Embedded C Jobs

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 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 538 811 995
Rank change year-on-year +273 +184 -218
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C 415 135 288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.22% 0.34% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 344 69 87
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,688 £41,750 £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 £67,500 £61,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%

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 34,133 39,378 92,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.06% 42.16% 54.26%
Number of salaries quoted 25,312 26,290 43,396
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £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 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £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 5 June 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 5 June 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 +197 407 £52,500 -4.55% 102
England +224 303 £55,000 +4.02% 97
Work from Home +186 215 £52,500 -19.23% 37
Scotland +1 101 £52,500 -19.23% 7
South East +44 74 £55,000 - 25
South West +30 69 £50,000 - 17
East of England +30 59 £60,000 -7.69% 24
Midlands +9 58 £55,000 +26.44% 14
North of England +26 37 £50,000 -4.76% 12
West Midlands -6 35 £60,000 +37.93% 8
East Midlands -9 23 £41,750 +4.38% 6
North West -1 21 £50,000 -6.98% 9
Yorkshire +72 16 £45,000 +5.88% 1
Wales - 9 £50,000 - 5
London +98 4 £105,000 -2.33% 3

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 37 (8.92%) Simulink
2 22 (5.30%) Stateflow
3 7 (1.69%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 7 (1.69%) AWS
1 7 (1.69%) AWS IoT
2 5 (1.20%) GitHub
3 3 (0.72%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 84 (20.24%) Wireless
2 42 (10.12%) Wi-Fi
3 35 (8.43%) Bluetooth
4 32 (7.71%) RS-232
5 29 (6.99%) Ethernet
6 20 (4.82%) Internet
7 14 (3.37%) J1939
7 14 (3.37%) TCP/IP
8 11 (2.65%) RS-485
9 9 (2.17%) ZigBee
10 7 (1.69%) DVB
11 5 (1.20%) LTE
11 5 (1.20%) MQTT
12 4 (0.96%) LoRaWAN
13 2 (0.48%) HTTP
13 2 (0.48%) RS-422
14 1 (0.24%) FlexRay
14 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
14 1 (0.24%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.96%) Big Data
2 2 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.48%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 24 (5.78%) JIRA
2 21 (5.06%) ClearCase
2 21 (5.06%) Plastic SCM
3 16 (3.86%) Git
4 14 (3.37%) ClearQuest
4 14 (3.37%) Subversion
5 7 (1.69%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.48%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.24%) GitLab
8 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
General
1 132 (31.81%) Electronics
2 106 (25.54%) Social Skills
3 67 (16.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 66 (15.90%) Manufacturing
5 51 (12.29%) Automotive
6 26 (6.27%) Marketing
7 25 (6.02%) Aerospace
8 20 (4.82%) Telecoms
9 19 (4.58%) Finance
10 16 (3.86%) Public Sector
11 11 (2.65%) Legal
12 9 (2.17%) Retail
13 7 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
14 6 (1.45%) Tech for Good
15 5 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
17 2 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
18 1 (0.24%) Advertising
18 1 (0.24%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 279 (67.23%) Embedded Engineer
2 258 (62.17%) Software Engineer
3 202 (48.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 111 (26.75%) Senior
5 85 (20.48%) Senior Software Engineer
6 67 (16.14%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 59 (14.22%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 37 (8.92%) C Software Engineer
8 37 (8.92%) Firmware Engineer
9 31 (7.47%) Embedded C Engineer
10 30 (7.23%) Junior
11 29 (6.99%) Junior Embedded Engineer
12 28 (6.75%) Embedded C Software Engineer
13 25 (6.02%) Graduate
14 21 (5.06%) Electronics Engineer
15 20 (4.82%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
16 18 (4.34%) Developer
17 14 (3.37%) Embedded Developer
18 12 (2.89%) C++ Software Engineer
18 12 (2.89%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.82%) Yocto
2 6 (1.45%) HTML
3 5 (1.20%) FFmpeg
3 5 (1.20%) GStreamer
3 5 (1.20%) OpenEmbedded
3 5 (1.20%) WPF
4 4 (0.96%) Flask
5 3 (0.72%) Qt
6 1 (0.24%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 75 (18.07%) Embedded Systems
2 47 (11.33%) IoT
3 37 (8.92%) Algorithms
4 16 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (3.61%) Device Driver
6 13 (3.13%) ARM Cortex
7 12 (2.89%) Analogue Electronics
8 11 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (2.65%) FPGA
8 11 (2.65%) RISC-V
9 10 (2.41%) VHDL
10 9 (2.17%) Renewable Energy
11 8 (1.93%) CAN bus
12 7 (1.69%) Robotics
13 5 (1.20%) Data Structures
13 5 (1.20%) Raspberry Pi
13 5 (1.20%) Smart Home
14 4 (0.96%) Driving Licence
14 4 (0.96%) Smart Energy
15 3 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 186 (44.82%) Linux
2 92 (22.17%) Embedded Linux
3 23 (5.54%) Windows
4 10 (2.41%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (0.96%) Debian
6 1 (0.24%) Fedora
6 1 (0.24%) ThreadX
6 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (80.48%) Software Engineering
2 77 (18.55%) Computer Science
3 55 (13.25%) Agile
4 51 (12.29%) Cybersecurity
4 51 (12.29%) Software Testing
5 40 (9.64%) Physics
6 38 (9.16%) Mathematics
7 33 (7.95%) Mentoring
8 30 (7.23%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (6.51%) Configuration Management
10 23 (5.54%) Open Source
11 20 (4.82%) Embedded Software Development
11 20 (4.82%) Prototyping
11 20 (4.82%) SDLC
12 16 (3.86%) Business Intelligence
12 16 (3.86%) Digital Marketing
12 16 (3.86%) Programme Management
13 15 (3.61%) OOD
13 15 (3.61%) TDD
14 14 (3.37%) Data Acquisition
Programming Languages
1 414 (99.76%) C
2 149 (35.90%) Python
3 100 (24.10%) C++
4 58 (13.98%) Bash
4 58 (13.98%) Embedded C++
5 57 (13.73%) Rust
6 40 (9.64%) MATLAB
7 33 (7.95%) C#
8 14 (3.37%) Perl
9 12 (2.89%) Java
10 10 (2.41%) R
11 8 (1.93%) SQL
12 5 (1.20%) JavaScript
12 5 (1.20%) XAML
13 3 (0.72%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.48%) Assembly Language
14 2 (0.48%) PHP
Qualifications
1 159 (38.31%) Degree
2 53 (12.77%) Security Cleared
3 15 (3.61%) HND
4 9 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.72%) HNC
6 1 (0.24%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (8.92%) MISRA
2 22 (5.30%) AUTOSAR
3 19 (4.58%) ISO 26262
4 14 (3.37%) Automotive SPICE
5 12 (2.89%) QA
6 9 (2.17%) IEC 62304
7 8 (1.93%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 112 (26.99%) Firmware
2 44 (10.60%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (2.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (2.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (5.06%) IBM
1 21 (5.06%) Lauterbach
2 17 (4.10%) SAP
3 12 (2.89%) EMC
4 5 (1.20%) Renesas
5 4 (0.96%) Facebook
5 4 (0.96%) Instagram
6 3 (0.72%) Microsoft
7 2 (0.48%) Altera
7 2 (0.48%) Cadence
7 2 (0.48%) Lattice Semiconductor
8 1 (0.24%) Rockwell
8 1 (0.24%) Siemens