Embedded C
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Embedded C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded C over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 649 920 882
Rank change year-on-year +271 -38 -283
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 84 170 218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.38% 0.29% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 76 80 139
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £39,250 £48,438 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.49% +13.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,563 £72,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £80,125 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £56,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +17.89% -

All Programming Languages
UK

Embedded C is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 21,953 57,743 67,492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 40.57% 45.89% 52.29%
Number of salaries quoted 17,206 36,754 45,306
10th Percentile £39,750 £38,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Embedded C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded C in the UK

Embedded C
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded C.

Salary trend for Embedded C in the UK

Embedded C
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded C over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Embedded C in the UK

Embedded C
Top 14 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 29 November 2023. 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 +159 82 £52,500 -6.25% 186
England +214 51 £50,000 -9.09% 183
Work from Home +251 45 £52,500 -12.50% 96
Scotland +77 33 £52,500 -12.50% 18
Midlands +95 17 £51,250 -6.82% 31
South West +67 15 £40,000 +14.29% 34
West Midlands +98 11 £58,750 +6.82% 17
East of England +115 7 £45,000 -35.71% 44
South East +111 7 £60,000 -9.43% 28
East Midlands +35 6 £43,000 -18.10% 14
North of England +121 3 £57,500 +4.55% 32
London +261 2 £107,500 +65.38% 9
North West +97 2 £56,250 +2.27% 18
North East - 1 £57,500 - 5

Embedded C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (7.14%) Simulink
2 1 (1.19%) OrCAD
2 1 (1.19%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.38%) GitHub
2 1 (1.19%) AWS
2 1 (1.19%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 35 (41.67%) Wireless
2 11 (13.10%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (8.33%) Ethernet
4 6 (7.14%) Network Security
4 6 (7.14%) RS-232
4 6 (7.14%) SNMP
5 4 (4.76%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (2.38%) GSM
7 1 (1.19%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.76%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.19%) DTS
Development Applications
1 6 (7.14%) Visual Studio
2 5 (5.95%) Git
3 3 (3.57%) JIRA
3 3 (3.57%) LabVIEW
3 3 (3.57%) Subversion
4 2 (2.38%) TeamCity
5 1 (1.19%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.19%) CANoe
5 1 (1.19%) GCC
5 1 (1.19%) GitLab
5 1 (1.19%) NetBeans
General
1 37 (44.05%) Social Skills
2 30 (35.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (19.05%) Manufacturing
4 13 (15.48%) Electronics
5 11 (13.10%) Telecoms
6 10 (11.90%) Finance
6 10 (11.90%) Marketing
6 10 (11.90%) Public Sector
7 8 (9.52%) Automotive
8 4 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.19%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.19%) Games
9 1 (1.19%) Military
Job Titles
1 47 (55.95%) Embedded Engineer
2 33 (39.29%) Software Engineer
3 27 (32.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 20 (23.81%) Firmware Engineer
5 17 (20.24%) Senior
6 15 (17.86%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 14 (16.67%) Graduate
8 10 (11.90%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 9 (10.71%) Senior Software Engineer
10 8 (9.52%) Electronics Engineer
10 8 (9.52%) Junior
11 7 (8.33%) Junior Embedded Engineer
11 7 (8.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 5 (5.95%) Applications Engineer
12 5 (5.95%) Customer Engineer
12 5 (5.95%) Developer
13 4 (4.76%) Embedded C Engineer
13 4 (4.76%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
13 4 (4.76%) Embedded C++ Engineer
13 4 (4.76%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.33%) Yocto
2 4 (4.76%) .NET
3 3 (3.57%) POSIX
3 3 (3.57%) RESTful
3 3 (3.57%) SOAP
3 3 (3.57%) Web Services
3 3 (3.57%) WPF
4 1 (1.19%) Next.js
4 1 (1.19%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.52%) Device Driver
2 4 (4.76%) Arduino
2 4 (4.76%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (4.76%) Raspberry Pi
3 3 (3.57%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.57%) IoT
4 2 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.19%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.19%) FPGA
5 1 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.19%) Machine to Machine
5 1 (1.19%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 16 (19.05%) Linux
2 9 (10.71%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (2.38%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (70.24%) Software Engineering
2 29 (34.52%) Computer Science
3 25 (29.76%) Mathematics
3 25 (29.76%) Physics
4 12 (14.29%) Software Testing
5 10 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (11.90%) Digital Marketing
5 10 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (11.90%) Programme Management
6 9 (10.71%) Test Automation
7 8 (9.52%) Mentoring
7 8 (9.52%) Signal Processing
8 7 (8.33%) Agile
8 7 (8.33%) Time Management
9 6 (7.14%) OOD
9 6 (7.14%) UML
10 4 (4.76%) Process Improvement
11 3 (3.57%) Coaching
11 3 (3.57%) Cybersecurity
11 3 (3.57%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 84 (100.00%) C
2 37 (44.05%) C++
3 28 (33.33%) Embedded C++
4 24 (28.57%) Python
5 16 (19.05%) C#
6 9 (10.71%) SQL
7 7 (8.33%) Ada
7 7 (8.33%) Java
7 7 (8.33%) Ruby
8 6 (7.14%) Bash
8 6 (7.14%) Groovy
8 6 (7.14%) MATLAB
8 6 (7.14%) Perl
8 6 (7.14%) PowerShell
8 6 (7.14%) Rust
9 3 (3.57%) VB
10 1 (1.19%) Go
10 1 (1.19%) Pascal
10 1 (1.19%) PHP
10 1 (1.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 42 (50.00%) Degree
2 9 (10.71%) Security Cleared
3 6 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.95%) PhD
5 4 (4.76%) Postgraduate
6 2 (2.38%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.19%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (17.86%) MISRA
2 5 (5.95%) ISO 26262
3 4 (4.76%) AUTOSAR
3 4 (4.76%) MISRA C
4 3 (3.57%) QA
5 1 (1.19%) DO-178B
5 1 (1.19%) JTAG
System Software
1 43 (51.19%) Firmware
2 19 (22.62%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 10 (11.90%) SAP
2 4 (4.76%) Atlassian
2 4 (4.76%) Parasoft
3 3 (3.57%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.19%) EMC
4 1 (1.19%) Lauterbach