Embedded Engineer Jobs in the South East

Embedded Engineer
England > South East

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the South East is £61,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 234 154 270
Rank change year-on-year -80 +116 -128
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 63 302 134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.66% 1.80% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 1.92% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 26 228 72
10th Percentile £39,000 £35,350 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,625 £47,500 £40,796
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.52% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £68,125 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 8,254 15,768 12,916
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.53% 94.01% 90.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,528 11,302 8,136
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in the South East

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Embedded Engineer 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 16 May 2025.

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 16 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
Hampshire -9 21 £65,000 +30.00% 18
Surrey +31 17 - - 4
Thames Valley -44 14 £57,500 -11.54% 33
Kent +20 8 £52,500 +41.89% 8
Oxfordshire +13 6 £65,000 +15.04% 10
Berkshire +9 5 £45,000 -35.71% 11
Buckinghamshire -23 3 £43,750 -28.57% 14
Middlesex - 3 - -
Embedded Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 South East region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 39 (61.90%) Embedded Systems
2 36 (57.14%) Agile
3 32 (50.79%) Software Engineering
4 30 (47.62%) Artificial Intelligence
5 27 (42.86%) JIRA
6 26 (41.27%) C++
7 25 (39.68%) Broadband
7 25 (39.68%) Middleware
7 25 (39.68%) Software Delivery
7 25 (39.68%) Continuous Deployment
7 25 (39.68%) Strategic Thinking
7 25 (39.68%) Release Automation
7 25 (39.68%) CI/CD
7 25 (39.68%) Roadmaps
8 22 (34.92%) C
9 20 (31.75%) Linux
10 13 (20.63%) Firmware
10 13 (20.63%) Embedded Firmware
11 12 (19.05%) Finance
11 12 (19.05%) Manufacturing
12 11 (17.46%) Digital Signal Processing
12 11 (17.46%) Signal Processing
13 10 (15.87%) SC Cleared
13 10 (15.87%) Security Cleared
13 10 (15.87%) Electronics
13 10 (15.87%) Embedded Linux
14 9 (14.29%) e-Learning
14 9 (14.29%) Wireless
14 9 (14.29%) Innovative Thinking
14 9 (14.29%) Software-Defined Radio

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (1.59%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 25 (39.68%) Broadband
2 9 (14.29%) Software-Defined Radio
2 9 (14.29%) Wireless
3 3 (4.76%) Ethernet
4 2 (3.17%) RS-232
5 1 (1.59%) Bluetooth
5 1 (1.59%) HTTP
5 1 (1.59%) Modbus
5 1 (1.59%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 27 (42.86%) JIRA
2 2 (3.17%) Git
General
1 12 (19.05%) Finance
1 12 (19.05%) Manufacturing
2 10 (15.87%) Electronics
3 4 (6.35%) Aerospace
4 3 (4.76%) Marketing
4 3 (4.76%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.76%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.59%) Advertising
6 1 (1.59%) Agriculture
6 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.59%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (39.68%) Middleware
2 4 (6.35%) Yocto
3 2 (3.17%) OpenEmbedded
Miscellaneous
1 39 (61.90%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (14.29%) e-Learning
2 9 (14.29%) MicroBlaze
2 9 (14.29%) RISC-V
3 5 (7.94%) Algorithms
3 5 (7.94%) CCTV
4 2 (3.17%) Analogue Electronics
4 2 (3.17%) ARM Cortex
4 2 (3.17%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.17%) Robotics
5 1 (1.59%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.59%) FPGA
5 1 (1.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.59%) Verilog
5 1 (1.59%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 20 (31.75%) Linux
2 10 (15.87%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.59%) Android
3 1 (1.59%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (1.59%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (57.14%) Agile
2 32 (50.79%) Software Engineering
3 30 (47.62%) Artificial Intelligence
4 25 (39.68%) CI/CD
4 25 (39.68%) Continuous Deployment
4 25 (39.68%) Release Automation
4 25 (39.68%) Roadmaps
4 25 (39.68%) Software Delivery
4 25 (39.68%) Strategic Thinking
5 11 (17.46%) Digital Signal Processing
5 11 (17.46%) Signal Processing
6 9 (14.29%) Innovative Thinking
7 7 (11.11%) Mathematics
8 6 (9.52%) Computer Vision
8 6 (9.52%) Embedded Software Development
9 5 (7.94%) DevOps
10 4 (6.35%) Software Testing
11 3 (4.76%) Business Intelligence
11 3 (4.76%) Computer Science
11 3 (4.76%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (41.27%) C++
2 22 (34.92%) C
3 7 (11.11%) Python
4 4 (6.35%) Embedded C
5 3 (4.76%) C#
6 2 (3.17%) Ada
6 2 (3.17%) Bash
6 2 (3.17%) Embedded C++
6 2 (3.17%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.59%) Java
7 1 (1.59%) Kotlin
7 1 (1.59%) MicroPython
7 1 (1.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (15.87%) SC Cleared
1 10 (15.87%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.52%) Degree
3 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (20.63%) Embedded Firmware
1 13 (20.63%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (4.76%) SAP
2 2 (3.17%) NVIDIA
3 1 (1.59%) EMC