Embedded Engineer Job Trends in the South East

Embedded Engineer
England > South East

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the South East is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 232 115
Rank change year-on-year +114 -117 +103
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 232 56 388
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.48% 0.66% 2.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 0.74% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 152 26 301
10th Percentile £50,000 £39,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £54,688 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,375 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 14,961 7,571 16,031
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.55% 88.61% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 10,569 4,221 11,505
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% -11.67%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Embedded Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Embedded Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Embedded Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Embedded Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in the South East

Embedded Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 July 2026. 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
Hampshire +6 92 £70,000 +9.80% 16
Thames Valley +77 79 £65,000 +8.33% 15
Oxfordshire +30 47 £65,000 - 9
East Sussex - 35 £60,000 - 1
Berkshire +44 29 £80,000 +77.78% 5
West Sussex - 15 £75,000 - 5
Surrey - 7 - - 1
Kent -26 4 £52,500 +5.53% 1
Buckinghamshire -13 3 £60,000 +37.14% 1
Embedded Engineer
England

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 11 July 2026, Embedded Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 179 (77.16%) Software Engineering
2 59 (25.43%) C++
3 58 (25.00%) C
4 46 (19.83%) Firmware
5 30 (12.93%) Embedded Firmware
6 19 (8.19%) Computer Science
6 19 (8.19%) Degree
6 19 (8.19%) Python
7 17 (7.33%) Security Cleared
8 15 (6.47%) DevOps
9 14 (6.03%) Linux
9 14 (6.03%) SC Cleared
10 13 (5.60%) Master's Degree
10 13 (5.60%) Wireless
11 10 (4.31%) Embedded Software Development
11 10 (4.31%) Test Automation
12 9 (3.88%) Git
12 9 (3.88%) Lightworks
12 9 (3.88%) MATLAB
12 9 (3.88%) Software Testing
12 9 (3.88%) Validation
13 8 (3.45%) Collaborative Engineering
13 8 (3.45%) Technical Leadership
14 7 (3.02%) CI/CD
14 7 (3.02%) Embedded C
14 7 (3.02%) Embedded Linux
14 7 (3.02%) Product Roadmap
14 7 (3.02%) Roadmaps
14 7 (3.02%) Technology Transformation
14 7 (3.02%) Yocto

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 9 (3.88%) Lightworks
2 6 (2.59%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.43%) AWS
1 1 (0.43%) AWS CodePipeline
1 1 (0.43%) Azure
1 1 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (0.43%) GitHub
1 1 (0.43%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.60%) Wireless
2 5 (2.16%) MQTT
2 5 (2.16%) Software-Defined Radio
3 3 (1.29%) Ethernet
3 3 (1.29%) RS-232
4 2 (0.86%) HTTP
5 1 (0.43%) Multicast
5 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 9 (3.88%) Git
2 3 (1.29%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.29%) PetaLinux
3 2 (0.86%) CMake
3 2 (0.86%) Polyspace
3 2 (0.86%) VectorCAST
4 1 (0.43%) GitLab
General
1 31 (13.36%) Electronics
2 16 (6.90%) Aerospace
3 14 (6.03%) Aviation
4 12 (5.17%) Manufacturing
5 5 (2.16%) Finance
6 4 (1.72%) Law
7 3 (1.29%) Social Skills
8 2 (0.86%) Games
9 1 (0.43%) Advertising
9 1 (0.43%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.02%) Yocto
2 3 (1.29%) .NET
3 2 (0.86%) pytest
4 1 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.43%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.43%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.43%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 58 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
2 22 (9.48%) FPGA
3 16 (6.90%) Algorithms
4 8 (3.45%) IoT
5 5 (2.16%) Verilog
5 5 (2.16%) VHDL
6 3 (1.29%) ARM Cortex
6 3 (1.29%) Robotics
7 2 (0.86%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.86%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.86%) Self-Driving Car
8 1 (0.43%) GNSS
8 1 (0.43%) PCIe
8 1 (0.43%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.03%) Linux
2 7 (3.02%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.29%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (77.16%) Software Engineering
2 19 (8.19%) Computer Science
3 15 (6.47%) DevOps
4 10 (4.31%) Embedded Software Development
4 10 (4.31%) Test Automation
5 9 (3.88%) Software Testing
5 9 (3.88%) Validation
6 8 (3.45%) Collaborative Engineering
6 8 (3.45%) Technical Leadership
7 7 (3.02%) CI/CD
7 7 (3.02%) Product Roadmap
7 7 (3.02%) Roadmaps
7 7 (3.02%) Technology Transformation
8 6 (2.59%) Digital Signal Processing
8 6 (2.59%) Signal Processing
9 5 (2.16%) Open Source
9 5 (2.16%) Sensor Fusion
10 4 (1.72%) FPGA Design
10 4 (1.72%) Integration Testing
10 4 (1.72%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 59 (25.43%) C++
2 58 (25.00%) C
3 19 (8.19%) Python
4 9 (3.88%) MATLAB
5 7 (3.02%) Embedded C
6 6 (2.59%) C#
7 5 (2.16%) Embedded C++
8 3 (1.29%) Bash
8 3 (1.29%) Rust
Qualifications
1 19 (8.19%) Degree
2 17 (7.33%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.03%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.60%) Master's Degree
5 4 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.29%) ECSS
2 2 (0.86%) IEC 61508
2 2 (0.86%) ISO 26262
2 2 (0.86%) JTAG
2 2 (0.86%) QA
3 1 (0.43%) Def Stans
System Software
1 46 (19.83%) Firmware
2 30 (12.93%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.43%) Ansible
1 1 (0.43%) Functional Safety
1 1 (0.43%) Grafana
1 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
1 1 (0.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (1.29%) Xilinx
2 2 (0.86%) Google
2 2 (0.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.86%) NVIDIA