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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 676 622 555
Rank change year-on-year -54 -67 +132
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 131 47 239
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.096% 0.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.71% 0.36% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 98 46 152
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.98% -3.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £60,938 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £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 18,532 12,937 23,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.27% 26.33% 30.82%
Number of salaries quoted 13,180 8,304 15,114
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £106,250
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 15 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 15 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 -19 125 £57,500 +9.52% 128
England -44 115 £57,500 +9.52% 150
Work from Home -24 45 £65,000 +23.81% 59
Midlands -10 41 £65,000 +30.00% 23
South East -24 29 £65,000 +18.18% 29
West Midlands - 23 £65,000 - 12
North of England -41 21 £57,500 +23.66% 11
East Midlands -12 18 £54,000 +8.00% 11
North West -10 16 £57,500 +23.66% 8
East of England -17 16 £62,500 -21.88% 38
Scotland +14 12 £67,500 +17.39% 7
London -48 4 £80,000 +45.45% 17
South West -89 4 £52,500 - 21
North East - 4 £51,000 - 2
Wales -71 2 £44,000 -2.22% 2
Yorkshire - 1 £70,000 - 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 (0.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (16.79%) Simulink
2 3 (2.29%) OrCAD
3 2 (1.53%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.76%) Mathcad
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (12.98%) Wi-Fi
1 17 (12.98%) Wireless
2 14 (10.69%) Bluetooth
3 12 (9.16%) Ethernet
3 12 (9.16%) RS-232
4 11 (8.40%) Modbus
5 10 (7.63%) LTE
6 8 (6.11%) Wireshark
7 2 (1.53%) RS-485
8 1 (0.76%) 5G
8 1 (0.76%) MQTT
8 1 (0.76%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.05%) GIS
Development Applications
1 16 (12.21%) Git
2 9 (6.87%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.53%) CANoe
3 2 (1.53%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.76%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.76%) GoogleTest
4 1 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.76%) JIRA
4 1 (0.76%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 67 (51.15%) Electronics
2 29 (22.14%) Social Skills
3 17 (12.98%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (12.21%) Manufacturing
5 10 (7.63%) Automotive
6 4 (3.05%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.05%) Swedish Language
7 3 (2.29%) Advertising
8 1 (0.76%) Aviation
8 1 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.76%) Finance
8 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.76%) Military
8 1 (0.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 64 (48.85%) Embedded Engineer
2 46 (35.11%) Software Engineer
3 45 (34.35%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 45 (34.35%) Senior
4 26 (19.85%) Electronics Engineer
5 24 (18.32%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 17 (12.98%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 17 (12.98%) Senior Software Engineer
7 16 (12.21%) Design Engineer
8 15 (11.45%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 15 (11.45%) Senior Design Engineer
8 15 (11.45%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
8 15 (11.45%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 12 (9.16%) Firmware Engineer
9 12 (9.16%) Lead
10 11 (8.40%) FPGA Engineer
11 10 (7.63%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 10 (7.63%) Linux Engineer
12 9 (6.87%) Senior Firmware Engineer
13 8 (6.11%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (15.27%) Yocto
2 3 (2.29%) .NET
3 2 (1.53%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.53%) Middleware
4 1 (0.76%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.76%) gRPC
4 1 (0.76%) Kafka
4 1 (0.76%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.76%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 29 (22.14%) Embedded Systems
2 25 (19.08%) FPGA
3 24 (18.32%) Analogue Electronics
4 23 (17.56%) Device Driver
5 21 (16.03%) VHDL
6 19 (14.50%) IoT
7 17 (12.98%) Verilog
8 15 (11.45%) Algorithms
9 14 (10.69%) Robotics
10 12 (9.16%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (7.63%) Raspberry Pi
12 8 (6.11%) ARM Cortex
12 8 (6.11%) PCIe
13 6 (4.58%) CAN bus
14 3 (2.29%) Acoustics
14 3 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
15 2 (1.53%) ASIC
15 2 (1.53%) Optoelectronics
16 1 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 26 (19.85%) Linux
2 22 (16.79%) Embedded Linux
3 17 (12.98%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.53%) Android
4 2 (1.53%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.53%) SafeRTOS
5 1 (0.76%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (48.85%) Software Engineering
2 35 (26.72%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (24.43%) Validation
4 22 (16.79%) Signal Processing
5 20 (15.27%) Agile
5 20 (15.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (14.50%) Digital Signal Processing
7 17 (12.98%) Schematic Capture
8 16 (12.21%) Collaborative Culture
8 16 (12.21%) Collaborative Working
8 16 (12.21%) Scrum
8 16 (12.21%) Software Testing
9 15 (11.45%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (10.69%) Systems Engineering
10 14 (10.69%) Test Automation
11 13 (9.92%) Collaborative Engineering
12 12 (9.16%) AI
12 12 (9.16%) CI/CD
12 12 (9.16%) FPGA Design
13 10 (7.63%) Device Driver Development
Programming Languages
1 131 (100.00%) C
2 69 (52.67%) C++
3 45 (34.35%) Embedded C++
4 38 (29.01%) Python
5 26 (19.85%) MATLAB
6 11 (8.40%) C#
7 8 (6.11%) Java
8 2 (1.53%) Perl
8 2 (1.53%) R
8 2 (1.53%) SystemVerilog
8 2 (1.53%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 39 (29.77%) Degree
2 26 (19.85%) Security Cleared
3 15 (11.45%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.87%) DV Cleared
5 7 (5.34%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.82%) PhD
7 3 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.53%) HNC
8 2 (1.53%) HND
9 1 (0.76%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.82%) DO-254
2 4 (3.05%) Automotive SPICE
2 4 (3.05%) Def Stans
3 3 (2.29%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.76%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.76%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.76%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.76%) MISRA
4 1 (0.76%) QA
System Software
1 59 (45.04%) Firmware
2 33 (25.19%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.05%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 15 (11.45%) EMC
2 4 (3.05%) Facebook
2 4 (3.05%) Instagram
3 2 (1.53%) Atlassian
3 2 (1.53%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.76%) Altera
4 1 (0.76%) Google
4 1 (0.76%) Intel
4 1 (0.76%) Thales
4 1 (0.76%) Xilinx