Senior Embedded Software Engineer Jobs

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
UK

The median Senior Embedded Software Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 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 566 870 1138
Rank change year-on-year +304 +268 -232
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Embedded Software Engineer 380 77 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.081% 0.073%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.089% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 299 68 56
10th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £46,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,625 £71,563 £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% +9.09%

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%

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Senior Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Senior 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 Senior Embedded Software 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 +227 364 £60,000 -4.00% 34
England +277 314 £65,000 +4.00% 37
Work from Home +149 144 £67,500 +12.50% 11
South West +68 97 £65,000 +9.24% 9
North of England +105 79 £55,000 +4.76% 4
South East +34 76 £70,000 +1.82% 5
Scotland -48 35 £60,000 - 1
North West +23 30 £60,000 - 1
East of England +23 28 £60,000 -7.69% 8
Yorkshire +86 26 £60,000 +14.29% 3
Midlands +7 26 £62,500 -1.19% 4
North East +12 23 £55,000 +4.76% 2
West Midlands -1 19 £50,000 -20.95% 3
Wales - 19 £60,000 - 3
London +120 8 £67,500 - 6
East Midlands - 7 £65,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 4 - -

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Senior 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 Senior Embedded Software Engineer in the job title.

1 380 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 104 (27.37%) C
3 98 (25.79%) Linux
4 91 (23.95%) Embedded Linux
5 69 (18.16%) C++
6 56 (14.74%) Embedded C
7 41 (10.79%) Python
8 38 (10.00%) Firmware
9 31 (8.16%) Wireless
10 30 (7.89%) Bash
10 30 (7.89%) Manufacturing
11 28 (7.37%) Electronics
12 27 (7.11%) Cybersecurity
13 26 (6.84%) Rust
13 26 (6.84%) Security Cleared
14 25 (6.58%) Automotive
15 23 (6.05%) Wi-Fi
15 23 (6.05%) OOD
15 23 (6.05%) IoT
16 21 (5.53%) Device Driver
17 20 (5.26%) Ethernet
17 20 (5.26%) Yocto
18 19 (5.00%) RS-232
19 18 (4.74%) Degree
20 16 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
20 16 (4.21%) Aviation
20 16 (4.21%) Embedded Firmware
21 14 (3.68%) Git
21 14 (3.68%) Embedded Systems
22 13 (3.42%) SDLC

Senior 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 3 (0.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) OrCAD
1 1 (0.26%) Simulink
1 1 (0.26%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.05%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.16%) Wireless
2 23 (6.05%) Wi-Fi
3 20 (5.26%) Ethernet
4 19 (5.00%) RS-232
5 10 (2.63%) Bluetooth
6 5 (1.32%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.05%) Profibus
8 3 (0.79%) Internet
9 2 (0.53%) MQTT
10 1 (0.26%) 4G
10 1 (0.26%) 5G
10 1 (0.26%) DECT
10 1 (0.26%) LoRaWAN
10 1 (0.26%) Modbus
10 1 (0.26%) NFC
10 1 (0.26%) RS-485
10 1 (0.26%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 14 (3.68%) Git
2 8 (2.11%) JIRA
3 5 (1.32%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.05%) Subversion
4 4 (1.05%) Zephyr
General
1 30 (7.89%) Manufacturing
2 28 (7.37%) Electronics
3 25 (6.58%) Automotive
4 16 (4.21%) Aviation
5 11 (2.89%) Social Skills
6 6 (1.58%) Legal
7 5 (1.32%) Aerospace
7 5 (1.32%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.05%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.53%) Finance
9 2 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.53%) Marketing
9 2 (0.53%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.26%) Yocto
2 1 (0.26%) Apache Thrift
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.05%) IoT
2 21 (5.53%) Device Driver
3 16 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (3.68%) Embedded Systems
5 8 (2.11%) FPGA
6 7 (1.84%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.58%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.05%) CCTV
9 3 (0.79%) SIMD
10 1 (0.26%) Analogue Electronics
10 1 (0.26%) ARM Cortex
10 1 (0.26%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.26%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 98 (25.79%) Linux
2 91 (23.95%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (2.37%) FreeRTOS
3 9 (2.37%) Windows
4 4 (1.05%) VxWorks
5 1 (0.26%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 27 (7.11%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (6.05%) OOD
4 13 (3.42%) SDLC
5 12 (3.16%) Embedded Software Development
6 11 (2.89%) Agile
6 11 (2.89%) Artificial Intelligence
7 8 (2.11%) Biotechnology
7 8 (2.11%) DevOps
7 8 (2.11%) Multithreading
8 7 (1.84%) Device Driver Development
9 6 (1.58%) B2B
9 6 (1.58%) Linux Kernel Development
9 6 (1.58%) LLM
9 6 (1.58%) OO
9 6 (1.58%) Signal Processing
9 6 (1.58%) Software Architecture
10 5 (1.32%) Software Testing
10 5 (1.32%) Test Automation
10 5 (1.32%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 104 (27.37%) C
2 69 (18.16%) C++
3 56 (14.74%) Embedded C
4 41 (10.79%) Python
5 30 (7.89%) Bash
6 26 (6.84%) Rust
7 8 (2.11%) Embedded C++
8 7 (1.84%) C#
9 1 (0.26%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 26 (6.84%) Security Cleared
2 18 (4.74%) Degree
3 5 (1.32%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.84%) ISO 9000
2 4 (1.05%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 4 (1.05%) ISO 13485
3 1 (0.26%) QA
System Software
1 38 (10.00%) Firmware
2 16 (4.21%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (1.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.05%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (1.05%) QNX
2 2 (0.53%) SAP
3 1 (0.26%) Atmel
3 1 (0.26%) Freescale