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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 624 507
Rank change year-on-year -8 -117 +281
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 104 44 433
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.099% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.63% 0.32% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 88 42 348
10th Percentile £43,750 £46,375 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,500 £51,250 £45,000
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 £62,188 £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 16,632 13,955 34,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.83% 31.31% 31.58%
Number of salaries quoted 11,725 9,194 25,745
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% -0.91%

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 June 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 June 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 +8 100 £57,500 +6.48% 61
England -45 77 £57,500 +6.48% 61
Work from Home +6 28 £65,000 +20.37% 24
Scotland +22 23 £65,000 - 3
Midlands +5 19 £54,000 +8.00% 5
South East -13 19 £62,500 +4.17% 21
East of England -12 14 £52,500 -2.78% 7
North of England -18 14 £57,500 +35.29% 8
West Midlands - 13 £80,000 - 4
South West -56 8 £50,000 -4.76% 16
North West - 8 £57,500 - 7
East Midlands -18 6 £54,000 +8.00% 1
North East - 4 £51,000 -
London - 3 £65,000 - 3
Wales - 3 £44,000 - 3
Yorkshire -38 2 £72,500 +70.59% 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 (0.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (7.69%) Simulink
2 3 (2.88%) CANalyzer
3 2 (1.92%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 18 (17.31%) RS-232
2 16 (15.38%) Ethernet
3 11 (10.58%) Bluetooth
4 7 (6.73%) LTE
4 7 (6.73%) Modbus
4 7 (6.73%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (6.73%) Wireless
5 1 (0.96%) MQTT
5 1 (0.96%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.85%) GIS
Development Applications
1 12 (11.54%) Git
2 5 (4.81%) Eclipse
3 4 (3.85%) Subversion
4 3 (2.88%) CANoe
5 2 (1.92%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.92%) JIRA
6 1 (0.96%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.96%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.96%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.96%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.96%) Zephyr
General
1 40 (38.46%) Electronics
2 16 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 11 (10.58%) Manufacturing
4 8 (7.69%) Automotive
5 5 (4.81%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.85%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.85%) Swedish Language
7 2 (1.92%) Advertising
7 2 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.96%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 67 (64.42%) Embedded Engineer
2 55 (52.88%) Software Engineer
3 53 (50.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 30 (28.85%) Senior
5 20 (19.23%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 20 (19.23%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 20 (19.23%) Senior Software Engineer
6 13 (12.50%) Electronics Engineer
7 12 (11.54%) Firmware Engineer
8 9 (8.65%) Embedded C Engineer
9 8 (7.69%) Design Engineer
9 8 (7.69%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 8 (7.69%) Senior Design Engineer
9 8 (7.69%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
9 8 (7.69%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 8 (7.69%) Senior Firmware Engineer
10 6 (5.77%) Architect
10 6 (5.77%) C Software Engineer
10 6 (5.77%) Embedded C Software Engineer
10 6 (5.77%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (16.35%) Yocto
2 3 (2.88%) .NET
3 2 (1.92%) Middleware
4 1 (0.96%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.96%) gRPC
4 1 (0.96%) iOS SDK
4 1 (0.96%) Kafka
4 1 (0.96%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.96%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 20 (19.23%) Device Driver
2 17 (16.35%) Embedded Systems
3 13 (12.50%) Analogue Electronics
4 12 (11.54%) VHDL
5 10 (9.62%) Algorithms
5 10 (9.62%) Verilog
6 8 (7.69%) FPGA
7 7 (6.73%) ARM Cortex
7 7 (6.73%) IoT
7 7 (6.73%) Robotics
8 6 (5.77%) Raspberry Pi
9 5 (4.81%) PCIe
10 4 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (3.85%) CAN bus
11 2 (1.92%) Acoustics
11 2 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
12 1 (0.96%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 21 (20.19%) Linux
2 19 (18.27%) Embedded Linux
3 16 (15.38%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.92%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.92%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.96%) Android
5 1 (0.96%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.96%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (64.42%) Software Engineering
2 19 (18.27%) Validation
3 18 (17.31%) Agile
4 16 (15.38%) Test Automation
5 15 (14.42%) Scrum
6 13 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (12.50%) Digital Signal Processing
6 13 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (12.50%) Signal Processing
6 13 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
7 12 (11.54%) Collaborative Working
8 10 (9.62%) AI
8 10 (9.62%) Collaborative Culture
8 10 (9.62%) Schematic Capture
8 10 (9.62%) Software Testing
9 7 (6.73%) Computer Science
9 7 (6.73%) Kalman Filter
10 6 (5.77%) DevOps
10 6 (5.77%) FPGA Design
10 6 (5.77%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 104 (100.00%) C
2 51 (49.04%) C++
3 31 (29.81%) Python
4 28 (26.92%) Embedded C++
5 12 (11.54%) C#
5 12 (11.54%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.96%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (17.31%) Degree
2 17 (16.35%) Security Cleared
3 11 (10.58%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.77%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.88%) HNC
5 3 (2.88%) HND
5 3 (2.88%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.96%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.81%) DO-254
2 4 (3.85%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.92%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (0.96%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.96%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.96%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.96%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 43 (41.35%) Firmware
2 21 (20.19%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.92%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (5.77%) EMC
2 4 (3.85%) Atmel
2 4 (3.85%) Facebook
2 4 (3.85%) Instagram
3 3 (2.88%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.96%) Google