Embedded Software Development Job Trends in Essex

Embedded Software Development
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Embedded Software Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 - 51
Rank change year-on-year - - +39
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Software Development 5 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.82% - 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% - 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
East of England median annual salary £80,000 £70,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year +14.29% +19.15% -16.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

Embedded Software Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 489 411 379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 80.30% 73.66% 90.02%
Number of salaries quoted 330 206 250
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £21,875
25th Percentile £28,500 £41,563 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £55,000 £47,400
Median % change year-on-year -25.45% +16.03% -5.20%
75th Percentile £64,688 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +1.85% +2.86%

Embedded Software Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Embedded Software Development relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Embedded Software Development job vacancy trend in Essex

Embedded Software Development
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Embedded Software Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Embedded Software Development

Embedded Software Development
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Software Development within the Essex region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Saffron Walden - 3 £80,000 - 5
Embedded Software Development
East of England

Embedded Software Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

General
1 3 (60.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Lead
2 4 (80.00%) Lead Software Engineer
3 3 (60.00%) Lead Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Principal Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Principal Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering