Embedded Software Engineer Jobs in the South East

Embedded Software Engineer
England > South East

The median Embedded Software Engineer salary in the South East is £57,500 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 200 303 182
Rank change year-on-year +103 -121 +147
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 202 109 397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.22% 0.72% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 0.80% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 165 68 90
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £32,396
25th Percentile £47,500 £39,178 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.13% +30.56%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

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 15,586 13,661 19,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 90.60% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 11,295 8,549 12,610
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £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 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the South East

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the South East

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Embedded Software Engineer in the South East

Embedded Software 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 Software Engineer within the South East 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
Thames Valley +49 78 £65,000 +28.97% 22
Hampshire +25 72 £50,000 -20.00% 9
Buckinghamshire -19 31 £50,000 +22.56% 8
Berkshire +50 28 £70,000 -9.68% 4
Surrey +13 24 £55,000 -12.00% 9
Oxfordshire +26 19 £70,000 +12.00% 10
Kent +10 15 £37,000 -32.73% 3
Sussex - 6 £60,000 -
West Sussex +42 5 £46,000 -23.33% 3
East Sussex +12 2 £55,000 +18.28%
Embedded Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 across the South East region featuring Embedded Software Engineer in the job title.

1 202 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 82 (40.59%) C
3 61 (30.20%) Linux
4 44 (21.78%) Electronics
5 41 (20.30%) Embedded Linux
6 39 (19.31%) Degree
6 39 (19.31%) Embedded Systems
7 38 (18.81%) C++
8 29 (14.36%) IoT
9 25 (12.38%) Firmware
10 22 (10.89%) Embedded C
11 21 (10.40%) Manufacturing
11 21 (10.40%) Embedded Firmware
12 17 (8.42%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (8.42%) Python
13 16 (7.92%) Agile
14 15 (7.43%) Automotive
14 15 (7.43%) Simulink
14 15 (7.43%) Device Driver
15 14 (6.93%) Algorithms
15 14 (6.93%) Social Skills
16 12 (5.94%) JIRA
16 12 (5.94%) Aerospace
17 11 (5.45%) Wireless
18 10 (4.95%) Validation
18 10 (4.95%) Artificial Intelligence
18 10 (4.95%) Verification and Validation
19 9 (4.46%) Configuration Management
19 9 (4.46%) Mobile App
19 9 (4.46%) Raspberry Pi

Embedded Software 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 (3.96%) Apache
2 3 (1.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (7.43%) Simulink
2 7 (3.47%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.45%) Wireless
2 8 (3.96%) Ethernet
3 6 (2.97%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.48%) GPRS
4 5 (2.48%) Internet
5 3 (1.49%) RS-485
6 1 (0.50%) MQTT
6 1 (0.50%) RS-232
6 1 (0.50%) SpaceWire
Development Applications
1 12 (5.94%) JIRA
2 7 (3.47%) ClearCase
2 7 (3.47%) ClearQuest
2 7 (3.47%) Plastic SCM
3 4 (1.98%) Git
4 3 (1.49%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.50%) GDB
5 1 (0.50%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.50%) Subversion
General
1 44 (21.78%) Electronics
2 21 (10.40%) Manufacturing
3 15 (7.43%) Automotive
4 14 (6.93%) Social Skills
5 12 (5.94%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.50%) Finance
6 1 (0.50%) Games
6 1 (0.50%) Marketing
6 1 (0.50%) Military
6 1 (0.50%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.96%) Apache NiFi
1 8 (3.96%) STL
2 1 (0.50%) HTML
2 1 (0.50%) HTML5
2 1 (0.50%) React
2 1 (0.50%) Redux
2 1 (0.50%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 39 (19.31%) Embedded Systems
2 29 (14.36%) IoT
3 15 (7.43%) Device Driver
4 14 (6.93%) Algorithms
5 9 (4.46%) Mobile App
5 9 (4.46%) Raspberry Pi
6 8 (3.96%) Acoustics
7 6 (2.97%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.98%) Analogue Electronics
8 4 (1.98%) CCTV
9 3 (1.49%) ARM Cortex
9 3 (1.49%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.49%) SIMD
10 2 (0.99%) Arduino
10 2 (0.99%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 61 (30.20%) Linux
2 41 (20.30%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (3.96%) Windows
4 1 (0.50%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 17 (8.42%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (7.92%) Agile
4 10 (4.95%) Artificial Intelligence
4 10 (4.95%) Validation
4 10 (4.95%) Verification and Validation
5 9 (4.46%) Configuration Management
6 8 (3.96%) Computer Science
6 8 (3.96%) Mentoring
6 8 (3.96%) Software Testing
6 8 (3.96%) TDD
7 7 (3.47%) Continuous Integration
7 7 (3.47%) Device Driver Development
7 7 (3.47%) SDLC
8 6 (2.97%) LLM
8 6 (2.97%) Mathematics
8 6 (2.97%) Software Architecture
9 5 (2.48%) Computer Vision
9 5 (2.48%) Signal Processing
10 4 (1.98%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 82 (40.59%) C
2 38 (18.81%) C++
3 22 (10.89%) Embedded C
4 17 (8.42%) Python
5 8 (3.96%) MATLAB
6 3 (1.49%) C#
6 3 (1.49%) Embedded C++
7 1 (0.50%) Ada
7 1 (0.50%) Assembly Language
7 1 (0.50%) Java
7 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 39 (19.31%) Degree
2 3 (1.49%) Master's Degree
3 2 (0.99%) PhD
4 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.47%) MISRA
2 1 (0.50%) GDPR
2 1 (0.50%) IEC 62304
2 1 (0.50%) ISO 13485
2 1 (0.50%) JTAG
System Software
1 25 (12.38%) Firmware
2 21 (10.40%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (3.47%) IBM
1 7 (3.47%) Lauterbach
2 3 (1.49%) Renesas
3 1 (0.50%) SAP
51 Embedded Software Engineer jobs in the South East