Embedded Engineer Jobs

Embedded Engineer
UK

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the UK 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 211 613 598
Rank change year-on-year +402 -15 +21
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 1,454 360 878
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.39% 0.38% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% 0.42% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,128 207 203
10th Percentile £38,750 £34,324 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,375 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +7.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,125 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded 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 Embedded Engineer within the UK 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
UK excluding London +280 1,392 £55,000 -4.35% 212
England +398 1,254 £55,000 - 215
Work from Home +214 424 £52,500 -12.50% 66
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
London +135 30 £55,000 -15.38% 17
Northern Ireland - 13 - -

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

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 featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 1,186 (81.57%) Software Engineering
2 624 (42.92%) C
3 342 (23.52%) Linux
4 330 (22.70%) C++
5 294 (20.22%) Firmware
6 284 (19.53%) Electronics
7 273 (18.78%) Embedded C
8 223 (15.34%) Degree
9 213 (14.65%) Embedded Linux
10 189 (13.00%) Embedded Systems
11 183 (12.59%) Embedded Firmware
12 177 (12.17%) Python
13 134 (9.22%) Wireless
13 134 (9.22%) Manufacturing
14 116 (7.98%) Social Skills
15 114 (7.84%) IoT
16 112 (7.70%) Automotive
17 108 (7.43%) Agile
18 99 (6.81%) Security Cleared
19 85 (5.85%) Problem-Solving
19 85 (5.85%) Computer Science
20 70 (4.81%) Wi-Fi
21 66 (4.54%) Bash
22 62 (4.26%) Yocto
22 62 (4.26%) Aerospace
22 62 (4.26%) C#
23 59 (4.06%) Embedded C++
23 59 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
24 58 (3.99%) Rust
24 58 (3.99%) Software Testing

