Senior Embedded Software Engineer Jobs

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
UK

The median Senior Embedded Software Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 528 752 1077
Rank change year-on-year +224 +325 -69
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Embedded Software Engineer 287 60 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.094% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.099% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 237 53 75
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,500 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 78,816 60,475 146,850
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.49% 94.54% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 44,448 44,203 82,221
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £97,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior Embedded Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Embedded Software Engineer.

Salary trend for Senior Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Embedded Software Engineer over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Embedded Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 20 September 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 +160 267 £65,000 +8.33% 26
England +176 242 £65,000 +8.33% 30
Work from Home +57 72 £65,000 +8.79% 7
South West +63 69 £55,000 -6.78% 5
North of England +50 57 £55,000 -4.35% 2
South East +10 51 £70,000 - 12
Midlands -7 29 £65,000 +5.69% 2
North East 0 25 £45,000 -18.18%
West Midlands -7 23 £63,500 +3.25% 2
East of England -10 22 £70,000 +27.27% 5
Scotland -24 22 £67,500 +15.88%
Yorkshire +34 18 £50,000 -9.09% 1
Wales - 16 £60,000 -
London +34 14 £70,000 +55.56% 4
North West -7 14 £62,500 +4.17% 1
East Midlands - 6 £65,000 -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Senior Embedded Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 September 2024, Senior Embedded Software 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 Senior Embedded Software Engineer in the job title.

1 287 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 73 (25.44%) C++
3 61 (21.25%) C
4 53 (18.47%) Linux
5 48 (16.72%) Embedded Linux
6 38 (13.24%) Embedded C
7 34 (11.85%) Electronics
8 33 (11.50%) Firmware
9 27 (9.41%) Python
10 24 (8.36%) Wireless
11 23 (8.01%) Embedded C++
12 19 (6.62%) Agile
13 18 (6.27%) Yocto
13 18 (6.27%) Embedded Firmware
14 17 (5.92%) Embedded Systems
14 17 (5.92%) Degree
15 16 (5.57%) Manufacturing
16 15 (5.23%) Device Driver
17 12 (4.18%) Ethernet
18 11 (3.83%) Bash
18 11 (3.83%) RS-232
19 10 (3.48%) IoT
19 10 (3.48%) C#
19 10 (3.48%) Social Skills
20 9 (3.14%) OOD
20 9 (3.14%) Bluetooth
20 9 (3.14%) Cybersecurity
20 9 (3.14%) Security Cleared
21 8 (2.79%) SDLC
21 8 (2.79%) Telecoms

Senior Embedded Software 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:

Applications
1 3 (1.05%) Simulink
2 2 (0.70%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.35%) AWS
1 1 (0.35%) Azure
1 1 (0.35%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 24 (8.36%) Wireless
2 12 (4.18%) Ethernet
3 11 (3.83%) RS-232
4 9 (3.14%) Bluetooth
5 8 (2.79%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.70%) 4G
6 2 (0.70%) 5G
6 2 (0.70%) DECT
6 2 (0.70%) LoRaWAN
6 2 (0.70%) Modbus
6 2 (0.70%) MQTT
6 2 (0.70%) NFC
6 2 (0.70%) RS-485
6 2 (0.70%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.70%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 6 (2.09%) Git
2 2 (0.70%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.70%) JIRA
General
1 34 (11.85%) Electronics
2 16 (5.57%) Manufacturing
3 10 (3.48%) Social Skills
4 8 (2.79%) Telecoms
5 5 (1.74%) Local Government
6 4 (1.39%) Aerospace
6 4 (1.39%) Avionics
7 3 (1.05%) Automotive
7 3 (1.05%) Aviation
7 3 (1.05%) Finance
7 3 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.05%) Marketing
7 3 (1.05%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.70%) Music Industry
9 1 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.27%) Yocto
2 1 (0.35%) .NET
2 1 (0.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.92%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (5.23%) Device Driver
3 10 (3.48%) IoT
4 6 (2.09%) Algorithms
5 5 (1.74%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.05%) FPGA
6 3 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.70%) ARM Cortex
7 2 (0.70%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.70%) NB-IoT
8 1 (0.35%) Analogue Electronics
8 1 (0.35%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 53 (18.47%) Linux
2 48 (16.72%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (2.09%) Windows
4 1 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.35%) VxWorks
4 1 (0.35%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 19 (6.62%) Agile
3 9 (3.14%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (3.14%) OOD
4 8 (2.79%) Artificial Intelligence
4 8 (2.79%) SDLC
5 7 (2.44%) Software Architecture
6 6 (2.09%) Embedded Software Development
7 5 (1.74%) Continuous Integration
7 5 (1.74%) LLM
7 5 (1.74%) Machine Learning
7 5 (1.74%) Prototyping
7 5 (1.74%) Signal Processing
8 4 (1.39%) Data Acquisition
8 4 (1.39%) Multithreading
8 4 (1.39%) Technical Leadership
9 3 (1.05%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (1.05%) Computer Science
9 3 (1.05%) Digital Marketing
9 3 (1.05%) Innovative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 73 (25.44%) C++
2 61 (21.25%) C
3 38 (13.24%) Embedded C
4 27 (9.41%) Python
5 23 (8.01%) Embedded C++
6 11 (3.83%) Bash
7 10 (3.48%) C#
8 6 (2.09%) MATLAB
8 6 (2.09%) Rust
9 3 (1.05%) PHP
10 2 (0.70%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.35%) Java
11 1 (0.35%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (5.92%) Degree
2 9 (3.14%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.05%) Master's Degree
4 2 (0.70%) PhD
5 1 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.39%) DO-178B
1 4 (1.39%) QA
2 3 (1.05%) IEC 62304
2 3 (1.05%) ISO 13485
3 2 (0.70%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 33 (11.50%) Firmware
2 18 (6.27%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.70%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (1.05%) SAP
2 2 (0.70%) Atmel
2 2 (0.70%) Freescale
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.35%) NVIDIA