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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 674 625 561
Rank change year-on-year -49 -64 +125
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 130 50 245
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.10% 0.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.70% 0.38% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 99 49 157
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £69,500 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% +4.76%

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 18,548 13,113 24,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.36% 26.43% 30.79%
Number of salaries quoted 13,189 8,454 15,373
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +0.81% -4.62%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -46 124 £57,500 +9.52% 88
England -50 113 £57,500 +6.48% 94
Work from Home -18 46 £65,000 +23.81% 105
Midlands -1 39 £59,500 +19.00% 16
South East -19 29 £65,000 +18.18% 22
West Midlands - 22 £65,000 - 8
North of England -39 21 £57,500 +23.66% 9
East Midlands -20 17 £54,000 +8.00% 8
North West -9 16 £57,500 +23.66% 7
East of England -17 16 £56,250 -16.04% 22
Scotland +19 12 £67,500 +17.39% 7
London -44 4 £80,000 +45.45% 9
South West -89 4 £52,500 - 14
North East - 4 £51,000 - 1
Wales -68 3 £44,000 -2.22% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £70,000 - 1

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 (0.77%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (15.38%) Simulink
2 3 (2.31%) CANalyzer
2 3 (2.31%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.77%) Mathcad
3 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.77%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (13.08%) Wi-Fi
1 17 (13.08%) Wireless
2 14 (10.77%) Bluetooth
3 12 (9.23%) Ethernet
3 12 (9.23%) RS-232
4 11 (8.46%) Modbus
5 10 (7.69%) LTE
6 7 (5.38%) Wireshark
7 2 (1.54%) RS-485
8 1 (0.77%) 5G
8 1 (0.77%) MQTT
8 1 (0.77%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.08%) GIS
Development Applications
1 16 (12.31%) Git
2 8 (6.15%) Eclipse
3 3 (2.31%) CANoe
4 2 (1.54%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.77%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.77%) GoogleTest
5 1 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.77%) JIRA
5 1 (0.77%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 65 (50.00%) Electronics
2 28 (21.54%) Social Skills
3 17 (13.08%) Manufacturing
4 16 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.69%) Automotive
6 4 (3.08%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.08%) Swedish Language
7 3 (2.31%) Advertising
8 1 (0.77%) Aviation
8 1 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.77%) Finance
8 1 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.77%) Retail
Job Titles
1 66 (50.77%) Embedded Engineer
2 47 (36.15%) Software Engineer
3 46 (35.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 44 (33.85%) Senior
5 25 (19.23%) Electronics Engineer
6 24 (18.46%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 17 (13.08%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 17 (13.08%) Senior Software Engineer
8 15 (11.54%) Design Engineer
9 14 (10.77%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 14 (10.77%) Senior Design Engineer
9 14 (10.77%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
9 14 (10.77%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 12 (9.23%) Firmware Engineer
11 11 (8.46%) Lead
12 10 (7.69%) FPGA Engineer
13 9 (6.92%) Embedded Linux Engineer
13 9 (6.92%) Linux Engineer
13 9 (6.92%) Senior Firmware Engineer
14 8 (6.15%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (14.62%) Yocto
2 3 (2.31%) .NET
3 2 (1.54%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.54%) Middleware
4 1 (0.77%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.77%) gRPC
4 1 (0.77%) Kafka
4 1 (0.77%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.77%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 30 (23.08%) Embedded Systems
2 25 (19.23%) Analogue Electronics
3 22 (16.92%) FPGA
4 21 (16.15%) Device Driver
5 19 (14.62%) VHDL
6 18 (13.85%) IoT
7 17 (13.08%) Verilog
8 13 (10.00%) Algorithms
8 13 (10.00%) Robotics
9 11 (8.46%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (7.69%) Raspberry Pi
11 9 (6.92%) ARM Cortex
12 8 (6.15%) PCIe
13 6 (4.62%) CAN bus
14 3 (2.31%) Acoustics
15 2 (1.54%) ASIC
15 2 (1.54%) Optoelectronics
15 2 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
16 1 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 23 (17.69%) Linux
2 20 (15.38%) Embedded Linux
3 17 (13.08%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.54%) Android
4 2 (1.54%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.54%) SafeRTOS
5 1 (0.77%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 33 (25.38%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (24.62%) Validation
4 21 (16.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (16.15%) Signal Processing
5 19 (14.62%) Agile
5 19 (14.62%) Digital Signal Processing
6 17 (13.08%) Schematic Capture
7 16 (12.31%) Collaborative Culture
7 16 (12.31%) Collaborative Working
7 16 (12.31%) Software Testing
7 16 (12.31%) Test Automation
8 15 (11.54%) Scrum
9 14 (10.77%) Systems Engineering
10 13 (10.00%) Collaborative Engineering
10 13 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (9.23%) AI
11 12 (9.23%) CI/CD
12 11 (8.46%) FPGA Design
13 9 (6.92%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 130 (100.00%) C
2 69 (53.08%) C++
3 45 (34.62%) Embedded C++
4 39 (30.00%) Python
5 24 (18.46%) MATLAB
6 11 (8.46%) C#
7 7 (5.38%) Java
8 2 (1.54%) Perl
8 2 (1.54%) R
8 2 (1.54%) Tcl
9 1 (0.77%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 38 (29.23%) Degree
2 24 (18.46%) Security Cleared
3 14 (10.77%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.92%) DV Cleared
5 6 (4.62%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.08%) PhD
7 3 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.31%) HNC
7 3 (2.31%) HND
8 1 (0.77%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.85%) DO-254
2 4 (3.08%) Automotive SPICE
2 4 (3.08%) Def Stans
3 3 (2.31%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.77%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.77%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.77%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.77%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.77%) MISRA
4 1 (0.77%) QA
System Software
1 59 (45.38%) Firmware
2 32 (24.62%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.08%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 15 (11.54%) EMC
2 4 (3.08%) Facebook
2 4 (3.08%) Instagram
3 3 (2.31%) Atlassian
4 2 (1.54%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.77%) Altera
5 1 (0.77%) Google
5 1 (0.77%) Thales