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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 665 625 559
Rank change year-on-year -40 -66 +128
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 128 48 245
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.097% 0.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.69% 0.37% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 97 47 157
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% +4.76%

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 18,503 13,095 24,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.30% 26.41% 30.86%
Number of salaries quoted 13,149 8,447 15,323
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +0.81% -4.62%
75th Percentile £85,000 £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 13 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 13 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 -28 122 £57,500 +9.52% 92
England -30 112 £57,500 +7.98% 99
Work from Home -25 45 £65,000 +23.81% 105
Midlands -19 39 £59,500 +19.00% 18
South East -24 29 £65,000 +18.18% 22
West Midlands - 22 £65,000 - 9
North of England -40 21 £57,500 +23.66% 9
East Midlands -18 17 £54,000 +8.00% 9
North West -4 16 £57,500 +23.66% 7
East of England -20 15 £62,500 -21.88% 24
Scotland +18 12 £67,500 +17.39% 7
London -45 4 £80,000 +45.45% 10
South West -78 4 £52,500 - 14
North East - 4 £51,000 - 1
Wales -73 2 £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 (0.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (15.63%) Simulink
2 3 (2.34%) OrCAD
3 2 (1.56%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.78%) Mathcad
4 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (13.28%) Wi-Fi
1 17 (13.28%) Wireless
2 14 (10.94%) Bluetooth
3 12 (9.38%) Ethernet
3 12 (9.38%) RS-232
4 11 (8.59%) Modbus
5 10 (7.81%) LTE
6 7 (5.47%) Wireshark
7 2 (1.56%) RS-485
8 1 (0.78%) 5G
8 1 (0.78%) MQTT
8 1 (0.78%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.13%) GIS
Development Applications
1 16 (12.50%) Git
2 8 (6.25%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.56%) CANoe
3 2 (1.56%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.78%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.78%) GoogleTest
4 1 (0.78%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.78%) JIRA
4 1 (0.78%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 64 (50.00%) Electronics
2 27 (21.09%) Social Skills
3 16 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 10 (7.81%) Automotive
5 4 (3.13%) Aerospace
5 4 (3.13%) Swedish Language
6 3 (2.34%) Advertising
7 1 (0.78%) Aviation
7 1 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.78%) Finance
7 1 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 64 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 46 (35.94%) Software Engineer
3 45 (35.16%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 44 (34.38%) Senior
5 25 (19.53%) Electronics Engineer
6 24 (18.75%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 17 (13.28%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 17 (13.28%) Senior Software Engineer
8 15 (11.72%) Design Engineer
9 14 (10.94%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 14 (10.94%) Senior Design Engineer
9 14 (10.94%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
9 14 (10.94%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 12 (9.38%) Firmware Engineer
11 11 (8.59%) Lead
12 10 (7.81%) FPGA Engineer
13 9 (7.03%) Embedded Linux Engineer
13 9 (7.03%) Linux Engineer
13 9 (7.03%) Senior Firmware Engineer
14 8 (6.25%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (14.84%) Yocto
2 3 (2.34%) .NET
3 2 (1.56%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.56%) Middleware
4 1 (0.78%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.78%) gRPC
4 1 (0.78%) Kafka
4 1 (0.78%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.78%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 28 (21.88%) Embedded Systems
2 24 (18.75%) Analogue Electronics
3 22 (17.19%) FPGA
4 21 (16.41%) Device Driver
5 19 (14.84%) VHDL
6 18 (14.06%) IoT
7 17 (13.28%) Verilog
8 13 (10.16%) Algorithms
8 13 (10.16%) Robotics
9 11 (8.59%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (7.81%) Raspberry Pi
11 8 (6.25%) ARM Cortex
11 8 (6.25%) PCIe
12 6 (4.69%) CAN bus
13 3 (2.34%) Acoustics
14 2 (1.56%) ASIC
14 2 (1.56%) Optoelectronics
14 2 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
15 1 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 23 (17.97%) Linux
2 20 (15.63%) Embedded Linux
3 17 (13.28%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.56%) Android
4 2 (1.56%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.56%) SafeRTOS
5 1 (0.78%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 33 (25.78%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (24.22%) Validation
4 21 (16.41%) Signal Processing
5 20 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (14.84%) Agile
6 19 (14.84%) Digital Signal Processing
7 17 (13.28%) Schematic Capture
8 16 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
8 16 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
9 15 (11.72%) Scrum
9 15 (11.72%) Software Testing
10 14 (10.94%) Systems Engineering
10 14 (10.94%) Test Automation
11 13 (10.16%) Collaborative Engineering
11 13 (10.16%) Cybersecurity
12 12 (9.38%) AI
12 12 (9.38%) CI/CD
13 11 (8.59%) FPGA Design
14 9 (7.03%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 128 (100.00%) C
2 67 (52.34%) C++
3 44 (34.38%) Embedded C++
4 37 (28.91%) Python
5 24 (18.75%) MATLAB
6 11 (8.59%) C#
7 7 (5.47%) Java
8 2 (1.56%) Perl
8 2 (1.56%) R
8 2 (1.56%) Tcl
9 1 (0.78%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 36 (28.13%) Degree
2 24 (18.75%) Security Cleared
3 14 (10.94%) SC Cleared
4 9 (7.03%) DV Cleared
5 6 (4.69%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.13%) PhD
7 3 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.56%) HNC
8 2 (1.56%) HND
9 1 (0.78%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.91%) DO-254
2 4 (3.13%) Automotive SPICE
2 4 (3.13%) Def Stans
3 3 (2.34%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.78%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.78%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.78%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.78%) MISRA
4 1 (0.78%) QA
System Software
1 58 (45.31%) Firmware
2 32 (25.00%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.13%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 15 (11.72%) EMC
2 4 (3.13%) Facebook
2 4 (3.13%) Instagram
3 2 (1.56%) Atlassian
3 2 (1.56%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.78%) Altera
4 1 (0.78%) Google
4 1 (0.78%) Thales