Embedded 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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (1.31%) Apache
2 4 (0.28%) Confluence
3 1 (0.069%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 44 (3.03%) Simulink
2 10 (0.69%) GNU Octave
3 8 (0.55%) Stateflow
4 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.34%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.069%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.069%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 14 (0.96%) GitHub
2 13 (0.89%) AWS
3 7 (0.48%) AWS IoT
4 3 (0.21%) Azure
5 1 (0.069%) GCP
5 1 (0.069%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 134 (9.22%) Wireless
2 70 (4.81%) Wi-Fi
3 43 (2.96%) Bluetooth
4 42 (2.89%) Ethernet
4 42 (2.89%) RS-232
5 33 (2.27%) TCP/IP
6 32 (2.20%) RS-485
7 24 (1.65%) MQTT
8 20 (1.38%) ZigBee
9 19 (1.31%) 3G
9 19 (1.31%) 4G
10 15 (1.03%) Internet
11 11 (0.76%) Modbus
11 11 (0.76%) OFDM
12 9 (0.62%) GPRS
13 8 (0.55%) Profibus
14 6 (0.41%) DVB
14 6 (0.41%) LoRaWAN
14 6 (0.41%) LTE
14 6 (0.41%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.41%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.28%) Big Data
3 1 (0.069%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.069%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 57 (3.92%) Git
2 31 (2.13%) JIRA
3 21 (1.44%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.38%) Subversion
5 13 (0.89%) Visual Studio
6 10 (0.69%) Eclipse
7 8 (0.55%) ClearCase
7 8 (0.55%) Rational Rhapsody
8 7 (0.48%) ClearQuest
8 7 (0.48%) Plastic SCM
9 5 (0.34%) GitLab
10 4 (0.28%) Rational DOORS
10 4 (0.28%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.21%) GDB
12 2 (0.14%) GCC
12 2 (0.14%) LabVIEW
12 2 (0.14%) PetaLinux
12 2 (0.14%) VectorCAST
13 1 (0.069%) Bitbucket
13 1 (0.069%) CANoe
General
1 284 (19.53%) Electronics
2 134 (9.22%) Manufacturing
3 116 (7.98%) Social Skills
4 112 (7.70%) Automotive
5 62 (4.26%) Aerospace
6 59 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 35 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
7 35 (2.41%) Finance
8 33 (2.27%) Telecoms
9 18 (1.24%) Aviation
9 18 (1.24%) Mandarin Language
10 17 (1.17%) Marketing
10 17 (1.17%) Public Sector
11 10 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (0.48%) Tech for Good
13 6 (0.41%) Legal
13 6 (0.41%) Retail
14 5 (0.34%) Military
15 3 (0.21%) Welsh Language
16 2 (0.14%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (4.26%) Yocto
2 19 (1.31%) Apache NiFi
2 19 (1.31%) STL
3 13 (0.89%) REST
4 11 (0.76%) .NET
5 10 (0.69%) MFC
6 8 (0.55%) HTML
6 8 (0.55%) Middleware
7 6 (0.41%) Node.js
7 6 (0.41%) Qt
8 5 (0.34%) FFmpeg
8 5 (0.34%) GStreamer
8 5 (0.34%) OpenEmbedded
9 4 (0.28%) Flash
9 4 (0.28%) Flask
10 3 (0.21%) iOS SDK
11 2 (0.14%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 2 (0.14%) POSIX
11 2 (0.14%) QML
11 2 (0.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 189 (13.00%) Embedded Systems
2 114 (7.84%) IoT
3 55 (3.78%) Device Driver
4 54 (3.71%) FPGA
5 53 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
6 52 (3.58%) Algorithms
7 22 (1.51%) ARM Cortex
8 21 (1.44%) VHDL
9 19 (1.31%) Renewable Energy
10 15 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
11 14 (0.96%) Mobile App
12 13 (0.89%) Analogue Electronics
13 10 (0.69%) Raspberry Pi
14 8 (0.55%) Acoustics
14 8 (0.55%) CAN bus
15 7 (0.48%) Robotics
15 7 (0.48%) Video\Live Streaming
16 6 (0.41%) Data Centre
16 6 (0.41%) Driving Licence
16 6 (0.41%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 342 (23.52%) Linux
2 213 (14.65%) Embedded Linux
3 44 (3.03%) Windows
4 42 (2.89%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.41%) ThreadX
7 5 (0.34%) Android
7 5 (0.34%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.28%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.28%) Unix
9 3 (0.21%) Debian
9 3 (0.21%) VMS
9 3 (0.21%) Windows Embedded Compact
10 2 (0.14%) Solaris
11 1 (0.069%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,186 (81.57%) Software Engineering
2 108 (7.43%) Agile
3 85 (5.85%) Computer Science
3 85 (5.85%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (3.99%) Software Testing
5 57 (3.92%) Cybersecurity
6 54 (3.71%) Embedded Software Development
7 51 (3.51%) SDLC
8 50 (3.44%) Mathematics
9 45 (3.09%) OOD
9 45 (3.09%) Physics
10 41 (2.82%) Test Automation
11 30 (2.06%) OO
11 30 (2.06%) Prototyping
11 30 (2.06%) Validation
12 28 (1.93%) Signal Processing
13 26 (1.79%) Device Driver Development
14 25 (1.72%) Software Architecture
15 23 (1.58%) Multithreading
16 20 (1.38%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 624 (42.92%) C
2 330 (22.70%) C++
3 273 (18.78%) Embedded C
4 177 (12.17%) Python
5 66 (4.54%) Bash
6 62 (4.26%) C#
7 59 (4.06%) Embedded C++
8 58 (3.99%) Rust
9 49 (3.37%) MATLAB
10 24 (1.65%) Java
11 22 (1.51%) Assembly Language
12 21 (1.44%) Ada
13 20 (1.38%) JavaScript
14 12 (0.83%) PHP
15 11 (0.76%) R
16 9 (0.62%) SQL
17 8 (0.55%) VB
18 7 (0.48%) Perl
19 3 (0.21%) Groovy
19 3 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 223 (15.34%) Degree
2 99 (6.81%) Security Cleared
3 18 (1.24%) SC Cleared
4 16 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (1.10%) Master's Degree
5 9 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (0.62%) HNC
6 5 (0.34%) HND
7 3 (0.21%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (2.20%) MISRA
2 17 (1.17%) ISO 13485
2 17 (1.17%) QA
3 15 (1.03%) GDPR
3 15 (1.03%) JTAG
4 10 (0.69%) AUTOSAR
4 10 (0.69%) IEC 62304
5 9 (0.62%) MISRA C
6 8 (0.55%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 7 (0.48%) ISO 9000
8 5 (0.34%) ISO 26262
9 3 (0.21%) DO-178B
9 3 (0.21%) IEC 61131
10 2 (0.14%) Automotive SPICE
11 1 (0.069%) SLA
System Software
1 294 (20.22%) Firmware
2 183 (12.59%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (0.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.28%) Terraform
2 3 (0.21%) Ansible
2 3 (0.21%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.21%) Podman
3 1 (0.069%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 20 (1.38%) EMC
2 17 (1.17%) SAP
3 12 (0.83%) IBM
4 8 (0.55%) Microsoft
4 8 (0.55%) Red Hat
5 7 (0.48%) Lauterbach
5 7 (0.48%) Xilinx
6 6 (0.41%) Renesas
7 5 (0.34%) Intel
8 4 (0.28%) QNX
9 3 (0.21%) Atmel
10 2 (0.14%) Facebook
10 2 (0.14%) Siemens
11 1 (0.069%) Autodesk
11 1 (0.069%) CA
11 1 (0.069%) Freescale
11 1 (0.069%) MathWorks
11 1 (0.069%) NCR
11 1 (0.069%) Rockwell
11 1 (0.069%) Samsung