Senior Embedded Software Engineer Jobs in England

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Embedded Software Engineer salary in England is £54,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 617 575 887
Rank change year-on-year -42 +312 +153
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Embedded Software Engineer 31 256 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.067% 0.30% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.075% 0.32% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 25 209 57
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £64,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000

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 41,506 80,486 84,681
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 94.46% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,507 60,251 53,657
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Embedded Software Engineer in England

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Embedded Software Engineer in England

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Embedded Software Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Embedded Software Engineer in England

Senior 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 Senior Embedded Software Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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 +55 19 £54,000 -10.00% 12
South East +49 6 £56,250 -19.64% 13
North East +30 4 £61,000 +10.91% 1
North of England +15 4 £61,000 +10.91% 13
South West +33 2 £56,250 -13.46% 8
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior Embedded Software 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 31 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 25 (80.65%) C
3 15 (48.39%) Firmware
4 14 (45.16%) C++
4 14 (45.16%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (41.94%) Embedded Systems
5 13 (41.94%) Electronics
5 13 (41.94%) Embedded Firmware
6 12 (38.71%) Embedded C
7 11 (35.48%) Bluetooth
7 11 (35.48%) Algorithms
8 10 (32.26%) Automotive
9 8 (25.81%) Linux
9 8 (25.81%) Unit Testing
10 7 (22.58%) ZigBee
10 7 (22.58%) Wireless
10 7 (22.58%) Modbus
10 7 (22.58%) Profibus
10 7 (22.58%) RS-232
10 7 (22.58%) RS-485
10 7 (22.58%) FreeRTOS
10 7 (22.58%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (22.58%) Social Skills
10 7 (22.58%) Manufacturing
10 7 (22.58%) TDD
11 6 (19.35%) Mentoring
12 5 (16.13%) Test Automation
13 4 (12.90%) QA
13 4 (12.90%) Git
13 4 (12.90%) Collaborative Culture

Senior Embedded Software 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 11 (35.48%) Bluetooth
2 7 (22.58%) Modbus
2 7 (22.58%) Profibus
2 7 (22.58%) RS-232
2 7 (22.58%) RS-485
2 7 (22.58%) Wireless
2 7 (22.58%) ZigBee
3 1 (3.23%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.23%) GSM
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Git
2 1 (3.23%) GCC
2 1 (3.23%) gcov
2 1 (3.23%) GDB
2 1 (3.23%) GitLab
2 1 (3.23%) JIRA
2 1 (3.23%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 13 (41.94%) Electronics
2 10 (32.26%) Automotive
3 7 (22.58%) Manufacturing
3 7 (22.58%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (22.58%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (3.23%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 13 (41.94%) Embedded Systems
2 11 (35.48%) Algorithms
3 2 (6.45%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.23%) ARM Cortex
4 1 (3.23%) Device Driver
4 1 (3.23%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.81%) Linux
2 7 (22.58%) FreeRTOS
3 2 (6.45%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 14 (45.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (25.81%) Unit Testing
4 7 (22.58%) TDD
5 6 (19.35%) Mentoring
6 5 (16.13%) Test Automation
7 4 (12.90%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (6.45%) Code Quality
8 2 (6.45%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (6.45%) OO
8 2 (6.45%) OOD
8 2 (6.45%) Technical Leadership
9 1 (3.23%) Agile
9 1 (3.23%) Code Coverage
9 1 (3.23%) Computer Science
9 1 (3.23%) Logistics
9 1 (3.23%) Open Source
9 1 (3.23%) Project Planning
9 1 (3.23%) Software Testing
9 1 (3.23%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 25 (80.65%) C
2 14 (45.16%) C++
3 12 (38.71%) Embedded C
4 3 (9.68%) Python
5 2 (6.45%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 1 (3.23%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) QA
System Software
1 15 (48.39%) Firmware
2 13 (41.94%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (3.23%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (3.23%) IBM
1 1 (3.23%) QNX