Embedded C Job Trends in the West Midlands

Embedded C
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Embedded C skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 195 167
Rank change year-on-year +23 -28 +79
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 2 6 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.038% 0.15% 0.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.28% 0.55% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 14
10th Percentile £60,500 £44,000 £43,225
25th Percentile £61,250 £46,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -21.57% +15.91%
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,125 £81,563
90th Percentile £64,500 £68,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 703 1,089 1,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.20% 26.37% 30.18%
Number of salaries quoted 570 553 1,030
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,438 £68,750 £63,938
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Embedded C relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Embedded C job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Embedded C
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Embedded C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Embedded C

Embedded C
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded C within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 January 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
Staffordshire -7 1 £65,000 +30.00% 1
Warwickshire - 1 £60,000 - 1
Embedded C
England

Embedded C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Advertising
2 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) C Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded C Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded C Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Firmware Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior C Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Embedded C Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Firmware Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware