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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 605 579 622
Rank change year-on-year -26 +43 +296
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 56 171 83
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.25% 0.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.47% 0.78% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 55 76 75
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £46,875 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -6.25%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £61,875
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,125 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -5.41%

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 11,985 21,831 20,713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.23% 32.51% 40.84%
Number of salaries quoted 8,685 13,072 17,106
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,750
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% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £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 27 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Embedded C in the UK

Embedded C
Top 15 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 27 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 -10 49 £53,750 -2.27% 67
UK excluding London -28 49 £52,500 -4.55% 77
Work from Home +103 38 £55,000 -8.33% 31
North of England +50 15 £46,500 -25.60% 9
South East +23 12 £55,000 - 22
North West +57 11 £46,500 -33.57%
East of England +22 8 £62,500 +4.17% 23
South West -3 8 £52,500 -4.55% 7
London +61 4 £55,000 - 1
Scotland +1 3 £65,000 +4.00% 8
Yorkshire 0 3 £55,000 -2.22% 7
West Midlands +53 2 £62,500 -3.85% 9
Midlands +18 2 £62,500 +16.28% 14
North East +15 1 £40,000 - 2
Wales +2 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 (1.79%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.14%) RS-232
2 3 (5.36%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.79%) Bluetooth
3 1 (1.79%) RS-422
3 1 (1.79%) RS-485
3 1 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Git
1 3 (5.36%) GitLab
2 1 (1.79%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 37 (66.07%) Electronics
2 14 (25.00%) Automotive
2 14 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (5.36%) Finance
3 3 (5.36%) Law
4 1 (1.79%) Advertising
4 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.79%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (69.64%) Embedded Engineer
2 21 (37.50%) Electronics Engineer
3 16 (28.57%) Software Engineer
4 15 (26.79%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 12 (21.43%) Firmware Engineer
6 10 (17.86%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 9 (16.07%) Senior
8 7 (12.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 5 (8.93%) Embedded Linux Engineer
9 5 (8.93%) Linux Engineer
9 5 (8.93%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 5 (8.93%) Senior Software Engineer
10 4 (7.14%) Design Engineer
10 4 (7.14%) Electronics Design Engineer
10 4 (7.14%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
10 4 (7.14%) Lead
11 3 (5.36%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
11 3 (5.36%) Software Design Engineer
11 3 (5.36%) Software Team Leader
11 3 (5.36%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.07%) Flash
2 4 (7.14%) Yocto
3 1 (1.79%) .NET
3 1 (1.79%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.79%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 16 (28.57%) Embedded Systems
2 10 (17.86%) Analogue Electronics
3 6 (10.71%) Device Driver
4 2 (3.57%) IoT
4 2 (3.57%) RISC-V
5 1 (1.79%) Acoustics
5 1 (1.79%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (1.79%) FPGA
5 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.79%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 10 (17.86%) Linux
2 8 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (41.07%) Software Engineering
2 11 (19.64%) Embedded Software Development
3 10 (17.86%) Collaborative Culture
4 8 (14.29%) Agile
5 5 (8.93%) Mentoring
6 4 (7.14%) Signal Processing
7 3 (5.36%) Coaching
7 3 (5.36%) Design Patterns
7 3 (5.36%) Device Driver Development
7 3 (5.36%) Digital Signal Processing
7 3 (5.36%) Line Management
7 3 (5.36%) Logistics
7 3 (5.36%) Scrum
7 3 (5.36%) SDLC
7 3 (5.36%) UML
7 3 (5.36%) Validation
8 2 (3.57%) Physics
8 2 (3.57%) Schematic Capture
8 2 (3.57%) Software Testing
8 2 (3.57%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 53 (94.64%) C
2 28 (50.00%) C++
3 19 (33.93%) Embedded C++
4 12 (21.43%) Python
5 1 (1.79%) C#
5 1 (1.79%) MATLAB
5 1 (1.79%) Rust
Qualifications
1 17 (30.36%) Degree
2 2 (3.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.79%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.79%) PhD
3 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) ISO 9000
1 2 (3.57%) JTAG
1 2 (3.57%) MISRA
2 1 (1.79%) MISRA C
2 1 (1.79%) QA
System Software
1 41 (73.21%) Firmware
2 24 (42.86%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.79%) systemd
Vendors
1 18 (32.14%) EMC