Embedded Engineer Jobs in England

Embedded Engineer
UK > England

The median Embedded Engineer salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 384 225 620
Rank change year-on-year -159 +395 -67
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 344 1,105 316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.69% 1.28% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 1.35% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 96 877 160
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% -8.33% +9.09%

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 45,134 81,676 80,812
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.05% 94.55% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 24,494 60,830 51,454
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,126 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.60% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -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 18 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 18 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
London +162 71 £70,000 +27.27% 32
South East -97 65 £61,250 +6.52% 64
East of England -17 60 £54,500 -9.17% 59
North of England -131 25 £55,000 +10.00% 43
Midlands -85 24 £55,000 +4.76% 24
East Midlands -43 18 £55,000 +10.00% 11
South West -58 16 £50,000 -9.09% 36
Yorkshire -29 10 £50,000 - 27
North West -76 9 £55,000 - 8
North East +9 6 £61,000 +10.91% 8
West Midlands -43 6 £55,000 -4.35% 12
Embedded Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 269 (78.20%) Embedded Systems
2 233 (67.73%) Agile
3 220 (63.95%) Artificial Intelligence
3 220 (63.95%) CI/CD
4 219 (63.66%) JIRA
5 217 (63.08%) Roadmaps
6 215 (62.50%) Broadband
6 215 (62.50%) Middleware
6 215 (62.50%) Software Delivery
6 215 (62.50%) Continuous Deployment
6 215 (62.50%) Release Automation
6 215 (62.50%) Strategic Thinking
7 105 (30.52%) Software Engineering
8 101 (29.36%) C
9 74 (21.51%) C++
10 51 (14.83%) Firmware
11 45 (13.08%) Linux
12 35 (10.17%) Embedded Firmware
13 32 (9.30%) Electronics
14 28 (8.14%) Wireless
14 28 (8.14%) Embedded C
15 27 (7.85%) Embedded Software Development
16 26 (7.56%) Manufacturing
17 21 (6.10%) Finance
18 19 (5.52%) Degree
18 19 (5.52%) Test Automation
19 18 (5.23%) Algorithms
19 18 (5.23%) Embedded Linux
19 18 (5.23%) Python
20 17 (4.94%) Validation

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 (0.58%) Simulink
2 1 (0.29%) CANalyzer
2 1 (0.29%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.29%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 215 (62.50%) Broadband
2 28 (8.14%) Wireless
3 14 (4.07%) Bluetooth
4 13 (3.78%) Software-Defined Radio
5 12 (3.49%) Modbus
6 11 (3.20%) RS-232
6 11 (3.20%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (3.20%) ZigBee
7 10 (2.91%) RS-485
8 8 (2.33%) Profibus
9 7 (2.03%) WAN
10 6 (1.74%) Ethernet
11 4 (1.16%) 5G
11 4 (1.16%) LTE
11 4 (1.16%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.87%) GSM
13 2 (0.58%) HTTP
13 2 (0.58%) MQTT
13 2 (0.58%) Network Security
13 2 (0.58%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.58%) Scylla
2 1 (0.29%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 219 (63.66%) JIRA
2 10 (2.91%) Git
3 4 (1.16%) CppUnit
3 4 (1.16%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (1.16%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.87%) IDA Disassembler
4 3 (0.87%) Subversion
5 2 (0.58%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.58%) Fiddler
5 2 (0.58%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.29%) FitNesse
6 1 (0.29%) GCC
6 1 (0.29%) gcov
6 1 (0.29%) GDB
6 1 (0.29%) GitLab
6 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.29%) Newman
6 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 32 (9.30%) Electronics
2 26 (7.56%) Manufacturing
3 21 (6.10%) Finance
4 16 (4.65%) Automotive
5 15 (4.36%) Social Skills
6 10 (2.91%) Marketing
7 8 (2.33%) Aerospace
7 8 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (2.33%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.45%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.45%) Wearables
9 3 (0.87%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.29%) Advertising
10 1 (0.29%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.29%) Legal
10 1 (0.29%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (62.50%) Middleware
2 5 (1.45%) Yocto
3 2 (0.58%) OpenEmbedded
4 1 (0.29%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (0.29%) JSON
4 1 (0.29%) MFC
4 1 (0.29%) Qt
4 1 (0.29%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 269 (78.20%) Embedded Systems
2 18 (5.23%) Algorithms
3 13 (3.78%) e-Learning
4 11 (3.20%) MicroBlaze
4 11 (3.20%) RISC-V
5 7 (2.03%) ARM Cortex
5 7 (2.03%) IoT
6 6 (1.74%) Analogue Electronics
7 5 (1.45%) CCTV
7 5 (1.45%) FPGA
7 5 (1.45%) GNSS
8 4 (1.16%) EMV
8 4 (1.16%) Self-Driving Car
9 3 (0.87%) Device Driver
9 3 (0.87%) Raspberry Pi
9 3 (0.87%) Robotics
9 3 (0.87%) Smart Energy
10 2 (0.58%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.58%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 45 (13.08%) Linux
2 18 (5.23%) Embedded Linux
3 12 (3.49%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (1.74%) Android
5 2 (0.58%) Windows
6 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.29%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.29%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (67.73%) Agile
2 220 (63.95%) Artificial Intelligence
2 220 (63.95%) CI/CD
3 217 (63.08%) Roadmaps
4 215 (62.50%) Continuous Deployment
4 215 (62.50%) Release Automation
4 215 (62.50%) Software Delivery
4 215 (62.50%) Strategic Thinking
5 105 (30.52%) Software Engineering
6 27 (7.85%) Embedded Software Development
7 19 (5.52%) Test Automation
8 17 (4.94%) Validation
9 16 (4.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (4.65%) Unit Testing
10 14 (4.07%) Mentoring
10 14 (4.07%) Signal Processing
11 13 (3.78%) Digital Signal Processing
12 12 (3.49%) Collaborative Culture
12 12 (3.49%) Computer Science
12 12 (3.49%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 101 (29.36%) C
2 74 (21.51%) C++
3 28 (8.14%) Embedded C
4 18 (5.23%) Python
5 9 (2.62%) C#
6 6 (1.74%) Embedded C++
7 5 (1.45%) Bash
8 3 (0.87%) Ada
8 3 (0.87%) Assembly Language
8 3 (0.87%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.87%) SQL
9 2 (0.58%) Perl
9 2 (0.58%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.58%) Rust
9 2 (0.58%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.29%) Groovy
10 1 (0.29%) Java
10 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.29%) R
10 1 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 19 (5.52%) Degree
2 15 (4.36%) Security Cleared
3 12 (3.49%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.87%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.29%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.45%) QA
2 4 (1.16%) PMO
3 3 (0.87%) MISRA
4 2 (0.58%) AUTOSAR
4 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.29%) Automotive SPICE
5 1 (0.29%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.29%) IEC 62304
5 1 (0.29%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.29%) JTAG
5 1 (0.29%) MISRA C
System Software
1 51 (14.83%) Firmware
2 35 (10.17%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.29%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (1.45%) Intel
1 5 (1.45%) SAP
2 3 (0.87%) EMC
2 3 (0.87%) IBM
3 2 (0.58%) Atmel
3 2 (0.58%) NVIDIA
4 1 (0.29%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (0.29%) Lauterbach
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.29%) Parasoft
4 1 (0.29%) QNX
4 1 (0.29%) Renesas
4 1 (0.29%) Xilinx