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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 640 625 510
Rank change year-on-year -15 -115 +260
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 113 52 411
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.11% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.64% 0.36% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 96 49 331
10th Percentile £44,375 £45,750 £36,500
25th Percentile £49,375 £47,500 £43,125
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 £61,250 £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 17,623 14,419 32,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.00% 29.46% 31.74%
Number of salaries quoted 12,522 9,595 24,220
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £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 £111,250 £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 10 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 10 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 -5 112 £57,500 +6.48% 42
England -29 86 £57,500 +6.48% 49
Work from Home +12 36 £65,000 +23.81% 19
Midlands -6 26 £54,000 +8.00% 8
Scotland +35 24 £65,000 - 1
South East -35 20 £65,000 +8.33% 15
North of England -29 16 £57,500 +23.66% 6
East of England -4 15 £62,500 +15.74% 3
West Midlands - 14 £80,000 - 2
East Midlands -12 12 £54,000 +8.00% 6
North West +4 10 £57,500 +23.66% 4
South West -60 8 £50,000 -4.76% 8
North East - 4 £51,000 -
Wales - 3 £44,000 - 1
Yorkshire -32 2 £72,500 +70.59% 2
London -24 1 £65,000 +18.18% 10

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 (0.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (8.85%) Simulink
2 3 (2.65%) CANalyzer
3 2 (1.77%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.93%) RS-232
2 16 (14.16%) Ethernet
3 14 (12.39%) Bluetooth
4 13 (11.50%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (11.50%) Wireless
5 10 (8.85%) LTE
5 10 (8.85%) Modbus
6 1 (0.88%) MQTT
6 1 (0.88%) Profibus
6 1 (0.88%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.54%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (13.27%) Git
2 6 (5.31%) Eclipse
3 4 (3.54%) Subversion
4 3 (2.65%) CANoe
5 2 (1.77%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.77%) JIRA
6 1 (0.88%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.88%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.88%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.88%) Zephyr
General
1 43 (38.05%) Electronics
2 17 (15.04%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.73%) Manufacturing
4 8 (7.08%) Automotive
5 6 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.54%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.54%) Swedish Language
7 3 (2.65%) Advertising
8 2 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.88%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 73 (64.60%) Embedded Engineer
2 56 (49.56%) Software Engineer
3 54 (47.79%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 35 (30.97%) Senior
5 23 (20.35%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 20 (17.70%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 20 (17.70%) Senior Software Engineer
7 14 (12.39%) Firmware Engineer
8 13 (11.50%) Electronics Engineer
9 10 (8.85%) Design Engineer
9 10 (8.85%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 10 (8.85%) Senior Design Engineer
9 10 (8.85%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
9 10 (8.85%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 10 (8.85%) Senior Firmware Engineer
10 9 (7.96%) Embedded C Engineer
11 7 (6.19%) FPGA Engineer
11 7 (6.19%) Systems Engineer
12 6 (5.31%) Architect
12 6 (5.31%) C Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (19.47%) Yocto
2 3 (2.65%) .NET
3 2 (1.77%) iOS SDK
3 2 (1.77%) Middleware
4 1 (0.88%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.88%) gRPC
4 1 (0.88%) Kafka
4 1 (0.88%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.88%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 25 (22.12%) Device Driver
2 24 (21.24%) Embedded Systems
3 15 (13.27%) Analogue Electronics
4 13 (11.50%) Algorithms
4 13 (11.50%) VHDL
5 12 (10.62%) IoT
6 11 (9.73%) FPGA
6 11 (9.73%) Verilog
7 9 (7.96%) Raspberry Pi
7 9 (7.96%) Robotics
8 7 (6.19%) ARM Cortex
9 6 (5.31%) PCIe
10 5 (4.42%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (3.54%) CAN bus
12 2 (1.77%) Acoustics
12 2 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
13 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
13 1 (0.88%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 25 (22.12%) Linux
2 23 (20.35%) Embedded Linux
3 18 (15.93%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.77%) Android
4 2 (1.77%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.77%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.77%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (64.60%) Software Engineering
2 21 (18.58%) Validation
3 19 (16.81%) Agile
4 16 (14.16%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (14.16%) Digital Signal Processing
4 16 (14.16%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (14.16%) Scrum
4 16 (14.16%) Signal Processing
4 16 (14.16%) Test Automation
5 14 (12.39%) Collaborative Working
6 13 (11.50%) Collaborative Culture
6 13 (11.50%) Systems Engineering
7 12 (10.62%) Schematic Capture
8 11 (9.73%) Software Testing
9 10 (8.85%) AI
10 9 (7.96%) Computer Science
11 8 (7.08%) Collaborative Engineering
11 8 (7.08%) Kalman Filter
12 7 (6.19%) CI/CD
13 6 (5.31%) Device Driver Development
Programming Languages
1 113 (100.00%) C
2 57 (50.44%) C++
3 34 (30.09%) Python
4 31 (27.43%) Embedded C++
5 14 (12.39%) MATLAB
6 12 (10.62%) C#
7 1 (0.88%) Java
7 1 (0.88%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (17.70%) Degree
2 18 (15.93%) Security Cleared
3 12 (10.62%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.31%) DV Cleared
5 5 (4.42%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.65%) HNC
7 3 (2.65%) HND
8 1 (0.88%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.42%) DO-254
2 4 (3.54%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.77%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (0.88%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.88%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.88%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.88%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 49 (43.36%) Firmware
2 24 (21.24%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.77%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (5.31%) EMC
2 4 (3.54%) Atmel
2 4 (3.54%) Facebook
2 4 (3.54%) Instagram
3 3 (2.65%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.88%) Google