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 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 232 636 570
Rank change year-on-year +404 -66 +41
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 1,266 361 861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.28% 0.36% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 0.39% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 985 203 230
10th Percentile £38,750 £34,324 £34,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.79% +6.67% +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 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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 10 May 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 10 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
UK excluding London +261 1,223 £55,000 -1.79% 233
England +398 1,079 £55,000 - 232
Work from Home +229 411 £52,500 -12.50% 100
South East +123 302 £57,500 -4.17% 62
North of England +165 222 £50,000 -2.44% 22
South West +136 220 £55,000 -8.33% 58
Midlands +117 189 £52,500 +20.69% 34
East of England +105 125 £60,000 -14.29% 39
Scotland +16 119 £52,500 -12.50% 19
Yorkshire +127 105 £50,000 +17.65% 12
West Midlands +66 102 £60,000 +52.87% 15
East Midlands +60 87 £50,000 -4.76% 19
North West +65 84 £55,000 - 7
North East +26 33 £55,000 +4.76% 5
Wales - 33 £50,000 - 4
London +125 19 £52,500 -19.23% 18
Northern Ireland +34 13 - -

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 1,044 (82.46%) Software Engineering
2 601 (47.47%) C
3 330 (26.07%) Linux
4 297 (23.46%) C++
5 281 (22.20%) Firmware
6 253 (19.98%) Embedded C
7 251 (19.83%) Electronics
8 204 (16.11%) Embedded Linux
9 203 (16.03%) Degree
10 175 (13.82%) Embedded Firmware
11 174 (13.74%) Python
12 167 (13.19%) Embedded Systems
13 141 (11.14%) Wireless
14 117 (9.24%) Manufacturing
15 113 (8.93%) Automotive
16 112 (8.85%) IoT
17 110 (8.69%) Agile
18 106 (8.37%) Social Skills
19 97 (7.66%) Security Cleared
20 85 (6.71%) Problem-Solving
20 85 (6.71%) Computer Science
21 70 (5.53%) Wi-Fi
22 67 (5.29%) Bash
23 65 (5.13%) Yocto
24 62 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
25 58 (4.58%) Embedded Software Development
25 58 (4.58%) Rust
26 56 (4.42%) Device Driver
26 56 (4.42%) C#
26 56 (4.42%) Cybersecurity

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 (1.50%) Apache
2 3 (0.24%) Confluence
3 1 (0.079%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 44 (3.48%) Simulink
2 9 (0.71%) GNU Octave
3 8 (0.63%) Stateflow
4 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.32%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.079%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (1.18%) GitHub
2 14 (1.11%) AWS
3 8 (0.63%) AWS IoT
4 3 (0.24%) Azure
5 1 (0.079%) GCP
5 1 (0.079%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 141 (11.14%) Wireless
2 70 (5.53%) Wi-Fi
3 45 (3.55%) Bluetooth
4 42 (3.32%) Ethernet
5 41 (3.24%) RS-232
6 36 (2.84%) TCP/IP
7 29 (2.29%) RS-485
8 24 (1.90%) MQTT
9 18 (1.42%) 3G
9 18 (1.42%) 4G
10 17 (1.34%) ZigBee
11 14 (1.11%) Internet
12 11 (0.87%) Modbus
13 10 (0.79%) OFDM
14 9 (0.71%) GPRS
15 8 (0.63%) Profibus
16 7 (0.55%) LoRaWAN
16 7 (0.55%) LTE
17 6 (0.47%) Wireshark
18 5 (0.39%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.47%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.32%) Big Data
3 1 (0.079%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.079%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 53 (4.19%) Git
2 31 (2.45%) JIRA
3 21 (1.66%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.58%) Subversion
5 13 (1.03%) Visual Studio
6 8 (0.63%) ClearCase
6 8 (0.63%) Eclipse
6 8 (0.63%) Rational Rhapsody
7 7 (0.55%) ClearQuest
7 7 (0.55%) Plastic SCM
8 4 (0.32%) 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 (0.079%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.079%) LabVIEW
11 1 (0.079%) Mercurial
General
1 251 (19.83%) Electronics
2 117 (9.24%) Manufacturing
3 113 (8.93%) Automotive
4 106 (8.37%) Social Skills
5 62 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 55 (4.34%) Aerospace
7 38 (3.00%) Analytical Skills
8 35 (2.76%) Finance
9 30 (2.37%) Telecoms
10 19 (1.50%) Marketing
10 19 (1.50%) Public Sector
11 18 (1.42%) Aviation
12 17 (1.34%) Mandarin Language
