Embedded Software Engineer Jobs

Embedded Software Engineer
UK

The median Embedded Software Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 295 676 657
Rank change year-on-year +381 -19 +49
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 948 310 706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.96% 0.31% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 0.33% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 731 194 198
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,324 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,438 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £65,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.08% +3.18% +15.79%

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 93,699 92,665 152,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,079 58,510 84,912
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,719 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

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 Embedded Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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 +251 915 £55,000 -3.08% 189
England +385 838 £55,000 - 187
Work from Home +211 320 £55,000 -8.33% 80
South East +103 211 £57,500 -4.17% 48
South West +131 193 £55,000 -8.33% 41
North of England +142 187 £50,000 -4.76% 21
Midlands +86 118 £50,000 +27.39% 23
East of England +93 108 £60,000 -14.29% 38
Yorkshire +112 90 £45,000 +5.88% 12
North West +55 72 £50,000 -9.09% 6
West Midlands +56 65 £50,000 +42.86% 11
Scotland -30 63 £57,500 -4.17% 17
East Midlands +42 53 £50,000 -4.76% 12
North East +20 25 £55,000 +4.76% 5
Wales - 23 £50,000 - 5
London +126 21 £52,500 -19.23% 17
Northern Ireland +37 12 - -

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, 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 Embedded Software Engineer in the job title.

1 948 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 423 (44.62%) C
3 265 (27.95%) Linux
4 208 (21.94%) C++
5 182 (19.20%) Embedded C
6 174 (18.35%) Electronics
7 165 (17.41%) Embedded Linux
8 155 (16.35%) Python
9 125 (13.19%) Degree
10 121 (12.76%) Firmware
11 119 (12.55%) Embedded Systems
12 97 (10.23%) Automotive
13 86 (9.07%) IoT
14 78 (8.23%) Agile
15 76 (8.02%) Wireless
15 76 (8.02%) Manufacturing
15 76 (8.02%) Security Cleared
16 68 (7.17%) Embedded Firmware
17 65 (6.86%) Bash
18 59 (6.22%) Wi-Fi
19 58 (6.12%) Rust
20 55 (5.80%) Cybersecurity
21 52 (5.49%) Aerospace
22 50 (5.27%) Social Skills
23 49 (5.17%) Device Driver
24 48 (5.06%) Problem-Solving
25 47 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
25 47 (4.96%) Software Testing
26 44 (4.64%) C#
27 43 (4.54%) SDLC

