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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 616 | 590 | 632 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -26 | +42 | +297 |
| Permanent jobs citing Embedded C | 50 | 163 | 82 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.094% | 0.24% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.42% | 0.76% | 0.39% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 49 | 70 | 74 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,000 | £37,500 | £28,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,750 | £46,125 | £39,250 |
| 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 | £59,688 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,500 | £70,000 | £67,125 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +4.76% | -6.25% |
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 | 12,029 | 21,517 | 21,265 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 22.55% | 31.92% | 40.87% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8,625 | 12,785 | 17,491 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £37,500 | £39,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £47,500 | £48,000 |
| 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 | £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.
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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 21 November 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 21 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 | +16 | 45 | £53,750 | -2.27% | 85 |
| UK excluding London | -40 | 45 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 95 |
| Work from Home | +89 | 34 | £53,750 | -10.42% | 37 |
| North of England | +32 | 13 | £46,500 | -33.57% | 12 |
| South East | +27 | 12 | £55,000 | - | 27 |
| North West | +43 | 10 | £46,500 | -33.57% | |
| South West | +3 | 8 | £52,500 | -19.23% | 16 |
| East of England | +15 | 7 | £80,000 | +33.33% | 20 |
| London | - | 4 | £55,000 | - | 1 |
| Scotland | 0 | 3 | £65,000 | - | 10 |
| Yorkshire | +7 | 2 | £55,000 | - | 10 |
| West Midlands | +38 | 1 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 11 |
| Midlands | +30 | 1 | £60,000 | +20.00% | 16 |
| Wales | +7 | 1 | £45,000 | -10.00% | |
| North East | +6 | 1 | £40,000 | - | 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: