Embedded Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Embedded Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 149 429 329
Rank change year-on-year +280 -100 +106
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 1,392 346 759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.83% 0.61% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.93% 0.69% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,095 196 183
10th Percentile £38,750 £34,324 £37,411
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +7.27% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Embedded Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East +125 362 £55,000 -4.35% 63
South West +142 263 £55,000 -8.33% 37
North of England +186 245 £50,000 -4.76% 19
Midlands +117 209 £55,000 +14.58% 30
East of England +110 143 £60,000 -20.00% 49
Yorkshire +133 124 £45,000 +5.88% 11
Scotland +2 118 £52,500 -12.50% 14
East Midlands +79 108 £50,000 +14.29% 18
West Midlands +44 101 £57,500 +13.86% 12
North West +63 86 £55,000 -8.33% 7
Wales +47 39 £50,000 -9.09% 7
North East +24 35 £55,000 +4.76% 3
Northern Ireland - 13 - -
Embedded Engineer
UK

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Embedded 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 1,137 (81.68%) Software Engineering
2 608 (43.68%) C
3 335 (24.07%) Linux
4 321 (23.06%) C++
5 285 (20.47%) Firmware
6 277 (19.90%) Electronics
7 270 (19.40%) Embedded C
8 219 (15.73%) Degree
9 211 (15.16%) Embedded Linux
10 186 (13.36%) Embedded Systems
11 177 (12.72%) Embedded Firmware
12 170 (12.21%) Python
13 134 (9.63%) Wireless
14 131 (9.41%) Manufacturing
15 114 (8.19%) Social Skills
16 113 (8.12%) IoT
17 111 (7.97%) Automotive
18 105 (7.54%) Agile
19 96 (6.90%) Security Cleared
20 84 (6.03%) Problem-Solving
20 84 (6.03%) Computer Science
21 70 (5.03%) Wi-Fi
22 66 (4.74%) Bash
23 62 (4.45%) Aerospace
24 61 (4.38%) Yocto
25 60 (4.31%) C#
26 58 (4.17%) Embedded C++
27 57 (4.09%) Software Testing
27 57 (4.09%) Cybersecurity
27 57 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (1.36%) Apache
2 4 (0.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 44 (3.16%) Simulink
2 10 (0.72%) GNU Octave
3 8 (0.57%) Stateflow
4 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.36%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.072%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.072%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 14 (1.01%) GitHub
2 13 (0.93%) AWS
3 7 (0.50%) AWS IoT
4 3 (0.22%) Azure
5 1 (0.072%) GCP
5 1 (0.072%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 134 (9.63%) Wireless
2 70 (5.03%) Wi-Fi
3 43 (3.09%) Bluetooth
4 42 (3.02%) Ethernet
4 42 (3.02%) RS-232
5 33 (2.37%) TCP/IP
6 32 (2.30%) RS-485
7 23 (1.65%) MQTT
8 20 (1.44%) ZigBee
9 18 (1.29%) 3G
9 18 (1.29%) 4G
10 14 (1.01%) Internet
11 11 (0.79%) OFDM
12 10 (0.72%) Modbus
13 9 (0.65%) GPRS
14 8 (0.57%) Profibus
15 6 (0.43%) DVB
15 6 (0.43%) LoRaWAN
15 6 (0.43%) LTE
15 6 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.43%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.29%) Big Data
3 1 (0.072%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.072%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 54 (3.88%) Git
2 31 (2.23%) JIRA
3 21 (1.51%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.44%) Subversion
5 13 (0.93%) Visual Studio
6 10 (0.72%) Eclipse
7 8 (0.57%) ClearCase
7 8 (0.57%) Rational Rhapsody
8 7 (0.50%) ClearQuest
8 7 (0.50%) Plastic SCM
9 5 (0.36%) GitLab
10 4 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
10 4 (0.29%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.22%) GDB
12 2 (0.14%) GCC
12 2 (0.14%) LabVIEW
12 2 (0.14%) PetaLinux
12 2 (0.14%) VectorCAST
13 1 (0.072%) Bitbucket
13 1 (0.072%) CANoe
General
1 277 (19.90%) Electronics
2 131 (9.41%) Manufacturing
3 114 (8.19%) Social Skills
4 111 (7.97%) Automotive
5 62 (4.45%) Aerospace
6 57 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 34 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
8 32 (2.30%) Finance
9 31 (2.23%) Telecoms
10 18 (1.29%) Mandarin Language
11 17 (1.22%) Aviation
11 17 (1.22%) Marketing
11 17 (1.22%) Public Sector
12 10 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (0.50%) Tech for Good
