Senior Embedded Engineer Jobs in Scotland

Senior Embedded Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Embedded Engineer salary in Scotland is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 249 202
Rank change year-on-year +118 -47 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Embedded Engineer 18 34 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.64% 0.50% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.52% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 17 24 15
10th Percentile - £53,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £69,000 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £61,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.67% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,560 6,531 4,285
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 96.88% 90.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,366 2,624 2,338
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £31,569
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,744 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -

Senior Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Embedded Engineer in Scotland

Senior Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Senior Embedded Engineer in Scotland

Senior Embedded Engineer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Embedded Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 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
Lanarkshire - 9 £66,000 -
West Lothian +6 8 £62,500 +4.17% 7
Edinburgh +10 1 £60,000 - 3
Senior Embedded Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Senior 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 Scotland region featuring Senior Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (94.44%) C
2 16 (88.89%) Linux
2 16 (88.89%) Embedded Linux
3 14 (77.78%) C++
4 12 (66.67%) Firmware
4 12 (66.67%) Device Driver
4 12 (66.67%) Embedded Firmware
5 10 (55.56%) Product Ownership
6 9 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
6 9 (50.00%) CI/CD
6 9 (50.00%) Continuous Deployment
6 9 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
6 9 (50.00%) Multithreading
6 9 (50.00%) Modbus
6 9 (50.00%) Finance
6 9 (50.00%) TCP/IP
6 9 (50.00%) Software Architecture
7 8 (44.44%) Software Engineering
8 6 (33.33%) Ethernet
8 6 (33.33%) RS-232
9 3 (16.67%) Life Science
9 3 (16.67%) Yocto
9 3 (16.67%) Manufacturing
9 3 (16.67%) Embedded C
9 3 (16.67%) Digital Signal Processing
9 3 (16.67%) Signal Processing
10 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
11 1 (5.56%) Legal
11 1 (5.56%) OO
11 1 (5.56%) Python

Senior Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 9 (50.00%) Modbus
1 9 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 6 (33.33%) Ethernet
2 6 (33.33%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Jenkins
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 9 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.56%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 12 (66.67%) Device Driver
2 10 (55.56%) Product Ownership
3 3 (16.67%) Life Science
4 1 (5.56%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (88.89%) Embedded Linux
1 16 (88.89%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 9 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 9 (50.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 9 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 9 (50.00%) Multithreading
1 9 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 8 (44.44%) Software Engineering
3 3 (16.67%) Digital Signal Processing
3 3 (16.67%) Signal Processing
4 1 (5.56%) Agile
4 1 (5.56%) Black-Box Testing
4 1 (5.56%) Design Patterns
4 1 (5.56%) Embedded Software Development
4 1 (5.56%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (5.56%) OO
4 1 (5.56%) OOD
4 1 (5.56%) Software Testing
4 1 (5.56%) Test Automation
4 1 (5.56%) Test Strategy
4 1 (5.56%) White-Box Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (94.44%) C
2 14 (77.78%) C++
3 3 (16.67%) Embedded C
4 1 (5.56%) Python
System Software
1 12 (66.67%) Embedded Firmware
1 12 (66.67%) Firmware