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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 636 615 523
Rank change year-on-year -21 -92 +269
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 103 44 429
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.099% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.62% 0.32% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 88 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 16,554 13,954 33,850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.88% 31.52% 31.66%
Number of salaries quoted 11,645 9,172 25,600
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,364 £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 £111,125 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

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 12 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 12 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 -3 99 £57,500 +6.48% 49
England -19 76 £57,500 +6.48% 48
Work from Home +1 28 £65,000 +20.37% 15
Scotland +30 23 £65,000 - 1
Midlands -4 19 £54,000 +8.00% 5
South East -22 19 £62,500 +4.17% 21
North of England -21 14 £57,500 +35.29% 7
East of England -13 13 £52,500 -2.78% 8
West Midlands - 13 £80,000 - 4
South West -63 8 £50,000 -4.76% 8
North West - 8 £57,500 - 6
East Midlands -28 6 £54,000 +8.00% 1
North East - 4 £51,000 -
London - 3 £65,000 -
Wales - 3 £44,000 - 1
Yorkshire -39 2 £72,500 +70.59% 1

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 (0.97%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (6.80%) Simulink
2 3 (2.91%) CANalyzer
3 2 (1.94%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 18 (17.48%) RS-232
2 16 (15.53%) Ethernet
3 11 (10.68%) Bluetooth
4 7 (6.80%) LTE
4 7 (6.80%) Modbus
4 7 (6.80%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (6.80%) Wireless
5 1 (0.97%) MQTT
5 1 (0.97%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.88%) GIS
Development Applications
1 12 (11.65%) Git
2 5 (4.85%) Eclipse
3 4 (3.88%) Subversion
4 3 (2.91%) CANoe
5 2 (1.94%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.94%) JIRA
6 1 (0.97%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.97%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.97%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.97%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.97%) Zephyr
General
1 39 (37.86%) Electronics
2 15 (14.56%) Social Skills
3 11 (10.68%) Manufacturing
4 7 (6.80%) Automotive
5 5 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.88%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.88%) Swedish Language
7 2 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.97%) Advertising
8 1 (0.97%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 67 (65.05%) Embedded Engineer
2 55 (53.40%) Software Engineer
3 53 (51.46%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 30 (29.13%) Senior
5 20 (19.42%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 20 (19.42%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 20 (19.42%) Senior Software Engineer
6 13 (12.62%) Electronics Engineer
7 12 (11.65%) Firmware Engineer
8 9 (8.74%) Embedded C Engineer
9 8 (7.77%) Design Engineer
9 8 (7.77%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 8 (7.77%) Senior Design Engineer
9 8 (7.77%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
9 8 (7.77%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 8 (7.77%) Senior Firmware Engineer
10 6 (5.83%) C Software Engineer
10 6 (5.83%) Embedded C Software Engineer
10 6 (5.83%) FPGA Engineer
10 6 (5.83%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (16.50%) Yocto
2 3 (2.91%) .NET
3 1 (0.97%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.97%) gRPC
3 1 (0.97%) iOS SDK
3 1 (0.97%) Kafka
3 1 (0.97%) Middleware
3 1 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.97%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 20 (19.42%) Device Driver
2 16 (15.53%) Embedded Systems
3 13 (12.62%) Analogue Electronics
4 12 (11.65%) VHDL
5 10 (9.71%) Algorithms
5 10 (9.71%) Verilog
6 8 (7.77%) FPGA
7 7 (6.80%) ARM Cortex
7 7 (6.80%) IoT
7 7 (6.80%) Robotics
8 6 (5.83%) Raspberry Pi
9 5 (4.85%) PCIe
10 4 (3.88%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (3.88%) CAN bus
11 2 (1.94%) Acoustics
11 2 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
12 1 (0.97%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 21 (20.39%) Linux
2 19 (18.45%) Embedded Linux
3 16 (15.53%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.94%) SafeRTOS
4 2 (1.94%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.97%) Android
5 1 (0.97%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.97%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (64.08%) Software Engineering
2 18 (17.48%) Agile
2 18 (17.48%) Validation
3 15 (14.56%) Scrum
3 15 (14.56%) Test Automation
4 13 (12.62%) Digital Signal Processing
4 13 (12.62%) Signal Processing
4 13 (12.62%) Systems Engineering
5 12 (11.65%) Collaborative Working
5 12 (11.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (11.65%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (9.71%) AI
6 10 (9.71%) Collaborative Culture
6 10 (9.71%) Schematic Capture
7 9 (8.74%) Software Testing
8 7 (6.80%) Computer Science
8 7 (6.80%) Kalman Filter
9 6 (5.83%) FPGA Design
9 6 (5.83%) Mentoring
10 5 (4.85%) Collaborative Engineering
Programming Languages
1 103 (100.00%) C
2 50 (48.54%) C++
3 31 (30.10%) Python
4 27 (26.21%) Embedded C++
5 12 (11.65%) C#
6 11 (10.68%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.97%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (17.48%) Degree
2 17 (16.50%) Security Cleared
3 11 (10.68%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.83%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.91%) HNC
5 3 (2.91%) HND
5 3 (2.91%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.97%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.85%) DO-254
2 4 (3.88%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.97%) Automotive SPICE
3 1 (0.97%) HAZOP
3 1 (0.97%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.97%) IEC 62304
3 1 (0.97%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 43 (41.75%) Firmware
2 21 (20.39%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.97%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (5.83%) EMC
2 4 (3.88%) Atmel
2 4 (3.88%) Facebook
2 4 (3.88%) Instagram
3 3 (2.91%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.97%) Google