14 6 (0.43%) Legal
15 5 (0.36%) Retail
16 4 (0.29%) Military
17 3 (0.22%) Welsh Language
18 2 (0.14%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (4.38%) Yocto
2 19 (1.36%) Apache NiFi
2 19 (1.36%) STL
3 13 (0.93%) REST
4 10 (0.72%) .NET
4 10 (0.72%) MFC
5 8 (0.57%) HTML
5 8 (0.57%) Middleware
6 6 (0.43%) Node.js
6 6 (0.43%) Qt
7 5 (0.36%) FFmpeg
7 5 (0.36%) GStreamer
7 5 (0.36%) OpenEmbedded
8 4 (0.29%) Flask
9 3 (0.22%) Flash
9 3 (0.22%) iOS SDK
10 2 (0.14%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 2 (0.14%) POSIX
10 2 (0.14%) QML
10 2 (0.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 186 (13.36%) Embedded Systems
2 113 (8.12%) IoT
3 53 (3.81%) FPGA
3 53 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
4 52 (3.74%) Algorithms
4 52 (3.74%) Device Driver
5 21 (1.51%) ARM Cortex
5 21 (1.51%) VHDL
6 19 (1.36%) Renewable Energy
7 15 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
8 14 (1.01%) Mobile App
9 11 (0.79%) Analogue Electronics
10 10 (0.72%) Raspberry Pi
11 8 (0.57%) Acoustics
12 7 (0.50%) CAN bus
12 7 (0.50%) Robotics
13 6 (0.43%) Data Centre
13 6 (0.43%) Driving Licence
13 6 (0.43%) Smart Home
13 6 (0.43%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 335 (24.07%) Linux
2 211 (15.16%) Embedded Linux
3 43 (3.09%) Windows
4 41 (2.95%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.43%) ThreadX
7 5 (0.36%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.29%) Android
8 4 (0.29%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.22%) Debian
9 3 (0.22%) Unix
9 3 (0.22%) VMS
9 3 (0.22%) Windows Embedded Compact
10 2 (0.14%) Solaris
11 1 (0.072%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,137 (81.68%) Software Engineering
2 105 (7.54%) Agile
3 84 (6.03%) Computer Science
3 84 (6.03%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (4.09%) Cybersecurity
4 57 (4.09%) Software Testing
5 54 (3.88%) Embedded Software Development
6 51 (3.66%) SDLC
7 49 (3.52%) Mathematics
8 45 (3.23%) OOD
9 44 (3.16%) Physics
10 37 (2.66%) Test Automation
11 30 (2.16%) OO
11 30 (2.16%) Validation
12 29 (2.08%) Prototyping
13 28 (2.01%) Signal Processing
14 25 (1.80%) Software Architecture
15 24 (1.72%) Device Driver Development
16 23 (1.65%) Multithreading
17 20 (1.44%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 608 (43.68%) C
2 321 (23.06%) C++
3 270 (19.40%) Embedded C
4 170 (12.21%) Python
5 66 (4.74%) Bash
6 60 (4.31%) C#
7 58 (4.17%) Embedded C++
8 56 (4.02%) Rust
9 49 (3.52%) MATLAB
10 22 (1.58%) Assembly Language
10 22 (1.58%) Java
11 21 (1.51%) Ada
12 20 (1.44%) JavaScript
13 12 (0.86%) PHP
14 11 (0.79%) R
15 9 (0.65%) SQL
16 8 (0.57%) VB
17 7 (0.50%) Perl
18 3 (0.22%) Groovy
18 3 (0.22%) Lua
Qualifications
1 219 (15.73%) Degree
2 96 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 16 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
3 16 (1.15%) Master's Degree
4 15 (1.08%) SC Cleared
5 9 (0.65%) HNC
6 8 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.36%) HND
8 3 (0.22%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (2.30%) MISRA
2 17 (1.22%) ISO 13485
3 15 (1.08%) GDPR
4 14 (1.01%) QA
5 11 (0.79%) JTAG
6 10 (0.72%) IEC 62304
7 9 (0.65%) MISRA C
8 8 (0.57%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 8 (0.57%) AUTOSAR
9 7 (0.50%) ISO 9000
10 5 (0.36%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.22%) DO-178B
11 3 (0.22%) IEC 61131
12 2 (0.14%) Automotive SPICE
13 1 (0.072%) SLA
System Software
1 285 (20.47%) Firmware
2 177 (12.72%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (0.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.29%) Terraform
2 3 (0.22%) Ansible
2 3 (0.22%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.22%) Podman
3 1 (0.072%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 20 (1.44%) EMC
2 17 (1.22%) SAP
3 12 (0.86%) IBM
4 8 (0.57%) Microsoft
4 8 (0.57%) Red Hat
5 7 (0.50%) Lauterbach
5 7 (0.50%) Xilinx
6 6 (0.43%) Renesas
7 5 (0.36%) Intel
8 4 (0.29%) QNX
9 3 (0.22%) Atmel
10 2 (0.14%) Facebook
11 1 (0.072%) Autodesk
11 1 (0.072%) CA
11 1 (0.072%) Freescale
11 1 (0.072%) MathWorks
11 1 (0.072%) NCR
11 1 (0.072%) Rockwell
11 1 (0.072%) Samsung
11 1 (0.072%) Siemens