Lead Embedded Software Engineer Jobs in the South East

Lead Embedded Software Engineer
England > South East

The median Lead Embedded Software Engineer salary in the South East is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

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

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 278 - 398
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Embedded Software Engineer 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.012% - 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% - 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £50,325
25th Percentile £66,250 - £50,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £53,250
75th Percentile £68,750 - £68,688
90th Percentile - - £76,975
England median annual salary £58,750 £62,500 £53,250
% change year-on-year -6.00% +17.37% -9.36%

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 7,286 15,677 13,595
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.09% 93.90% 90.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4,437 11,345 8,528
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £60,775
% change year-on-year +6.48% -11.15% +1.29%

Lead Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Embedded Software Engineer in the South East

Lead Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Lead Embedded Software Engineer in the South East

Lead 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 Lead Embedded Software Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Hampshire - 1 £67,500 -
Lead Embedded Software Engineer
England

Lead Embedded Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Lead 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 Lead Embedded Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Stress Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Image Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Vision

Lead 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Vision
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Image Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stress Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python