Embedded Engineer
UK

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 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 220 616 577
Rank change year-on-year +396 -39 +35
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 1,327 365 880
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.31% 0.37% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 0.41% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,036 207 220
10th Percentile £38,750 £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% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £58,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.58% +10.95% +5.00%

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%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in the UK

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 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 +288 1,275 £55,000 -5.58% 261
England +397 1,137 £55,000 - 256
Work from Home +219 412 £52,500 -12.50% 100
South East +119 315 £57,000 -5.00% 75
South West +141 235 £55,000 -10.20% 50
North of England +172 230 £50,000 -4.76% 25
Midlands +119 197 £52,500 +20.69% 31
East of England +103 133 £60,000 -14.29% 62
Scotland +9 116 £52,500 -12.50% 21
Yorkshire +131 113 £47,500 +11.76% 13
West Midlands +68 103 £58,750 +35.06% 13
East Midlands +78 94 £50,000 +14.29% 17
North West +59 84 £55,000 +2.33% 7
Wales +44 36 £50,000 -9.09% 6
North East +26 33 £55,000 +4.76% 6
London +133 25 £55,000 -15.38% 23
Northern Ireland +39 13 - -

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 1,089 (82.06%) Software Engineering
2 602 (45.37%) C
3 329 (24.79%) Linux
4 303 (22.83%) C++
5 285 (21.48%) Firmware
6 260 (19.59%) Electronics
7 259 (19.52%) Embedded C
8 205 (15.45%) Embedded Linux
9 204 (15.37%) Degree
10 173 (13.04%) Embedded Firmware
10 173 (13.04%) Embedded Systems
11 172 (12.96%) Python
12 133 (10.02%) Wireless
13 121 (9.12%) Manufacturing
14 114 (8.59%) Automotive
15 109 (8.21%) Agile
15 109 (8.21%) IoT
16 107 (8.06%) Social Skills
17 98 (7.39%) Security Cleared
18 84 (6.33%) Computer Science
19 83 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
20 68 (5.12%) Wi-Fi
21 66 (4.97%) Bash
22 59 (4.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
22 59 (4.45%) Yocto
23 58 (4.37%) Rust
24 57 (4.30%) Embedded Software Development
25 56 (4.22%) Cybersecurity
25 56 (4.22%) Aerospace
25 56 (4.22%) C#

