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 7 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 253 665 682
Rank change year-on-year +412 +17 +27
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 1,171 284 718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.09% 0.30% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 0.33% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 901 181 172
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,324 £37,400
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +7.27% +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 102,423 85,496 164,500
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 91.22% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 72,429 55,387 85,689
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,564 £45,000 £42,750
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 £50,500
% change year-on-year -6.54% +5.94% +6.32%

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 7 June 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 7 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 +278 1,115 £55,000 -6.78% 170
England +410 1,039 £55,000 -6.78% 178
Work from Home +203 350 £55,000 -8.33% 62
South East +111 269 £55,000 -8.33% 36
South West +135 237 £55,000 -8.33% 27
North of England +170 220 £50,000 +5.26% 22
Midlands +81 144 £50,000 +4.17% 20
East of England +97 132 £60,000 -20.00% 53
Yorkshire +138 114 £45,000 +5.88% 8
North West +60 77 £50,000 -16.67% 13
West Midlands +36 76 £50,000 -0.99% 10
Scotland -32 70 £60,000 - 9
East Midlands +43 68 £50,000 +14.29% 10
London +115 37 £55,000 -15.38% 15
Wales - 31 £50,000 - 7
North East +12 29 £55,000 +4.76% 2
Northern Ireland - 12 - -

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

For the 6 months to 7 June 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 1,171 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 463 (39.54%) C
3 281 (24.00%) Linux
4 256 (21.86%) C++
5 218 (18.62%) Electronics
6 207 (17.68%) Embedded C
7 176 (15.03%) Embedded Linux
8 161 (13.75%) Python
9 153 (13.07%) Degree
10 133 (11.36%) Firmware
11 130 (11.10%) Embedded Systems
12 106 (9.05%) Automotive
13 96 (8.20%) Manufacturing
14 89 (7.60%) IoT
15 82 (7.00%) Agile
16 78 (6.66%) Security Cleared
17 75 (6.40%) Wireless
18 72 (6.15%) Embedded Firmware
19 64 (5.47%) Bash
20 63 (5.38%) Wi-Fi
21 58 (4.95%) Rust
22 57 (4.87%) Social Skills
23 56 (4.78%) Cybersecurity
24 53 (4.53%) Embedded C++
25 52 (4.44%) Aerospace
26 51 (4.36%) Software Testing
26 51 (4.36%) Problem-Solving
27 50 (4.27%) C#
28 48 (4.10%) Device Driver
29 47 (4.01%) Self-Motivation

