Embedded Engineer
UK

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 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 234 622 600
Rank change year-on-year +388 -22 -15
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 1,225 377 801
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.25% 0.36% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 0.39% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 953 207 242
10th Percentile £38,750 £34,324 £34,550
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +6.06%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the UK 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
UK excluding London +264 1,188 £55,000 - 233
England +400 1,039 £55,000 - 228
Work from Home +255 412 £52,500 -12.50% 99
South East +128 293 £57,500 -4.17% 68
North of England +160 221 £50,000 -4.76% 19
South West +145 203 £55,000 -10.20% 62
Midlands +128 185 £52,500 +20.69% 32
East of England +100 121 £60,000 -14.29% 36
Scotland +11 119 £52,500 -12.50% 22
Yorkshire +120 104 £50,000 +17.65% 8
West Midlands +93 101 £57,500 +46.50% 16
North West +74 84 £55,000 -4.35% 8
East Midlands +57 84 £50,000 -4.76% 16
North East +30 33 £55,000 +4.76% 3
Wales - 33 £50,000 - 1
London +138 14 £52,500 -19.23% 14
Northern Ireland +42 13 - -

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 1,013 (82.69%) Software Engineering
2 595 (48.57%) C
3 320 (26.12%) Linux
4 286 (23.35%) C++
5 277 (22.61%) Firmware
6 245 (20.00%) Embedded C
7 243 (19.84%) Electronics
8 198 (16.16%) Degree
8 198 (16.16%) Embedded Linux
9 175 (14.29%) Python
10 172 (14.04%) Embedded Firmware
11 163 (13.31%) Embedded Systems
12 142 (11.59%) Wireless
13 114 (9.31%) Automotive
14 113 (9.22%) Manufacturing
15 111 (9.06%) IoT
16 108 (8.82%) Agile
17 99 (8.08%) Social Skills
18 95 (7.76%) Security Cleared
19 85 (6.94%) Computer Science
20 83 (6.78%) Problem-Solving
21 70 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
22 67 (5.47%) Bash
23 63 (5.14%) Yocto
24 62 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
25 58 (4.73%) Rust
26 57 (4.65%) Embedded Software Development
27 56 (4.57%) Cybersecurity
28 55 (4.49%) Device Driver
28 55 (4.49%) C#

