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 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 289 661 648
Rank change year-on-year +372 -13 +64
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 990 300 722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.98% 0.30% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 0.33% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 765 190 193
10th Percentile £40,000 £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% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,438 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.56% +8.18% +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 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 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 23 May 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 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 +281 951 £55,000 -7.56% 200
England +391 876 £55,000 -4.35% 196
Work from Home +192 322 £55,000 -8.33% 76
South East +98 217 £55,000 -8.33% 52
South West +136 202 £55,000 -10.20% 37
North of England +152 195 £50,000 -4.76% 22
Midlands +79 123 £50,000 +14.94% 21
East of England +88 114 £60,000 -14.29% 51
Yorkshire +121 98 £45,000 +5.88% 13
North West +52 72 £50,000 -9.09% 4
West Midlands +46 68 £52,500 +20.69% 10
Scotland -35 62 £60,000 - 18
East Midlands +46 55 £50,000 +14.29% 11
Wales - 26 £50,000 - 4
London +135 25 £55,000 -15.38% 20
North East +18 25 £55,000 +4.76% 6
Northern Ireland +38 12 - -

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 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.

1 990 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 424 (42.83%) C
3 264 (26.67%) Linux
4 212 (21.41%) C++
5 186 (18.79%) Embedded C
6 180 (18.18%) Electronics
7 165 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
8 154 (15.56%) Python
9 126 (12.73%) Degree
10 121 (12.22%) Firmware
10 121 (12.22%) Embedded Systems
11 99 (10.00%) Automotive
12 85 (8.59%) IoT
13 78 (7.88%) Agile
14 77 (7.78%) Manufacturing
15 76 (7.68%) Security Cleared
16 72 (7.27%) Wireless
17 65 (6.57%) Embedded Firmware
18 64 (6.46%) Bash
19 58 (5.86%) Rust
19 58 (5.86%) Wi-Fi
20 55 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
21 50 (5.05%) Aerospace
21 50 (5.05%) Social Skills
22 48 (4.85%) Software Testing
23 47 (4.75%) Device Driver
23 47 (4.75%) Problem-Solving
24 46 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
25 44 (4.44%) C#
26 43 (4.34%) SDLC

