Embedded Software Engineer Job Trends in England

Embedded Software Engineer
UK > England

The median Embedded Software Engineer salary in England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 554 300
Rank change year-on-year +271 -254 +266
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 671 82 594
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.65% 0.19% 0.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.21% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 542 39 409
10th Percentile £45,150 £39,281 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,875 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 96,276 39,048 61,997
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 90.61% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 67,273 23,161 35,506
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,281
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -0.51% -7.87%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,396 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.77% -2.39% -8.33%

Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Embedded Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Embedded Software Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Embedded Software Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Embedded Software Engineer job vacancies in England

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer in England over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Software Engineer in England

Embedded Software 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 Software Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 10 October 2026. 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
South East +65 187 £60,000 -7.69% 43
South West +67 173 £60,000 +39.87% 33
East of England +62 105 £75,000 +20.00% 64
Midlands +43 98 £70,000 +30.23% 36
North of England +16 81 £60,000 +9.09% 13
East Midlands +13 57 £54,000 +5.37% 19
West Midlands -9 41 £70,000 +27.27% 17
North West - 34 £60,000 - 7
London -23 27 £80,000 +56.10% 32
North East -50 24 £60,000 +6.19% 3
Yorkshire -11 23 £60,000 +9.09% 3
Embedded Software Engineer
UK

Embedded Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 10 October 2026, Embedded Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Embedded Software Engineer in the job title.

1 671 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 138 (20.57%) C
3 136 (20.27%) C++
4 108 (16.10%) Firmware
5 100 (14.90%) Linux
6 64 (9.54%) Embedded Software Development
7 59 (8.79%) Wireless
8 55 (8.20%) Embedded Linux
9 36 (5.37%) Embedded C
10 35 (5.22%) Embedded Firmware
11 34 (5.07%) Python
12 33 (4.92%) Embedded C++
13 31 (4.62%) Degree
14 30 (4.47%) Collaborative Engineering
15 29 (4.32%) Bluetooth
16 26 (3.87%) CI/CD
17 24 (3.58%) Computer Science
18 23 (3.43%) Wi-Fi
19 22 (3.28%) FreeRTOS
19 22 (3.28%) Yocto
20 21 (3.13%) Lightworks
20 21 (3.13%) Modbus
20 21 (3.13%) Problem-Solving
20 21 (3.13%) Software Testing
20 21 (3.13%) Technology Transformation
21 19 (2.83%) DevOps
21 19 (2.83%) Test Automation
22 18 (2.68%) Ethernet
23 17 (2.53%) Signal Processing
23 17 (2.53%) Validation

Embedded Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (3.13%) Lightworks
2 11 (1.64%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 7 (1.04%) Azure
2 6 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (0.75%) AWS
4 2 (0.30%) AWS IoT
4 2 (0.30%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 59 (8.79%) Wireless
2 29 (4.32%) Bluetooth
3 23 (3.43%) Wi-Fi
4 21 (3.13%) Modbus
5 18 (2.68%) Ethernet
6 15 (2.24%) ZigBee
7 14 (2.09%) LTE
8 10 (1.49%) MQTT
8 10 (1.49%) TCP/IP
9 9 (1.34%) RS-485
10 7 (1.04%) Profibus
10 7 (1.04%) RS-232
11 3 (0.45%) Software-Defined Radio
12 2 (0.30%) LoRaWAN
13 1 (0.15%) 5G
13 1 (0.15%) NGN
13 1 (0.15%) SNMP
13 1 (0.15%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 15 (2.24%) Git
2 11 (1.64%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.04%) GDB
3 7 (1.04%) PetaLinux
4 6 (0.89%) GitLab
5 5 (0.75%) CMake
6 4 (0.60%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.45%) JIRA
8 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.15%) GoogleTest
8 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 73 (10.88%) Electronics
2 38 (5.66%) Manufacturing
3 28 (4.17%) Automotive
4 27 (4.02%) Aviation
5 17 (2.53%) Social Skills
6 15 (2.24%) Aerospace
7 7 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (0.60%) Law
10 3 (0.45%) Finance
10 3 (0.45%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.30%) Avionics
11 2 (0.30%) Wearables
12 1 (0.15%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.28%) Yocto
2 4 (0.60%) GraphQL
2 4 (0.60%) pytest
2 4 (0.60%) Qt
2 4 (0.60%) Unity DI Container
3 3 (0.45%) Middleware
3 3 (0.45%) PyTorch
3 3 (0.45%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.15%) QML
4 1 (0.15%) Qt Quick
4 1 (0.15%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 89 (13.26%) Embedded Systems
2 34 (5.07%) IoT
3 19 (2.83%) Device Driver
4 18 (2.68%) Algorithms
5 17 (2.53%) ARM Cortex
6 14 (2.09%) Raspberry Pi
7 9 (1.34%) FPGA
8 8 (1.19%) Robotics
9 5 (0.75%) CAN bus
10 4 (0.60%) Verilog
10 4 (0.60%) VHDL
11 3 (0.45%) Media Streaming
12 1 (0.15%) Linux Command Line
12 1 (0.15%) MicroBlaze
12 1 (0.15%) PCIe
12 1 (0.15%) RISC-V
12 1 (0.15%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 100 (14.90%) Linux
2 55 (8.20%) Embedded Linux
3 22 (3.28%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (0.89%) VxWorks
5 1 (0.15%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 671 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 64 (9.54%) Embedded Software Development
3 30 (4.47%) Collaborative Engineering
4 26 (3.87%) CI/CD
5 24 (3.58%) Computer Science
6 21 (3.13%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (3.13%) Software Testing
6 21 (3.13%) Technology Transformation
7 19 (2.83%) DevOps
7 19 (2.83%) Test Automation
8 17 (2.53%) Signal Processing
8 17 (2.53%) Validation
9 15 (2.24%) Software Architecture
10 13 (1.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (1.64%) AI
11 11 (1.64%) Collaborative Culture
12 10 (1.49%) Cybersecurity
12 10 (1.49%) Mentoring
13 8 (1.19%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
13 8 (1.19%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 138 (20.57%) C
2 136 (20.27%) C++
3 36 (5.37%) Embedded C
4 34 (5.07%) Python
5 33 (4.92%) Embedded C++
6 15 (2.24%) MATLAB
7 10 (1.49%) Rust
8 5 (0.75%) Ada
8 5 (0.75%) Bash
9 1 (0.15%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 31 (4.62%) Degree
2 14 (2.09%) Master's Degree
3 8 (1.19%) Security Cleared
4 6 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (0.60%) DV Cleared
5 4 (0.60%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.15%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.04%) JTAG
2 4 (0.60%) ECSS
2 4 (0.60%) QA
3 3 (0.45%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.30%) Automotive SPICE
4 2 (0.30%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 108 (16.10%) Firmware
2 35 (5.22%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (0.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.30%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (0.60%) Peregrine
1 4 (0.60%) Xilinx
2 3 (0.45%) Google
3 1 (0.15%) EMC
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft