Embedded Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Embedded Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the Midlands is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 150 267 292
Rank change year-on-year +117 +25 -98
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 196 45 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.58% 0.50% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 0.56% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 162 15 10
10th Percentile £38,750 £28,750 £38,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £32,500 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £43,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% -10.77% -11.36%
75th Percentile £63,063 £63,125 £52,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £66,500 £63,875
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 11,728 8,071 10,509
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.53% 89.75% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8,644 4,554 7,024
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,325 £27,520
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in the Midlands

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Embedded Engineer in the Midlands

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in the Midlands

Embedded Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 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
West Midlands +72 100 £57,500 +32.18% 17
East Midlands +73 96 £50,000 +14.29% 17
Embedded Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 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 across the Midlands region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 158 (80.61%) Software Engineering
2 112 (57.14%) C
3 71 (36.22%) C++
4 64 (32.65%) Firmware
5 60 (30.61%) Electronics
6 51 (26.02%) Linux
7 48 (24.49%) Embedded Firmware
8 43 (21.94%) Embedded C
9 31 (15.82%) Degree
10 30 (15.31%) Embedded Linux
11 26 (13.27%) IoT
11 26 (13.27%) Agile
12 24 (12.24%) Automotive
13 22 (11.22%) Yocto
14 20 (10.20%) Embedded Software Development
14 20 (10.20%) Embedded C++
15 19 (9.69%) Manufacturing
15 19 (9.69%) MISRA
16 18 (9.18%) Embedded Systems
17 15 (7.65%) Problem-Solving
18 14 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
18 14 (7.14%) Software Testing
18 14 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
18 14 (7.14%) Bluetooth
19 13 (6.63%) Wireless
20 12 (6.12%) TCP/IP
20 12 (6.12%) C#
21 11 (5.61%) Python
22 10 (5.10%) Simulink
22 10 (5.10%) RS-232

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 10 (5.10%) Simulink
2 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.51%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 10 (5.10%) GitHub
2 3 (1.53%) AWS
2 3 (1.53%) AWS IoT
2 3 (1.53%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.14%) Bluetooth
1 14 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (6.63%) Wireless
3 12 (6.12%) TCP/IP
4 10 (5.10%) RS-232
4 10 (5.10%) RS-485
4 10 (5.10%) ZigBee
5 6 (3.06%) DVB
6 5 (2.55%) VoIP
7 3 (1.53%) Internet
8 2 (1.02%) GSM
8 2 (1.02%) J1939
8 2 (1.02%) Modbus
9 1 (0.51%) FlexRay
Development Applications
1 8 (4.08%) Visual Studio
2 6 (3.06%) JIRA
3 5 (2.55%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.02%) Git
General
1 60 (30.61%) Electronics
2 24 (12.24%) Automotive
3 19 (9.69%) Manufacturing
4 14 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.59%) Social Skills
6 7 (3.57%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.06%) Finance
8 3 (1.53%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.53%) Marketing
8 3 (1.53%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (11.22%) Yocto
2 9 (4.59%) .NET
3 8 (4.08%) MFC
4 1 (0.51%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.27%) IoT
2 18 (9.18%) Embedded Systems
3 9 (4.59%) Device Driver
4 8 (4.08%) ARM Cortex
5 7 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.06%) FPGA
6 6 (3.06%) Smart Home
6 6 (3.06%) VHDL
7 4 (2.04%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.02%) Analogue Electronics
9 2 (1.02%) Arduino
10 1 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.51%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 51 (26.02%) Linux
2 30 (15.31%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (5.10%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (3.57%) Windows
5 5 (2.55%) ThreadX
6 3 (1.53%) Debian
7 2 (1.02%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (80.61%) Software Engineering
2 26 (13.27%) Agile
3 20 (10.20%) Embedded Software Development
4 15 (7.65%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (7.14%) Software Testing
6 10 (5.10%) Computer Science
7 9 (4.59%) Device Driver Development
7 9 (4.59%) Linux Kernel Development
7 9 (4.59%) SDLC
7 9 (4.59%) Test Automation
8 8 (4.08%) Change Control
8 8 (4.08%) Fault Analysis
9 6 (3.06%) Validation
10 5 (2.55%) BDD
10 5 (2.55%) Kalman Filter
10 5 (2.55%) TDD
11 4 (2.04%) Business Intelligence
11 4 (2.04%) Code Quality
11 4 (2.04%) OO
11 4 (2.04%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 112 (57.14%) C
2 71 (36.22%) C++
3 43 (21.94%) Embedded C
4 20 (10.20%) Embedded C++
5 12 (6.12%) C#
6 11 (5.61%) Python
7 9 (4.59%) MATLAB
8 8 (4.08%) Assembly Language
8 8 (4.08%) SQL
8 8 (4.08%) VB
9 3 (1.53%) Groovy
9 3 (1.53%) Rust
10 2 (1.02%) R
11 1 (0.51%) Lua
Qualifications
1 31 (15.82%) Degree
2 8 (4.08%) HNC
3 4 (2.04%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.53%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.51%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.69%) MISRA
2 8 (4.08%) AUTOSAR
2 8 (4.08%) MISRA C
3 3 (1.53%) Automotive SPICE
3 3 (1.53%) ISO 26262
3 3 (1.53%) QA
4 1 (0.51%) JTAG
System Software
1 64 (32.65%) Firmware
2 48 (24.49%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (3.57%) EMC
2 3 (1.53%) SAP
3 2 (1.02%) Microsoft