Embedded C Job Trends

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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 599 591 635
Rank change year-on-year -8 +44 +272
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 56 155 83
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.24% 0.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.48% 0.73% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 55 71 75
10th Percentile £45,300 £37,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £44,375 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £61,875
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £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 11,600 21,094 20,473
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.86% 33.34% 40.87%
Number of salaries quoted 8,509 12,650 16,866
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,788
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,140
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,250 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £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.

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 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Embedded C in the UK

Embedded C
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 5 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 +13 49 £55,000 - 63
UK excluding London -24 49 £55,000 - 68
Work from Home +89 38 £55,000 -8.33% 28
North of England +39 18 £46,500 -25.60% 10
North West +48 13 £46,500 -33.57% 2
South East +15 11 £55,000 - 21
East of England +20 8 £62,500 +4.17% 21
South West -10 6 £52,500 -4.55% 8
London +73 4 £55,000 -
Yorkshire -7 4 £55,000 -2.22% 6
Scotland +10 3 £65,000 +4.00% 3
West Midlands +26 2 £62,500 +8.70% 7
Midlands +22 2 £62,500 +31.58% 10
North East +7 1 £40,000 - 2
Wales +5 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.36%) Ethernet
1 3 (5.36%) RS-232
2 1 (1.79%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Git
1 3 (5.36%) GitLab
2 1 (1.79%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) Rational DOORS
General
1 39 (69.64%) Electronics
2 14 (25.00%) Automotive
2 14 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 4 (7.14%) Finance
4 3 (5.36%) Law
5 1 (1.79%) Advertising
5 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.79%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (71.43%) Embedded Engineer
2 23 (41.07%) Electronics Engineer
3 15 (26.79%) Software Engineer
4 14 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 13 (23.21%) Firmware Engineer
6 10 (17.86%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 10 (17.86%) Senior
7 7 (12.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 6 (10.71%) Design Engineer
8 6 (10.71%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 5 (8.93%) Embedded Linux Engineer
9 5 (8.93%) Linux Engineer
9 5 (8.93%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 5 (8.93%) Senior Software Engineer
10 4 (7.14%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
10 4 (7.14%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
10 4 (7.14%) Lead
10 4 (7.14%) Software Design Engineer
11 3 (5.36%) Software Team Leader
11 3 (5.36%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.07%) Flash
2 4 (7.14%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 17 (30.36%) Embedded Systems
2 11 (19.64%) Analogue Electronics
3 5 (8.93%) Device Driver
4 2 (3.57%) IoT
4 2 (3.57%) RISC-V
5 1 (1.79%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (1.79%) FPGA
5 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.79%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 10 (17.86%) Linux
2 8 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.79%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (39.29%) Software Engineering
2 12 (21.43%) Embedded Software Development
3 10 (17.86%) Collaborative Culture
4 9 (16.07%) Agile
5 5 (8.93%) Mentoring
5 5 (8.93%) Signal Processing
6 4 (7.14%) Digital Signal Processing
7 3 (5.36%) Coaching
7 3 (5.36%) Design Patterns
7 3 (5.36%) Line Management
7 3 (5.36%) Logistics
7 3 (5.36%) Schematic Capture
7 3 (5.36%) Scrum
7 3 (5.36%) SDLC
7 3 (5.36%) UML
7 3 (5.36%) Validation
8 2 (3.57%) Device Driver Development
8 2 (3.57%) Physics
8 2 (3.57%) Software Testing
8 2 (3.57%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 53 (94.64%) C
2 30 (53.57%) C++
3 21 (37.50%) Embedded C++
4 10 (17.86%) Python
5 1 (1.79%) MATLAB
5 1 (1.79%) Rust
Qualifications
1 16 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (3.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.79%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.79%) PhD
3 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) ISO 9000
1 2 (3.57%) JTAG
2 1 (1.79%) MISRA
2 1 (1.79%) MISRA C
System Software
1 42 (75.00%) Firmware
2 27 (48.21%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.79%) systemd
Vendors
1 18 (32.14%) EMC