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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 628 520
Rank change year-on-year -13 -108 +233
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 118 54 375
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.11% 0.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.67% 0.38% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 100 51 305
10th Percentile £44,875 £45,750 £36,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £42,500
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 £60,000 £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 17,689 14,363 30,853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.81% 29.29% 31.56%
Number of salaries quoted 12,666 9,544 22,873
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £35,206
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 £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 18 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 18 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 -11 115 £57,500 +6.48% 39
England -45 91 £57,500 +6.48% 43
Work from Home +2 40 £65,000 +23.81% 15
Midlands -7 27 £60,750 +21.50% 9
Scotland +33 24 £65,000 - 2
South East -16 21 £65,000 +8.33% 8
North of England -39 17 £57,500 +23.66% 7
East of England -5 15 £62,500 +15.74% 5
West Midlands - 14 £80,000 - 2
East Midlands -4 13 £54,000 +8.00% 7
North West +8 11 £57,500 +23.66% 3
South West -63 8 £50,000 -4.76% 7
North East - 4 £51,000 - 2
London -20 3 £80,000 +45.45% 8
Wales - 3 £44,000 - 1
Yorkshire -34 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 (0.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (8.47%) Simulink
2 3 (2.54%) CANalyzer
3 2 (1.69%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.41%) RS-232
2 15 (12.71%) Ethernet
3 14 (11.86%) Bluetooth
3 14 (11.86%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (11.86%) Wireless
4 10 (8.47%) LTE
4 10 (8.47%) Modbus
5 1 (0.85%) MQTT
5 1 (0.85%) Profibus
5 1 (0.85%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.39%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (12.71%) Git
2 5 (4.24%) Eclipse
3 3 (2.54%) CANoe
3 3 (2.54%) Subversion
4 2 (1.69%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.69%) JIRA
5 1 (0.85%) GoogleTest
5 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.85%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.85%) Zephyr
General
1 46 (38.98%) Electronics
2 17 (14.41%) Social Skills
3 12 (10.17%) Manufacturing
4 8 (6.78%) Automotive
5 6 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.24%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.39%) Swedish Language
8 3 (2.54%) Advertising
9 2 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Finance
10 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.85%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 76 (64.41%) Embedded Engineer
2 57 (48.31%) Software Engineer
3 55 (46.61%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 39 (33.05%) Senior
5 25 (21.19%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 21 (17.80%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 21 (17.80%) Senior Software Engineer
7 15 (12.71%) Firmware Engineer
8 14 (11.86%) Electronics Engineer
9 12 (10.17%) Design Engineer
10 11 (9.32%) Electronics Design Engineer
10 11 (9.32%) Embedded C Engineer
10 11 (9.32%) Senior Design Engineer
10 11 (9.32%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
10 11 (9.32%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 11 (9.32%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 8 (6.78%) C Software Engineer
11 8 (6.78%) Embedded C Software Engineer
11 8 (6.78%) FPGA Engineer
12 7 (5.93%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (18.64%) Yocto
2 3 (2.54%) .NET
3 2 (1.69%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.69%) Middleware
4 1 (0.85%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.85%) gRPC
4 1 (0.85%) Kafka
4 1 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.85%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 25 (21.19%) Device Driver
1 25 (21.19%) Embedded Systems
2 17 (14.41%) Analogue Electronics
3 14 (11.86%) VHDL
4 13 (11.02%) Algorithms
4 13 (11.02%) IoT
5 12 (10.17%) FPGA
6 11 (9.32%) Robotics
6 11 (9.32%) Verilog
7 9 (7.63%) Raspberry Pi
8 7 (5.93%) ARM Cortex
9 6 (5.08%) PCIe
10 5 (4.24%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (3.39%) CAN bus
12 3 (2.54%) Acoustics
13 2 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
14 1 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
14 1 (0.85%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 25 (21.19%) Linux
2 23 (19.49%) Embedded Linux
3 19 (16.10%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.69%) Android
4 2 (1.69%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.69%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.69%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (63.56%) Software Engineering
2 21 (17.80%) Validation
3 18 (15.25%) Agile
4 17 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (14.41%) Digital Signal Processing
4 17 (14.41%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (14.41%) Signal Processing
5 16 (13.56%) Test Automation
6 15 (12.71%) Collaborative Working
6 15 (12.71%) Scrum
7 14 (11.86%) Collaborative Culture
7 14 (11.86%) Systems Engineering
8 13 (11.02%) Schematic Capture
9 11 (9.32%) Software Testing
10 10 (8.47%) AI
11 9 (7.63%) Collaborative Engineering
11 9 (7.63%) Computer Science
12 8 (6.78%) CI/CD
12 8 (6.78%) Kalman Filter
13 7 (5.93%) Device Driver Development
Programming Languages
1 118 (100.00%) C
2 61 (51.69%) C++
3 34 (28.81%) Embedded C++
3 34 (28.81%) Python
4 14 (11.86%) MATLAB
5 12 (10.17%) C#
6 1 (0.85%) Java
6 1 (0.85%) R
6 1 (0.85%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 22 (18.64%) Degree
2 19 (16.10%) Security Cleared
3 13 (11.02%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.93%) DV Cleared
5 6 (5.08%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.54%) HNC
7 3 (2.54%) HND
8 2 (1.69%) PhD
9 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.24%) DO-254
2 4 (3.39%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.69%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (0.85%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.85%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.85%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.85%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.85%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 52 (44.07%) Firmware
2 26 (22.03%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.69%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 7 (5.93%) EMC
2 4 (3.39%) Facebook
2 4 (3.39%) Instagram
3 3 (2.54%) Atlassian
3 3 (2.54%) Atmel
4 1 (0.85%) Altera
4 1 (0.85%) Google