Embedded Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Embedded Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £65,000 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 128 221 64
Rank change year-on-year +93 -157 +144
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 121 42 316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.80% 0.68% 4.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.90% 0.76% 4.72%
Number of salaries quoted 90 21 18
10th Percentile £35,000 - £35,610
25th Percentile £50,000 £34,324 £41,264
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £40,796 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +59.33% -14.11% +5.56%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £54,063
90th Percentile £79,100 - £58,250
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,375 5,511 6,700
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 89.87% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4,546 3,216 4,203
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,977 £28,800
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,463 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in the Thames Valley

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Embedded Engineer in the Thames Valley

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in the Thames Valley

Embedded Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the Thames Valley 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
Buckinghamshire +11 62 £61,250 +50.14% 16
Berkshire +53 30 £70,000 -9.68% 5
Oxfordshire +39 29 £56,500 -9.60% 10
Embedded Engineer
South East

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

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 Thames Valley region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 90 (74.38%) Software Engineering
2 33 (27.27%) C
3 25 (20.66%) Linux
4 21 (17.36%) Embedded Linux
4 21 (17.36%) Degree
5 19 (15.70%) Electronics
6 16 (13.22%) Embedded Systems
7 15 (12.40%) IoT
7 15 (12.40%) Firmware
8 13 (10.74%) C++
8 13 (10.74%) Embedded C
9 11 (9.09%) Embedded Firmware
10 10 (8.26%) Wireless
11 9 (7.44%) Manufacturing
11 9 (7.44%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (6.61%) Aerospace
12 8 (6.61%) Ethernet
13 7 (5.79%) Python
13 7 (5.79%) EMC
13 7 (5.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (5.79%) Schematic Capture
13 7 (5.79%) Project Planning
14 6 (4.96%) Data Centre
14 6 (4.96%) Driving Licence
14 6 (4.96%) LLM
14 6 (4.96%) Artificial Intelligence
15 5 (4.13%) Automotive
15 5 (4.13%) Continuous Integration
15 5 (4.13%) FPGA
15 5 (4.13%) Internet

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (2.48%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.65%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.26%) Wireless
2 8 (6.61%) Ethernet
3 5 (4.13%) GPRS
3 5 (4.13%) Internet
4 4 (3.31%) RS-485
5 3 (2.48%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.65%) MQTT
7 1 (0.83%) DHCP
7 1 (0.83%) DNS
7 1 (0.83%) RS-232
7 1 (0.83%) SpaceWire
7 1 (0.83%) VLAN
7 1 (0.83%) VPN
7 1 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (2.48%) Eclipse
2 2 (1.65%) Git
2 2 (1.65%) JIRA
3 1 (0.83%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.83%) Mercurial
3 1 (0.83%) Subversion
General
1 19 (15.70%) Electronics
2 9 (7.44%) Manufacturing
3 8 (6.61%) Aerospace
4 7 (5.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.13%) Automotive
6 4 (3.31%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.83%) Gherkin
1 1 (0.83%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.22%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (12.40%) IoT
3 6 (4.96%) Data Centre
3 6 (4.96%) Driving Licence
4 5 (4.13%) FPGA
5 3 (2.48%) ARM Cortex
5 3 (2.48%) Verilog
5 3 (2.48%) VHDL
6 2 (1.65%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.83%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 25 (20.66%) Linux
2 21 (17.36%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (3.31%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.83%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (74.38%) Software Engineering
2 9 (7.44%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (5.79%) Project Planning
3 7 (5.79%) Schematic Capture
4 6 (4.96%) Artificial Intelligence
4 6 (4.96%) LLM
5 5 (4.13%) Continuous Integration
5 5 (4.13%) Digital Signal Processing
5 5 (4.13%) Signal Processing
6 4 (3.31%) Biotechnology
6 4 (3.31%) Validation
6 4 (3.31%) Verification and Validation
7 3 (2.48%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (2.48%) FPGA Design
7 3 (2.48%) OO
7 3 (2.48%) TDD
7 3 (2.48%) Test Automation
8 2 (1.65%) Decision-Making
8 2 (1.65%) Mobile Application Development
8 2 (1.65%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 33 (27.27%) C
2 13 (10.74%) C++
2 13 (10.74%) Embedded C
3 7 (5.79%) Python
4 3 (2.48%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.83%) Embedded C++
5 1 (0.83%) Java
5 1 (0.83%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 21 (17.36%) Degree
2 2 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (1.65%) Master's Degree
2 2 (1.65%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.83%) JTAG
1 1 (0.83%) QA
System Software
1 15 (12.40%) Firmware
2 11 (9.09%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (5.79%) EMC
2 3 (2.48%) Renesas