Embedded C/C++ Engineer Jobs

Embedded C/C++ Engineer
UK

The median Embedded C/C++ Engineer salary in the UK is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 863 963 1201
Rank change year-on-year +100 +238 -336
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded C/C++ Engineer 31 30 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.029% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.031% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 19 18 10
10th Percentile £43,750 - -
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% -22.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £43,750 £60,000
90th Percentile - - £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £42,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +35.29% -26.09% +15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Embedded C/C++ Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Embedded C/C++ Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded C/C++ Engineer in the UK

Embedded C/C++ Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded C/C++ Engineer.

Salary trend for Embedded C/C++ Engineer in the UK

Embedded C/C++ Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded C/C++ Engineer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded C/C++ Engineer in the UK

Embedded C/C++ Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded C/C++ Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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 +120 31 £57,500 +35.29% 9
UK excluding London -3 31 £57,500 +35.29% 9
Work from Home +79 12 £50,000 +17.65% 5
South East +40 12 £85,000 - 1
Midlands - 7 £50,000 - 5
South West -18 6 - - 3
East Midlands - 6 £50,000 -
East of England +18 5 - -
Yorkshire +80 1 £45,000 +5.88%
North of England +28 1 £45,000 +5.88%
West Midlands - 1 - - 5

Embedded C/C++ Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Embedded C/C++ Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Embedded C/C++ Engineer in the job title.

1 31 (100.00%) C
1 31 (100.00%) C++
2 24 (77.42%) Software Engineering
3 16 (51.61%) Embedded Systems
4 12 (38.71%) Linux
5 10 (32.26%) Embedded Linux
6 8 (25.81%) Embedded C
6 8 (25.81%) Embedded C++
6 8 (25.81%) Yocto
6 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
7 6 (19.35%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (16.13%) OpenEmbedded
8 5 (16.13%) FFmpeg
8 5 (16.13%) Open Source
8 5 (16.13%) GStreamer
8 5 (16.13%) Multithreading
8 5 (16.13%) C#
9 4 (12.90%) Wireless
9 4 (12.90%) Firmware
10 3 (9.68%) Manufacturing
10 3 (9.68%) Device Driver
10 3 (9.68%) FPGA
10 3 (9.68%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 3 (9.68%) Continuous Integration
10 3 (9.68%) Memory Management
10 3 (9.68%) Linux Kernel Development
10 3 (9.68%) Device Driver Development
10 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
11 2 (6.45%) Value Proposition
11 2 (6.45%) Computer Vision

Embedded C/C++ Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) Wireless
2 2 (6.45%) TCP/IP
General
1 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.68%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (25.81%) Yocto
2 5 (16.13%) FFmpeg
2 5 (16.13%) GStreamer
2 5 (16.13%) OpenEmbedded
3 3 (9.68%) Boost C++ Libraries
Miscellaneous
1 16 (51.61%) Embedded Systems
2 6 (19.35%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (9.68%) Device Driver
3 3 (9.68%) FPGA
4 2 (6.45%) Algorithms
4 2 (6.45%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 12 (38.71%) Linux
2 10 (32.26%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (77.42%) Software Engineering
2 5 (16.13%) Multithreading
2 5 (16.13%) Open Source
3 3 (9.68%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (9.68%) Device Driver Development
3 3 (9.68%) Linux Kernel Development
3 3 (9.68%) Memory Management
3 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (6.45%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (6.45%) Computer Vision
4 2 (6.45%) DevOps
4 2 (6.45%) Embedded Software Development
4 2 (6.45%) Mathematics
4 2 (6.45%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 31 (100.00%) C
1 31 (100.00%) C++
2 8 (25.81%) Embedded C
2 8 (25.81%) Embedded C++
3 5 (16.13%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) QA
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) Firmware