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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 284 283
Rank change year-on-year -14 -1 +6
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Software Development 40 2 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.21% 0.023% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.026% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 33 0 53
10th Percentile - - £57,250
25th Percentile £50,000 - £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +39.13%
75th Percentile £83,750 - £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £46,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +39.78% -41.88% +23.08%

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 13,519 7,811 10,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.81% 87.88% 81.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,635 4,221 5,675
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -6.40%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 - 16 £72,500 - 8
Thames Valley +4 13 £50,000 - 13
Surrey - 9 £80,000 - 1
Berkshire - 9 £50,000 - 1
Oxfordshire - 4 - - 9
Kent - 2 £100,000 -
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 4 (10.00%) Lightworks
1 4 (10.00%) Simulink
2 1 (2.50%) Mathcad
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.50%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.50%) Azure
1 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (2.50%) GitHub
1 1 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (25.00%) Wireless
2 4 (10.00%) Ethernet
2 4 (10.00%) MQTT
3 1 (2.50%) RS-485
3 1 (2.50%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 19 (47.50%) Git
2 14 (35.00%) GitLab
3 13 (32.50%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (10.00%) PetaLinux
5 1 (2.50%) CMake
5 1 (2.50%) GDB
5 1 (2.50%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (12.50%) Electronics
2 3 (7.50%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (5.00%) Retail
3 2 (5.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (77.50%) Software Engineer
2 14 (35.00%) Senior
2 14 (35.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 13 (32.50%) Embedded Engineer
4 11 (27.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) Engineering Manager
6 3 (7.50%) Software Engineering Manager
6 3 (7.50%) Software Manager
7 2 (5.00%) Head of Engineering
7 2 (5.00%) Head of Software Engineering
8 1 (2.50%) C++ Software Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) DevOps Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Electronics Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Embedded C++ Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Lead
8 1 (2.50%) Research Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.00%) Yocto
2 1 (2.50%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (2.50%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (2.50%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 13 (32.50%) Algorithms
2 7 (17.50%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (12.50%) FPGA
3 5 (12.50%) IoT
3 5 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 5 (12.50%) VHDL
4 4 (10.00%) Verilog
5 3 (7.50%) Management Information System
6 2 (5.00%) Smart Home
7 1 (2.50%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (2.50%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.50%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (2.50%) Optoelectronics
Operating Systems
1 12 (30.00%) Linux
2 4 (10.00%) FreeRTOS
3 2 (5.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (97.50%) Software Engineering
2 23 (57.50%) Agile
3 17 (42.50%) Computer Science
4 16 (40.00%) CI/CD
5 14 (35.00%) Line Management
6 13 (32.50%) Kanban
6 13 (32.50%) Scrum
6 13 (32.50%) Software Architecture
7 11 (27.50%) SDLC
8 9 (22.50%) Software Testing
9 8 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (17.50%) DevOps
11 5 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
11 5 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (12.50%) Test Automation
12 4 (10.00%) Image Processing
12 4 (10.00%) Integration Testing
12 4 (10.00%) Requirements Engineering
12 4 (10.00%) SysML
12 4 (10.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 26 (65.00%) C++
2 19 (47.50%) Python
3 15 (37.50%) C
4 13 (32.50%) C#
5 4 (10.00%) MATLAB
5 4 (10.00%) Rust
6 2 (5.00%) Bash
6 2 (5.00%) Embedded C
7 1 (2.50%) Embedded C++
7 1 (2.50%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (50.00%) Degree
2 11 (27.50%) SC Cleared
2 11 (27.50%) Security Cleared
3 10 (25.00%) Master's Degree
4 3 (7.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.50%) PhD
5 1 (2.50%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) ECSS
2 2 (5.00%) QA
3 1 (2.50%) MISRA
System Software
1 8 (20.00%) Docker
2 7 (17.50%) Firmware
3 6 (15.00%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.50%) Ansible
2 1 (2.50%) Grafana
2 1 (2.50%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (10.00%) Xilinx
2 2 (5.00%) Thales
3 1 (2.50%) EMC
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft