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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 629 509
Rank change year-on-year -3 -120 +270
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 109 49 424
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.10% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.63% 0.35% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 92 46 341
10th Percentile £43,875 £45,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,125 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.48% +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 17,330 14,166 33,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.93% 30.20% 31.71%
Number of salaries quoted 12,317 9,411 25,269
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,750
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.46% -0.45%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 +2 108 £57,500 +6.48% 65
England -34 82 £57,500 +6.48% 74
Work from Home -10 33 £65,000 +22.07% 26
Scotland +34 24 £65,000 - 2
Midlands -7 24 £54,000 +8.00% 11
South East -20 20 £65,000 +8.33% 23
North of England -36 15 £57,500 +23.66% 8
East of England -12 14 £58,750 +8.80% 9
West Midlands - 14 £80,000 - 4
East Midlands -12 10 £54,000 +8.00% 7
North West +7 9 £57,500 +23.66% 6
South West -63 8 £50,000 -4.76% 11
North East - 4 £51,000 - 1
Wales - 3 £44,000 - 2
Yorkshire -39 2 £72,500 +70.59% 1
London -30 1 £65,000 +18.18% 12

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 (0.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (9.17%) Simulink
2 3 (2.75%) CANalyzer
3 2 (1.83%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 18 (16.51%) RS-232
2 16 (14.68%) Ethernet
3 13 (11.93%) Bluetooth
4 11 (10.09%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (10.09%) Wireless
5 9 (8.26%) LTE
5 9 (8.26%) Modbus
6 1 (0.92%) MQTT
6 1 (0.92%) Profibus
6 1 (0.92%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.67%) GIS
Development Applications
1 14 (12.84%) Git
2 6 (5.50%) Eclipse
3 4 (3.67%) Subversion
4 3 (2.75%) CANoe
5 2 (1.83%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.83%) JIRA
6 1 (0.92%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.92%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.92%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.92%) Zephyr
General
1 41 (37.61%) Electronics
2 17 (15.60%) Social Skills
3 11 (10.09%) Manufacturing
4 8 (7.34%) Automotive
5 6 (5.50%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.67%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.67%) Swedish Language
7 3 (2.75%) Advertising
8 2 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.92%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 70 (64.22%) Embedded Engineer
2 55 (50.46%) Software Engineer
3 53 (48.62%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 33 (30.28%) Senior
5 22 (20.18%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 20 (18.35%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 20 (18.35%) Senior Software Engineer
7 13 (11.93%) Firmware Engineer
8 12 (11.01%) Electronics Engineer
9 9 (8.26%) Design Engineer
9 9 (8.26%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 9 (8.26%) Embedded C Engineer
9 9 (8.26%) Senior Design Engineer
9 9 (8.26%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
9 9 (8.26%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 9 (8.26%) Senior Firmware Engineer
10 7 (6.42%) FPGA Engineer
10 7 (6.42%) Systems Engineer
11 6 (5.50%) C Software Engineer
11 6 (5.50%) Embedded C Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (18.35%) Yocto
2 3 (2.75%) .NET
3 2 (1.83%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.83%) Middleware
4 1 (0.92%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.92%) gRPC
4 1 (0.92%) Kafka
4 1 (0.92%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.92%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (21.10%) Device Driver
2 22 (20.18%) Embedded Systems
3 14 (12.84%) Analogue Electronics
4 13 (11.93%) VHDL
5 12 (11.01%) Algorithms
6 11 (10.09%) Verilog
7 10 (9.17%) FPGA
7 10 (9.17%) IoT
8 8 (7.34%) Raspberry Pi
8 8 (7.34%) Robotics
9 7 (6.42%) ARM Cortex
10 6 (5.50%) PCIe
11 5 (4.59%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (3.67%) CAN bus
13 2 (1.83%) Acoustics
13 2 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
14 1 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
14 1 (0.92%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 23 (21.10%) Linux
2 21 (19.27%) Embedded Linux
3 17 (15.60%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.83%) Android
4 2 (1.83%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.83%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.83%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (64.22%) Software Engineering
2 21 (19.27%) Validation
3 19 (17.43%) Agile
4 16 (14.68%) Scrum
4 16 (14.68%) Test Automation
5 15 (13.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (13.76%) Digital Signal Processing
5 15 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (13.76%) Signal Processing
6 13 (11.93%) Collaborative Working
6 13 (11.93%) Systems Engineering
7 12 (11.01%) Collaborative Culture
8 11 (10.09%) Schematic Capture
8 11 (10.09%) Software Testing
9 10 (9.17%) AI
10 8 (7.34%) Computer Science
10 8 (7.34%) Kalman Filter
11 7 (6.42%) Collaborative Engineering
12 6 (5.50%) CI/CD
12 6 (5.50%) FPGA Design
Programming Languages
1 109 (100.00%) C
2 55 (50.46%) C++
3 33 (30.28%) Python
4 30 (27.52%) Embedded C++
5 14 (12.84%) MATLAB
6 12 (11.01%) C#
7 1 (0.92%) Java
7 1 (0.92%) R
Qualifications
1 19 (17.43%) Degree
2 18 (16.51%) Security Cleared
3 12 (11.01%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.50%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.67%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.75%) HNC
6 3 (2.75%) HND
7 1 (0.92%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.59%) DO-254
2 4 (3.67%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.83%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (0.92%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.92%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.92%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.92%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 47 (43.12%) Firmware
2 23 (21.10%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.83%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (5.50%) EMC
2 4 (3.67%) Atmel
2 4 (3.67%) Facebook
2 4 (3.67%) Instagram
3 3 (2.75%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.92%) Google