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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 623 599 516
Rank change year-on-year -24 -83 +328
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 77 46 360
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.098% 0.11% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.54% 0.33% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 73 41 312
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,750 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% +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 14,143 13,862 31,273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.05% 33.72% 35.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,871 10,284 24,625
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,529
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £78,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,200 £55,790 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.06% +3.31% -1.82%

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 29 March 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 29 March 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 -28 70 £55,000 +1.85% 85
England -27 53 £55,000 +1.85% 81
Work from Home +8 33 £55,000 +1.85% 22
Scotland -19 18 £65,000 +1.96% 2
North of England -39 15 £55,000 +18.92% 11
Midlands -19 11 £65,000 +30.00% 18
East of England -25 11 £45,000 -16.67% 14
North West -15 8 £46,500 +16.25% 3
West Midlands -9 7 £80,000 +60.00% 13
South West -36 7 £50,000 - 15
Yorkshire -50 7 £55,000 +10.00% 6
South East -34 6 £55,000 -8.33% 24
East Midlands -37 4 £54,000 -6.09% 5
London -2 3 £65,000 - 1
Wales -20 2 £44,000 +24.82% 5

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 2 (2.60%) CANalyzer
1 2 (2.60%) OrCAD
2 1 (1.30%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 12 (15.58%) Ethernet
2 11 (14.29%) RS-232
3 5 (6.49%) Bluetooth
3 5 (6.49%) LTE
3 5 (6.49%) Modbus
3 5 (6.49%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (6.49%) Wireless
4 1 (1.30%) MQTT
4 1 (1.30%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Git
2 4 (5.19%) Eclipse
2 4 (5.19%) Subversion
3 2 (2.60%) CANoe
3 2 (2.60%) JIRA
4 1 (1.30%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.30%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (1.30%) Zephyr
General
1 32 (41.56%) Electronics
2 12 (15.58%) Manufacturing
3 6 (7.79%) Automotive
3 6 (7.79%) Social Skills
4 5 (6.49%) Aerospace
4 5 (6.49%) Finance
5 3 (3.90%) Swedish Language
6 2 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.30%) Advertising
7 1 (1.30%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 62 (80.52%) Embedded Engineer
2 42 (54.55%) Software Engineer
3 40 (51.95%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 18 (23.38%) Electronics Engineer
5 16 (20.78%) Senior
6 12 (15.58%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 11 (14.29%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 11 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
8 8 (10.39%) Design Engineer
8 8 (10.39%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 7 (9.09%) Embedded C Engineer
9 7 (9.09%) Firmware Engineer
10 6 (7.79%) C Software Engineer
10 6 (7.79%) Embedded C Software Engineer
11 5 (6.49%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 5 (6.49%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
11 5 (6.49%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
11 5 (6.49%) Linux Engineer
11 5 (6.49%) Software Design Engineer
12 4 (5.19%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.29%) Yocto
2 2 (2.60%) Flash
3 1 (1.30%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.30%) gRPC
3 1 (1.30%) Kafka
3 1 (1.30%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (1.30%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 15 (19.48%) Device Driver
2 11 (14.29%) Analogue Electronics
2 11 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (7.79%) VHDL
4 4 (5.19%) Raspberry Pi
4 4 (5.19%) Robotics
5 3 (3.90%) ARM Cortex
5 3 (3.90%) FPGA
5 3 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.90%) Verilog
6 2 (2.60%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.60%) IoT
7 1 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.30%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 20 (25.97%) Linux
2 17 (22.08%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (7.79%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (2.60%) SafeRTOS
5 1 (1.30%) ThreadX
5 1 (1.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (66.23%) Software Engineering
2 18 (23.38%) Agile
3 11 (14.29%) Scrum
4 8 (10.39%) Embedded Software Development
5 7 (9.09%) Validation
6 6 (7.79%) Schematic Capture
6 6 (7.79%) Software Testing
7 5 (6.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (5.19%) AI
8 4 (5.19%) Computer Science
8 4 (5.19%) Device Driver Development
8 4 (5.19%) Prototyping
8 4 (5.19%) Signal Processing
8 4 (5.19%) Systems Engineering
8 4 (5.19%) Verification and Validation
9 3 (3.90%) Digital Signal Processing
9 3 (3.90%) Programme Management
9 3 (3.90%) Project Management
9 3 (3.90%) Test Automation
9 3 (3.90%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (100.00%) C
2 41 (53.25%) C++
3 22 (28.57%) Embedded C++
4 13 (16.88%) Python
5 3 (3.90%) C#
6 1 (1.30%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.30%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (19.48%) Degree
2 5 (6.49%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.19%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.60%) HNC
4 2 (2.60%) HND
4 2 (2.60%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.60%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.19%) DO-254
2 1 (1.30%) HAZOP
2 1 (1.30%) IEC 61508
2 1 (1.30%) IEC 62304
2 1 (1.30%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 31 (40.26%) Firmware
2 18 (23.38%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.30%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (7.79%) EMC
2 4 (5.19%) Atmel
3 2 (2.60%) Atlassian