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 19 (1.55%) Apache
2 3 (0.24%) Confluence
3 1 (0.082%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 43 (3.51%) Simulink
2 8 (0.65%) Stateflow
3 7 (0.57%) GNU Octave
4 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.24%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.082%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (1.22%) AWS
1 15 (1.22%) GitHub
2 9 (0.73%) AWS IoT
3 3 (0.24%) Azure
4 1 (0.082%) GCP
4 1 (0.082%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 142 (11.59%) Wireless
2 70 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
3 44 (3.59%) Bluetooth
4 43 (3.51%) Ethernet
5 40 (3.27%) RS-232
6 37 (3.02%) TCP/IP
7 28 (2.29%) RS-485
8 24 (1.96%) MQTT
9 20 (1.63%) 3G
10 19 (1.55%) 4G
11 17 (1.39%) ZigBee
12 14 (1.14%) Internet
13 10 (0.82%) Modbus
14 9 (0.73%) GPRS
15 8 (0.65%) LTE
15 8 (0.65%) OFDM
15 8 (0.65%) Profibus
16 7 (0.57%) LoRaWAN
17 6 (0.49%) Wireshark
18 5 (0.41%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.49%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.33%) Big Data
3 2 (0.16%) MySQL
4 1 (0.082%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.082%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 53 (4.33%) Git
2 30 (2.45%) JIRA
3 21 (1.71%) Subversion
4 20 (1.63%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.06%) Visual Studio
6 8 (0.65%) ClearCase
6 8 (0.65%) Eclipse
6 8 (0.65%) Rational Rhapsody
7 7 (0.57%) ClearQuest
7 7 (0.57%) Plastic SCM
8 4 (0.33%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.24%) GDB
9 3 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.16%) GCC
10 2 (0.16%) GitLab
10 2 (0.16%) PetaLinux
10 2 (0.16%) VectorCAST
11 1 (0.082%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.082%) LabVIEW
11 1 (0.082%) Mercurial
General
1 243 (19.84%) Electronics
2 114 (9.31%) Automotive
3 113 (9.22%) Manufacturing
4 99 (8.08%) Social Skills
5 62 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 52 (4.24%) Aerospace
7 39 (3.18%) Finance
8 35 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
9 33 (2.69%) Telecoms
10 23 (1.88%) Marketing
10 23 (1.88%) Public Sector
11 18 (1.47%) Aviation
12 17 (1.39%) Mandarin Language
13 8 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (0.57%) Tech for Good
15 6 (0.49%) Legal
16 5 (0.41%) Retail
17 4 (0.33%) Military
18 3 (0.24%) Welsh Language
19 2 (0.16%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.14%) Yocto
2 19 (1.55%) Apache NiFi
2 19 (1.55%) STL
3 12 (0.98%) REST
4 10 (0.82%) MFC
5 9 (0.73%) .NET
6 8 (0.65%) HTML
6 8 (0.65%) Middleware
7 6 (0.49%) Flask
7 6 (0.49%) Node.js
8 5 (0.41%) FFmpeg
8 5 (0.41%) GStreamer
8 5 (0.41%) OpenEmbedded
9 4 (0.33%) Flash
9 4 (0.33%) Qt
10 3 (0.24%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 3 (0.24%) iOS SDK
11 2 (0.16%) POSIX
11 2 (0.16%) XML
12 1 (0.082%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 163 (13.31%) Embedded Systems
2 111 (9.06%) IoT
3 55 (4.49%) Device Driver
4 48 (3.92%) Algorithms
4 48 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
5 42 (3.43%) FPGA
6 16 (1.31%) ARM Cortex
7 15 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
8 14 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
8 14 (1.14%) Mobile App
9 13 (1.06%) VHDL
10 12 (0.98%) Analogue Electronics
11 10 (0.82%) Raspberry Pi
12 8 (0.65%) Acoustics
13 7 (0.57%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (0.49%) CAN bus
14 6 (0.49%) Data Centre
14 6 (0.49%) Driving Licence
14 6 (0.49%) Smart Home
15 5 (0.41%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 320 (26.12%) Linux
2 198 (16.16%) Embedded Linux
3 39 (3.18%) Windows
4 38 (3.10%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.49%) ThreadX
7 5 (0.41%) Android
7 5 (0.41%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.33%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.24%) Debian
9 3 (0.24%) Unix
9 3 (0.24%) VMS
10 2 (0.16%) Solaris
11 1 (0.082%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.082%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,013 (82.69%) Software Engineering
2 108 (8.82%) Agile
3 85 (6.94%) Computer Science
4 83 (6.78%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (4.65%) Embedded Software Development
6 56 (4.57%) Cybersecurity
7 52 (4.24%) Mathematics
8 50 (4.08%) SDLC
9 49 (4.00%) Software Testing
10 47 (3.84%) Physics
11 44 (3.59%) OOD
12 40 (3.27%) Test Automation
13 31 (2.53%) Prototyping
14 27 (2.20%) OO
15 26 (2.12%) Device Driver Development
15 26 (2.12%) Validation
16 25 (2.04%) Multithreading
16 25 (2.04%) Software Architecture
17 24 (1.96%) Business Intelligence
17 24 (1.96%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 595 (48.57%) C
2 286 (23.35%) C++
3 245 (20.00%) Embedded C
4 175 (14.29%) Python
5 67 (5.47%) Bash
6 58 (4.73%) Rust
7 55 (4.49%) C#
8 43 (3.51%) MATLAB
9 40 (3.27%) Embedded C++
10 22 (1.80%) Java
11 21 (1.71%) Assembly Language
12 19 (1.55%) JavaScript
13 17 (1.39%) Ada
14 14 (1.14%) PHP
15 12 (0.98%) R
16 9 (0.73%) SQL
17 8 (0.65%) VB
18 7 (0.57%) Perl
19 4 (0.33%) Shell Script
20 3 (0.24%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 198 (16.16%) Degree
2 95 (7.76%) Security Cleared
3 17 (1.39%) SC Cleared
4 14 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (0.82%) Master's Degree
6 9 (0.73%) HNC
7 7 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.41%) HND
9 3 (0.24%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.37%) MISRA
2 17 (1.39%) ISO 13485
2 17 (1.39%) QA
3 14 (1.14%) GDPR
3 14 (1.14%) JTAG
4 12 (0.98%) AUTOSAR
5 10 (0.82%) IEC 62304
6 9 (0.73%) MISRA C
7 8 (0.65%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 7 (0.57%) ISO 9000
9 6 (0.49%) Automotive SPICE
10 5 (0.41%) ISO 26262
11 4 (0.33%) DO-178B
12 3 (0.24%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 277 (22.61%) Firmware
2 172 (14.04%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (0.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.41%) Terraform
2 3 (0.24%) Ansible
2 3 (0.24%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.24%) Podman
3 1 (0.082%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 23 (1.88%) SAP
2 20 (1.63%) EMC
3 12 (0.98%) IBM
4 8 (0.65%) Microsoft
4 8 (0.65%) Red Hat
5 7 (0.57%) Lauterbach
5 7 (0.57%) Xilinx
6 5 (0.41%) Intel
6 5 (0.41%) Renesas
7 4 (0.33%) QNX
8 2 (0.16%) Apple
8 2 (0.16%) Facebook
9 1 (0.082%) Atmel
9 1 (0.082%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.082%) CA
9 1 (0.082%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.082%) NCR
9 1 (0.082%) Samsung
9 1 (0.082%) Siemens