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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 263 268 260
Rank change year-on-year +5 -8 +153
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Software Development 3 34 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.029% 0.37% 0.077%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.036% 0.42% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 1 34 4
10th Percentile - £50,500 £38,875
25th Percentile £48,750 £62,500 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £80,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% +30.61% +16.67%
75th Percentile £66,250 £85,000 £76,250
90th Percentile - - £83,000
England median annual salary £56,250 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -19.64% +7.69% +18.18%

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 8,416 8,092 6,999
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.91% 87.55% 89.81%
Number of salaries quoted 4,994 4,007 4,928
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £44,053 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,150
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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
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 29 December 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
Thames Valley +8 3 £57,500 -4.17% 8
Buckinghamshire +1 2 - - 2
Oxfordshire +25 1 £57,500 -4.17% 3
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 2 (66.67%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) SpaceWire
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 2 (66.67%) Mechatronics
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) MATLAB
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) AUTOSAR
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 26262
2 1 (33.33%) ECSS
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Functional Safety