Embedded Engineer Jobs in the South East

Embedded Engineer
England > South East

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the South East is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 150 284 150
Rank change year-on-year +134 -134 +189
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 299 134 490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.79% 0.90% 2.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.91% 0.99% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 225 73 97
10th Percentile £35,200 £32,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,796 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +17.95%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £71,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,676 13,491 19,184
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 90.50% 96.41%
Number of salaries quoted 11,332 8,454 12,614
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in the South East

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Embedded Engineer in the South East

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in the South East

Embedded Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 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
Thames Valley +98 124 £65,000 +59.33% 28
Hampshire +38 104 £50,000 -16.67% 14
Buckinghamshire +13 63 £62,500 +53.20% 15
Surrey +16 35 £55,000 -12.00% 11
Berkshire +53 32 £70,000 -9.68% 6
Oxfordshire +38 29 £56,500 -9.60% 7
Kent -8 22 £37,000 -32.73% 3
Sussex - 7 £60,000 -
West Sussex +45 5 £46,000 -23.33% 5
East Sussex +16 2 £55,000 +18.28%
Embedded Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 South East region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 226 (75.59%) Software Engineering
2 120 (40.13%) C
3 77 (25.75%) Linux
4 72 (24.08%) Electronics
5 63 (21.07%) Degree
5 63 (21.07%) C++
6 54 (18.06%) Embedded Systems
7 50 (16.72%) Firmware
8 47 (15.72%) Embedded Linux
9 39 (13.04%) Embedded Firmware
10 35 (11.71%) IoT
11 34 (11.37%) Manufacturing
12 31 (10.37%) Embedded C
13 26 (8.70%) Python
14 23 (7.69%) Agile
15 22 (7.36%) Problem-Solving
16 20 (6.69%) Social Skills
16 20 (6.69%) Automotive
17 19 (6.35%) Device Driver
18 18 (6.02%) Simulink
18 18 (6.02%) Algorithms
19 17 (5.69%) Wireless
19 17 (5.69%) JIRA
20 16 (5.35%) Schematic Capture
21 13 (4.35%) Aerospace
21 13 (4.35%) Continuous Integration
21 13 (4.35%) Computer Science
22 12 (4.01%) FPGA
22 12 (4.01%) Validation
22 12 (4.01%) EMC

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (2.68%) Apache
2 3 (1.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (6.02%) Simulink
2 7 (2.34%) Stateflow
3 4 (1.34%) OrCAD
4 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.69%) Wireless
2 9 (3.01%) Ethernet
2 9 (3.01%) GPRS
3 7 (2.34%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.67%) Internet
4 5 (1.67%) Modbus
4 5 (1.67%) RS-485
5 4 (1.34%) 3G
5 4 (1.34%) 4G
5 4 (1.34%) Bluetooth
6 3 (1.00%) MQTT
6 3 (1.00%) OFDM
7 2 (0.67%) RS-232
8 1 (0.33%) 5G
8 1 (0.33%) DHCP
8 1 (0.33%) LoRaWAN
8 1 (0.33%) LTE
8 1 (0.33%) SpaceWire
8 1 (0.33%) VLAN
8 1 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 17 (5.69%) JIRA
2 7 (2.34%) ClearCase
2 7 (2.34%) ClearQuest
2 7 (2.34%) Plastic SCM
3 6 (2.01%) Eclipse
3 6 (2.01%) Subversion
4 5 (1.67%) Git
5 3 (1.00%) GDB
6 2 (0.67%) GCC
6 2 (0.67%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.33%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.33%) Mercurial
General
1 72 (24.08%) Electronics
2 34 (11.37%) Manufacturing
3 20 (6.69%) Automotive
3 20 (6.69%) Social Skills
4 13 (4.35%) Aerospace
5 8 (2.68%) Finance
6 7 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (2.34%) Marketing
6 7 (2.34%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.34%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.33%) Games
7 1 (0.33%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.68%) Apache NiFi
1 8 (2.68%) STL
2 6 (2.01%) Yocto
3 3 (1.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 3 (1.00%) Flash
3 3 (1.00%) Qt
4 1 (0.33%) Gherkin
4 1 (0.33%) HTML
4 1 (0.33%) HTML5
4 1 (0.33%) JSON
4 1 (0.33%) React
4 1 (0.33%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 54 (18.06%) Embedded Systems
2 35 (11.71%) IoT
3 19 (6.35%) Device Driver
4 18 (6.02%) Algorithms
5 12 (4.01%) FPGA
6 11 (3.68%) Mobile App
7 9 (3.01%) Raspberry Pi
8 8 (2.68%) Acoustics
9 7 (2.34%) Analogue Electronics
10 6 (2.01%) ARM Cortex
10 6 (2.01%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.01%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.67%) NB-IoT
12 4 (1.34%) CCTV
12 4 (1.34%) Verilog
12 4 (1.34%) VHDL
13 3 (1.00%) SIMD
14 2 (0.67%) Arduino
14 2 (0.67%) Tandem
15 1 (0.33%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 77 (25.75%) Linux
2 47 (15.72%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (3.34%) Windows
4 4 (1.34%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.33%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (75.59%) Software Engineering
2 23 (7.69%) Agile
3 22 (7.36%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (5.35%) Schematic Capture
5 13 (4.35%) Computer Science
5 13 (4.35%) Continuous Integration
6 12 (4.01%) Validation
6 12 (4.01%) Verification and Validation
7 11 (3.68%) SDLC
7 11 (3.68%) Signal Processing
8 10 (3.34%) Artificial Intelligence
8 10 (3.34%) Device Driver Development
9 9 (3.01%) Configuration Management
9 9 (3.01%) Mathematics
9 9 (3.01%) Software Testing
10 8 (2.68%) Mentoring
10 8 (2.68%) TDD
11 7 (2.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (2.34%) Digital Marketing
11 7 (2.34%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 120 (40.13%) C
2 63 (21.07%) C++
3 31 (10.37%) Embedded C
4 26 (8.70%) Python
5 11 (3.68%) Assembly Language
5 11 (3.68%) C#
5 11 (3.68%) MATLAB
6 6 (2.01%) Embedded C++
7 2 (0.67%) Ada
7 2 (0.67%) Java
7 2 (0.67%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.67%) Lua
8 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 63 (21.07%) Degree
2 6 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (2.01%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.34%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.00%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.67%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.34%) MISRA
2 4 (1.34%) JTAG
3 3 (1.00%) IEC 61131
4 2 (0.67%) QA
5 1 (0.33%) GDPR
5 1 (0.33%) IEC 62304
5 1 (0.33%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 50 (16.72%) Firmware
2 39 (13.04%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 12 (4.01%) EMC
2 7 (2.34%) IBM
2 7 (2.34%) Lauterbach
2 7 (2.34%) SAP
3 5 (1.67%) Microsoft
4 3 (1.00%) Renesas
5 2 (0.67%) Facebook
6 1 (0.33%) Atmel
6 1 (0.33%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.33%) CA
6 1 (0.33%) Freescale
6 1 (0.33%) NCR