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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 624 576 518
Rank change year-on-year -48 -58 +312
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 80 46 361
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.11% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.56% 0.33% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 76 41 313
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,563 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -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 14,253 13,763 31,366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.04% 33.62% 35.04%
Number of salaries quoted 9,880 10,228 24,660
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,529
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £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 £83,750 £86,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,200 £55,790 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.06% +3.31% -1.82%

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 31 March 2026.

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 31 March 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 -27 73 £55,000 +1.85% 85
England -33 54 £55,000 +1.85% 81
Work from Home +22 34 £57,500 +6.48% 22
Scotland -16 19 £65,000 +1.96% 2
North of England -44 16 £55,000 +18.92% 11
Midlands -22 11 £65,000 +30.00% 18
East of England -27 11 £45,000 -16.67% 14
North West -9 9 £46,500 +16.25% 3
West Midlands -6 7 £80,000 +60.00% 13
South West -35 7 £50,000 - 15
Yorkshire -42 7 £55,000 +10.00% 6
South East -33 6 £55,000 -8.33% 24
East Midlands -44 4 £54,000 -6.09% 5
London -19 3 £65,000 - 1
Wales -22 3 £44,000 +24.82% 5

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 3 (3.75%) CANalyzer
2 2 (2.50%) OrCAD
3 1 (1.25%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.25%) Ethernet
2 12 (15.00%) RS-232
3 5 (6.25%) Bluetooth
3 5 (6.25%) LTE
3 5 (6.25%) Modbus
3 5 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (6.25%) Wireless
4 1 (1.25%) MQTT
4 1 (1.25%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 5 (6.25%) Git
2 4 (5.00%) Eclipse
2 4 (5.00%) Subversion
3 3 (3.75%) CANoe
4 2 (2.50%) JIRA
5 1 (1.25%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.25%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (1.25%) Zephyr
General
1 33 (41.25%) Electronics
2 13 (16.25%) Manufacturing
3 7 (8.75%) Social Skills
4 6 (7.50%) Automotive
5 5 (6.25%) Aerospace
5 5 (6.25%) Finance
6 3 (3.75%) Swedish Language
7 2 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.25%) Advertising
8 1 (1.25%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 64 (80.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 44 (55.00%) Software Engineer
3 42 (52.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 19 (23.75%) Electronics Engineer
5 18 (22.50%) Senior
6 13 (16.25%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 12 (15.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 12 (15.00%) Senior Software Engineer
8 9 (11.25%) Design Engineer
8 9 (11.25%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 8 (10.00%) Firmware Engineer
10 7 (8.75%) Embedded C Engineer
11 6 (7.50%) C Software Engineer
11 6 (7.50%) Embedded C Software Engineer
12 5 (6.25%) Embedded Linux Engineer
12 5 (6.25%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
12 5 (6.25%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
12 5 (6.25%) Linux Engineer
12 5 (6.25%) Senior Firmware Engineer
12 5 (6.25%) Software Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.00%) Yocto
2 2 (2.50%) Flash
3 1 (1.25%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.25%) gRPC
3 1 (1.25%) Kafka
3 1 (1.25%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (1.25%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 16 (20.00%) Device Driver
2 12 (15.00%) Analogue Electronics
2 12 (15.00%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (7.50%) VHDL
4 4 (5.00%) Raspberry Pi
4 4 (5.00%) Robotics
5 3 (3.75%) ARM Cortex
5 3 (3.75%) FPGA
5 3 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.75%) Verilog
6 2 (2.50%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.50%) IoT
7 1 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.25%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 21 (26.25%) Linux
2 18 (22.50%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (8.75%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (2.50%) SafeRTOS
5 1 (1.25%) ThreadX
5 1 (1.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (66.25%) Software Engineering
2 19 (23.75%) Agile
3 12 (15.00%) Scrum
4 9 (11.25%) Embedded Software Development
5 8 (10.00%) Validation
6 7 (8.75%) Schematic Capture
6 7 (8.75%) Software Testing
7 6 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (6.25%) Signal Processing
9 4 (5.00%) AI
9 4 (5.00%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (5.00%) Computer Science
9 4 (5.00%) Device Driver Development
9 4 (5.00%) Digital Signal Processing
9 4 (5.00%) Prototyping
9 4 (5.00%) Systems Engineering
9 4 (5.00%) Test Automation
9 4 (5.00%) Verification and Validation
10 3 (3.75%) Collaborative Culture
10 3 (3.75%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (100.00%) C
2 43 (53.75%) C++
3 22 (27.50%) Embedded C++
4 14 (17.50%) Python
5 3 (3.75%) C#
6 1 (1.25%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.25%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (20.00%) Degree
2 5 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.75%) HNC
4 3 (3.75%) HND
5 2 (2.50%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.00%) DO-254
2 1 (1.25%) HAZOP
2 1 (1.25%) IEC 61508
2 1 (1.25%) IEC 62304
2 1 (1.25%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 32 (40.00%) Firmware
2 19 (23.75%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.25%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (7.50%) EMC
2 4 (5.00%) Atmel
3 3 (3.75%) Atlassian