Embedded Software Development Job Trends in the South East

Embedded Software Development
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Embedded Software Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 293 320
Rank change year-on-year +14 +27 +18
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Software Development 38 2 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.24% 0.023% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.026% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 32 2 38
10th Percentile - £49,250 £63,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,875 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -28.13% +48.15%
75th Percentile £80,000 £61,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £63,750 -
England median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% -21.43% +16.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Embedded Software Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,598 7,672 11,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.73% 88.36% 81.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8,262 4,093 8,069
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £38,500
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 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -11.29%

Embedded Software Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Embedded Software Development relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Embedded Software Development job vacancy trend in the South East

Embedded Software Development
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Embedded Software Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Embedded Software Development

Embedded Software Development
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Software Development in the South East over the 6 months to 27 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Software Development in the South East

Embedded Software Development
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 Software Development within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 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 -27 16 £72,500 +45.00% 4
Surrey -16 11 £80,000 +23.08% 1
Thames Valley - 11 £50,000 - 4
Berkshire - 7 £50,000 -
Oxfordshire - 4 £55,000 - 4
Embedded Software Development
England

Embedded Software Development
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 3 (7.89%) Lightworks
1 3 (7.89%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.63%) Azure
1 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (2.63%) GitHub
1 1 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (23.68%) Wireless
2 3 (7.89%) Ethernet
2 3 (7.89%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 19 (50.00%) Git
2 15 (39.47%) GitLab
3 14 (36.84%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (7.89%) PetaLinux
5 1 (2.63%) Jenkins
5 1 (2.63%) Subversion
General
1 4 (10.53%) Electronics
2 1 (2.63%) Aeronautics
2 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (2.63%) Aviation
2 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
2 1 (2.63%) Military
Job Titles
1 32 (84.21%) Software Engineer
2 16 (42.11%) Senior
2 16 (42.11%) Senior Software Engineer
3 10 (26.32%) Embedded Engineer
4 9 (23.68%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) Engineering Manager
5 4 (10.53%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) Software Engineering Manager
5 4 (10.53%) Software Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Design Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Electronics Design Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Electronics Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Hardware Design Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.53%) Yocto
2 1 (2.63%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (2.63%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (2.63%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 14 (36.84%) Algorithms
2 5 (13.16%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (13.16%) Product Ownership
3 4 (10.53%) FPGA
3 4 (10.53%) IoT
3 4 (10.53%) Management Information System
4 3 (7.89%) Smart Home
4 3 (7.89%) Verilog
4 3 (7.89%) VHDL
5 1 (2.63%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 10 (26.32%) Linux
2 3 (7.89%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (2.63%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (97.37%) Software Engineering
2 25 (65.79%) Agile
3 17 (44.74%) Computer Science
4 14 (36.84%) CI/CD
4 14 (36.84%) Kanban
4 14 (36.84%) Line Management
4 14 (36.84%) Scrum
4 14 (36.84%) Software Architecture
5 12 (31.58%) SDLC
6 10 (26.32%) Software Testing
7 9 (23.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (18.42%) DevOps
9 5 (13.16%) Signal Processing
10 4 (10.53%) Decision-Making
10 4 (10.53%) Mentoring
10 4 (10.53%) Test Automation
11 3 (7.89%) Data Development
11 3 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (7.89%) Requirements Gathering
11 3 (7.89%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 27 (71.05%) C++
2 19 (50.00%) Python
3 14 (36.84%) C#
4 13 (34.21%) C
5 3 (7.89%) MATLAB
5 3 (7.89%) Rust
6 1 (2.63%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (52.63%) Degree
2 10 (26.32%) Master's Degree
2 10 (26.32%) Security Cleared
3 9 (23.68%) SC Cleared
4 3 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.89%) ECSS
2 1 (2.63%) MISRA
2 1 (2.63%) QA
System Software
1 8 (21.05%) Firmware
2 7 (18.42%) Docker
2 7 (18.42%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) Ansible
1 1 (2.63%) Grafana
1 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.63%) Prometheus
1 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (7.89%) Xilinx