Embedded C Job Trends

Embedded C
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs citing Embedded C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 678 618 570
Rank change year-on-year -60 -48 +98
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 141 43 179
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.087% 0.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.76% 0.35% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 99 42 81
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 citing coding skills.

6 months to
25 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing coding skills 18,658 12,123 21,694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.43% 24.56% 31.60%
Number of salaries quoted 13,147 8,082 12,978
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
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 25 October 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 25 October 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London -53 134 £57,500 +4.55% 147
England -75 130 £57,500 +4.55% 163
Work from Home -37 57 £65,000 +23.81% 66
Midlands -13 44 £65,000 +30.00% 20
South East -46 33 £65,000 +18.18% 24
East Midlands -19 27 £54,000 +8.00% 9
North of England -66 23 £57,500 +23.66% 28
East of England -20 22 £60,000 -25.00% 35
North West -26 18 £57,500 +23.66% 10
West Midlands - 17 £65,000 - 11
Scotland - 6 £67,500 - 9
North East -65 5 £51,000 +27.50% 11
London -67 4 £80,000 +45.45% 13
South West -89 4 £70,000 +33.33% 30
Wales -72 2 £50,000 +11.11% 2

Embedded C Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1C100.0%141
2C++51.1%72
3Embedded C++38.3%54
4Python23.4%33
5MATLAB22.0%31
6C#6.4%9
6Java6.4%9
8R2.8%4
8SystemVerilog2.8%4
10Perl2.1%3
10Tcl2.1%3