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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 615 589 629
Rank change year-on-year -26 +40 +298
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 48 167 81
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.091% 0.25% 0.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.40% 0.78% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 47 73 73
10th Percentile £45,450 £37,500 £28,300
25th Percentile £45,750 £43,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £67,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year - +7.32% -10.87%

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 11,991 21,477 21,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.64% 31.60% 41.04%
Number of salaries quoted 8,576 12,741 17,735
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,500
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 £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £108,750 £105,000
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 14 November 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 14 November 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 0 44 £55,000 - 86
UK excluding London -32 43 £55,000 - 93
Work from Home +68 31 £52,500 -12.50% 42
South East +7 14 £55,000 - 23
North of England +27 11 £46,500 -33.57% 11
North West +46 9 £46,500 -33.57%
South West +9 8 £52,500 -19.23% 17
East of England +9 6 £80,000 +52.38% 22
London - 4 £55,000 - 1
Scotland -13 2 £65,000 -3.70% 9
West Midlands +30 1 £60,000 -7.69% 12
Midlands +28 1 £60,000 +50.00% 18
North East +5 1 £40,000 - 2
Yorkshire +1 1 £55,000 - 9
Wales +1 1 £45,000 -10.00%

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 (2.08%) GNU Octave
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.08%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.25%) RS-232
2 2 (4.17%) Ethernet
3 1 (2.08%) Bluetooth
3 1 (2.08%) RS-422
3 1 (2.08%) RS-485
3 1 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (2.08%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Git
1 3 (6.25%) GitLab
2 1 (2.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 33 (68.75%) Electronics
2 13 (27.08%) Automotive
3 12 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.25%) Law
5 1 (2.08%) Finance
5 1 (2.08%) Marketing
5 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (60.42%) Embedded Engineer
2 17 (35.42%) Electronics Engineer
3 12 (25.00%) Firmware Engineer
4 10 (20.83%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 10 (20.83%) Software Engineer
5 9 (18.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 8 (16.67%) Senior
7 6 (12.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 5 (10.42%) Lead
9 4 (8.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 4 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
10 3 (6.25%) Embedded Linux Engineer
10 3 (6.25%) Linux Engineer
10 3 (6.25%) Software Team Leader
10 3 (6.25%) Team Leader
11 2 (4.17%) Design Engineer
11 2 (4.17%) Developer
11 2 (4.17%) Electronics Design Engineer
11 2 (4.17%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
12 1 (2.08%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (18.75%) Flash
2 3 (6.25%) Yocto
3 1 (2.08%) .NET
3 1 (2.08%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.08%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 14 (29.17%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (16.67%) Analogue Electronics
3 6 (12.50%) Device Driver
4 2 (4.17%) FPGA
4 2 (4.17%) IoT
4 2 (4.17%) RISC-V
4 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.17%) VHDL
5 1 (2.08%) Acoustics
5 1 (2.08%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.08%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.67%) Linux
2 5 (10.42%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (35.42%) Software Engineering
2 10 (20.83%) Collaborative Culture
3 9 (18.75%) Embedded Software Development
4 6 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 4 (8.33%) Agile
5 4 (8.33%) Device Driver Development
5 4 (8.33%) Physics
5 4 (8.33%) Signal Processing
6 3 (6.25%) Coaching
6 3 (6.25%) Design Patterns
6 3 (6.25%) Digital Signal Processing
6 3 (6.25%) Line Management
6 3 (6.25%) Logistics
6 3 (6.25%) Schematic Capture
6 3 (6.25%) SDLC
6 3 (6.25%) UML
7 2 (4.17%) Mathematics
7 2 (4.17%) Scrum
7 2 (4.17%) Unit Testing
7 2 (4.17%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 45 (93.75%) C
2 22 (45.83%) C++
3 14 (29.17%) Embedded C++
4 12 (25.00%) Python
5 2 (4.17%) C#
6 1 (2.08%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.08%) Rust
Qualifications
1 16 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.17%) PhD
4 1 (2.08%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) ISO 9000
1 2 (4.17%) JTAG
1 2 (4.17%) MISRA
2 1 (2.08%) Def Stans
2 1 (2.08%) MISRA C
2 1 (2.08%) QA
System Software
1 38 (79.17%) Firmware
2 20 (41.67%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) systemd
Vendors
1 17 (35.42%) EMC