Embedded Software Engineer Jobs in the South East

Embedded Software Engineer
England > South East

The median Embedded Software Engineer salary in the South East is £56,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 205 297 157
Rank change year-on-year +92 -140 +189
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 210 105 462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.25% 0.73% 2.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 0.81% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 172 68 88
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £32,187
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,796 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - +26.32%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £63,125
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 15,754 13,010 19,227
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 90.31% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 11,303 8,206 12,512
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Embedded Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the South East

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the South East

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Software Engineer in the South East

Embedded Software 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 Software Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 May 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 +55 83 £65,000 +8.33% 15
Hampshire +14 71 £50,000 -16.67% 11
Buckinghamshire -14 34 £47,500 +16.43% 6
Berkshire +47 30 £70,000 -9.68% 4
Surrey +7 27 £55,000 -12.00% 7
Oxfordshire +22 19 £65,000 - 5
Kent +7 16 £37,000 -32.73% 3
Sussex - 6 £60,000 -
West Sussex +34 5 £46,000 -23.33% 6
East Sussex +19 2 £55,000 +10.28%
Embedded Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, Embedded Software 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 210 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 82 (39.05%) C
3 63 (30.00%) Linux
4 46 (21.90%) Electronics
5 43 (20.48%) Embedded Linux
6 42 (20.00%) Degree
6 42 (20.00%) C++
7 39 (18.57%) Embedded Systems
8 31 (14.76%) IoT
9 26 (12.38%) Firmware
10 23 (10.95%) Embedded C
11 22 (10.48%) Embedded Firmware
12 21 (10.00%) Manufacturing
13 19 (9.05%) Problem-Solving
14 17 (8.10%) Social Skills
14 17 (8.10%) Agile
14 17 (8.10%) Python
15 16 (7.62%) Automotive
15 16 (7.62%) Device Driver
16 15 (7.14%) Simulink
16 15 (7.14%) Algorithms
17 13 (6.19%) JIRA
17 13 (6.19%) Wireless
17 13 (6.19%) Aerospace
18 11 (5.24%) Validation
18 11 (5.24%) Verification and Validation
19 10 (4.76%) Artificial Intelligence
19 10 (4.76%) Ethernet
20 9 (4.29%) Continuous Integration
20 9 (4.29%) Raspberry Pi

Embedded Software 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 8 (3.81%) Apache
2 3 (1.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (7.14%) Simulink
2 7 (3.33%) Stateflow
3 1 (0.48%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.48%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.19%) Wireless
2 10 (4.76%) Ethernet
3 7 (3.33%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.86%) Internet
5 5 (2.38%) GPRS
6 4 (1.90%) RS-485
7 2 (0.95%) MQTT
7 2 (0.95%) RS-232
8 1 (0.48%) 4G
8 1 (0.48%) 5G
8 1 (0.48%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.48%) HTTP
8 1 (0.48%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.48%) LoRaWAN
8 1 (0.48%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 13 (6.19%) JIRA
2 7 (3.33%) ClearCase
2 7 (3.33%) ClearQuest
2 7 (3.33%) Plastic SCM
3 4 (1.90%) Eclipse
3 4 (1.90%) Git
4 2 (0.95%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.48%) GDB
5 1 (0.48%) GitLab
5 1 (0.48%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.48%) Subversion
General
1 46 (21.90%) Electronics
2 21 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 17 (8.10%) Social Skills
4 16 (7.62%) Automotive
5 13 (6.19%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.48%) Finance
6 1 (0.48%) Games
6 1 (0.48%) Marketing
6 1 (0.48%) Military
6 1 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.48%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.48%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.81%) Apache NiFi
1 8 (3.81%) STL
2 3 (1.43%) Yocto
3 1 (0.48%) HTML
3 1 (0.48%) HTML5
3 1 (0.48%) Qt
3 1 (0.48%) React
3 1 (0.48%) Redux
3 1 (0.48%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 39 (18.57%) Embedded Systems
2 31 (14.76%) IoT
3 16 (7.62%) Device Driver
4 15 (7.14%) Algorithms
5 9 (4.29%) Mobile App
5 9 (4.29%) Raspberry Pi
6 8 (3.81%) Acoustics
7 6 (2.86%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.90%) Analogue Electronics
8 4 (1.90%) ARM Cortex
8 4 (1.90%) CCTV
9 3 (1.43%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.43%) FPGA
9 3 (1.43%) SIMD
10 2 (0.95%) Arduino
11 1 (0.48%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.48%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.48%) NB-IoT
11 1 (0.48%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 63 (30.00%) Linux
2 43 (20.48%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (3.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 19 (9.05%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (8.10%) Agile
4 11 (5.24%) Validation
4 11 (5.24%) Verification and Validation
5 10 (4.76%) Artificial Intelligence
6 9 (4.29%) Configuration Management
6 9 (4.29%) Continuous Integration
6 9 (4.29%) TDD
7 8 (3.81%) Computer Science
7 8 (3.81%) Mentoring
7 8 (3.81%) SDLC
7 8 (3.81%) Software Testing
8 7 (3.33%) Device Driver Development
8 7 (3.33%) Mathematics
8 7 (3.33%) Software Architecture
9 6 (2.86%) LLM
10 5 (2.38%) OO
10 5 (2.38%) Signal Processing
11 4 (1.90%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 82 (39.05%) C
2 42 (20.00%) C++
3 23 (10.95%) Embedded C
4 17 (8.10%) Python
5 8 (3.81%) MATLAB
6 5 (2.38%) Embedded C++
7 4 (1.90%) C#
8 2 (0.95%) Ada
8 2 (0.95%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.48%) Java
Qualifications
1 42 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (1.43%) Master's Degree
3 2 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.95%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.33%) MISRA
2 1 (0.48%) GDPR
2 1 (0.48%) IEC 62304
2 1 (0.48%) ISO 13485
2 1 (0.48%) JTAG
2 1 (0.48%) QA
System Software
1 26 (12.38%) Firmware
2 22 (10.48%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.48%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (3.33%) IBM
1 7 (3.33%) Lauterbach
2 4 (1.90%) Renesas
3 1 (0.48%) Atmel
3 1 (0.48%) Freescale
3 1 (0.48%) SAP