Senior Embedded Engineer Jobs in England

Senior Embedded Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Embedded Engineer salary in England is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 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
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 619 519 855
Rank change year-on-year -100 +336 +146
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Embedded Engineer 39 344 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.084% 0.40% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.43% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 31 284 59
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% -0.80% +4.17%
75th Percentile £64,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,000
UK median annual salary £61,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.67% - -

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 42,114 80,514 84,327
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 94.48% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,536 60,209 53,453
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,464 £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% -

Senior Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Embedded Engineer in England

Senior Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Embedded Engineer in England

Senior Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Embedded Engineer in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Embedded Engineer in England

Senior 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 Senior Embedded Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 5 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 +43 20 £54,000 -10.00% 16
Midlands +21 6 £65,000 +4.00% 7
South East +13 6 £56,250 -19.64% 11
North East +21 4 £61,000 +10.91% 1
North of England -17 4 £61,000 +10.91% 16
East Midlands +38 3 £57,500 +15.00% 3
West Midlands +23 3 £65,000 +4.00% 4
South West +39 2 £56,250 -13.46% 8
London +101 1 £70,000 +100.00% 4
Senior Embedded Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 34 (87.18%) Software Engineering
2 31 (79.49%) C
3 21 (53.85%) Firmware
4 16 (41.03%) C++
5 15 (38.46%) Electronics
5 15 (38.46%) Embedded Firmware
5 15 (38.46%) Embedded Systems
6 14 (35.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (35.90%) Bluetooth
7 13 (33.33%) Automotive
8 12 (30.77%) Wireless
8 12 (30.77%) Embedded C
9 11 (28.21%) Algorithms
10 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
10 9 (23.08%) Manufacturing
10 9 (23.08%) Linux
10 9 (23.08%) Unit Testing
11 8 (20.51%) ZigBee
11 8 (20.51%) RS-232
12 7 (17.95%) RS-485
12 7 (17.95%) Modbus
12 7 (17.95%) Profibus
12 7 (17.95%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (17.95%) FreeRTOS
12 7 (17.95%) TDD
13 6 (15.38%) Test Automation
13 6 (15.38%) Mentoring
13 6 (15.38%) Git
14 5 (12.82%) QA
14 5 (12.82%) Agile

Senior 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:

Communications & Networking
1 14 (35.90%) Bluetooth
2 12 (30.77%) Wireless
3 8 (20.51%) RS-232
3 8 (20.51%) ZigBee
4 7 (17.95%) Modbus
4 7 (17.95%) Profibus
4 7 (17.95%) RS-485
5 5 (12.82%) GSM
6 4 (10.26%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (7.69%) J1939
8 2 (5.13%) LTE
9 1 (2.56%) Ethernet
9 1 (2.56%) HTTP
9 1 (2.56%) MQTT
9 1 (2.56%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (2.56%) Software-Defined Radio
9 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
9 1 (2.56%) UMTS
Development Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Git
2 1 (2.56%) GCC
2 1 (2.56%) gcov
2 1 (2.56%) GDB
2 1 (2.56%) GitLab
2 1 (2.56%) JIRA
2 1 (2.56%) Subversion
2 1 (2.56%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 15 (38.46%) Electronics
2 13 (33.33%) Automotive
3 9 (23.08%) Manufacturing
3 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 7 (17.95%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Finance
6 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.56%) Marketing
6 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.56%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (2.56%) JSON
1 1 (2.56%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 15 (38.46%) Embedded Systems
2 11 (28.21%) Algorithms
3 2 (5.13%) ARM Cortex
3 2 (5.13%) Data Structures
3 2 (5.13%) IoT
4 1 (2.56%) Device Driver
4 1 (2.56%) FPGA
4 1 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.56%) Raspberry Pi
4 1 (2.56%) Robotics
4 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (23.08%) Linux
2 7 (17.95%) FreeRTOS
3 2 (5.13%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (87.18%) Software Engineering
2 14 (35.90%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (23.08%) Unit Testing
4 7 (17.95%) TDD
5 6 (15.38%) Mentoring
5 6 (15.38%) Test Automation
6 5 (12.82%) Agile
7 4 (10.26%) Collaborative Culture
7 4 (10.26%) Embedded Software Development
8 3 (7.69%) Multithreading
8 3 (7.69%) Scrum
8 3 (7.69%) Telematics
8 3 (7.69%) Validation
9 2 (5.13%) Code Quality
9 2 (5.13%) Continuous Integration
9 2 (5.13%) Issue Tracking
9 2 (5.13%) OO
9 2 (5.13%) OOD
9 2 (5.13%) Schematic Capture
9 2 (5.13%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 31 (79.49%) C
2 16 (41.03%) C++
3 12 (30.77%) Embedded C
4 4 (10.26%) Python
5 2 (5.13%) Embedded C++
6 1 (2.56%) Bash
6 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) QA
2 3 (7.69%) Automotive SPICE
2 3 (7.69%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 21 (53.85%) Firmware
2 15 (38.46%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (2.56%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (2.56%) EMC
1 1 (2.56%) IBM
1 1 (2.56%) QNX
1 1 (2.56%) SAP