Embedded Engineer Jobs in the South East

Embedded Engineer
England > South East

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the South East is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 242 115 235
Rank change year-on-year -127 +120 -80
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 69 437 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.71% 2.30% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 2.44% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 21 335 70
10th Percentile £35,500 £39,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £40,796
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -0.05%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

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 8,536 17,935 11,693
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.44% 94.35% 89.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4,587 12,667 7,700
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.86% +0.42%

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 22 June 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 22 June 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 +2 30 £62,500 +25.00% 34
Surrey +11 17 - - 1
Thames Valley -71 12 £60,000 -7.69% 55
Oxfordshire +18 8 £65,000 +4.00% 10
Kent +22 7 £49,750 +34.46% 5
Middlesex - 3 - -
Berkshire +2 2 £45,000 -35.71% 34
Buckinghamshire -44 2 £43,750 -27.08% 14
Embedded Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 June 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 49 (71.01%) Embedded Systems
2 46 (66.67%) Agile
3 38 (55.07%) Software Engineering
4 31 (44.93%) C++
5 28 (40.58%) C
5 28 (40.58%) Artificial Intelligence
6 27 (39.13%) JIRA
6 27 (39.13%) Linux
7 25 (36.23%) Broadband
7 25 (36.23%) Middleware
7 25 (36.23%) Software Delivery
7 25 (36.23%) Continuous Deployment
7 25 (36.23%) Strategic Thinking
7 25 (36.23%) Release Automation
7 25 (36.23%) CI/CD
7 25 (36.23%) Roadmaps
8 23 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
8 23 (33.33%) Firmware
9 22 (31.88%) Finance
10 21 (30.43%) Digital Signal Processing
10 21 (30.43%) Signal Processing
10 21 (30.43%) SC Cleared
10 21 (30.43%) Security Cleared
11 19 (27.54%) Software-Defined Radio
11 19 (27.54%) MicroBlaze
11 19 (27.54%) RISC-V
11 19 (27.54%) Innovative Thinking
11 19 (27.54%) e-Learning
11 19 (27.54%) Wireless
11 19 (27.54%) Embedded Linux

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:

Communications & Networking
1 25 (36.23%) Broadband
2 19 (27.54%) Software-Defined Radio
2 19 (27.54%) Wireless
3 1 (1.45%) Bluetooth
3 1 (1.45%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.45%) HTTP
3 1 (1.45%) RS-232
3 1 (1.45%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 27 (39.13%) JIRA
2 2 (2.90%) Git
General
1 22 (31.88%) Finance
2 10 (14.49%) Manufacturing
3 8 (11.59%) Electronics
4 4 (5.80%) Aerospace
5 3 (4.35%) Marketing
5 3 (4.35%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.35%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.45%) Advertising
7 1 (1.45%) Agriculture
7 1 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (36.23%) Middleware
2 2 (2.90%) OpenEmbedded
2 2 (2.90%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 49 (71.01%) Embedded Systems
2 19 (27.54%) e-Learning
2 19 (27.54%) MicroBlaze
2 19 (27.54%) RISC-V
3 3 (4.35%) Algorithms
3 3 (4.35%) CCTV
4 2 (2.90%) Robotics
5 1 (1.45%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (1.45%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (1.45%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 27 (39.13%) Linux
2 19 (27.54%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (2.90%) Android
4 1 (1.45%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (66.67%) Agile
2 38 (55.07%) Software Engineering
3 28 (40.58%) Artificial Intelligence
4 25 (36.23%) CI/CD
4 25 (36.23%) Continuous Deployment
4 25 (36.23%) Release Automation
4 25 (36.23%) Roadmaps
4 25 (36.23%) Software Delivery
4 25 (36.23%) Strategic Thinking
5 21 (30.43%) Digital Signal Processing
5 21 (30.43%) Signal Processing
6 19 (27.54%) Innovative Thinking
7 4 (5.80%) Computer Vision
7 4 (5.80%) Mathematics
7 4 (5.80%) Software Testing
8 3 (4.35%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (4.35%) Computer Science
8 3 (4.35%) Embedded Software Development
8 3 (4.35%) Programme Management
8 3 (4.35%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 31 (44.93%) C++
2 28 (40.58%) C
3 3 (4.35%) Embedded C
3 3 (4.35%) Python
4 2 (2.90%) Ada
4 2 (2.90%) Bash
4 2 (2.90%) C#
4 2 (2.90%) Embedded C++
4 2 (2.90%) Java
4 2 (2.90%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.45%) MicroPython
Qualifications
1 21 (30.43%) SC Cleared
1 21 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.70%) Degree
3 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 23 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 23 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (4.35%) SAP
2 2 (2.90%) NVIDIA
3 1 (1.45%) EMC
3 1 (1.45%) Freescale