Embedded Engineer Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Embedded Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Embedded Engineer salary in Cambridgeshire is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 34 108
Rank change year-on-year -17 +74 +24
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 10 72 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 2.04% 4.62% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.19% 4.93% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3 51 5
10th Percentile £44,500 £37,500 £62,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -20.00% +36.36%
75th Percentile £60,000 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £61,500 £80,000 £86,000
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +27.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 456 1,460 1,277
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.25% 93.77% 86.75%
Number of salaries quoted 306 1,126 599
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £70,300
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,500 £86,250
East of England median annual salary £50,967 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.30% -13.64% +10.00%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Embedded Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Embedded Engineer
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 6 May 2025. 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
Peterborough +16 7 £60,000 - 4
Cambridge -16 1 - - 27
Embedded Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) C
2 9 (90.00%) C++
2 9 (90.00%) Software Engineering
3 8 (80.00%) Electronics
3 8 (80.00%) Manufacturing
3 8 (80.00%) Firmware
3 8 (80.00%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (70.00%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
4 7 (70.00%) Modbus
4 7 (70.00%) Profibus
4 7 (70.00%) RS-232
4 7 (70.00%) RS-485
4 7 (70.00%) TDD
4 7 (70.00%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (70.00%) Bluetooth
4 7 (70.00%) Wireless
4 7 (70.00%) Unit Testing
4 7 (70.00%) ZigBee
4 7 (70.00%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
5 2 (20.00%) Device Driver
5 2 (20.00%) Linux
5 2 (20.00%) Code Coverage
5 2 (20.00%) Device Driver Development
5 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (10.00%) ISO 13485
6 1 (10.00%) Schematic Capture
6 1 (10.00%) Non-Blocking Code
6 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) Bluetooth
1 7 (70.00%) Modbus
1 7 (70.00%) Profibus
1 7 (70.00%) RS-232
1 7 (70.00%) RS-485
1 7 (70.00%) Wireless
1 7 (70.00%) ZigBee
2 1 (10.00%) MQTT
2 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 8 (80.00%) Electronics
1 8 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 7 (70.00%) Organisational Skills
2 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Marketing
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (20.00%) Device Driver
3 1 (10.00%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (10.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) FreeRTOS
2 2 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Android
3 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (70.00%) TDD
2 7 (70.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Code Coverage
3 2 (20.00%) Device Driver Development
3 2 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Clean Code
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (10.00%) Non-Blocking Code
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (10.00%) Prototyping
4 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Schematic Capture
4 1 (10.00%) Validation
4 1 (10.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) C
2 9 (90.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO 13485
1 1 (10.00%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 8 (80.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) EMC
1 1 (10.00%) SAP