27 (45.00%) Software Engineer
3 26 (43.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 19 (31.67%) Electronics Engineer
5 13 (21.67%) Senior
6 10 (16.67%) Firmware Engineer
7 9 (15.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 8 (13.33%) Design Engineer
8 8 (13.33%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 8 (13.33%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
8 8 (13.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 8 (13.33%) Senior Software Engineer
9 5 (8.33%) Embedded C Engineer
9 5 (8.33%) Embedded Linux Engineer
9 5 (8.33%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
9 5 (8.33%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
9 5 (8.33%) Linux Engineer
9 5 (8.33%) Software Design Engineer
10 4 (6.67%) C Software Engineer
10 4 (6.67%) Embedded C Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.67%) Flash
1 7 (11.67%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 14 (23.33%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (15.00%) Device Driver
3 8 (13.33%) Analogue Electronics
4 4 (6.67%) Raspberry Pi
5 2 (3.33%) FPGA
5 2 (3.33%) IoT
5 2 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.33%) VHDL
6 1 (1.67%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.67%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (1.67%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 15 (25.00%) Linux
2 12 (20.00%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (3.33%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (51.67%) Software Engineering
2 14 (23.33%) Agile
3 8 (13.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 8 (13.33%) Embedded Software Development
4 7 (11.67%) Scrum
5 5 (8.33%) Schematic Capture
6 4 (6.67%) Mentoring
7 3 (5.00%) Signal Processing
8 2 (3.33%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (3.33%) Device Driver Development
8 2 (3.33%) Digital Signal Processing
8 2 (3.33%) Validation
9 1 (1.67%) Computer Science
9 1 (1.67%) Customer Requirements
9 1 (1.67%) Logistics
9 1 (1.67%) Physics
9 1 (1.67%) Requirements Management
9 1 (1.67%) Software Testing
9 1 (1.67%) Strategic Planning
9 1 (1.67%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 60 (100.00%) C
2 31 (51.67%) C++
3 20 (33.33%) Embedded C++
4 6 (10.00%) Python
5 1 (1.67%) C#
5 1 (1.67%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 11 (18.33%) Degree
2 2 (3.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.67%) PhD
3 1 (1.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.67%) ISO 9000
1 1 (1.67%) JTAG
System Software
1 33 (55.00%) Firmware
2 22 (36.67%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (13.33%) EMC
2 4 (6.67%) Atmel