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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 667 630 570
Rank change year-on-year -37 -60 +106
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 136 50 238
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.10% 0.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.73% 0.38% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 102 49 145
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,500 £63,500 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% +4.76%

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 18,557 13,072 24,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.26% 26.48% 30.93%
Number of salaries quoted 13,190 8,425 15,033
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -35 130 £57,500 +9.52% 142
England -36 120 £57,500 +7.98% 165
Work from Home -11 48 £65,000 +23.81% 61
Midlands +11 44 £59,500 +19.00% 25
South East -38 29 £65,000 +18.18% 33
West Midlands - 23 £65,000 - 14
North of England -51 22 £57,500 +23.66% 13
East Midlands -12 21 £54,000 +8.00% 11
North West -7 17 £57,500 +23.66% 7
East of England -20 17 £62,500 -21.88% 39
Scotland +17 12 £67,500 +17.39% 7
London -53 4 £80,000 +45.45% 16
North East -60 4 £51,000 +27.50% 5
South West -80 4 £52,500 - 27
Wales -75 2 £44,000 -2.22% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £70,000 - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (16.18%) Simulink
2 3 (2.21%) OrCAD
3 2 (1.47%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.74%) Mathcad
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.74%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (14.71%) Wi-Fi
1 20 (14.71%) Wireless
2 16 (11.76%) Bluetooth
3 13 (9.56%) Modbus
4 12 (8.82%) Ethernet
4 12 (8.82%) LTE
4 12 (8.82%) RS-232
5 8 (5.88%) Wireshark
6 2 (1.47%) RS-485
7 1 (0.74%) 5G
7 1 (0.74%) MQTT
7 1 (0.74%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.94%) GIS
Development Applications
1 17 (12.50%) Git
2 9 (6.62%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.47%) CANoe
3 2 (1.47%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.74%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.74%) GoogleTest
4 1 (0.74%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.74%) JIRA
4 1 (0.74%) PetaLinux
4 1 (0.74%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 68 (50.00%) Electronics
2 29 (21.32%) Social Skills
3 17 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (11.76%) Manufacturing
5 10 (7.35%) Automotive
6 4 (2.94%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.94%) Swedish Language
7 3 (2.21%) Advertising
8 1 (0.74%) Aviation
8 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.74%) Finance
8 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.74%) Military
8 1 (0.74%) Retail
Job Titles
1 68 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 49 (36.03%) Software Engineer
3 48 (35.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 48 (35.29%) Senior
4 27 (19.85%) Electronics Engineer
5 26 (19.12%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 18 (13.24%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 18 (13.24%) Senior Software Engineer
7 17 (12.50%) Design Engineer
8 16 (11.76%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 16 (11.76%) Senior Design Engineer
8 16 (11.76%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
8 16 (11.76%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 13 (9.56%) Lead
10 12 (8.82%) Firmware Engineer
11 11 (8.09%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 11 (8.09%) FPGA Engineer
11 11 (8.09%) Linux Engineer
12 9 (6.62%) Senior Firmware Engineer
13 8 (5.88%) Embedded C++ Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (16.18%) Yocto
2 3 (2.21%) .NET
3 2 (1.47%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.47%) Middleware
4 1 (0.74%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.74%) gRPC
4 1 (0.74%) Kafka
4 1 (0.74%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.74%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 31 (22.79%) Embedded Systems
2 26 (19.12%) FPGA
3 25 (18.38%) Analogue Electronics
3 25 (18.38%) Device Driver
4 21 (15.44%) VHDL
5 20 (14.71%) IoT
6 17 (12.50%) Verilog
7 16 (11.76%) Algorithms
8 14 (10.29%) Robotics
9 12 (8.82%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (8.82%) Raspberry Pi
10 8 (5.88%) ARM Cortex
10 8 (5.88%) PCIe
11 6 (4.41%) CAN bus
12 3 (2.21%) Acoustics
12 3 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (1.47%) ASIC
13 2 (1.47%) Optoelectronics
14 1 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (20.59%) Linux
2 24 (17.65%) Embedded Linux
3 17 (12.50%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.47%) Android
4 2 (1.47%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.47%) SafeRTOS
5 1 (0.74%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 35 (25.74%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (23.53%) Validation
4 24 (17.65%) Signal Processing
5 21 (15.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (14.71%) Agile
6 20 (14.71%) Digital Signal Processing
7 18 (13.24%) Schematic Capture
8 17 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
8 17 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
9 16 (11.76%) Scrum
9 16 (11.76%) Software Testing
10 15 (11.03%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (10.29%) Collaborative Engineering
11 14 (10.29%) Systems Engineering
11 14 (10.29%) Test Automation
12 13 (9.56%) AI
12 13 (9.56%) CI/CD
13 12 (8.82%) FPGA Design
14 11 (8.09%) Device Driver Development
Programming Languages
1 136 (100.00%) C
2 71 (52.21%) C++
3 46 (33.82%) Embedded C++
4 39 (28.68%) Python
5 27 (19.85%) MATLAB
6 11 (8.09%) C#
7 8 (5.88%) Java
8 2 (1.47%) Perl
8 2 (1.47%) R
8 2 (1.47%) SystemVerilog
8 2 (1.47%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 39 (28.68%) Degree
2 26 (19.12%) Security Cleared
3 15 (11.03%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.62%) DV Cleared
5 7 (5.15%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.68%) PhD
7 3 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.47%) HNC
8 2 (1.47%) HND
9 1 (0.74%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.68%) DO-254
2 4 (2.94%) Automotive SPICE
2 4 (2.94%) Def Stans
3 3 (2.21%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.74%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.74%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.74%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.74%) MISRA
4 1 (0.74%) QA
System Software
1 62 (45.59%) Firmware
2 34 (25.00%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.94%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 15 (11.03%) EMC
2 4 (2.94%) Facebook
2 4 (2.94%) Instagram
3 2 (1.47%) Atlassian
3 2 (1.47%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.74%) Altera
4 1 (0.74%) Google
4 1 (0.74%) Intel
4 1 (0.74%) Thales
4 1 (0.74%) Xilinx