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 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 146 281 287
Rank change year-on-year +135 +6 -98
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 187 44 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.60% 0.46% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.70% 0.51% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 160 11 14
10th Percentile £40,000 £26,250 £38,250
25th Percentile £44,688 £32,500 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £43,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% -13.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £56,563
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £64,625
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 11,003 8,554 10,298
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 89.45% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 8,239 4,752 7,093
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,775 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,750
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 £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +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 29 April 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 29 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
West Midlands +97 101 £57,500 +46.50% 15
East Midlands +59 86 £50,000 -4.76% 19
Embedded Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Midlands region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 155 (82.89%) Software Engineering
2 116 (62.03%) C
3 67 (35.83%) C++
4 63 (33.69%) Firmware
5 58 (31.02%) Electronics
6 47 (25.13%) Linux
7 46 (24.60%) Embedded Firmware
8 35 (18.72%) Embedded C
9 31 (16.58%) Automotive
10 30 (16.04%) Agile
11 28 (14.97%) Embedded Linux
11 28 (14.97%) IoT
12 26 (13.90%) Degree
13 24 (12.83%) Embedded Software Development
13 24 (12.83%) Yocto
14 21 (11.23%) MISRA
15 19 (10.16%) Embedded Systems
16 18 (9.63%) Wireless
16 18 (9.63%) Problem-Solving
17 17 (9.09%) Embedded C++
18 16 (8.56%) Bluetooth
18 16 (8.56%) Wi-Fi
18 16 (8.56%) Analytical Skills
19 14 (7.49%) Manufacturing
19 14 (7.49%) TCP/IP
20 12 (6.42%) C#
21 11 (5.88%) Python
21 11 (5.88%) Simulink
21 11 (5.88%) Software Testing
22 10 (5.35%) ZigBee

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 11 (5.88%) Simulink
2 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.53%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 10 (5.35%) GitHub
2 3 (1.60%) AWS
2 3 (1.60%) AWS IoT
2 3 (1.60%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 18 (9.63%) Wireless
2 16 (8.56%) Bluetooth
2 16 (8.56%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (7.49%) TCP/IP
4 10 (5.35%) RS-232
4 10 (5.35%) RS-485
4 10 (5.35%) ZigBee
5 5 (2.67%) VoIP
6 4 (2.14%) GSM
6 4 (2.14%) J1939
7 3 (1.60%) Internet
8 2 (1.07%) 2G
8 2 (1.07%) 3G
8 2 (1.07%) 4G
8 2 (1.07%) DVB
8 2 (1.07%) Ethernet
8 2 (1.07%) FlexRay
8 2 (1.07%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.07%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (4.28%) Visual Studio
2 6 (3.21%) JIRA
3 5 (2.67%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.07%) Git
General
1 58 (31.02%) Electronics
2 31 (16.58%) Automotive
3 16 (8.56%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (7.49%) Manufacturing
5 9 (4.81%) Finance
6 6 (3.21%) Marketing
6 6 (3.21%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.21%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.67%) Social Skills
8 3 (1.60%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (12.83%) Yocto
2 9 (4.81%) .NET
3 8 (4.28%) MFC
4 1 (0.53%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 28 (14.97%) IoT
2 19 (10.16%) Embedded Systems
3 9 (4.81%) Device Driver
4 8 (4.28%) ARM Cortex
5 6 (3.21%) Smart Home
6 4 (2.14%) Algorithms
6 4 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.07%) Analogue Electronics
8 2 (1.07%) Arduino
8 2 (1.07%) FPGA
8 2 (1.07%) VHDL
9 1 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.53%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 47 (25.13%) Linux
2 28 (14.97%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (5.35%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (2.67%) ThreadX
4 5 (2.67%) Windows
5 3 (1.60%) Debian
6 2 (1.07%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (82.89%) Software Engineering
2 30 (16.04%) Agile
3 24 (12.83%) Embedded Software Development
4 18 (9.63%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (5.88%) Software Testing
6 9 (4.81%) Device Driver Development
6 9 (4.81%) Linux Kernel Development
6 9 (4.81%) SDLC
6 9 (4.81%) Test Automation
7 8 (4.28%) Change Control
7 8 (4.28%) Fault Analysis
8 7 (3.74%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (3.21%) Computer Science
9 6 (3.21%) Digital Marketing
9 6 (3.21%) Programme Management
9 6 (3.21%) Validation
10 5 (2.67%) BDD
10 5 (2.67%) Kalman Filter
10 5 (2.67%) TDD
11 4 (2.14%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 116 (62.03%) C
2 67 (35.83%) C++
3 35 (18.72%) Embedded C
4 17 (9.09%) Embedded C++
5 12 (6.42%) C#
6 11 (5.88%) Python
7 10 (5.35%) MATLAB
8 8 (4.28%) Assembly Language
8 8 (4.28%) SQL
8 8 (4.28%) VB
9 3 (1.60%) Groovy
9 3 (1.60%) R
9 3 (1.60%) Rust
10 2 (1.07%) PHP
11 1 (0.53%) Lua
Qualifications
1 26 (13.90%) Degree
2 8 (4.28%) HNC
3 4 (2.14%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.60%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.53%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (11.23%) MISRA
2 10 (5.35%) AUTOSAR
3 8 (4.28%) MISRA C
4 6 (3.21%) Automotive SPICE
5 5 (2.67%) ISO 26262
6 4 (2.14%) QA
7 1 (0.53%) JTAG
System Software
1 63 (33.69%) Firmware
2 46 (24.60%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (3.74%) EMC
2 6 (3.21%) SAP
3 2 (1.07%) Apple
3 2 (1.07%) Microsoft