Embedded Engineer Jobs in the North West

Embedded Engineer
England > North West

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the North West is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 204 284
Rank change year-on-year -65 +80 +46
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 6 83 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.077% 0.85% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.90% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 6 62 17
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £59,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £63,125 £65,000 £68,000
England median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 7,084 9,236 7,083
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 94.64% 89.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,088 7,094 4,132
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,385 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in the North West

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Embedded Engineer in the North West

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in the North West

Embedded Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 7 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
Manchester +26 6 £55,000 +10.00% 2
Embedded Engineer
England

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 7 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 North West region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) C
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (83.33%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (83.33%) Linux
3 4 (66.67%) C++
3 4 (66.67%) EMV
3 4 (66.67%) Embedded Software Development
3 4 (66.67%) Secure Coding
3 4 (66.67%) Cryptocurrency
3 4 (66.67%) Android
3 4 (66.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Qt
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (16.67%) Wearables
4 1 (16.67%) Clean Code
4 1 (16.67%) SDLC
4 1 (16.67%) Smart Energy
4 1 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (16.67%) ZigBee
4 1 (16.67%) Firmware
4 1 (16.67%) Wireless
4 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (16.67%) Embedded C
4 1 (16.67%) Assembly Language

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (16.67%) Wireless
1 1 (16.67%) ZigBee
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (66.67%) EMV
3 1 (16.67%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
2 4 (66.67%) Android
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Cryptocurrency
2 4 (66.67%) Embedded Software Development
2 4 (66.67%) Secure Coding
3 1 (16.67%) Clean Code
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C
2 4 (66.67%) C++
3 1 (16.67%) Assembly Language
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded C
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Firmware