Embedded Engineer Jobs in England

Embedded Engineer
UK > England

The median Embedded Engineer salary in England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 234 634 568
Rank change year-on-year +400 -66 +33
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 1,039 334 714
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.23% 0.36% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 0.39% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 824 167 208
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,117 85,349 125,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.55% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 59,992 53,990 75,607
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
South East +128 293 £57,500 -4.17% 68
North of England +160 221 £50,000 -4.76% 19
South West +145 203 £55,000 -10.20% 63
Midlands +128 185 £52,500 +20.69% 32
East of England +100 121 £60,000 -14.29% 38
Yorkshire +120 104 £50,000 +17.65% 8
West Midlands +93 101 £57,500 +46.50% 16
North West +74 84 £55,000 -4.35% 8
East Midlands +57 84 £50,000 -4.76% 16
North East +30 33 £55,000 +4.76% 3
London +138 14 £52,500 -19.23% 14
Embedded Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 England region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 865 (83.25%) Software Engineering
2 479 (46.10%) C
3 290 (27.91%) Linux
4 267 (25.70%) C++
5 225 (21.66%) Electronics
6 189 (18.19%) Firmware
7 177 (17.04%) Embedded Linux
8 169 (16.27%) Embedded C
9 160 (15.40%) Python
10 157 (15.11%) Embedded Systems
11 138 (13.28%) Degree
12 130 (12.51%) Embedded Firmware
13 111 (10.68%) Automotive
14 110 (10.59%) IoT
15 98 (9.43%) Agile
16 89 (8.57%) Manufacturing
16 89 (8.57%) Security Cleared
17 74 (7.12%) Problem-Solving
18 70 (6.74%) Wireless
19 60 (5.77%) Bash
20 58 (5.58%) Rust
21 56 (5.39%) Cybersecurity
22 53 (5.10%) C#
23 50 (4.81%) Wi-Fi
24 49 (4.72%) Embedded Software Development
24 49 (4.72%) Yocto
25 48 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
25 48 (4.62%) Algorithms
26 47 (4.52%) Software Testing
27 46 (4.43%) Aerospace

