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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 599 | 594 | 627 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -5 | +33 | +277 |
| Permanent jobs citing Embedded C | 55 | 148 | 83 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.098% | 0.24% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.47% | 0.71% | 0.40% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 54 | 66 | 75 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,225 | £37,500 | £27,900 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,750 | £44,063 | £37,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.76% | -5.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,500 | £65,000 | £61,875 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,500 | £68,125 | £67,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +4.76% | -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 | 11,579 | 20,744 | 20,666 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 20.53% | 33.39% | 40.95% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8,450 | 12,486 | 17,013 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £37,500 | £39,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £47,500 | £48,103 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.85% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £107,500 | £108,750 | £106,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
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.
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Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Embedded C.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded C over the 6 months to 7 December 2025.
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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 7 December 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +14 | 48 | £55,000 | - | 64 |
| UK excluding London | -6 | 48 | £55,000 | - | 69 |
| Work from Home | +89 | 37 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 29 |
| North of England | +27 | 18 | £46,500 | -25.60% | 10 |
| North West | +47 | 13 | £46,500 | -33.57% | 2 |
| South East | +19 | 11 | £55,000 | - | 21 |
| East of England | +17 | 8 | £62,500 | +4.17% | 21 |
| South West | -3 | 5 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 9 |
| London | +72 | 4 | £55,000 | - | |
| Yorkshire | -10 | 4 | £55,000 | -2.22% | 6 |
| Scotland | -1 | 3 | £65,000 | +4.00% | 3 |
| West Midlands | +29 | 2 | £62,500 | +25.00% | 7 |
| Midlands | +15 | 2 | £62,500 | +31.58% | 10 |
| North East | +6 | 1 | £40,000 | - | 2 |
| Wales | +2 | 1 | £45,000 | -10.00% | 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: