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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 625 521
Rank change year-on-year -7 -104 +281
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 101 42 408
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.096% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.62% 0.31% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 86 40 339
10th Percentile £43,750 £47,375 £36,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £51,250 £43,750
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 £62,500 £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 16,370 13,633 33,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.57% 31.32% 32.41%
Number of salaries quoted 11,391 9,132 25,284
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -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 3 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 3 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 +4 97 £57,500 +6.48% 62
England -26 74 £57,500 +6.48% 63
Work from Home +24 28 £65,000 +20.37% 29
Scotland +20 23 £65,000 - 7
South East -13 19 £62,500 +4.17% 17
Midlands -15 18 £67,000 +34.00% 6
North of England -20 14 £57,500 +35.29% 6
West Midlands - 13 £80,000 - 4
East of England -16 12 £50,000 -7.41% 11
South West -60 8 £50,000 -4.76% 15
North West - 8 £57,500 - 6
East Midlands -12 5 £54,000 +8.00% 2
Yorkshire -48 3 £70,000 +64.71%
North East - 3 £51,000 -
Wales - 3 £44,000 -
London - 3 £65,000 - 3

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 (0.99%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (5.94%) Simulink
2 3 (2.97%) CANalyzer
3 2 (1.98%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 18 (17.82%) RS-232
2 16 (15.84%) Ethernet
3 10 (9.90%) Bluetooth
4 6 (5.94%) LTE
4 6 (5.94%) Modbus
4 6 (5.94%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (5.94%) Wireless
5 1 (0.99%) MQTT
5 1 (0.99%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.96%) GIS
Development Applications
1 12 (11.88%) Git
2 5 (4.95%) Eclipse
3 4 (3.96%) Subversion
4 3 (2.97%) CANoe
5 2 (1.98%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.98%) JIRA
6 1 (0.99%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.99%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.99%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.99%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.99%) Zephyr
General
1 39 (38.61%) Electronics
2 15 (14.85%) Social Skills
3 12 (11.88%) Manufacturing
4 6 (5.94%) Automotive
5 5 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.96%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.96%) Swedish Language
7 2 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.99%) Finance
8 1 (0.99%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 66 (65.35%) Embedded Engineer
2 53 (52.48%) Software Engineer
3 51 (50.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 30 (29.70%) Senior
5 20 (19.80%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 20 (19.80%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 20 (19.80%) Senior Software Engineer
6 14 (13.86%) Electronics Engineer
7 12 (11.88%) Firmware Engineer
8 9 (8.91%) Design Engineer
8 9 (8.91%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 9 (8.91%) Embedded C Engineer
9 8 (7.92%) Senior Design Engineer
9 8 (7.92%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
9 8 (7.92%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 8 (7.92%) Senior Firmware Engineer
10 6 (5.94%) C Software Engineer
10 6 (5.94%) Embedded C Software Engineer
10 6 (5.94%) FPGA Engineer
10 6 (5.94%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (16.83%) Yocto
2 3 (2.97%) .NET
3 1 (0.99%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.99%) gRPC
3 1 (0.99%) iOS SDK
3 1 (0.99%) Kafka
3 1 (0.99%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.99%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 20 (19.80%) Device Driver
2 16 (15.84%) Embedded Systems
3 14 (13.86%) Analogue Electronics
4 12 (11.88%) VHDL
5 10 (9.90%) Algorithms
5 10 (9.90%) Verilog
6 8 (7.92%) FPGA
7 7 (6.93%) Robotics
8 6 (5.94%) ARM Cortex
8 6 (5.94%) IoT
9 5 (4.95%) PCIe
9 5 (4.95%) Raspberry Pi
10 4 (3.96%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (3.96%) CAN bus
11 2 (1.98%) Acoustics
11 2 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
12 1 (0.99%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 21 (20.79%) Linux
2 19 (18.81%) Embedded Linux
3 16 (15.84%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.98%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.98%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.99%) Android
5 1 (0.99%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.99%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (63.37%) Software Engineering
2 19 (18.81%) Agile
3 17 (16.83%) Validation
4 15 (14.85%) Scrum
5 14 (13.86%) Test Automation
6 13 (12.87%) Digital Signal Processing
6 13 (12.87%) Signal Processing
6 13 (12.87%) Systems Engineering
7 12 (11.88%) Collaborative Working
7 12 (11.88%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (9.90%) AI
8 10 (9.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (9.90%) Schematic Capture
9 9 (8.91%) Collaborative Culture
10 8 (7.92%) Software Testing
11 7 (6.93%) Computer Science
11 7 (6.93%) Kalman Filter
12 6 (5.94%) FPGA Design
13 5 (4.95%) DevOps
13 5 (4.95%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 101 (100.00%) C
2 50 (49.50%) C++
3 31 (30.69%) Python
4 27 (26.73%) Embedded C++
5 12 (11.88%) C#
6 10 (9.90%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.99%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (17.82%) Degree
2 17 (16.83%) Security Cleared
3 11 (10.89%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.94%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.97%) HNC
5 3 (2.97%) HND
5 3 (2.97%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.99%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.95%) DO-254
2 4 (3.96%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.99%) HAZOP
3 1 (0.99%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.99%) IEC 62304
3 1 (0.99%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 42 (41.58%) Firmware
2 22 (21.78%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.99%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (5.94%) EMC
2 4 (3.96%) Atmel
2 4 (3.96%) Facebook
2 4 (3.96%) Instagram
3 3 (2.97%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.99%) Google