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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 633 630 524
Rank change year-on-year -3 -106 +245
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 115 51 405
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.10% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.65% 0.35% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 98 48 327
10th Percentile £44,625 £45,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% +2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £60,313 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.48% +2.86% -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 17,684 14,432 32,206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.98% 29.44% 31.76%
Number of salaries quoted 12,591 9,594 24,025
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 11 July 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 11 July 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 +10 113 £57,500 +6.48% 44
England -28 88 £57,500 +6.48% 51
Work from Home -10 38 £65,000 +23.81% 21
Midlands -7 27 £60,750 +21.50% 8
Scotland +27 24 £65,000 - 1
South East -24 20 £65,000 +8.33% 16
North of England -24 16 £57,500 +23.66% 6
East of England -8 15 £62,500 +15.74% 3
West Midlands - 14 £80,000 - 2
East Midlands -18 13 £54,000 +8.00% 6
North West 0 10 £57,500 +23.66% 4
South West -64 8 £50,000 -4.76% 9
North East - 4 £51,000 -
Wales - 3 £44,000 - 1
London -24 2 £72,500 +31.82% 10
Yorkshire -27 2 £72,500 +70.59% 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.87%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (8.70%) Simulink
2 3 (2.61%) CANalyzer
3 2 (1.74%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.65%) RS-232
2 16 (13.91%) Ethernet
3 14 (12.17%) Bluetooth
3 14 (12.17%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (12.17%) Wireless
4 10 (8.70%) LTE
4 10 (8.70%) Modbus
5 1 (0.87%) MQTT
5 1 (0.87%) Profibus
5 1 (0.87%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.48%) GIS
Development Applications
1 16 (13.91%) Git
2 6 (5.22%) Eclipse
3 4 (3.48%) Subversion
4 3 (2.61%) CANoe
5 2 (1.74%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.74%) JIRA
6 1 (0.87%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.87%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.87%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.87%) Zephyr
General
1 43 (37.39%) Electronics
2 17 (14.78%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.57%) Manufacturing
4 8 (6.96%) Automotive
5 6 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.48%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.48%) Swedish Language
7 3 (2.61%) Advertising
8 2 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.87%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 75 (65.22%) Embedded Engineer
2 57 (49.57%) Software Engineer
3 55 (47.83%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 37 (32.17%) Senior
5 25 (21.74%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 21 (18.26%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 21 (18.26%) Senior Software Engineer
7 14 (12.17%) Firmware Engineer
8 13 (11.30%) Electronics Engineer
9 10 (8.70%) Design Engineer
9 10 (8.70%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 10 (8.70%) Embedded C Engineer
9 10 (8.70%) Senior Design Engineer
9 10 (8.70%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
9 10 (8.70%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 10 (8.70%) Senior Firmware Engineer
10 7 (6.09%) C Software Engineer
10 7 (6.09%) Embedded C Software Engineer
10 7 (6.09%) FPGA Engineer
10 7 (6.09%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (20.00%) Yocto
2 3 (2.61%) .NET
3 2 (1.74%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.74%) Middleware
4 1 (0.87%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.87%) gRPC
4 1 (0.87%) Kafka
4 1 (0.87%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.87%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 26 (22.61%) Device Driver
2 25 (21.74%) Embedded Systems
3 15 (13.04%) Analogue Electronics
4 13 (11.30%) Algorithms
4 13 (11.30%) IoT
4 13 (11.30%) VHDL
5 11 (9.57%) FPGA
5 11 (9.57%) Verilog
6 10 (8.70%) Robotics
7 9 (7.83%) Raspberry Pi
8 7 (6.09%) ARM Cortex
9 6 (5.22%) PCIe
10 5 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (3.48%) CAN bus
12 2 (1.74%) Acoustics
12 2 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
13 1 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
13 1 (0.87%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 26 (22.61%) Linux
2 24 (20.87%) Embedded Linux
3 18 (15.65%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.74%) Android
4 2 (1.74%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.74%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.74%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.87%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (65.22%) Software Engineering
2 21 (18.26%) Validation
3 19 (16.52%) Agile
4 17 (14.78%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (13.91%) Digital Signal Processing
5 16 (13.91%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (13.91%) Scrum
5 16 (13.91%) Signal Processing
5 16 (13.91%) Test Automation
6 14 (12.17%) Collaborative Culture
6 14 (12.17%) Collaborative Working
7 13 (11.30%) Systems Engineering
8 12 (10.43%) Schematic Capture
9 11 (9.57%) Software Testing
10 10 (8.70%) AI
11 9 (7.83%) Collaborative Engineering
11 9 (7.83%) Computer Science
12 8 (6.96%) CI/CD
12 8 (6.96%) Kalman Filter
13 7 (6.09%) Device Driver Development
Programming Languages
1 115 (100.00%) C
2 59 (51.30%) C++
3 34 (29.57%) Python
4 32 (27.83%) Embedded C++
5 14 (12.17%) MATLAB
6 12 (10.43%) C#
7 1 (0.87%) Java
7 1 (0.87%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (17.39%) Degree
2 18 (15.65%) Security Cleared
3 12 (10.43%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.22%) DV Cleared
5 5 (4.35%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.61%) HNC
7 3 (2.61%) HND
8 1 (0.87%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.35%) DO-254
2 4 (3.48%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.74%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (0.87%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.87%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.87%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.87%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 49 (42.61%) Firmware
2 24 (20.87%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.74%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (5.22%) EMC
2 4 (3.48%) Atmel
2 4 (3.48%) Facebook
2 4 (3.48%) Instagram
3 3 (2.61%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.87%) Google