13 8 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (0.55%) Tech for Good
15 6 (0.47%) Legal
16 5 (0.39%) Retail
17 4 (0.32%) Military
18 3 (0.24%) Welsh Language
19 2 (0.16%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (5.13%) Yocto
2 19 (1.50%) Apache NiFi
2 19 (1.50%) STL
3 12 (0.95%) REST
4 10 (0.79%) .NET
4 10 (0.79%) MFC
5 8 (0.63%) HTML
5 8 (0.63%) Middleware
6 6 (0.47%) Node.js
7 5 (0.39%) FFmpeg
7 5 (0.39%) Flask
7 5 (0.39%) GStreamer
7 5 (0.39%) OpenEmbedded
7 5 (0.39%) Qt
8 4 (0.32%) Flash
9 3 (0.24%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 3 (0.24%) iOS SDK
10 2 (0.16%) POSIX
10 2 (0.16%) XML
11 1 (0.079%) COM
Miscellaneous
1 167 (13.19%) Embedded Systems
2 112 (8.85%) IoT
3 56 (4.42%) Device Driver
4 51 (4.03%) Algorithms
5 50 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
6 49 (3.87%) FPGA
7 17 (1.34%) ARM Cortex
7 17 (1.34%) VHDL
8 16 (1.26%) Renewable Energy
9 15 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
10 14 (1.11%) Mobile App
11 12 (0.95%) Analogue Electronics
12 10 (0.79%) Raspberry Pi
13 8 (0.63%) Acoustics
14 7 (0.55%) Video\Live Streaming
15 6 (0.47%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (0.47%) CAN bus
15 6 (0.47%) Data Centre
15 6 (0.47%) Driving Licence
15 6 (0.47%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 330 (26.07%) Linux
2 204 (16.11%) Embedded Linux
3 42 (3.32%) Windows
4 39 (3.08%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.47%) ThreadX
7 5 (0.39%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.32%) Android
8 4 (0.32%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.24%) Debian
9 3 (0.24%) Unix
9 3 (0.24%) VMS
10 2 (0.16%) Solaris
10 2 (0.16%) Windows Embedded Compact
11 1 (0.079%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,044 (82.46%) Software Engineering
2 110 (8.69%) Agile
3 85 (6.71%) Computer Science
3 85 (6.71%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (4.58%) Embedded Software Development
5 56 (4.42%) Cybersecurity
6 52 (4.11%) Mathematics
7 51 (4.03%) SDLC
7 51 (4.03%) Software Testing
8 47 (3.71%) Physics
9 45 (3.55%) OOD
10 41 (3.24%) Test Automation
11 30 (2.37%) Prototyping
12 28 (2.21%) OO
13 27 (2.13%) Software Architecture
13 27 (2.13%) Validation
14 26 (2.05%) Device Driver Development
14 26 (2.05%) Signal Processing
15 25 (1.97%) Multithreading
16 20 (1.58%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 601 (47.47%) C
2 297 (23.46%) C++
3 253 (19.98%) Embedded C
4 174 (13.74%) Python
5 67 (5.29%) Bash
6 58 (4.58%) Rust
7 56 (4.42%) C#
8 46 (3.63%) MATLAB
9 44 (3.48%) Embedded C++
10 23 (1.82%) Java
11 22 (1.74%) Assembly Language
12 20 (1.58%) Ada
13 19 (1.50%) JavaScript
14 12 (0.95%) PHP
14 12 (0.95%) R
15 9 (0.71%) SQL
16 8 (0.63%) VB
17 7 (0.55%) Perl
18 4 (0.32%) Shell Script
19 3 (0.24%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 203 (16.03%) Degree
2 97 (7.66%) Security Cleared
3 18 (1.42%) SC Cleared
4 16 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (0.79%) Master's Degree
6 9 (0.71%) HNC
7 8 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.39%) HND
9 3 (0.24%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.29%) MISRA
2 18 (1.42%) QA
3 17 (1.34%) ISO 13485
4 15 (1.18%) JTAG
5 14 (1.11%) GDPR
6 12 (0.95%) AUTOSAR
7 10 (0.79%) IEC 62304
8 9 (0.71%) MISRA C
9 8 (0.63%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 7 (0.55%) ISO 9000
11 6 (0.47%) Automotive SPICE
12 5 (0.39%) ISO 26262
13 4 (0.32%) DO-178B
14 3 (0.24%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 281 (22.20%) Firmware
2 175 (13.82%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (0.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.39%) Terraform
2 3 (0.24%) Ansible
2 3 (0.24%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.24%) Podman
3 1 (0.079%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 20 (1.58%) EMC
2 19 (1.50%) SAP
3 12 (0.95%) IBM
4 8 (0.63%) Microsoft
4 8 (0.63%) Red Hat
5 7 (0.55%) Lauterbach
5 7 (0.55%) Xilinx
6 5 (0.39%) Intel
6 5 (0.39%) Renesas
7 4 (0.32%) QNX
8 2 (0.16%) Atmel
8 2 (0.16%) Facebook
9 1 (0.079%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.079%) CA
9 1 (0.079%) Freescale
9 1 (0.079%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.079%) NCR
9 1 (0.079%) Samsung
9 1 (0.079%) Siemens