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (1.83%) Apache
2 3 (0.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 43 (4.14%) Simulink
2 8 (0.77%) Stateflow
3 7 (0.67%) GNU Octave
4 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.29%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.096%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (1.44%) AWS
1 15 (1.44%) GitHub
2 9 (0.87%) AWS IoT
3 3 (0.29%) Azure
4 1 (0.096%) GCP
4 1 (0.096%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 70 (6.74%) Wireless
2 50 (4.81%) Wi-Fi
3 38 (3.66%) Bluetooth
4 29 (2.79%) TCP/IP
5 28 (2.69%) RS-485
6 26 (2.50%) RS-232
7 23 (2.21%) MQTT
8 19 (1.83%) 3G
9 18 (1.73%) 4G
10 17 (1.64%) ZigBee
11 13 (1.25%) Ethernet
11 13 (1.25%) Internet
12 9 (0.87%) GPRS
13 8 (0.77%) LTE
13 8 (0.77%) Modbus
13 8 (0.77%) OFDM
14 7 (0.67%) LoRaWAN
15 5 (0.48%) Software-Defined Radio
15 5 (0.48%) VoIP
16 4 (0.38%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.38%) Big Data
2 2 (0.19%) MySQL
3 1 (0.096%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.096%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 44 (4.23%) Git
2 30 (2.89%) JIRA
3 20 (1.92%) Subversion
4 14 (1.35%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.15%) Visual Studio
6 8 (0.77%) ClearCase
6 8 (0.77%) Eclipse
6 8 (0.77%) Rational Rhapsody
7 7 (0.67%) ClearQuest
7 7 (0.67%) Plastic SCM
8 4 (0.38%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.29%) GDB
9 3 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.19%) GCC
10 2 (0.19%) GitLab
10 2 (0.19%) PetaLinux
11 1 (0.096%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.096%) Mercurial
General
1 225 (21.66%) Electronics
2 111 (10.68%) Automotive
3 89 (8.57%) Manufacturing
4 46 (4.43%) Aerospace
4 46 (4.43%) Social Skills
5 31 (2.98%) Finance
6 29 (2.79%) Telecoms
7 27 (2.60%) Analytical Skills
8 21 (2.02%) Marketing
8 21 (2.02%) Public Sector
9 18 (1.73%) Aviation
10 17 (1.64%) Mandarin Language
11 12 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (0.67%) Tech for Good
13 5 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.29%) Welsh Language
15 2 (0.19%) Retail
16 1 (0.096%) Games
16 1 (0.096%) Military
16 1 (0.096%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (4.72%) Yocto
2 19 (1.83%) Apache NiFi
2 19 (1.83%) STL
3 12 (1.15%) REST
4 9 (0.87%) .NET
5 8 (0.77%) MFC
5 8 (0.77%) Middleware
6 6 (0.58%) Flask
6 6 (0.58%) HTML
7 5 (0.48%) FFmpeg
7 5 (0.48%) GStreamer
7 5 (0.48%) OpenEmbedded
8 4 (0.38%) Flash
8 4 (0.38%) Qt
9 3 (0.29%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 3 (0.29%) iOS SDK
10 2 (0.19%) POSIX
11 1 (0.096%) Gherkin
11 1 (0.096%) HTML5
11 1 (0.096%) QML
Miscellaneous
1 157 (15.11%) Embedded Systems
2 110 (10.59%) IoT
3 48 (4.62%) Algorithms
3 48 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (3.85%) FPGA
5 39 (3.75%) Device Driver
6 16 (1.54%) ARM Cortex
7 15 (1.44%) Renewable Energy
8 14 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
8 14 (1.35%) Mobile App
9 12 (1.15%) Analogue Electronics
9 12 (1.15%) VHDL
10 10 (0.96%) Raspberry Pi
11 8 (0.77%) Acoustics
12 6 (0.58%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.58%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.58%) Smart Home
13 5 (0.48%) CAN bus
13 5 (0.48%) NB-IoT
13 5 (0.48%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 290 (27.91%) Linux
2 177 (17.04%) Embedded Linux
3 37 (3.56%) Windows
4 33 (3.18%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.58%) ThreadX
7 4 (0.38%) Android
8 3 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.29%) Debian
8 3 (0.29%) VMS
9 1 (0.096%) Unix
9 1 (0.096%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.096%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 865 (83.25%) Software Engineering
2 98 (9.43%) Agile
3 74 (7.12%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (5.39%) Cybersecurity
5 49 (4.72%) Embedded Software Development
6 47 (4.52%) Software Testing
7 40 (3.85%) SDLC
7 40 (3.85%) Test Automation
8 32 (3.08%) Computer Science
9 31 (2.98%) Prototyping
10 30 (2.89%) OOD
11 27 (2.60%) OO
12 26 (2.50%) Device Driver Development
12 26 (2.50%) Validation
13 24 (2.31%) Signal Processing
14 22 (2.12%) Business Intelligence
15 21 (2.02%) Digital Marketing
15 21 (2.02%) Programme Management
16 20 (1.92%) Software Architecture
17 18 (1.73%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 479 (46.10%) C
2 267 (25.70%) C++
3 169 (16.27%) Embedded C
4 160 (15.40%) Python
5 60 (5.77%) Bash
6 58 (5.58%) Rust
7 53 (5.10%) C#
8 43 (4.14%) MATLAB
9 35 (3.37%) Embedded C++
10 20 (1.92%) Assembly Language
11 19 (1.83%) JavaScript
12 15 (1.44%) Ada
12 15 (1.44%) Java
13 14 (1.35%) PHP
14 11 (1.06%) R
15 9 (0.87%) SQL
16 8 (0.77%) VB
17 4 (0.38%) Shell Script
18 3 (0.29%) Groovy
18 3 (0.29%) Lua
Qualifications
1 138 (13.28%) Degree
2 89 (8.57%) Security Cleared
3 14 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (1.06%) SC Cleared
5 9 (0.87%) HNC
5 9 (0.87%) Master's Degree
6 6 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.29%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.19%) PhD
9 1 (0.096%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.79%) MISRA
2 14 (1.35%) GDPR
3 12 (1.15%) AUTOSAR
4 9 (0.87%) IEC 62304
4 9 (0.87%) ISO 13485
4 9 (0.87%) MISRA C
5 8 (0.77%) JTAG
5 8 (0.77%) QA
6 7 (0.67%) ISO 9000
7 6 (0.58%) Automotive SPICE
8 5 (0.48%) ISO 26262
9 3 (0.29%) IEC 61131
10 2 (0.19%) DO-178B
System Software
1 189 (18.19%) Firmware
2 130 (12.51%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (0.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.48%) Terraform
2 3 (0.29%) Ansible
2 3 (0.29%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.29%) Podman
3 1 (0.096%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 21 (2.02%) SAP
2 20 (1.92%) EMC
3 12 (1.15%) IBM
4 8 (0.77%) Microsoft
4 8 (0.77%) Red Hat
5 7 (0.67%) Lauterbach
5 7 (0.67%) Xilinx
6 5 (0.48%) Intel
6 5 (0.48%) Renesas
7 2 (0.19%) Apple
7 2 (0.19%) Facebook
8 1 (0.096%) Atmel
8 1 (0.096%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.096%) CA
8 1 (0.096%) MathWorks
8 1 (0.096%) NCR
8 1 (0.096%) Samsung