The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Embedded Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Embedded Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Rank 829 811 851
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Embedded Software Engineer 31 76 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.029% 0.063% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.066% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 19 59 14
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £38,800 £30,450
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,500 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+11.11% +5.88%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102582 114838 114977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 85352 98508 97090
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Senior Embedded Software Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Senior Embedded Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Embedded Software Engineer within the UK.

Senior Embedded Software Engineer Salary Trend

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Embedded Software Engineer over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

Senior Embedded Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Top 22 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Embedded Software Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England -35 31 £50,000 +11.11%
South East -11 8 £52,500 +10.52%
Yorkshire -4 7 £47,500 +21.79%
East of England -27 6 £45,000 -
South West -5 5 £55,000 -21.42%
Cambridgeshire -6 5 £48,750 +8.33%
West Yorkshire -7 5 £47,500 +21.79%
Leeds -12 5 £47,500 +21.79%
Middlesex - 5 - -
Cambridge -12 3 £53,750 +19.44%
Harrogate - 2 - -
Kent - 2 £52,500 -
North Yorkshire - 2 - -
North West - 1 £40,000 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £47,500 -
Norfolk - 1 £40,000 -
Peterborough - 1 £45,000 -
Gloucestershire - 1 £40,000 -
Cheshire - 1 £40,000 -
Diss - 1 £40,000 -
Chester - 1 £40,000 -
Cheltenham - 1 £40,000 -

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior Embedded Software Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Embedded Software Engineer in their job title.

1 50 (90.91%) C
2 39 (70.91%) Linux
3 26 (47.27%) C++
4 25 (45.45%) Degree
5 24 (43.64%) Embedded C
6 18 (32.73%) Device Driver
7 15 (27.27%) TCP/IP
8 13 (23.64%) Wireless
8 13 (23.64%) Embedded Systems
9 11 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
9 11 (20.00%) Embedded Linux
9 11 (20.00%) Assembly Language
10 10 (18.18%) Embedded C++
11 9 (16.36%) Ethernet
11 9 (16.36%) Electronics
11 9 (16.36%) Computer Science
11 9 (16.36%) Multithreading
12 8 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (14.55%) Windows
12 8 (14.55%) Python
13 7 (12.73%) HTTP
13 7 (12.73%) Android
13 7 (12.73%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
13 7 (12.73%) Software Engineering
14 6 (10.91%) SystemC
14 6 (10.91%) GCC
14 6 (10.91%) GDB
14 6 (10.91%) Open Source
14 6 (10.91%) Eclipse
14 6 (10.91%) Perl

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior Embedded Software Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Embedded Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (7.273%) OpenGL
2 2 (3.636%) QML
3 1 (1.818%) DirectX
3 1 (1.818%) Middleware
3 1 (1.818%) Ajax
3 1 (1.818%) JSON
3 1 (1.818%) jQuery
3 1 (1.818%) Qt
Communications & Networking
1 15 (27.27%) TCP/IP
2 13 (23.64%) Wireless
3 9 (16.36%) Ethernet
4 7 (12.73%) HTTP
5 5 (9.091%) Broadband
5 5 (9.091%) VoIP
5 5 (9.091%) DHCP
6 3 (5.455%) IGMP
7 2 (3.636%) ZigBee
7 2 (3.636%) RTSP
8 1 (1.818%) SNMP
8 1 (1.818%) FTP
8 1 (1.818%) DVB
Development Applications
1 6 (10.91%) GCC
1 6 (10.91%) GDB
1 6 (10.91%) Eclipse
2 4 (7.273%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 4 (7.273%) Subversion
3 1 (1.818%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.818%) CppUnit
General
1 9 (16.36%) Electronics
2 5 (9.091%) Multimedia
3 4 (7.273%) Military
3 4 (7.273%) Finance
3 4 (7.273%) Automotive
4 3 (5.455%) Music
4 3 (5.455%) Music Industry
5 2 (3.636%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.636%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.818%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.818%) Games
6 1 (1.818%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 18 (32.73%) Device Driver
2 13 (23.64%) Embedded Systems
3 9 (16.36%) Computer Science
4 7 (12.73%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 6 (10.91%) SystemC
5 6 (10.91%) Open Source
5 6 (10.91%) STB
6 4 (7.273%) SCADA
7 2 (3.636%) Smart Meter
7 2 (3.636%) CCTV
7 2 (3.636%) Firmware
8 1 (1.818%) MPEG
8 1 (1.818%) DTV
8 1 (1.818%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 39 (70.91%) Linux
2 11 (20.00%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (14.55%) Windows
4 7 (12.73%) Android
5 1 (1.818%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 9 (16.36%) Multithreading
3 8 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (12.73%) Software Engineering
5 5 (9.091%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (9.091%) Risk Analysis
6 4 (7.273%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (5.455%) Validation
7 3 (5.455%) OO
7 3 (5.455%) Integration Testing
8 2 (3.636%) Software Architecture
8 2 (3.636%) UML
9 1 (1.818%) TDD
9 1 (1.818%) OOD
9 1 (1.818%) Configuration Management
9 1 (1.818%) Project Management
9 1 (1.818%) Requirements Analysis
9 1 (1.818%) Digital Signal Processing
9 1 (1.818%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 50 (90.91%) C
2 26 (47.27%) C++
3 24 (43.64%) Embedded C
4 11 (20.00%) Assembly Language
5 10 (18.18%) Embedded C++
6 8 (14.55%) Python
7 6 (10.91%) Perl
8 2 (3.636%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.818%) Ada
9 1 (1.818%) C#
Qualifications
1 25 (45.45%) Degree
2 5 (9.091%) Security Cleared
3 4 (7.273%) HND
4 3 (5.455%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.818%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.818%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 1 (1.818%) Motorola
1 1 (1.818%) Broadcom
Diss, Norfolk
As the successful candidate you will have excellent knowledge of development using C in a multitasking embedded environment, an understanding of assembler language, knowledge of debugging and coding...
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Salary: £35000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
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My client has a global presence and is widely recognised as a market leader within the development of wireless technologies... The Role: You shall be developing on chip...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Middlesex, South East
Working as part of the In-Life Software Team, the successful applicant will be involved in product reliability, release maturity and root cause analysis of failures. You will...
British Sky Broadcasting
Posted: 20 May 2013
Middlesex
Working as part of the In-Life Software Team, the successful applicant will be involved in product reliability, release maturity and root cause analysis of failures. You will...
Sky
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Requirements: Good degree in Maths, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or equivalent... Familiarity with at least 2 of these languages: C, Python, Matlab, Assembly (any), Perl... Keywords: Senior,...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013