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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 614 599 531
Rank change year-on-year -15 -68 +285
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 86 48 377
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.12% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.57% 0.35% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 79 43 327
10th Percentile £44,750 £41,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £44,375
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 £65,625 £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 15,155 13,626 32,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.75% 33.10% 34.33%
Number of salaries quoted 10,322 10,223 24,955
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,250
25th Percentile £46,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% +1.85% -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 15 April 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 15 April 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 -47 80 £55,000 +1.85% 83
England -28 59 £55,000 +1.85% 78
Work from Home +20 34 £62,500 +15.74% 24
Scotland -9 21 £65,000 +1.96% 6
North of England -60 17 £55,000 +18.92% 10
Midlands -31 14 £62,500 +25.00% 12
East of England -21 13 £45,000 -16.67% 17
West Midlands -11 10 £80,000 +60.00% 10
North West -15 10 £51,250 +28.13% 5
South West -50 8 £50,000 -2.44% 11
Yorkshire -59 7 £55,000 +10.00% 5
East Midlands -45 4 £54,000 -6.09% 2
South East -46 4 £53,750 -10.42% 28
London -9 3 £65,000 - 1
Wales -23 3 £44,000 +24.82% 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 (1.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.49%) CANalyzer
2 2 (2.33%) OrCAD
3 1 (1.16%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 15 (17.44%) Ethernet
2 14 (16.28%) RS-232
3 7 (8.14%) Bluetooth
4 5 (5.81%) LTE
4 5 (5.81%) Modbus
4 5 (5.81%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (5.81%) Wireless
5 1 (1.16%) MQTT
5 1 (1.16%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 7 (8.14%) Git
2 5 (5.81%) Eclipse
3 4 (4.65%) Subversion
4 3 (3.49%) CANoe
4 3 (3.49%) JIRA
5 2 (2.33%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.16%) GoogleTest
6 1 (1.16%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.16%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (1.16%) SonarQube
6 1 (1.16%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (1.16%) Zephyr
General
1 34 (39.53%) Electronics
2 14 (16.28%) Manufacturing
3 11 (12.79%) Social Skills
4 5 (5.81%) Aerospace
4 5 (5.81%) Automotive
4 5 (5.81%) Finance
5 4 (4.65%) Swedish Language
6 2 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.16%) Advertising
7 1 (1.16%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.16%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 68 (79.07%) Embedded Engineer
2 50 (58.14%) Software Engineer
3 48 (55.81%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 23 (26.74%) Senior
5 20 (23.26%) Electronics Engineer
6 18 (20.93%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 17 (19.77%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 17 (19.77%) Senior Software Engineer
8 10 (11.63%) Design Engineer
8 10 (11.63%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 7 (8.14%) Embedded C Engineer
9 7 (8.14%) Firmware Engineer
10 6 (6.98%) C Software Engineer
10 6 (6.98%) Embedded C Software Engineer
10 6 (6.98%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 5 (5.81%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
11 5 (5.81%) Linux Engineer
11 5 (5.81%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
11 5 (5.81%) Senior Electronics Engineer
11 5 (5.81%) Software Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (16.28%) Yocto
2 1 (1.16%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.16%) gRPC
2 1 (1.16%) Kafka
2 1 (1.16%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (1.16%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.77%) Device Driver
2 13 (15.12%) Analogue Electronics
3 11 (12.79%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (6.98%) VHDL
5 5 (5.81%) Robotics
6 4 (4.65%) Raspberry Pi
6 4 (4.65%) Verilog
7 3 (3.49%) ARM Cortex
8 2 (2.33%) Algorithms
8 2 (2.33%) CAN bus
8 2 (2.33%) FPGA
8 2 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (1.16%) IoT
9 1 (1.16%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 22 (25.58%) Linux
2 20 (23.26%) Embedded Linux
3 11 (12.79%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (2.33%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (2.33%) ThreadX
5 1 (1.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (69.77%) Software Engineering
2 20 (23.26%) Agile
3 14 (16.28%) Scrum
4 10 (11.63%) Validation
5 9 (10.47%) Embedded Software Development
6 8 (9.30%) Software Testing
7 7 (8.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (8.14%) Schematic Capture
8 5 (5.81%) AI
8 5 (5.81%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (5.81%) Computer Science
8 5 (5.81%) Digital Signal Processing
8 5 (5.81%) Prototyping
8 5 (5.81%) Signal Processing
8 5 (5.81%) Systems Engineering
8 5 (5.81%) Test Automation
8 5 (5.81%) Verification and Validation
9 4 (4.65%) Programme Management
9 4 (4.65%) Project Management
9 4 (4.65%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 86 (100.00%) C
2 46 (53.49%) C++
3 23 (26.74%) Embedded C++
4 18 (20.93%) Python
5 3 (3.49%) C#
6 1 (1.16%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.16%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (17.44%) Degree
2 5 (5.81%) SC Cleared
2 5 (5.81%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.49%) HNC
3 3 (3.49%) HND
4 2 (2.33%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.81%) DO-254
2 1 (1.16%) HAZOP
2 1 (1.16%) IEC 61508
2 1 (1.16%) IEC 62304
2 1 (1.16%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 33 (38.37%) Firmware
2 21 (24.42%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.16%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (5.81%) EMC
2 4 (4.65%) Atmel
3 3 (3.49%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.16%) Google