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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 652 632 548
Rank change year-on-year -20 -84 +201
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 120 55 302
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.11% 0.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.67% 0.38% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 102 53 237
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £53,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year +12.68% +1.43% -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 18,035 14,381 27,478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.84% 29.17% 30.87%
Number of salaries quoted 12,831 9,549 20,016
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
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 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 26 July 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 26 July 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 -16 117 £60,000 +12.68% 47
England -45 94 £57,500 +6.48% 49
Work from Home -15 44 £65,000 +23.81% 24
Midlands -10 27 £67,500 +35.00% 6
South East -19 24 £65,000 +8.33% 13
Scotland +39 23 £65,000 - 3
North of England -26 17 £57,500 +23.66% 8
East of England -11 15 £62,500 +15.74% 9
West Midlands - 14 £80,000 - 1
East Midlands -21 13 £54,000 +8.00% 5
North West +7 11 £57,500 +23.66% 4
South West -71 8 £50,000 -4.76% 9
North East - 4 £51,000 - 2
London -29 3 £80,000 +45.45% 6
Wales - 3 £44,000 -
Yorkshire -38 2 £72,500 +70.59% 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.83%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (8.33%) Simulink
2 3 (2.50%) CANalyzer
3 2 (1.67%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.17%) RS-232
2 15 (12.50%) Ethernet
3 14 (11.67%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (11.67%) Wireless
4 13 (10.83%) Bluetooth
5 9 (7.50%) LTE
5 9 (7.50%) Modbus
6 1 (0.83%) MQTT
6 1 (0.83%) Profibus
6 1 (0.83%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (12.50%) Git
2 4 (3.33%) Eclipse
3 3 (2.50%) CANoe
4 2 (1.67%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.67%) JIRA
4 2 (1.67%) Subversion
5 1 (0.83%) GoogleTest
5 1 (0.83%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.83%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.83%) Zephyr
General
1 48 (40.00%) Electronics
2 17 (14.17%) Social Skills
3 12 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 8 (6.67%) Automotive
5 6 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.17%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.33%) Swedish Language
8 3 (2.50%) Advertising
9 2 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.83%) Finance
10 1 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.83%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 75 (62.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 56 (46.67%) Software Engineer
3 54 (45.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 44 (36.67%) Senior
5 27 (22.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 22 (18.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 22 (18.33%) Senior Software Engineer
7 15 (12.50%) Firmware Engineer
8 13 (10.83%) Electronics Engineer
9 12 (10.00%) Design Engineer
10 11 (9.17%) Electronics Design Engineer
10 11 (9.17%) Embedded C Engineer
10 11 (9.17%) Senior Design Engineer
10 11 (9.17%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
10 11 (9.17%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 11 (9.17%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 8 (6.67%) C Software Engineer
11 8 (6.67%) Embedded C Software Engineer
11 8 (6.67%) FPGA Engineer
11 8 (6.67%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (19.17%) Yocto
2 3 (2.50%) .NET
3 2 (1.67%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.67%) Middleware
4 1 (0.83%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.83%) gRPC
4 1 (0.83%) Kafka
4 1 (0.83%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.83%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 26 (21.67%) Device Driver
1 26 (21.67%) Embedded Systems
2 17 (14.17%) Analogue Electronics
3 14 (11.67%) IoT
3 14 (11.67%) VHDL
4 13 (10.83%) Algorithms
5 12 (10.00%) FPGA
5 12 (10.00%) Robotics
6 11 (9.17%) Verilog
7 8 (6.67%) Raspberry Pi
8 7 (5.83%) ARM Cortex
9 6 (5.00%) PCIe
10 5 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (3.33%) CAN bus
12 3 (2.50%) Acoustics
13 2 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
14 1 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
14 1 (0.83%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 26 (21.67%) Linux
2 24 (20.00%) Embedded Linux
3 19 (15.83%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.67%) Android
4 2 (1.67%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.67%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.67%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (62.50%) Software Engineering
2 21 (17.50%) Validation
3 18 (15.00%) Agile
3 18 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (14.17%) Digital Signal Processing
4 17 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (14.17%) Signal Processing
5 16 (13.33%) Test Automation
6 15 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
6 15 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
6 15 (12.50%) Scrum
7 14 (11.67%) Systems Engineering
8 13 (10.83%) Schematic Capture
9 11 (9.17%) Software Testing
10 10 (8.33%) AI
10 10 (8.33%) Collaborative Engineering
11 9 (7.50%) CI/CD
11 9 (7.50%) Computer Science
12 8 (6.67%) Device Driver Development
12 8 (6.67%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 120 (100.00%) C
2 63 (52.50%) C++
3 35 (29.17%) Embedded C++
4 33 (27.50%) Python
5 14 (11.67%) MATLAB
6 12 (10.00%) C#
7 1 (0.83%) Java
7 1 (0.83%) R
7 1 (0.83%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 22 (18.33%) Degree
2 19 (15.83%) Security Cleared
3 13 (10.83%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.83%) DV Cleared
5 6 (5.00%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.50%) HNC
7 3 (2.50%) HND
8 2 (1.67%) PhD
9 1 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.17%) DO-254
2 4 (3.33%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.67%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.83%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.83%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.83%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.83%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 51 (42.50%) Firmware
2 26 (21.67%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.67%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 10 (8.33%) EMC
2 4 (3.33%) Facebook
2 4 (3.33%) Instagram
3 3 (2.50%) Atlassian
4 2 (1.67%) Atmel
5 1 (0.83%) Altera
5 1 (0.83%) Google