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 19 (1.43%) Apache
2 4 (0.30%) Confluence
3 1 (0.075%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 45 (3.39%) Simulink
2 10 (0.75%) GNU Octave
3 8 (0.60%) Stateflow
4 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.30%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.075%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.075%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 14 (1.06%) GitHub
2 13 (0.98%) AWS
3 7 (0.53%) AWS IoT
4 3 (0.23%) Azure
5 1 (0.075%) GCP
5 1 (0.075%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 133 (10.02%) Wireless
2 68 (5.12%) Wi-Fi
3 44 (3.32%) Bluetooth
4 41 (3.09%) Ethernet
5 40 (3.01%) RS-232
6 32 (2.41%) TCP/IP
7 29 (2.19%) RS-485
8 23 (1.73%) MQTT
9 18 (1.36%) 4G
10 17 (1.28%) 3G
10 17 (1.28%) ZigBee
11 15 (1.13%) Internet
12 11 (0.83%) OFDM
13 10 (0.75%) Modbus
14 8 (0.60%) GPRS
14 8 (0.60%) Profibus
15 6 (0.45%) LoRaWAN
15 6 (0.45%) Wireshark
16 5 (0.38%) LTE
16 5 (0.38%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.45%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.30%) Big Data
3 1 (0.075%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.075%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 52 (3.92%) Git
2 31 (2.34%) JIRA
3 21 (1.58%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.43%) Subversion
5 13 (0.98%) Visual Studio
6 9 (0.68%) Eclipse
7 8 (0.60%) ClearCase
7 8 (0.60%) Rational Rhapsody
8 7 (0.53%) ClearQuest
8 7 (0.53%) Plastic SCM
9 4 (0.30%) GitLab
9 4 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.30%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.23%) GDB
11 2 (0.15%) GCC
11 2 (0.15%) LabVIEW
11 2 (0.15%) PetaLinux
11 2 (0.15%) VectorCAST
12 1 (0.075%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.075%) Cucumber
General
1 260 (19.59%) Electronics
2 121 (9.12%) Manufacturing
3 114 (8.59%) Automotive
4 107 (8.06%) Social Skills
5 59 (4.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 56 (4.22%) Aerospace
7 38 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
8 32 (2.41%) Finance
9 29 (2.19%) Telecoms
10 18 (1.36%) Aviation
11 17 (1.28%) Mandarin Language
12 16 (1.21%) Marketing
12 16 (1.21%) Public Sector
13 9 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (0.53%) Tech for Good
15 6 (0.45%) Legal
15 6 (0.45%) Retail
16 4 (0.30%) Military
17 3 (0.23%) Welsh Language
18 2 (0.15%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (4.45%) Yocto
2 19 (1.43%) Apache NiFi
2 19 (1.43%) STL
3 12 (0.90%) REST
4 10 (0.75%) .NET
4 10 (0.75%) MFC
5 8 (0.60%) HTML
5 8 (0.60%) Middleware
6 6 (0.45%) Node.js
7 5 (0.38%) FFmpeg
7 5 (0.38%) GStreamer
7 5 (0.38%) OpenEmbedded
7 5 (0.38%) Qt
8 4 (0.30%) Flash
8 4 (0.30%) Flask
9 3 (0.23%) iOS SDK
10 2 (0.15%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 2 (0.15%) POSIX
10 2 (0.15%) XML
11 1 (0.075%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 173 (13.04%) Embedded Systems
2 109 (8.21%) IoT
3 53 (3.99%) Device Driver
3 53 (3.99%) FPGA
4 52 (3.92%) Algorithms
5 51 (3.84%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (1.51%) VHDL
7 18 (1.36%) ARM Cortex
8 17 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
9 15 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
10 14 (1.06%) Mobile App
11 12 (0.90%) Analogue Electronics
12 9 (0.68%) Raspberry Pi
13 8 (0.60%) Acoustics
14 7 (0.53%) Video\Live Streaming
15 6 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (0.45%) CAN bus
15 6 (0.45%) Data Centre
15 6 (0.45%) Driving Licence
15 6 (0.45%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 329 (24.79%) Linux
2 205 (15.45%) Embedded Linux
3 44 (3.32%) Windows
4 39 (2.94%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.45%) ThreadX
7 5 (0.38%) Android
7 5 (0.38%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.30%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.23%) Debian
9 3 (0.23%) Unix
9 3 (0.23%) VMS
9 3 (0.23%) Windows Embedded Compact
10 2 (0.15%) Solaris
11 1 (0.075%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,089 (82.06%) Software Engineering
2 109 (8.21%) Agile
3 84 (6.33%) Computer Science
4 83 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (4.30%) Embedded Software Development
6 56 (4.22%) Cybersecurity
7 54 (4.07%) Software Testing
8 51 (3.84%) SDLC
9 48 (3.62%) Mathematics
10 44 (3.32%) OOD
11 43 (3.24%) Physics
12 40 (3.01%) Test Automation
13 30 (2.26%) Prototyping
14 28 (2.11%) Signal Processing
15 27 (2.03%) OO
15 27 (2.03%) Validation
16 25 (1.88%) Device Driver Development
17 23 (1.73%) Multithreading
18 22 (1.66%) Software Architecture
19 19 (1.43%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 602 (45.37%) C
2 303 (22.83%) C++
3 259 (19.52%) Embedded C
4 172 (12.96%) Python
5 66 (4.97%) Bash
6 58 (4.37%) Rust
7 56 (4.22%) C#
8 50 (3.77%) Embedded C++
9 49 (3.69%) MATLAB
10 23 (1.73%) Java
11 22 (1.66%) Assembly Language
12 20 (1.51%) Ada
13 19 (1.43%) JavaScript
14 12 (0.90%) PHP
14 12 (0.90%) R
15 9 (0.68%) SQL
16 8 (0.60%) VB
17 7 (0.53%) Perl
18 3 (0.23%) Shell Script
18 3 (0.23%) Swift
Qualifications
1 204 (15.37%) Degree
2 98 (7.39%) Security Cleared
3 18 (1.36%) SC Cleared
4 16 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (0.75%) Master's Degree
6 9 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (0.68%) HNC
7 5 (0.38%) HND
8 3 (0.23%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.15%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (2.26%) MISRA
2 17 (1.28%) ISO 13485
2 17 (1.28%) QA
3 15 (1.13%) JTAG
4 14 (1.06%) GDPR
5 11 (0.83%) AUTOSAR
6 10 (0.75%) IEC 62304
6 10 (0.75%) MISRA C
7 8 (0.60%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 7 (0.53%) ISO 9000
9 5 (0.38%) ISO 26262
10 4 (0.30%) Automotive SPICE
11 3 (0.23%) DO-178B
11 3 (0.23%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 285 (21.48%) Firmware
2 173 (13.04%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (0.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.30%) Terraform
2 3 (0.23%) Ansible
2 3 (0.23%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.23%) Podman
3 1 (0.075%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 20 (1.51%) EMC
2 16 (1.21%) SAP
3 12 (0.90%) IBM
4 8 (0.60%) Microsoft
4 8 (0.60%) Red Hat
5 7 (0.53%) Lauterbach
5 7 (0.53%) Xilinx
6 6 (0.45%) Renesas
7 5 (0.38%) Intel
8 4 (0.30%) QNX
9 2 (0.15%) Atmel
9 2 (0.15%) Facebook
10 1 (0.075%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.075%) CA
10 1 (0.075%) Freescale
10 1 (0.075%) MathWorks
10 1 (0.075%) NCR
10 1 (0.075%) Samsung
10 1 (0.075%) Siemens