Embedded Engineer Jobs in the South East

Embedded Engineer
England > South East

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the South East is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 232 166
Rank change year-on-year +120 -66 +215
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 347 132 496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.30% 1.14% 2.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.44% 1.25% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 274 60 92
10th Percentile £36,100 £32,500 £32,625
25th Percentile £45,000 £34,324 £41,151
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,450 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -9.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,000 £72,000
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 14,224 10,599 21,077
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 91.47% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9,733 7,232 12,510
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
Thames Valley +73 125 £62,500 +53.20% 7
Hampshire +24 88 £50,000 -9.09% 8
Buckinghamshire +13 64 £55,000 +34.82% 6
Surrey +34 59 £55,000 +10.00% 2
Berkshire +53 34 £70,000 -12.50% 1
West Sussex +50 29 £70,000 +16.67% 1
Oxfordshire +11 27 £51,250 -21.15%
Sussex - 23 £45,000 -
Kent -18 20 £37,000 -32.73% 1
East Sussex +20 3 £57,500 +15.29%
Embedded Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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.

1 261 (75.22%) Software Engineering
2 103 (29.68%) C
3 88 (25.36%) C++
4 67 (19.31%) Electronics
5 64 (18.44%) Degree
6 61 (17.58%) Linux
7 58 (16.71%) Embedded Systems
8 42 (12.10%) Firmware
9 35 (10.09%) Embedded Linux
10 34 (9.80%) Manufacturing
11 30 (8.65%) Problem-Solving
12 29 (8.36%) Embedded Firmware
13 28 (8.07%) Python
14 24 (6.92%) Embedded C++
14 24 (6.92%) Agile
14 24 (6.92%) Social Skills
15 23 (6.63%) IoT
16 22 (6.34%) Embedded C
17 19 (5.48%) Automotive
18 18 (5.19%) Wireless
19 16 (4.61%) Aerospace
19 16 (4.61%) Continuous Integration
20 15 (4.32%) Simulink
21 14 (4.03%) Ethernet
21 14 (4.03%) Computer Science
22 13 (3.75%) JIRA
22 13 (3.75%) C#
22 13 (3.75%) MATLAB
23 12 (3.46%) Algorithms
23 12 (3.46%) Validation

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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.73%) Apache
Applications
1 15 (4.32%) Simulink
2 5 (1.44%) OrCAD
2 5 (1.44%) Stateflow
3 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.58%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.19%) Wireless
2 14 (4.03%) Ethernet
3 9 (2.59%) GPRS
4 6 (1.73%) Modbus
5 5 (1.44%) 4G
5 5 (1.44%) RS-232
5 5 (1.44%) RS-485
6 4 (1.15%) 3G
6 4 (1.15%) Internet
6 4 (1.15%) MQTT
6 4 (1.15%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.86%) Bluetooth
7 3 (0.86%) GSM
7 3 (0.86%) OFDM
8 2 (0.58%) 5G
8 2 (0.58%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.29%) DHCP
9 1 (0.29%) DNS
9 1 (0.29%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.29%) VPN
Development Applications
1 13 (3.75%) JIRA
2 6 (1.73%) Eclipse
3 5 (1.44%) ClearCase
3 5 (1.44%) ClearQuest
3 5 (1.44%) Plastic SCM
3 5 (1.44%) Subversion
4 3 (0.86%) Git
4 3 (0.86%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.58%) GDB
5 2 (0.58%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.29%) GitLab
6 1 (0.29%) TestRail
6 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 67 (19.31%) Electronics
2 34 (9.80%) Manufacturing
3 24 (6.92%) Social Skills
4 19 (5.48%) Automotive
5 16 (4.61%) Aerospace
6 7 (2.02%) Finance
7 6 (1.73%) Marketing
7 6 (1.73%) Public Sector
7 6 (1.73%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.44%) Advertising
9 3 (0.86%) Military
10 2 (0.58%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (0.58%) Avionics
10 2 (0.58%) Games
10 2 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.31%) Yocto
2 6 (1.73%) Apache NiFi
2 6 (1.73%) STL
3 3 (0.86%) Flash
4 2 (0.58%) .NET
4 2 (0.58%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.29%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 1 (0.29%) HTML
5 1 (0.29%) HTML5
5 1 (0.29%) JSON
5 1 (0.29%) Qt
5 1 (0.29%) React
5 1 (0.29%) Redux
5 1 (0.29%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 58 (16.71%) Embedded Systems
2 23 (6.63%) IoT
3 12 (3.46%) Algorithms
4 11 (3.17%) Device Driver
5 10 (2.88%) FPGA
6 8 (2.31%) Acoustics
6 8 (2.31%) ARM Cortex
7 6 (1.73%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.73%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.73%) NB-IoT
8 5 (1.44%) Raspberry Pi
9 4 (1.15%) Analogue Electronics
9 4 (1.15%) Verilog
9 4 (1.15%) VHDL
10 3 (0.86%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.58%) CAN bus
11 2 (0.58%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.58%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 61 (17.58%) Linux
2 35 (10.09%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (2.31%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (2.02%) Windows
5 2 (0.58%) Android
5 2 (0.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (75.22%) Software Engineering
2 30 (8.65%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (6.92%) Agile
4 16 (4.61%) Continuous Integration
5 14 (4.03%) Computer Science
6 12 (3.46%) Validation
7 11 (3.17%) Mathematics
7 11 (3.17%) Verification and Validation
8 10 (2.88%) Physics
8 10 (2.88%) TDD
9 9 (2.59%) Signal Processing
9 9 (2.59%) Software Testing
10 8 (2.31%) SDLC
10 8 (2.31%) Software Architecture
11 7 (2.02%) Artificial Intelligence
11 7 (2.02%) Mentoring
11 7 (2.02%) Schematic Capture
12 6 (1.73%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (1.73%) Digital Marketing
12 6 (1.73%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 103 (29.68%) C
2 88 (25.36%) C++
3 28 (8.07%) Python
4 24 (6.92%) Embedded C++
5 22 (6.34%) Embedded C
6 13 (3.75%) C#
6 13 (3.75%) MATLAB
7 11 (3.17%) Assembly Language
8 4 (1.15%) Ada
9 3 (0.86%) Java
10 2 (0.58%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.29%) Bash
11 1 (0.29%) Perl
11 1 (0.29%) Rust
Qualifications
1 64 (18.44%) Degree
2 9 (2.59%) Security Cleared
3 8 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (1.15%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.86%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.29%) HND
6 1 (0.29%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.44%) JTAG
1 5 (1.44%) MISRA
2 3 (0.86%) IEC 61131
2 3 (0.86%) QA
3 2 (0.58%) IEC 62304
3 2 (0.58%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 42 (12.10%) Firmware
2 29 (8.36%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.86%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (1.73%) SAP
2 5 (1.44%) IBM
2 5 (1.44%) Lauterbach
3 4 (1.15%) Microsoft
4 3 (0.86%) EMC
4 3 (0.86%) Renesas
5 2 (0.58%) Atmel
5 2 (0.58%) Freescale
6 1 (0.29%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.29%) CA
6 1 (0.29%) Facebook
6 1 (0.29%) NCR