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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 537 824 967
Rank change year-on-year +287 +143 -211
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 391 153 278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.18% 0.36% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 334 80 96
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,313 £42,500
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 £60,313
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% +7.89%

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 33,216 42,952 86,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.25% 43.31% 54.04%
Number of salaries quoted 24,896 27,477 43,381
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 18 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 18 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 +168 384 £52,500 -4.55% 118
England +237 287 £55,000 +3.29% 117
Work from Home +209 211 £52,500 -19.23% 51
Scotland +9 99 £52,500 -22.22% 9
South East +50 74 £55,000 - 28
South West +39 68 £50,000 -20.00% 24
East of England +45 56 £60,000 -7.69% 25
Midlands 0 47 £55,000 +37.50% 20
North of England +48 36 £50,000 -4.76% 8
West Midlands +14 29 £57,500 +32.18% 8
North West -7 20 £50,000 -4.76% 7
East Midlands -1 18 £45,000 +12.50% 12
Yorkshire +91 16 £45,000 +5.88% 1
London - 4 £105,000 - 8
Wales - 4 £45,000 - 6

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 (8.95%) Simulink
2 22 (5.63%) 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 (2.05%) AWS
1 8 (2.05%) AWS IoT
2 5 (1.28%) GitHub
3 3 (0.77%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 87 (22.25%) Wireless
2 42 (10.74%) Wi-Fi
3 34 (8.70%) Bluetooth
4 30 (7.67%) RS-232
5 27 (6.91%) Ethernet
6 20 (5.12%) Internet
7 14 (3.58%) J1939
8 11 (2.81%) TCP/IP
9 9 (2.30%) RS-485
10 8 (2.05%) 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%) GSM
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 (6.14%) JIRA
2 21 (5.37%) ClearCase
2 21 (5.37%) Plastic SCM
3 15 (3.84%) Git
4 14 (3.58%) 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
1 117 (29.92%) Electronics
2 105 (26.85%) Social Skills
3 67 (17.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 60 (15.35%) Manufacturing
5 50 (12.79%) Automotive
6 26 (6.65%) Marketing
7 23 (5.88%) Aerospace
8 20 (5.12%) Telecoms
9 19 (4.86%) Finance
10 16 (4.09%) Public Sector
11 10 (2.56%) 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
1 256 (65.47%) Embedded Engineer
2 239 (61.13%) Software Engineer
3 184 (47.06%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 101 (25.83%) Senior
5 77 (19.69%) Senior Software Engineer
6 58 (14.83%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 52 (13.30%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 40 (10.23%) Firmware Engineer
9 36 (9.21%) C Software Engineer
10 31 (7.93%) Junior
11 30 (7.67%) Junior Embedded Engineer
12 29 (7.42%) Embedded C Engineer
13 27 (6.91%) Embedded C Software Engineer
14 26 (6.65%) Graduate
15 23 (5.88%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
16 21 (5.37%) Electronics Engineer
17 18 (4.60%) Developer
18 14 (3.58%) Embedded Developer
19 12 (3.07%) Embedded Software Developer
19 12 (3.07%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.86%) 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 (18.93%) Embedded Systems
2 47 (12.02%) IoT
3 37 (9.46%) Algorithms
4 15 (3.84%) Device Driver
5 13 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (3.07%) 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 (2.05%) 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 (45.01%) Linux
2 89 (22.76%) Embedded Linux
3 21 (5.37%) Windows
4 8 (2.05%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (1.02%) Debian
6 1 (0.26%) Fedora
6 1 (0.26%) ThreadX
6 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (80.82%) Software Engineering
2 78 (19.95%) Computer Science
3 55 (14.07%) Agile
4 51 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
5 49 (12.53%) Software Testing
6 44 (11.25%) Physics
7 42 (10.74%) Mathematics
8 33 (8.44%) Mentoring
9 30 (7.67%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (6.91%) Configuration Management
11 23 (5.88%) Open Source
12 20 (5.12%) Embedded Software Development
12 20 (5.12%) Prototyping
12 20 (5.12%) SDLC
13 16 (4.09%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (4.09%) Digital Marketing
13 16 (4.09%) Programme Management
14 15 (3.84%) OOD
14 15 (3.84%) TDD
15 14 (3.58%) Data Acquisition
Programming Languages
1 391 (100.00%) C
2 147 (37.60%) Python
3 79 (20.20%) C++
4 59 (15.09%) Bash
5 58 (14.83%) Rust
6 48 (12.28%) Embedded C++
7 38 (9.72%) MATLAB
8 34 (8.70%) C#
9 15 (3.84%) Perl
10 12 (3.07%) Java
11 9 (2.30%) R
12 8 (2.05%) 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
1 154 (39.39%) Degree
2 53 (13.55%) Security Cleared
3 15 (3.84%) 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 33 (8.44%) MISRA
2 22 (5.63%) AUTOSAR
3 15 (3.84%) ISO 26262
4 14 (3.58%) Automotive SPICE
5 13 (3.32%) QA
6 9 (2.30%) IEC 62304
7 8 (2.05%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 110 (28.13%) Firmware
2 47 (12.02%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (2.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (2.81%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (5.37%) IBM
1 21 (5.37%) Lauterbach
2 17 (4.35%) 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