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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 645 624 515
Rank change year-on-year -21 -109 +263
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 111 51 420
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.11% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.64% 0.36% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 94 48 339
10th Percentile £44,125 £45,750 £37,300
25th Percentile £48,125 £49,375 £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 £61,250 £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 17,390 14,325 33,149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.89% 29.92% 31.72%
Number of salaries quoted 12,360 9,528 24,978
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 5 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 5 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 0 110 £57,500 +6.48% 64
England -19 84 £57,500 +6.48% 74
Work from Home -2 35 £65,000 +23.81% 27
Midlands +1 25 £60,750 +21.50% 11
Scotland +34 24 £65,000 - 2
South East -30 20 £65,000 +8.33% 23
East of England -11 15 £62,500 +15.74% 9
North of England -23 15 £57,500 +23.66% 7
West Midlands - 14 £80,000 - 4
East Midlands -15 11 £54,000 +8.00% 7
North West -3 9 £57,500 +23.66% 5
South West -67 8 £50,000 -4.76% 11
North East - 4 £51,000 - 1
Wales - 3 £44,000 - 2
Yorkshire -29 2 £72,500 +70.59% 1
London -25 1 £65,000 +18.18% 13

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 (0.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (9.01%) Simulink
2 3 (2.70%) CANalyzer
3 2 (1.80%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 18 (16.22%) RS-232
2 16 (14.41%) Ethernet
3 13 (11.71%) Bluetooth
4 12 (10.81%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (10.81%) Wireless
5 9 (8.11%) LTE
5 9 (8.11%) Modbus
6 1 (0.90%) MQTT
6 1 (0.90%) Profibus
6 1 (0.90%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.60%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (13.51%) Git
2 6 (5.41%) Eclipse
3 4 (3.60%) Subversion
4 3 (2.70%) CANoe
5 2 (1.80%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.80%) JIRA
6 1 (0.90%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.90%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.90%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.90%) Zephyr
General
1 42 (37.84%) Electronics
2 17 (15.32%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.91%) Manufacturing
4 8 (7.21%) Automotive
5 6 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.60%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.60%) Swedish Language
7 3 (2.70%) Advertising
8 2 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.90%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 72 (64.86%) Embedded Engineer
2 55 (49.55%) Software Engineer
3 53 (47.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 34 (30.63%) Senior
5 23 (20.72%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 20 (18.02%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 20 (18.02%) Senior Software Engineer
7 13 (11.71%) Firmware Engineer
8 12 (10.81%) Electronics Engineer
9 9 (8.11%) Design Engineer
9 9 (8.11%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 9 (8.11%) Embedded C Engineer
9 9 (8.11%) Senior Design Engineer
9 9 (8.11%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
9 9 (8.11%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 9 (8.11%) Senior Firmware Engineer
10 7 (6.31%) FPGA Engineer
10 7 (6.31%) Systems Engineer
11 6 (5.41%) Architect
11 6 (5.41%) C Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (19.82%) Yocto
2 3 (2.70%) .NET
3 2 (1.80%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.80%) Middleware
4 1 (0.90%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.90%) gRPC
4 1 (0.90%) Kafka
4 1 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.90%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 25 (22.52%) Device Driver
2 24 (21.62%) Embedded Systems
3 14 (12.61%) Analogue Electronics
4 13 (11.71%) Algorithms
4 13 (11.71%) VHDL
5 12 (10.81%) IoT
6 11 (9.91%) FPGA
6 11 (9.91%) Verilog
7 9 (8.11%) Robotics
8 8 (7.21%) Raspberry Pi
9 7 (6.31%) ARM Cortex
10 6 (5.41%) PCIe
11 5 (4.50%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (3.60%) CAN bus
13 2 (1.80%) Acoustics
13 2 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
14 1 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
14 1 (0.90%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 25 (22.52%) Linux
2 23 (20.72%) Embedded Linux
3 17 (15.32%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.80%) Android
4 2 (1.80%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.80%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.80%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (64.86%) Software Engineering
2 21 (18.92%) Validation
3 19 (17.12%) Agile
4 16 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (14.41%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (14.41%) Scrum
4 16 (14.41%) Test Automation
5 15 (13.51%) Digital Signal Processing
5 15 (13.51%) Signal Processing
6 13 (11.71%) Collaborative Culture
6 13 (11.71%) Collaborative Working
6 13 (11.71%) Systems Engineering
7 11 (9.91%) Schematic Capture
7 11 (9.91%) Software Testing
8 10 (9.01%) AI
9 9 (8.11%) Computer Science
10 8 (7.21%) Collaborative Engineering
10 8 (7.21%) Kalman Filter
11 7 (6.31%) CI/CD
12 6 (5.41%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 111 (100.00%) C
2 57 (51.35%) C++
3 34 (30.63%) Python
4 31 (27.93%) Embedded C++
5 14 (12.61%) MATLAB
6 12 (10.81%) C#
7 1 (0.90%) Java
7 1 (0.90%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (18.02%) Degree
2 18 (16.22%) Security Cleared
3 12 (10.81%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.41%) DV Cleared
5 5 (4.50%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.70%) HNC
7 3 (2.70%) HND
8 1 (0.90%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.50%) DO-254
2 4 (3.60%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.80%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (0.90%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.90%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.90%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.90%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 47 (42.34%) Firmware
2 23 (20.72%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.80%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (5.41%) EMC
2 4 (3.60%) Atmel
2 4 (3.60%) Facebook
2 4 (3.60%) Instagram
3 3 (2.70%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.90%) Google