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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (2.00%) Apache
2 4 (0.42%) Confluence
3 1 (0.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 42 (4.43%) Simulink
2 8 (0.84%) Stateflow
3 2 (0.21%) GNU Octave
3 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.11%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.11%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.21%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (1.16%) GitHub
2 7 (0.74%) AWS
3 3 (0.32%) AWS IoT
3 3 (0.32%) Azure
4 1 (0.11%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 76 (8.02%) Wireless
2 59 (6.22%) Wi-Fi
3 41 (4.32%) RS-232
4 38 (4.01%) Ethernet
5 35 (3.69%) TCP/IP
6 32 (3.38%) Bluetooth
7 28 (2.95%) RS-485
8 18 (1.90%) MQTT
9 17 (1.79%) ZigBee
10 15 (1.58%) Internet
11 13 (1.37%) 4G
12 12 (1.27%) 3G
13 6 (0.63%) Modbus
13 6 (0.63%) Wireshark
14 5 (0.53%) GPRS
14 5 (0.53%) VoIP
15 4 (0.42%) Profibus
16 2 (0.21%) FlexRay
16 2 (0.21%) HTTP
16 2 (0.21%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.63%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.42%) Big Data
3 1 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.11%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 37 (3.90%) Git
2 28 (2.95%) JIRA
3 21 (2.22%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.37%) Subversion
5 8 (0.84%) ClearCase
5 8 (0.84%) Rational Rhapsody
6 7 (0.74%) ClearQuest
6 7 (0.74%) Plastic SCM
7 6 (0.63%) Eclipse
8 5 (0.53%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.42%) GitLab
9 4 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.42%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.21%) PetaLinux
10 2 (0.21%) VectorCAST
11 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.11%) GDB
11 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
11 1 (0.11%) Mercurial
General
1 174 (18.35%) Electronics
2 97 (10.23%) Automotive
3 76 (8.02%) Manufacturing
4 52 (5.49%) Aerospace
5 50 (5.27%) Social Skills
6 18 (1.90%) Aviation
7 17 (1.79%) Mandarin Language
8 15 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.27%) Analytical Skills
10 10 (1.05%) Telecoms
11 8 (0.84%) Finance
11 8 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (0.74%) Marketing
12 7 (0.74%) Public Sector
12 7 (0.74%) Tech for Good
13 6 (0.63%) Legal
14 5 (0.53%) Retail
15 3 (0.32%) Military
15 3 (0.32%) Welsh Language
16 2 (0.21%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (3.80%) Yocto
2 19 (2.00%) Apache NiFi
2 19 (2.00%) STL
3 12 (1.27%) REST
4 8 (0.84%) Middleware
5 6 (0.63%) Node.js
6 5 (0.53%) .NET
6 5 (0.53%) FFmpeg
6 5 (0.53%) GStreamer
6 5 (0.53%) MFC
6 5 (0.53%) OpenEmbedded
7 4 (0.42%) HTML
8 3 (0.32%) iOS SDK
8 3 (0.32%) Qt
9 2 (0.21%) POSIX
9 2 (0.21%) XML
10 1 (0.11%) COM
10 1 (0.11%) Flash
10 1 (0.11%) HTML5
10 1 (0.11%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 119 (12.55%) Embedded Systems
2 86 (9.07%) IoT
3 49 (5.17%) Device Driver
4 47 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
5 40 (4.22%) Algorithms
6 17 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
7 15 (1.58%) Cyber Threat
7 15 (1.58%) FPGA
8 12 (1.27%) ARM Cortex
8 12 (1.27%) Mobile App
9 10 (1.05%) Raspberry Pi
10 8 (0.84%) Acoustics
11 7 (0.74%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (0.63%) CAN bus
12 6 (0.63%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.63%) Smart Home
13 5 (0.53%) Analogue Electronics
13 5 (0.53%) Robotics
13 5 (0.53%) Smart Energy
14 4 (0.42%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 265 (27.95%) Linux
2 165 (17.41%) Embedded Linux
3 37 (3.90%) Windows
4 35 (3.69%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.63%) ThreadX
6 6 (0.63%) VxWorks
7 3 (0.32%) Android
7 3 (0.32%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.32%) Debian
7 3 (0.32%) Unix
7 3 (0.32%) VMS
8 2 (0.21%) Solaris
8 2 (0.21%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 948 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 78 (8.23%) Agile
3 55 (5.80%) Cybersecurity
4 48 (5.06%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (4.96%) Software Testing
6 43 (4.54%) SDLC
7 42 (4.43%) OOD
8 40 (4.22%) Computer Science
9 38 (4.01%) Test Automation
10 33 (3.48%) Embedded Software Development
11 25 (2.64%) OO
12 22 (2.32%) Prototyping
13 21 (2.22%) Device Driver Development
13 21 (2.22%) Validation
14 20 (2.11%) Multithreading
15 19 (2.00%) Configuration Management
15 19 (2.00%) Software Architecture
16 16 (1.69%) TDD
17 14 (1.48%) Artificial Intelligence
17 14 (1.48%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 423 (44.62%) C
2 208 (21.94%) C++
3 182 (19.20%) Embedded C
4 155 (16.35%) Python
5 65 (6.86%) Bash
6 58 (6.12%) Rust
7 44 (4.64%) C#
8 36 (3.80%) MATLAB
9 32 (3.38%) Embedded C++
10 21 (2.22%) Java
11 20 (2.11%) Ada
12 13 (1.37%) JavaScript
13 12 (1.27%) PHP
14 8 (0.84%) R
15 7 (0.74%) Assembly Language
16 6 (0.63%) Perl
17 4 (0.42%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.42%) SQL
18 3 (0.32%) Groovy
18 3 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 125 (13.19%) Degree
2 76 (8.02%) Security Cleared
3 16 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (1.05%) Master's Degree
5 5 (0.53%) HND
6 4 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.42%) HNC
7 3 (0.32%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.21%) PhD
8 2 (0.21%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.74%) MISRA
2 17 (1.79%) QA
3 14 (1.48%) GDPR
4 13 (1.37%) ISO 13485
5 12 (1.27%) JTAG
6 10 (1.05%) IEC 62304
7 7 (0.74%) ISO 9000
8 6 (0.63%) AUTOSAR
8 6 (0.63%) MISRA C
9 5 (0.53%) ISO 26262
10 4 (0.42%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 4 (0.42%) DO-178B
System Software
1 121 (12.76%) Firmware
2 68 (7.17%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (0.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.53%) Terraform
2 3 (0.32%) Ansible
2 3 (0.32%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.32%) Podman
3 1 (0.11%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 12 (1.27%) IBM
2 8 (0.84%) Red Hat
3 7 (0.74%) Lauterbach
3 7 (0.74%) SAP
4 6 (0.63%) Renesas
5 4 (0.42%) QNX
6 3 (0.32%) Microsoft
7 2 (0.21%) Atmel
7 2 (0.21%) Xilinx
8 1 (0.11%) EMC
8 1 (0.11%) Freescale
8 1 (0.11%) MathWorks
8 1 (0.11%) Samsung
8 1 (0.11%) Siemens