Embedded Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Embedded Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the Midlands is £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 231 150 283
Rank change year-on-year -81 +133 +12
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 20 187 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.29% 1.60% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 1.70% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 16 158 11
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £48,438 £45,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £52,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +20.69% -13.00%
75th Percentile £66,875 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,422 11,026 8,538
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.73% 94.31% 89.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,856 8,249 4,756
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in the Midlands

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Embedded Engineer in the Midlands

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in the Midlands

Embedded Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 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 Midlands -21 14 £55,000 +10.00% 9
West Midlands -44 6 £65,000 +13.04% 12
Embedded Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 Midlands region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (85.00%) C
2 13 (65.00%) Software Engineering
3 12 (60.00%) Firmware
4 8 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
5 6 (30.00%) Multithreading
5 6 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (30.00%) Wireless
5 6 (30.00%) Python
6 5 (25.00%) C++
6 5 (25.00%) Embedded Software Development
7 4 (20.00%) IoT
7 4 (20.00%) C#
7 4 (20.00%) Embedded C
7 4 (20.00%) Automotive
7 4 (20.00%) Agile
8 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
8 3 (15.00%) Degree
8 3 (15.00%) DV Cleared
8 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
8 3 (15.00%) Telematics
8 3 (15.00%) Test Automation
8 3 (15.00%) Scrum
8 3 (15.00%) Bluetooth
8 3 (15.00%) GSM
8 3 (15.00%) WAN
8 3 (15.00%) Performance Optimisation
8 3 (15.00%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (15.00%) ARM Cortex
8 3 (15.00%) AUTOSAR
8 3 (15.00%) J1939

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) CANalyzer
1 1 (5.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
1 6 (30.00%) Wireless
2 3 (15.00%) Bluetooth
2 3 (15.00%) GSM
2 3 (15.00%) J1939
2 3 (15.00%) WAN
3 2 (10.00%) LTE
3 2 (10.00%) Network Security
4 1 (5.00%) LoRaWAN
4 1 (5.00%) Modbus
4 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.00%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Git
1 2 (10.00%) Subversion
2 1 (5.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (5.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (5.00%) Eclipse
2 1 (5.00%) FitNesse
2 1 (5.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.00%) Newman
General
1 4 (20.00%) Automotive
2 2 (10.00%) Electronics
2 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.00%) Marketing
3 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.00%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 8 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (20.00%) IoT
3 3 (15.00%) ARM Cortex
4 2 (10.00%) Raspberry Pi
5 1 (5.00%) FPGA
5 1 (5.00%) Home Automation
5 1 (5.00%) NB-IoT
5 1 (5.00%) Smart Energy
5 1 (5.00%) VHDL
5 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Linux
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (30.00%) Multithreading
3 5 (25.00%) Embedded Software Development
4 4 (20.00%) Agile
5 3 (15.00%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (15.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 3 (15.00%) Scrum
5 3 (15.00%) Telematics
5 3 (15.00%) Test Automation
6 2 (10.00%) Clean Code
6 2 (10.00%) Configuration Management
6 2 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (10.00%) Schematic Capture
6 2 (10.00%) SDLC
6 2 (10.00%) Validation
7 1 (5.00%) Information Security
7 1 (5.00%) Programme Management
7 1 (5.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 17 (85.00%) C
2 6 (30.00%) Python
3 5 (25.00%) C++
4 4 (20.00%) C#
4 4 (20.00%) Embedded C
5 2 (10.00%) Bash
5 2 (10.00%) Perl
5 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
5 2 (10.00%) Rust
5 2 (10.00%) SQL
6 1 (5.00%) Ada
6 1 (5.00%) Assembly Language
6 1 (5.00%) Embedded C++
6 1 (5.00%) Groovy
6 1 (5.00%) MATLAB
6 1 (5.00%) R
6 1 (5.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
1 3 (15.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) Automotive SPICE
1 3 (15.00%) AUTOSAR
2 2 (10.00%) MISRA
3 1 (5.00%) JTAG
3 1 (5.00%) MISRA C
3 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 12 (60.00%) Firmware
2 2 (10.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Atmel
1 1 (5.00%) EMC
1 1 (5.00%) Lauterbach
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.00%) Parasoft
1 1 (5.00%) SAP