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 19 (1.92%) Apache
2 4 (0.40%) Confluence
3 1 (0.10%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 42 (4.24%) Simulink
2 8 (0.81%) Stateflow
3 2 (0.20%) GNU Octave
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.10%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.10%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (1.01%) GitHub
2 7 (0.71%) AWS
3 3 (0.30%) AWS IoT
3 3 (0.30%) Azure
4 1 (0.10%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 72 (7.27%) Wireless
2 58 (5.86%) Wi-Fi
3 40 (4.04%) RS-232
4 36 (3.64%) Ethernet
5 32 (3.23%) Bluetooth
6 31 (3.13%) TCP/IP
7 28 (2.83%) RS-485
8 18 (1.82%) MQTT
9 17 (1.72%) ZigBee
10 15 (1.52%) Internet
11 13 (1.31%) 4G
12 12 (1.21%) 3G
13 6 (0.61%) Modbus
13 6 (0.61%) Wireshark
14 5 (0.51%) GPRS
14 5 (0.51%) VoIP
15 4 (0.40%) Profibus
16 2 (0.20%) HTTP
16 2 (0.20%) LoRaWAN
17 1 (0.10%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.61%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.40%) Big Data
3 1 (0.10%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.10%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 37 (3.74%) Git
2 28 (2.83%) JIRA
3 20 (2.02%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.31%) Subversion
5 8 (0.81%) ClearCase
5 8 (0.81%) Rational Rhapsody
6 7 (0.71%) ClearQuest
6 7 (0.71%) Plastic SCM
7 6 (0.61%) Eclipse
8 5 (0.51%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.40%) GitLab
9 4 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.40%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.20%) LabVIEW
10 2 (0.20%) PetaLinux
10 2 (0.20%) VectorCAST
11 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.10%) GDB
General
1 180 (18.18%) Electronics
2 99 (10.00%) Automotive
3 77 (7.78%) Manufacturing
4 50 (5.05%) Aerospace
4 50 (5.05%) Social Skills
5 18 (1.82%) Aviation
6 17 (1.72%) Mandarin Language
7 14 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (1.21%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (1.01%) Telecoms
10 8 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (0.71%) Finance
11 7 (0.71%) Tech for Good
12 6 (0.61%) Legal
12 6 (0.61%) Marketing
12 6 (0.61%) Public Sector
12 6 (0.61%) Retail
13 3 (0.30%) Military
13 3 (0.30%) Welsh Language
14 2 (0.20%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.23%) Yocto
2 19 (1.92%) Apache NiFi
2 19 (1.92%) STL
3 12 (1.21%) REST
4 8 (0.81%) Middleware
5 6 (0.61%) Node.js
6 5 (0.51%) .NET
6 5 (0.51%) FFmpeg
6 5 (0.51%) GStreamer
6 5 (0.51%) MFC
6 5 (0.51%) OpenEmbedded
7 4 (0.40%) HTML
8 3 (0.30%) iOS SDK
8 3 (0.30%) Qt
9 2 (0.20%) POSIX
9 2 (0.20%) XML
10 1 (0.10%) COM
10 1 (0.10%) Flash
10 1 (0.10%) HTML5
10 1 (0.10%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 121 (12.22%) Embedded Systems
2 85 (8.59%) IoT
3 47 (4.75%) Device Driver
4 46 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
5 40 (4.04%) Algorithms
6 17 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
7 15 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
7 15 (1.52%) FPGA
8 12 (1.21%) ARM Cortex
8 12 (1.21%) Mobile App
9 9 (0.91%) Raspberry Pi
10 8 (0.81%) Acoustics
11 7 (0.71%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (0.61%) CAN bus
12 6 (0.61%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.61%) Smart Home
13 5 (0.51%) Analogue Electronics
13 5 (0.51%) Robotics
13 5 (0.51%) Smart Energy
14 4 (0.40%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 264 (26.67%) Linux
2 165 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
3 39 (3.94%) Windows
4 35 (3.54%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.61%) ThreadX
7 5 (0.51%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.40%) Android
9 3 (0.30%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.30%) Debian
9 3 (0.30%) Unix
9 3 (0.30%) VMS
9 3 (0.30%) Windows Embedded Compact
10 2 (0.20%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 990 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 78 (7.88%) Agile
3 55 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
4 48 (4.85%) Software Testing
5 47 (4.75%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (4.34%) SDLC
7 40 (4.04%) OOD
8 39 (3.94%) Computer Science
9 37 (3.74%) Test Automation
10 34 (3.43%) Embedded Software Development
11 23 (2.32%) OO
12 22 (2.22%) Prototyping
13 21 (2.12%) Device Driver Development
13 21 (2.12%) Validation
14 19 (1.92%) Multithreading
15 18 (1.82%) Configuration Management
16 17 (1.72%) TDD
17 14 (1.41%) Artificial Intelligence
17 14 (1.41%) Signal Processing
17 14 (1.41%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 424 (42.83%) C
2 212 (21.41%) C++
3 186 (18.79%) Embedded C
4 154 (15.56%) Python
5 64 (6.46%) Bash
6 58 (5.86%) Rust
7 44 (4.44%) C#
8 37 (3.74%) MATLAB
9 36 (3.64%) Embedded C++
10 21 (2.12%) Java
11 20 (2.02%) Ada
12 13 (1.31%) JavaScript
13 12 (1.21%) PHP
14 8 (0.81%) R
15 7 (0.71%) Assembly Language
16 6 (0.61%) Perl
17 4 (0.40%) SQL
18 3 (0.30%) Shell Script
18 3 (0.30%) Swift
18 3 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 126 (12.73%) Degree
2 76 (7.68%) Security Cleared
3 16 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (1.01%) Master's Degree
5 5 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (0.51%) HND
6 4 (0.40%) HNC
7 3 (0.30%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.20%) PhD
8 2 (0.20%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.63%) MISRA
2 16 (1.62%) QA
3 14 (1.41%) GDPR
4 13 (1.31%) ISO 13485
5 12 (1.21%) JTAG
6 10 (1.01%) IEC 62304
7 7 (0.71%) ISO 9000
8 6 (0.61%) AUTOSAR
8 6 (0.61%) MISRA C
9 5 (0.51%) ISO 26262
10 4 (0.40%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 3 (0.30%) DO-178B
System Software
1 121 (12.22%) Firmware
2 65 (6.57%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (0.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.40%) Terraform
2 3 (0.30%) Ansible
2 3 (0.30%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.30%) Podman
3 1 (0.10%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 12 (1.21%) IBM
2 8 (0.81%) Red Hat
3 7 (0.71%) Lauterbach
4 6 (0.61%) Renesas
4 6 (0.61%) SAP
5 4 (0.40%) QNX
6 3 (0.30%) Microsoft
7 2 (0.20%) Atmel
7 2 (0.20%) Xilinx
8 1 (0.10%) EMC
8 1 (0.10%) Freescale
8 1 (0.10%) MathWorks
8 1 (0.10%) Samsung
8 1 (0.10%) Siemens