Embedded Engineer Jobs in England

Embedded Engineer
UK > England

The median Embedded Engineer salary in England is £57,000 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 550 235 641
Rank change year-on-year -315 +406 -95
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 119 1,056 324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 1.24% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 1.31% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 95 835 164
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,125 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £69,500 £75,000 £77,125
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £58,250
% change year-on-year +3.64% -5.58% +5.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 42,728 80,514 84,327
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.43% 94.48% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,644 60,209 53,453
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,415 £38,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,915 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,822 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in England

Embedded Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the England 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
East of England -29 33 £55,000 -8.33% 56
South East -110 32 £62,500 +8.70% 72
Midlands -96 20 £56,250 +7.14% 22
North of England -119 20 £55,000 +10.00% 50
East Midlands -24 14 £55,000 +10.00% 8
South West -57 10 £50,000 -9.09% 35
Yorkshire -16 9 £50,000 - 31
West Midlands -45 6 £65,000 +13.04% 13
North West -63 6 £55,000 - 8
North East +20 5 £61,000 +10.91% 12
London +108 4 £70,000 +33.33% 33
Embedded Engineer
UK

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

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 England region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 96 (80.67%) Software Engineering
2 92 (77.31%) C
3 62 (52.10%) C++
4 44 (36.97%) Embedded Systems
5 42 (35.29%) Firmware
6 34 (28.57%) Linux
7 31 (26.05%) Electronics
8 28 (23.53%) Embedded C
8 28 (23.53%) Embedded Software Development
9 26 (21.85%) Manufacturing
10 25 (21.01%) Embedded Firmware
11 20 (16.81%) Wireless
12 19 (15.97%) Automotive
12 19 (15.97%) Test Automation
13 18 (15.13%) Algorithms
13 18 (15.13%) Degree
14 17 (14.29%) Unit Testing
14 17 (14.29%) Validation
15 16 (13.45%) Bluetooth
15 16 (13.45%) Continuous Improvement
16 15 (12.61%) Python
17 14 (11.76%) Multithreading
17 14 (11.76%) Social Skills
18 13 (10.92%) Mentoring
19 12 (10.08%) Wi-Fi
20 11 (9.24%) Finance
20 11 (9.24%) Computer Science
20 11 (9.24%) ZigBee
20 11 (9.24%) FreeRTOS
20 11 (9.24%) RS-232

