Embedded Software Engineer Jobs

Embedded Software Engineer
UK

The median Embedded Software 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 307 663 681
Rank change year-on-year +356 +18 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 912 322 637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 0.31% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 0.34% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 705 195 206
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,324 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,125 £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% +10.53%

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 Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded Software 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 Software 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 +241 888 £55,000 - 186
England +379 803 £55,000 - 177
Work from Home +215 318 £55,000 -8.33% 77
South East +103 202 £57,500 -4.17% 51
North of England +132 185 £50,000 -4.76% 15
South West +136 182 £55,000 -10.20% 49
Midlands +94 116 £50,000 +27.39% 23
East of England +85 104 £60,000 -14.29% 32
Yorkshire +109 89 £45,000 +5.88% 7
North West +61 71 £50,000 -13.04% 5
Scotland -36 64 £57,500 -4.17% 21
West Midlands +67 63 £50,000 +42.86% 14
East Midlands +34 53 £50,000 -4.76% 9
North East +22 25 £55,000 +4.76% 3
Wales - 23 £50,000 - 1
London +140 14 £52,500 -19.23% 12
Northern Ireland +41 12 - -

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

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 featuring Embedded Software Engineer in the job title.

1 912 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 419 (45.94%) C
3 257 (28.18%) Linux
4 197 (21.60%) C++
5 177 (19.41%) Embedded C
6 166 (18.20%) Electronics
7 160 (17.54%) Embedded Linux
8 154 (16.89%) Python
9 122 (13.38%) Degree
10 121 (13.27%) Firmware
11 118 (12.94%) Embedded Systems
12 97 (10.64%) Automotive
13 83 (9.10%) IoT
14 78 (8.55%) Wireless
15 76 (8.33%) Agile
16 75 (8.22%) Security Cleared
17 74 (8.11%) Manufacturing
18 69 (7.57%) Embedded Firmware
19 65 (7.13%) Bash
20 59 (6.47%) Wi-Fi
21 58 (6.36%) Rust
22 55 (6.03%) Cybersecurity
23 48 (5.26%) Aerospace
23 48 (5.26%) Device Driver
24 47 (5.15%) Software Testing
24 47 (5.15%) Social Skills
24 47 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
25 46 (5.04%) Problem-Solving
26 42 (4.61%) C#
26 42 (4.61%) SDLC

