Embedded Engineer Jobs in the North West

Embedded Engineer
England > North West

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the North West is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 201 271 330
Rank change year-on-year +70 +59 -111
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 84 22 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.86% 0.28% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 0.31% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 63 18 9
10th Percentile £40,000 £44,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,313 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £59,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £61,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 9,202 7,058 9,062
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 89.05% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 7,076 4,102 5,496
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,625
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,625 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,833 £60,775 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.42% +1.29% +9.09%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in the North West

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Embedded Engineer in the North West

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in the North West

Embedded Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Manchester +42 37 £50,000 -9.09% 5
Lancashire +10 21 £50,000 - 2
Cheshire +2 21 £60,000 - 1
Merseyside - 5 - -
Embedded Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 North West region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 72 (85.71%) Software Engineering
2 36 (42.86%) C
3 32 (38.10%) Linux
4 25 (29.76%) Firmware
5 21 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
6 19 (22.62%) Embedded Firmware
7 17 (20.24%) Git
7 17 (20.24%) C++
8 16 (19.05%) IoT
9 15 (17.86%) Embedded Linux
10 14 (16.67%) Electronics
11 12 (14.29%) Manufacturing
12 11 (13.10%) Wireless
13 10 (11.90%) Agile
13 10 (11.90%) Degree
14 9 (10.71%) Embedded C
14 9 (10.71%) Java
15 8 (9.52%) Middleware
15 8 (9.52%) Red Hat
15 8 (9.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 8 (9.52%) Embedded Software Development
16 7 (8.33%) Software Testing
16 7 (8.33%) Software Architecture
16 7 (8.33%) SDLC
16 7 (8.33%) Multithreading
16 7 (8.33%) Subversion
16 7 (8.33%) ISO 9000
17 6 (7.14%) Windows
17 6 (7.14%) OOD
17 6 (7.14%) Linux Kernel Development

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

Cloud Services
1 3 (3.57%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (13.10%) Wireless
2 5 (5.95%) ZigBee
3 4 (4.76%) RS-232
3 4 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (2.38%) Bluetooth
4 2 (2.38%) MQTT
4 2 (2.38%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.19%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.19%) HTTP
5 1 (1.19%) Internet
5 1 (1.19%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.76%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 17 (20.24%) Git
2 7 (8.33%) Subversion
3 4 (4.76%) JIRA
4 3 (3.57%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.57%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (1.19%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (16.67%) Electronics
2 12 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 3 (3.57%) Finance
3 3 (3.57%) Tech for Good
4 1 (1.19%) Automotive
4 1 (1.19%) Marketing
4 1 (1.19%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.19%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.19%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.52%) Middleware
2 1 (1.19%) Apache Thrift
2 1 (1.19%) Wayland
Miscellaneous
1 21 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
2 16 (19.05%) IoT
3 5 (5.95%) Smart Energy
4 3 (3.57%) Device Driver
5 2 (2.38%) FPGA
6 1 (1.19%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (1.19%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 32 (38.10%) Linux
2 15 (17.86%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (9.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (7.14%) Windows
5 5 (5.95%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (3.57%) VMS
7 1 (1.19%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (85.71%) Software Engineering
2 10 (11.90%) Agile
3 8 (9.52%) Embedded Software Development
4 7 (8.33%) Multithreading
4 7 (8.33%) SDLC
4 7 (8.33%) Software Architecture
4 7 (8.33%) Software Testing
5 6 (7.14%) Linux Kernel Development
5 6 (7.14%) OOD
6 5 (5.95%) Computer Science
7 3 (3.57%) Configuration Management
7 3 (3.57%) DevOps
7 3 (3.57%) Requirements Management
8 2 (2.38%) Prototyping
9 1 (1.19%) Analytics
9 1 (1.19%) Control Theory
9 1 (1.19%) Data Collection
9 1 (1.19%) FPGA Design
9 1 (1.19%) Problem-Solving
9 1 (1.19%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (42.86%) C
2 17 (20.24%) C++
3 9 (10.71%) Embedded C
3 9 (10.71%) Java
4 5 (5.95%) Python
5 4 (4.76%) R
6 3 (3.57%) Bash
6 3 (3.57%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (11.90%) Degree
2 2 (2.38%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.38%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.19%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.33%) ISO 9000
2 1 (1.19%) GDPR
System Software
1 25 (29.76%) Firmware
2 19 (22.62%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.57%) Ansible
1 3 (3.57%) Kubernetes
1 3 (3.57%) Podman
Vendors
1 8 (9.52%) Red Hat
2 1 (1.19%) Atmel
2 1 (1.19%) EMC
2 1 (1.19%) Renesas
2 1 (1.19%) SAP