Embedded Engineer Job Trends in London

Embedded Engineer
England > London

The median Embedded Engineer salary in London is £51,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 383 420 476
Rank change year-on-year +37 +56 +328
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 4 39 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.033% 0.20% 0.073%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.21% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 2 26 14
10th Percentile £46,625 £45,000 -
25th Percentile £47,188 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -15.38% -
75th Percentile £57,188 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £58,875 £77,500 £86,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 10,900 18,392 21,003
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.21% 95.37% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 7,112 11,566 17,358
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £73,250
Median % change year-on-year - -1.02% +4.64%
75th Percentile £97,313 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in London

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Embedded Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Embedded Engineer job vacancies in London

Embedded Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
North London -6 1 - -
Embedded Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 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 London region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) C++
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded C
2 2 (50.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) Firmware
3 1 (25.00%) Middleware
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) systemd
3 1 (25.00%) Rust
3 1 (25.00%) Software Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Linux Kernel Development
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
3 1 (25.00%) Yocto
3 1 (25.00%) Device Driver Development
3 1 (25.00%) Release Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Design Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (25.00%) Automotive
3 1 (25.00%) Law
3 1 (25.00%) Device Driver
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) UML

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (25.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (25.00%) Broadband
1 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Automotive
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
1 1 (25.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Middleware
1 1 (25.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (25.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) Device Driver Development
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (25.00%) Linux Kernel Development
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Release Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (25.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) C
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded C
3 1 (25.00%) Rust
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) systemd