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

Applications
1 2 (1.68%) Simulink
2 1 (0.84%) CANalyzer
2 1 (0.84%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 20 (16.81%) Wireless
2 16 (13.45%) Bluetooth
3 12 (10.08%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (9.24%) RS-232
4 11 (9.24%) ZigBee
5 10 (8.40%) Modbus
6 9 (7.56%) RS-485
7 8 (6.72%) Profibus
8 7 (5.88%) WAN
9 6 (5.04%) Ethernet
10 5 (4.20%) GSM
11 4 (3.36%) 5G
11 4 (3.36%) J1939
11 4 (3.36%) SD-WAN
11 4 (3.36%) Software-Defined Radio
12 3 (2.52%) LTE
13 2 (1.68%) HTTP
13 2 (1.68%) MQTT
13 2 (1.68%) Network Security
13 2 (1.68%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.68%) Scylla
2 1 (0.84%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 9 (7.56%) Git
2 4 (3.36%) CppUnit
2 4 (3.36%) JIRA
2 4 (3.36%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (3.36%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.52%) IDA Disassembler
4 2 (1.68%) Fiddler
4 2 (1.68%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (1.68%) Subversion
5 1 (0.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.84%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.84%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.84%) FitNesse
5 1 (0.84%) GCC
5 1 (0.84%) gcov
5 1 (0.84%) GDB
5 1 (0.84%) GitLab
5 1 (0.84%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.84%) Newman
5 1 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 31 (26.05%) Electronics
2 26 (21.85%) Manufacturing
3 19 (15.97%) Automotive
4 14 (11.76%) Social Skills
5 11 (9.24%) Finance
6 10 (8.40%) Marketing
7 8 (6.72%) Aerospace
7 8 (6.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (6.72%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (6.72%) Telecoms
8 5 (4.20%) Public Sector
8 5 (4.20%) Wearables
9 3 (2.52%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.84%) Advertising
10 1 (0.84%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.84%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.20%) Yocto
2 2 (1.68%) OpenEmbedded
3 1 (0.84%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (0.84%) JSON
3 1 (0.84%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 44 (36.97%) Embedded Systems
2 18 (15.13%) Algorithms
3 7 (5.88%) ARM Cortex
4 6 (5.04%) IoT
5 5 (4.20%) Analogue Electronics
5 5 (4.20%) CCTV
5 5 (4.20%) FPGA
5 5 (4.20%) GNSS
6 4 (3.36%) e-Learning
6 4 (3.36%) EMV
6 4 (3.36%) Self-Driving Car
7 3 (2.52%) Device Driver
7 3 (2.52%) Smart Energy
8 2 (1.68%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.68%) MicroBlaze
8 2 (1.68%) RISC-V
8 2 (1.68%) Robotics
8 2 (1.68%) VHDL
8 2 (1.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (28.57%) Linux
2 11 (9.24%) FreeRTOS
3 8 (6.72%) Embedded Linux
4 6 (5.04%) Android
5 1 (0.84%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.84%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.84%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.84%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (80.67%) Software Engineering
2 28 (23.53%) Embedded Software Development
3 19 (15.97%) Test Automation
4 17 (14.29%) Unit Testing
4 17 (14.29%) Validation
5 16 (13.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (11.76%) Multithreading
7 13 (10.92%) Mentoring
8 11 (9.24%) Collaborative Culture
8 11 (9.24%) Computer Science
9 10 (8.40%) Agile
10 9 (7.56%) Software Architecture
10 9 (7.56%) Software Testing
11 8 (6.72%) Collaborative Working
11 8 (6.72%) SDLC
11 8 (6.72%) TDD
11 8 (6.72%) Verification and Validation
12 7 (5.88%) Clean Code
12 7 (5.88%) Mathematics
13 6 (5.04%) Code Coverage
Programming Languages
1 92 (77.31%) C
2 62 (52.10%) C++
3 28 (23.53%) Embedded C
4 15 (12.61%) Python
5 9 (7.56%) C#
6 6 (5.04%) Embedded C++
7 5 (4.20%) Bash
8 3 (2.52%) Ada
8 3 (2.52%) Assembly Language
8 3 (2.52%) SQL
9 2 (1.68%) MATLAB
9 2 (1.68%) Perl
9 2 (1.68%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.68%) Rust
9 2 (1.68%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.84%) Groovy
10 1 (0.84%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.84%) MicroPython
10 1 (0.84%) R
10 1 (0.84%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 18 (15.13%) Degree
2 6 (5.04%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.52%) DV Cleared
3 3 (2.52%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.20%) QA
2 4 (3.36%) AUTOSAR
2 4 (3.36%) PMO
3 3 (2.52%) Automotive SPICE
3 3 (2.52%) MISRA
4 2 (1.68%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.84%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.84%) IEC 62304
5 1 (0.84%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.84%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.84%) JTAG
5 1 (0.84%) MISRA C
System Software
1 42 (35.29%) Firmware
2 25 (21.01%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.84%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (4.20%) Intel
1 5 (4.20%) SAP
2 3 (2.52%) EMC
2 3 (2.52%) IBM
3 2 (1.68%) NVIDIA
4 1 (0.84%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (0.84%) Atmel
4 1 (0.84%) Lauterbach
4 1 (0.84%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.84%) Parasoft
4 1 (0.84%) QNX
4 1 (0.84%) Renesas
4 1 (0.84%) Xilinx