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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 599 594 627
Rank change year-on-year -5 +33 +277
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 55 148 83
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.098% 0.24% 0.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.47% 0.71% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 54 66 75
10th Percentile £45,225 £37,500 £27,900
25th Percentile £45,750 £44,063 £37,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -5.41%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £61,875
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,125 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 11,579 20,744 20,666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.53% 33.39% 40.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8,450 12,486 17,013
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,103
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £108,750 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025. 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
England +14 48 £55,000 - 64
UK excluding London -6 48 £55,000 - 69
Work from Home +89 37 £55,000 -8.33% 29
North of England +27 18 £46,500 -25.60% 10
North West +47 13 £46,500 -33.57% 2
South East +19 11 £55,000 - 21
East of England +17 8 £62,500 +4.17% 21
South West -3 5 £52,500 -4.55% 9
London +72 4 £55,000 -
Yorkshire -10 4 £55,000 -2.22% 6
Scotland -1 3 £65,000 +4.00% 3
West Midlands +29 2 £62,500 +25.00% 7
Midlands +15 2 £62,500 +31.58% 10
North East +6 1 £40,000 - 2
Wales +2 1 £45,000 -10.00% 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.45%) Ethernet
1 3 (5.45%) RS-232
2 1 (1.82%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Git
1 3 (5.45%) GitLab
2 1 (1.82%) JIRA
2 1 (1.82%) Rational DOORS
General
1 38 (69.09%) Electronics
2 14 (25.45%) Automotive
3 13 (23.64%) Manufacturing
4 4 (7.27%) Finance
5 3 (5.45%) Law
6 1 (1.82%) Advertising
6 1 (1.82%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.82%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (72.73%) Embedded Engineer
2 22 (40.00%) Electronics Engineer
3 15 (27.27%) Software Engineer
4 14 (25.45%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 13 (23.64%) Firmware Engineer
6 10 (18.18%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 10 (18.18%) Senior
7 7 (12.73%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 6 (10.91%) Design Engineer
8 6 (10.91%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 5 (9.09%) Embedded Linux Engineer
9 5 (9.09%) Linux Engineer
9 5 (9.09%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 5 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
10 4 (7.27%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
10 4 (7.27%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
10 4 (7.27%) Lead
10 4 (7.27%) Software Design Engineer
11 3 (5.45%) Software Team Leader
11 3 (5.45%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.36%) Flash
2 4 (7.27%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 17 (30.91%) Embedded Systems
2 10 (18.18%) Analogue Electronics
3 5 (9.09%) Device Driver
4 2 (3.64%) IoT
4 2 (3.64%) RISC-V
5 1 (1.82%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (1.82%) FPGA
5 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.82%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 10 (18.18%) Linux
2 8 (14.55%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.82%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (40.00%) Software Engineering
2 12 (21.82%) Embedded Software Development
3 10 (18.18%) Collaborative Culture
4 9 (16.36%) Agile
5 5 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 5 (9.09%) Signal Processing
6 4 (7.27%) Digital Signal Processing
7 3 (5.45%) Coaching
7 3 (5.45%) Design Patterns
7 3 (5.45%) Line Management
7 3 (5.45%) Logistics
7 3 (5.45%) Schematic Capture
7 3 (5.45%) Scrum
7 3 (5.45%) SDLC
7 3 (5.45%) UML
7 3 (5.45%) Validation
8 2 (3.64%) Device Driver Development
8 2 (3.64%) Physics
8 2 (3.64%) Software Testing
8 2 (3.64%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 52 (94.55%) C
2 30 (54.55%) C++
3 21 (38.18%) Embedded C++
4 9 (16.36%) Python
5 1 (1.82%) MATLAB
5 1 (1.82%) Rust
Qualifications
1 15 (27.27%) Degree
2 2 (3.64%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.82%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.82%) PhD
3 1 (1.82%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.64%) ISO 9000
1 2 (3.64%) JTAG
2 1 (1.82%) MISRA
2 1 (1.82%) MISRA C
System Software
1 41 (74.55%) Firmware
2 27 (49.09%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.82%) systemd
Vendors
1 17 (30.91%) EMC