Embedded Software 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 (2.08%) Apache
2 3 (0.33%) Confluence
3 1 (0.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 40 (4.39%) Simulink
2 8 (0.88%) Stateflow
3 2 (0.22%) GNU Octave
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.11%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (1.21%) GitHub
2 7 (0.77%) AWS
3 3 (0.33%) AWS IoT
3 3 (0.33%) Azure
4 1 (0.11%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 78 (8.55%) Wireless
2 59 (6.47%) Wi-Fi
3 40 (4.39%) RS-232
4 38 (4.17%) Ethernet
5 36 (3.95%) TCP/IP
6 31 (3.40%) Bluetooth
7 27 (2.96%) RS-485
8 17 (1.86%) MQTT
8 17 (1.86%) ZigBee
9 14 (1.54%) 3G
9 14 (1.54%) 4G
9 14 (1.54%) Internet
10 6 (0.66%) Wireshark
11 5 (0.55%) GPRS
11 5 (0.55%) Modbus
11 5 (0.55%) VoIP
12 4 (0.44%) Profibus
13 2 (0.22%) 2G
13 2 (0.22%) FlexRay
14 1 (0.11%) DECT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.66%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.44%) Big Data
3 2 (0.22%) MySQL
4 1 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.11%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 37 (4.06%) Git
2 26 (2.85%) JIRA
3 19 (2.08%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.43%) Subversion
5 8 (0.88%) ClearCase
5 8 (0.88%) Rational Rhapsody
6 7 (0.77%) ClearQuest
6 7 (0.77%) Plastic SCM
7 5 (0.55%) Eclipse
7 5 (0.55%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.44%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.33%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.22%) GitLab
10 2 (0.22%) PetaLinux
10 2 (0.22%) VectorCAST
11 1 (0.11%) GDB
11 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
11 1 (0.11%) Mercurial
General
1 166 (18.20%) Electronics
2 97 (10.64%) Automotive
3 74 (8.11%) Manufacturing
4 48 (5.26%) Aerospace
5 47 (5.15%) Social Skills
6 18 (1.97%) Aviation
7 17 (1.86%) Mandarin Language
8 16 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.32%) Telecoms
10 11 (1.21%) Analytical Skills
11 10 (1.10%) Finance
12 9 (0.99%) Marketing
12 9 (0.99%) Public Sector
13 7 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (0.77%) Tech for Good
14 6 (0.66%) Legal
15 5 (0.55%) Retail
16 3 (0.33%) Military
16 3 (0.33%) Welsh Language
17 2 (0.22%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (3.73%) Yocto
2 19 (2.08%) Apache NiFi
2 19 (2.08%) STL
3 12 (1.32%) REST
4 8 (0.88%) Middleware
5 6 (0.66%) Node.js
6 5 (0.55%) FFmpeg
6 5 (0.55%) GStreamer
6 5 (0.55%) MFC
6 5 (0.55%) OpenEmbedded
7 4 (0.44%) .NET
7 4 (0.44%) HTML
8 3 (0.33%) iOS SDK
9 2 (0.22%) POSIX
9 2 (0.22%) Qt
9 2 (0.22%) XML
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Thrift
10 1 (0.11%) Flash
10 1 (0.11%) HTML5
10 1 (0.11%) QML
Miscellaneous
1 118 (12.94%) Embedded Systems
2 83 (9.10%) IoT
3 48 (5.26%) Device Driver
4 47 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
5 39 (4.28%) Algorithms
6 15 (1.64%) Renewable Energy
7 14 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
8 13 (1.43%) FPGA
9 12 (1.32%) Mobile App
10 10 (1.10%) ARM Cortex
10 10 (1.10%) Raspberry Pi
11 8 (0.88%) Acoustics
12 7 (0.77%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (0.66%) CAN bus
13 6 (0.66%) Data Centre
13 6 (0.66%) Smart Home
14 5 (0.55%) Analogue Electronics
14 5 (0.55%) Robotics
14 5 (0.55%) Smart Energy
15 4 (0.44%) Arduino
Operating Systems
1 257 (28.18%) Linux
2 160 (17.54%) Embedded Linux
3 34 (3.73%) FreeRTOS
3 34 (3.73%) Windows
4 8 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.66%) ThreadX
6 5 (0.55%) VxWorks
7 4 (0.44%) Android
8 3 (0.33%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.33%) Debian
8 3 (0.33%) Unix
8 3 (0.33%) VMS
9 2 (0.22%) Solaris
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 912 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 76 (8.33%) Agile
3 55 (6.03%) Cybersecurity
4 47 (5.15%) Software Testing
5 46 (5.04%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (4.61%) Computer Science
6 42 (4.61%) SDLC
7 40 (4.39%) OOD
8 37 (4.06%) Test Automation
9 32 (3.51%) Embedded Software Development
10 23 (2.52%) OO
10 23 (2.52%) Prototyping
11 21 (2.30%) Device Driver Development
12 20 (2.19%) Multithreading
12 20 (2.19%) Validation
13 19 (2.08%) Configuration Management
14 18 (1.97%) Software Architecture
15 15 (1.64%) TDD
16 14 (1.54%) Artificial Intelligence
16 14 (1.54%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 419 (45.94%) C
2 197 (21.60%) C++
3 177 (19.41%) Embedded C
4 154 (16.89%) Python
5 65 (7.13%) Bash
6 58 (6.36%) Rust
7 42 (4.61%) C#
8 34 (3.73%) MATLAB
9 27 (2.96%) Embedded C++
10 20 (2.19%) Java
11 17 (1.86%) Ada
12 14 (1.54%) PHP
13 13 (1.43%) JavaScript
14 8 (0.88%) R
15 6 (0.66%) Assembly Language
15 6 (0.66%) Perl
16 4 (0.44%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.44%) SQL
17 3 (0.33%) Swift
17 3 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 122 (13.38%) Degree
2 75 (8.22%) Security Cleared
3 14 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (1.10%) Master's Degree
5 5 (0.55%) HND
6 4 (0.44%) HNC
7 3 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.33%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.22%) PhD
8 2 (0.22%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (2.74%) MISRA
2 16 (1.75%) QA
3 14 (1.54%) GDPR
4 13 (1.43%) ISO 13485
5 11 (1.21%) JTAG
6 10 (1.10%) IEC 62304
7 7 (0.77%) ISO 9000
8 6 (0.66%) AUTOSAR
9 5 (0.55%) ISO 26262
9 5 (0.55%) MISRA C
10 4 (0.44%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 4 (0.44%) DO-178B
System Software
1 121 (13.27%) Firmware
2 69 (7.57%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (0.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.55%) Terraform
2 3 (0.33%) Ansible
2 3 (0.33%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.33%) Podman
3 1 (0.11%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 12 (1.32%) IBM
2 9 (0.99%) SAP
3 8 (0.88%) Red Hat
4 7 (0.77%) Lauterbach
5 5 (0.55%) Renesas
6 4 (0.44%) QNX
7 3 (0.33%) Microsoft
8 2 (0.22%) Apple
8 2 (0.22%) Xilinx
9 1 (0.11%) Atmel
9 1 (0.11%) EMC
9 1 (0.11%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.11%) Samsung
9 1 (0.11%) Siemens