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 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 626 612 519
Rank change year-on-year -14 -93 +262
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 105 44 433
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.099% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.63% 0.32% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 89 42 348
10th Percentile £43,750 £46,375 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,500 £51,250 £45,000
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 £62,188 £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 16,664 13,950 34,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.82% 31.30% 31.58%
Number of salaries quoted 11,760 9,193 25,782
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,379 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% -0.91%

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 17 June 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 17 June 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 -10 101 £57,500 +6.48% 73
England -29 78 £57,500 +6.48% 69
Work from Home +14 29 £65,000 +20.37% 38
Scotland +27 23 £65,000 - 4
Midlands -2 20 £60,750 +21.50% 7
South East -11 19 £62,500 +4.17% 22
East of England -8 14 £52,500 -2.78% 10
North of England -22 14 £57,500 +35.29% 10
West Midlands - 13 £80,000 - 5
South West -54 8 £50,000 -4.76% 16
North West - 8 £57,500 - 8
East Midlands -24 7 £54,000 +8.00% 2
North East - 4 £51,000 -
London - 3 £65,000 - 3
Wales - 3 £44,000 - 4
Yorkshire -43 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 (0.95%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (7.62%) Simulink
2 3 (2.86%) CANalyzer
3 2 (1.90%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 18 (17.14%) RS-232
2 16 (15.24%) Ethernet
3 11 (10.48%) Bluetooth
4 8 (7.62%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (7.62%) Wireless
5 7 (6.67%) LTE
5 7 (6.67%) Modbus
6 1 (0.95%) MQTT
6 1 (0.95%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.81%) GIS
Development Applications
1 13 (12.38%) Git
2 5 (4.76%) Eclipse
3 4 (3.81%) Subversion
4 3 (2.86%) CANoe
5 2 (1.90%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.90%) JIRA
6 1 (0.95%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.95%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.95%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.95%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.95%) Zephyr
General
1 40 (38.10%) Electronics
2 16 (15.24%) Social Skills
3 11 (10.48%) Manufacturing
4 8 (7.62%) Automotive
5 5 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.81%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.81%) Swedish Language
7 2 (1.90%) Advertising
7 2 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.95%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 68 (64.76%) Embedded Engineer
2 55 (52.38%) Software Engineer
3 53 (50.48%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 31 (29.52%) Senior
5 21 (20.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 20 (19.05%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 20 (19.05%) Senior Software Engineer
7 13 (12.38%) Electronics Engineer
8 12 (11.43%) Firmware Engineer
9 9 (8.57%) Embedded C Engineer
10 8 (7.62%) Design Engineer
10 8 (7.62%) Electronics Design Engineer
10 8 (7.62%) Senior Design Engineer
10 8 (7.62%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
10 8 (7.62%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 8 (7.62%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 6 (5.71%) Architect
11 6 (5.71%) C Software Engineer
11 6 (5.71%) Embedded C Software Engineer
11 6 (5.71%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (17.14%) Yocto
2 3 (2.86%) .NET
3 2 (1.90%) Middleware
4 1 (0.95%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.95%) gRPC
4 1 (0.95%) iOS SDK
4 1 (0.95%) Kafka
4 1 (0.95%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.95%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 21 (20.00%) Device Driver
2 18 (17.14%) Embedded Systems
3 13 (12.38%) Analogue Electronics
4 12 (11.43%) VHDL
5 10 (9.52%) Algorithms
5 10 (9.52%) Verilog
6 8 (7.62%) FPGA
6 8 (7.62%) IoT
7 7 (6.67%) ARM Cortex
7 7 (6.67%) Robotics
8 6 (5.71%) Raspberry Pi
9 5 (4.76%) PCIe
10 4 (3.81%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (3.81%) CAN bus
11 2 (1.90%) Acoustics
11 2 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
12 1 (0.95%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 22 (20.95%) Linux
2 20 (19.05%) Embedded Linux
3 16 (15.24%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.90%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.90%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.95%) Android
5 1 (0.95%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.95%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (64.76%) Software Engineering
2 19 (18.10%) Validation
3 18 (17.14%) Agile
4 16 (15.24%) Test Automation
5 15 (14.29%) Scrum
6 14 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (12.38%) Digital Signal Processing
7 13 (12.38%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (12.38%) Signal Processing
7 13 (12.38%) Systems Engineering
8 12 (11.43%) Collaborative Working
9 11 (10.48%) Collaborative Culture
10 10 (9.52%) AI
10 10 (9.52%) Schematic Capture
10 10 (9.52%) Software Testing
11 7 (6.67%) Computer Science
11 7 (6.67%) Kalman Filter
12 6 (5.71%) Collaborative Engineering
12 6 (5.71%) DevOps
12 6 (5.71%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 105 (100.00%) C
2 52 (49.52%) C++
3 31 (29.52%) Python
4 28 (26.67%) Embedded C++
5 12 (11.43%) C#
5 12 (11.43%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.95%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (17.14%) Degree
2 17 (16.19%) Security Cleared
3 11 (10.48%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.71%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.86%) HNC
5 3 (2.86%) HND
5 3 (2.86%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.95%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.76%) DO-254
2 4 (3.81%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.90%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (0.95%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.95%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.95%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.95%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 43 (40.95%) Firmware
2 21 (20.00%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.90%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (5.71%) EMC
2 4 (3.81%) Atmel
2 4 (3.81%) Facebook
2 4 (3.81%) Instagram
3 3 (2.86%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.95%) Google