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 17 (1.45%) Apache
2 4 (0.34%) Confluence
3 1 (0.085%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 42 (3.59%) Simulink
2 8 (0.68%) Stateflow
3 2 (0.17%) GNU Octave
3 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.085%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.085%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.085%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (0.77%) GitHub
2 7 (0.60%) AWS
3 3 (0.26%) AWS IoT
3 3 (0.26%) Azure
4 1 (0.085%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 75 (6.40%) Wireless
2 63 (5.38%) Wi-Fi
3 45 (3.84%) RS-232
4 37 (3.16%) Ethernet
5 33 (2.82%) Bluetooth
5 33 (2.82%) RS-485
5 33 (2.82%) TCP/IP
6 21 (1.79%) ZigBee
7 19 (1.62%) MQTT
8 15 (1.28%) Internet
9 14 (1.20%) 4G
10 13 (1.11%) 3G
11 6 (0.51%) Wireshark
12 5 (0.43%) GPRS
12 5 (0.43%) Modbus
12 5 (0.43%) VoIP
13 4 (0.34%) Profibus
14 2 (0.17%) DECT
14 2 (0.17%) HTTP
14 2 (0.17%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.51%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.34%) Big Data
3 1 (0.085%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.085%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 43 (3.67%) Git
2 27 (2.31%) JIRA
3 20 (1.71%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.37%) Subversion
5 8 (0.68%) ClearCase
5 8 (0.68%) Rational Rhapsody
6 7 (0.60%) ClearQuest
6 7 (0.60%) Plastic SCM
7 6 (0.51%) Eclipse
8 5 (0.43%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.34%) GitLab
9 4 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.34%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.26%) LabVIEW
11 2 (0.17%) CANoe
11 2 (0.17%) PetaLinux
11 2 (0.17%) VectorCAST
12 1 (0.085%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.085%) GDB
General
1 218 (18.62%) Electronics
2 106 (9.05%) Automotive
3 96 (8.20%) Manufacturing
4 57 (4.87%) Social Skills
5 52 (4.44%) Aerospace
6 19 (1.62%) Mandarin Language
7 18 (1.54%) Aviation
8 14 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (1.11%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.02%) Analytical Skills
11 11 (0.94%) Finance
12 9 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (0.60%) Tech for Good
14 6 (0.51%) Legal
14 6 (0.51%) Marketing
14 6 (0.51%) Public Sector
14 6 (0.51%) Retail
15 5 (0.43%) Military
16 3 (0.26%) Avionics
16 3 (0.26%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (3.07%) Yocto
2 17 (1.45%) Apache NiFi
2 17 (1.45%) STL
3 13 (1.11%) REST
4 8 (0.68%) Middleware
5 6 (0.51%) Node.js
6 5 (0.43%) .NET
6 5 (0.43%) FFmpeg
6 5 (0.43%) GStreamer
6 5 (0.43%) MFC
6 5 (0.43%) OpenEmbedded
7 4 (0.34%) HTML
7 4 (0.34%) Qt
8 3 (0.26%) iOS SDK
9 2 (0.17%) POSIX
9 2 (0.17%) QML
9 2 (0.17%) XML
10 1 (0.085%) COM
10 1 (0.085%) Flash
10 1 (0.085%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 130 (11.10%) Embedded Systems
2 89 (7.60%) IoT
3 48 (4.10%) Device Driver
4 47 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
5 41 (3.50%) Algorithms
6 19 (1.62%) Renewable Energy
7 18 (1.54%) ARM Cortex
8 15 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
8 15 (1.28%) FPGA
9 12 (1.02%) Mobile App
10 9 (0.77%) Robotics
11 8 (0.68%) Acoustics
11 8 (0.68%) Raspberry Pi
12 7 (0.60%) Data Centre
12 7 (0.60%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (0.51%) Analogue Electronics
13 6 (0.51%) CAN bus
13 6 (0.51%) Smart Home
14 5 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
14 5 (0.43%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 281 (24.00%) Linux
2 176 (15.03%) Embedded Linux
3 38 (3.25%) FreeRTOS
3 38 (3.25%) Windows
4 8 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.51%) ThreadX
6 5 (0.43%) VxWorks
7 4 (0.34%) Android
8 3 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.26%) Debian
8 3 (0.26%) Unix
8 3 (0.26%) VMS
8 3 (0.26%) Windows Embedded Compact
9 2 (0.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,171 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 82 (7.00%) Agile
3 56 (4.78%) Cybersecurity
4 51 (4.36%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (4.36%) Software Testing
5 43 (3.67%) SDLC
6 42 (3.59%) OOD
7 40 (3.42%) Computer Science
8 38 (3.25%) Test Automation
9 35 (2.99%) Embedded Software Development
10 27 (2.31%) OO
11 26 (2.22%) Validation
12 22 (1.88%) Prototyping
13 21 (1.79%) Device Driver Development
13 21 (1.79%) Multithreading
14 18 (1.54%) Configuration Management
14 18 (1.54%) Software Architecture
14 18 (1.54%) TDD
15 17 (1.45%) Mentoring
16 16 (1.37%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 463 (39.54%) C
2 256 (21.86%) C++
3 207 (17.68%) Embedded C
4 161 (13.75%) Python
5 64 (5.47%) Bash
6 58 (4.95%) Rust
7 53 (4.53%) Embedded C++
8 50 (4.27%) C#
9 40 (3.42%) MATLAB
10 21 (1.79%) Ada
10 21 (1.79%) Java
11 14 (1.20%) JavaScript
12 12 (1.02%) PHP
13 8 (0.68%) R
14 7 (0.60%) Assembly Language
15 6 (0.51%) Perl
16 4 (0.34%) SQL
17 3 (0.26%) Groovy
17 3 (0.26%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 153 (13.07%) Degree
2 78 (6.66%) Security Cleared
3 19 (1.62%) Master's Degree
4 16 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (0.51%) HND
7 4 (0.34%) HNC
8 3 (0.26%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.26%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (2.31%) MISRA
2 17 (1.45%) QA
3 15 (1.28%) GDPR
4 13 (1.11%) ISO 13485
5 12 (1.02%) JTAG
6 11 (0.94%) IEC 62304
7 10 (0.85%) ISO 26262
8 8 (0.68%) AUTOSAR
9 7 (0.60%) ISO 9000
10 5 (0.43%) MISRA C
11 4 (0.34%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 3 (0.26%) DO-178B
13 2 (0.17%) Automotive SPICE
System Software
1 133 (11.36%) Firmware
2 72 (6.15%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (0.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.34%) Terraform
2 3 (0.26%) Ansible
2 3 (0.26%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.26%) Podman
3 1 (0.085%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 12 (1.02%) IBM
2 8 (0.68%) Red Hat
3 7 (0.60%) Lauterbach
4 6 (0.51%) Renesas
4 6 (0.51%) SAP
5 4 (0.34%) QNX
6 3 (0.26%) Atmel
6 3 (0.26%) Microsoft
7 2 (0.17%) Xilinx
8 1 (0.085%) EMC
8 1 (0.085%) Freescale
8 1 (0.085%) MathWorks
8 1 (0.085%) Samsung
8 1 (0.085%) Siemens