Senior Embedded Engineer Jobs

Senior Embedded Engineer
UK

The median Senior Embedded Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 495 843 1069
Rank change year-on-year +348 +226 -212
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Embedded Engineer 454 109 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.11% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.12% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 366 71 64
10th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £47,725
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £53,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +4.35%

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 95,626 90,111 157,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.48% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 68,292 56,801 84,606
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%

Senior Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Embedded Engineer in the UK

Senior Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Embedded Engineer in the UK

Senior Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Embedded Engineer over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Embedded Engineer in the UK

Senior 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 Senior Embedded Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 +273 434 £60,000 -4.00% 50
England +350 375 £62,500 - 48
Work from Home +172 153 £65,000 +8.33% 26
South East +49 103 £70,000 +3.70% 14
North of England +129 98 £55,000 +4.76% 1
South West +72 88 £65,000 +8.33% 15
Midlands +35 51 £62,500 - 8
North West +37 39 £55,000 -8.33%
West Midlands +39 38 £63,750 +2.00% 6
Scotland -40 35 £60,000 - 5
North East +25 32 £55,000 +4.76% 1
East of England +32 29 £60,000 - 6
Yorkshire +104 27 £60,000 +14.29% 1
Wales - 26 £55,000 - 2
East Midlands - 13 £60,000 - 2
London +120 6 £55,000 -26.67% 5
Northern Ireland - 4 - -

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 376 (82.82%) Software Engineering
2 164 (36.12%) C
3 125 (27.53%) Linux
4 110 (24.23%) Embedded Linux
5 105 (23.13%) C++
6 79 (17.40%) Firmware
7 60 (13.22%) Embedded C
8 51 (11.23%) Electronics
9 47 (10.35%) Embedded Firmware
10 44 (9.69%) Manufacturing
10 44 (9.69%) Python
11 43 (9.47%) Wireless
12 42 (9.25%) IoT
13 36 (7.93%) Yocto
13 36 (7.93%) Agile
14 35 (7.71%) Automotive
15 33 (7.27%) Embedded Software Development
16 30 (6.61%) Embedded Systems
16 30 (6.61%) Bash
17 27 (5.95%) Security Cleared
17 27 (5.95%) OOD
17 27 (5.95%) Cybersecurity
18 26 (5.73%) Rust
18 26 (5.73%) Problem-Solving
18 26 (5.73%) Wi-Fi
19 25 (5.51%) Git
19 25 (5.51%) Ethernet
20 24 (5.29%) Degree
21 22 (4.85%) Device Driver
22 21 (4.63%) Analytical Skills

Senior 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 3 (0.66%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (0.66%) OrCAD
2 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.22%) Simulink
3 1 (0.22%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 8 (1.76%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 43 (9.47%) Wireless
2 26 (5.73%) Wi-Fi
3 25 (5.51%) Ethernet
4 18 (3.96%) RS-232
5 16 (3.52%) Bluetooth
6 8 (1.76%) Profibus
7 5 (1.10%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.66%) 4G
8 3 (0.66%) GSM
8 3 (0.66%) Internet
8 3 (0.66%) J1939
8 3 (0.66%) Modbus
8 3 (0.66%) MQTT
9 2 (0.44%) 3G
9 2 (0.44%) GPRS
9 2 (0.44%) RS-485
10 1 (0.22%) DHCP
10 1 (0.22%) DNS
10 1 (0.22%) VLAN
10 1 (0.22%) VPN
Development Applications
1 25 (5.51%) Git
2 10 (2.20%) JIRA
3 8 (1.76%) Subversion
4 5 (1.10%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.88%) Zephyr
6 2 (0.44%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.44%) GCC
General
1 51 (11.23%) Electronics
2 44 (9.69%) Manufacturing
3 35 (7.71%) Automotive
4 21 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (3.52%) Aviation
6 12 (2.64%) Social Skills
7 11 (2.42%) Aerospace
8 7 (1.54%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.32%) Legal
10 5 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (0.88%) Finance
11 4 (0.88%) Marketing
11 4 (0.88%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (7.93%) Yocto
2 2 (0.44%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 2 (0.44%) Flash
2 2 (0.44%) Qt
3 1 (0.22%) Apache Thrift
3 1 (0.22%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.25%) IoT
2 30 (6.61%) Embedded Systems
3 22 (4.85%) Device Driver
4 16 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.20%) FPGA
6 7 (1.54%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.32%) Data Centre
8 4 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.88%) CCTV
9 3 (0.66%) Analogue Electronics
9 3 (0.66%) ARM Cortex
9 3 (0.66%) NB-IoT
9 3 (0.66%) SIMD
10 1 (0.22%) Distributed Computing
10 1 (0.22%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.22%) SystemC
10 1 (0.22%) Verilog
10 1 (0.22%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 125 (27.53%) Linux
2 110 (24.23%) Embedded Linux
3 11 (2.42%) Windows
4 9 (1.98%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (0.88%) VxWorks
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 376 (82.82%) Software Engineering
2 36 (7.93%) Agile
3 33 (7.27%) Embedded Software Development
4 27 (5.95%) Cybersecurity
4 27 (5.95%) OOD
5 26 (5.73%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (3.74%) SDLC
7 13 (2.86%) Software Architecture
8 11 (2.42%) Multithreading
9 10 (2.20%) Artificial Intelligence
9 10 (2.20%) Validation
10 9 (1.98%) Device Driver Development
10 9 (1.98%) OO
10 9 (1.98%) Signal Processing
11 8 (1.76%) Biotechnology
11 8 (1.76%) Continuous Integration
11 8 (1.76%) DevOps
11 8 (1.76%) Linux Kernel Development
12 7 (1.54%) Software Testing
13 6 (1.32%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 164 (36.12%) C
2 105 (23.13%) C++
3 60 (13.22%) Embedded C
4 44 (9.69%) Python
5 30 (6.61%) Bash
6 26 (5.73%) Rust
7 8 (1.76%) C#
7 8 (1.76%) Embedded C++
8 3 (0.66%) Assembly Language
9 2 (0.44%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.44%) Lua
10 1 (0.22%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 27 (5.95%) Security Cleared
2 24 (5.29%) Degree
3 5 (1.10%) HND
4 1 (0.22%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.76%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 8 (1.76%) ISO 13485
2 7 (1.54%) ISO 9000
3 4 (0.88%) Automotive SPICE
3 4 (0.88%) MISRA
3 4 (0.88%) MISRA C
4 3 (0.66%) AUTOSAR
5 2 (0.44%) IEC 61131
5 2 (0.44%) JTAG
5 2 (0.44%) QA
System Software
1 79 (17.40%) Firmware
2 47 (10.35%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (1.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (0.88%) EMC
1 4 (0.88%) Microsoft
1 4 (0.88%) QNX
1 4 (0.88%) SAP
2 1 (0.22%) Atmel
2 1 (0.22%) Autodesk
2 1 (0.22%) CA
2 1 (0.22%) Freescale
2 1 (0.22%) NCR