Embedded C
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Embedded C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded C over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 546 807 951
Rank change year-on-year +261 +144 -196
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 392 153 279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.18% 0.35% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 335 80 97
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,313 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,813 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

All Programming Languages
UK

Embedded C is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,238 43,130 87,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.26% 43.34% 53.96%
Number of salaries quoted 24,895 27,636 43,338
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

Embedded C
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Embedded C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded C in the UK

Embedded C
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Embedded C in the UK

Embedded C
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded C over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded C in the UK

Embedded C
Top 15 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 19 May 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
UK excluding London +190 385 £52,500 -4.55% 123
England +223 287 £55,000 +3.29% 121
Work from Home +201 211 £52,500 -19.23% 48
Scotland +1 99 £52,500 -22.22% 9
South East +43 74 £55,000 - 29
South West +56 68 £50,000 -20.00% 23
East of England +42 56 £60,000 -7.69% 28
Midlands +10 47 £55,000 +37.50% 19
North of England +41 36 £50,000 -4.76% 11
West Midlands +16 29 £57,500 +32.18% 9
North West -10 20 £50,000 -4.76% 9
East Midlands -4 18 £45,000 +12.50% 10
Yorkshire +90 16 £45,000 +5.88% 2
Wales - 5 £47,500 - 6
London - 4 £105,000 - 8

Embedded C
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:

Applications
1 35 (8.93%) Simulink
2 22 (5.61%) Stateflow
3 7 (1.79%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 8 (2.04%) AWS
1 8 (2.04%) AWS IoT
2 5 (1.28%) GitHub
3 3 (0.77%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 87 (22.19%) Wireless
2 42 (10.71%) Wi-Fi
3 34 (8.67%) Bluetooth
4 30 (7.65%) RS-232
5 27 (6.89%) Ethernet
6 20 (5.10%) Internet
7 14 (3.57%) J1939
8 11 (2.81%) TCP/IP
9 9 (2.30%) RS-485
10 8 (2.04%) ZigBee
11 5 (1.28%) LTE
11 5 (1.28%) MQTT
12 4 (1.02%) DVB
12 4 (1.02%) LoRaWAN
13 2 (0.51%) HTTP
13 2 (0.51%) RS-422
14 1 (0.26%) FlexRay
14 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
14 1 (0.26%) Network Security
14 1 (0.26%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.02%) Big Data
2 2 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.51%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 24 (6.12%) JIRA
2 21 (5.36%) ClearCase
2 21 (5.36%) Plastic SCM
3 15 (3.83%) Git
4 14 (3.57%) ClearQuest
5 13 (3.32%) Subversion
6 7 (1.79%) Eclipse
7 4 (1.02%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.51%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.26%) GitLab
9 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
General
1 118 (30.10%) Electronics
2 105 (26.79%) Social Skills
3 67 (17.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 60 (15.31%) Manufacturing
5 50 (12.76%) Automotive
6 26 (6.63%) Marketing
7 23 (5.87%) Aerospace
8 20 (5.10%) Telecoms
9 19 (4.85%) Finance
10 16 (4.08%) Public Sector
11 10 (2.55%) Legal
12 9 (2.30%) Retail
13 7 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
14 6 (1.53%) Tech for Good
15 5 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
17 2 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
18 1 (0.26%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 257 (65.56%) Embedded Engineer
2 240 (61.22%) Software Engineer
3 185 (47.19%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 101 (25.77%) Senior
5 77 (19.64%) Senior Software Engineer
6 58 (14.80%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 52 (13.27%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 40 (10.20%) Firmware Engineer
9 36 (9.18%) C Software Engineer
10 31 (7.91%) Junior
11 30 (7.65%) Junior Embedded Engineer
12 29 (7.40%) Embedded C Engineer
13 27 (6.89%) Embedded C Software Engineer
14 26 (6.63%) Graduate
15 23 (5.87%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
16 21 (5.36%) Electronics Engineer
17 18 (4.59%) Developer
18 14 (3.57%) Embedded Developer
19 12 (3.06%) Senior Firmware Engineer
19 12 (3.06%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.85%) Yocto
2 6 (1.53%) HTML
3 5 (1.28%) FFmpeg
3 5 (1.28%) GStreamer
3 5 (1.28%) OpenEmbedded
3 5 (1.28%) WPF
4 4 (1.02%) Flask
5 3 (0.77%) Qt
6 1 (0.26%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 74 (18.88%) Embedded Systems
2 47 (11.99%) IoT
3 37 (9.44%) Algorithms
4 15 (3.83%) Device Driver
5 13 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (3.06%) Analogue Electronics
7 11 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.81%) RISC-V
8 9 (2.30%) ARM Cortex
8 9 (2.30%) Renewable Energy
9 8 (2.04%) FPGA
10 7 (1.79%) CAN bus
10 7 (1.79%) Robotics
10 7 (1.79%) VHDL
11 5 (1.28%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.28%) Smart Home
12 4 (1.02%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.02%) Raspberry Pi
12 4 (1.02%) Smart Energy
13 3 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 176 (44.90%) Linux
2 89 (22.70%) Embedded Linux
3 21 (5.36%) Windows
4 8 (2.04%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (1.02%) Debian
6 1 (0.26%) Fedora
6 1 (0.26%) ThreadX
6 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (80.87%) Software Engineering
2 78 (19.90%) Computer Science
3 55 (14.03%) Agile
4 51 (13.01%) Cybersecurity
5 49 (12.50%) Software Testing
6 44 (11.22%) Physics
7 42 (10.71%) Mathematics
8 33 (8.42%) Mentoring
9 30 (7.65%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (6.89%) Configuration Management
11 23 (5.87%) Open Source
12 20 (5.10%) Embedded Software Development
12 20 (5.10%) Prototyping
12 20 (5.10%) SDLC
13 16 (4.08%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (4.08%) Digital Marketing
13 16 (4.08%) Programme Management
14 15 (3.83%) OOD
14 15 (3.83%) TDD
15 14 (3.57%) Data Acquisition
Programming Languages
1 392 (100.00%) C
2 147 (37.50%) Python
3 80 (20.41%) C++
4 59 (15.05%) Bash
5 58 (14.80%) Rust
6 49 (12.50%) Embedded C++
7 38 (9.69%) MATLAB
8 34 (8.67%) C#
9 15 (3.83%) Perl
10 12 (3.06%) Java
11 9 (2.30%) R
12 8 (2.04%) SQL
13 5 (1.28%) JavaScript
13 5 (1.28%) XAML
14 3 (0.77%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.51%) Assembly Language
15 2 (0.51%) PHP
16 1 (0.26%) Ada
16 1 (0.26%) Groovy
16 1 (0.26%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 155 (39.54%) Degree
2 53 (13.52%) Security Cleared
3 15 (3.83%) HND
4 9 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.77%) HNC
6 2 (0.51%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.26%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.67%) MISRA
2 22 (5.61%) AUTOSAR
3 16 (4.08%) ISO 26262
4 14 (3.57%) Automotive SPICE
5 13 (3.32%) QA
6 9 (2.30%) IEC 62304
7 8 (2.04%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 110 (28.06%) Firmware
2 47 (11.99%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (2.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (2.81%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (5.36%) IBM
1 21 (5.36%) Lauterbach
2 17 (4.34%) SAP
3 13 (3.32%) EMC
4 5 (1.28%) Renesas
5 4 (1.02%) Facebook
5 4 (1.02%) Instagram
6 3 (0.77%) Microsoft
7 2 (0.51%) Altera
7 2 (0.51%) Cadence
7 2 (0.51%) Lattice Semiconductor
8 1 (0.26%) Parasoft