Embedded Engineer Jobs in South Yorkshire

Embedded Engineer
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Embedded Engineer salary in South Yorkshire is £46,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 63 85
Rank change year-on-year +19 +22 -13
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 3 34 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 0.78% 2.52% 3.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 2.72% 4.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3 19 17
10th Percentile £41,600 £27,500 -
25th Percentile £42,125 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £57,625 £57,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £62,800 £63,000 -
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -14.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 372 1,248 1,363
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.62% 92.38% 86.82%
Number of salaries quoted 246 1,009 521
10th Percentile £25,875 £28,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70,938 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £70,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £49,500 £49,136 £54,882
% change year-on-year +0.74% -10.47% +9.76%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in South Yorkshire

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Engineer in South Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Embedded Engineer in South Yorkshire

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in South Yorkshire

Embedded Engineer
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Sheffield +22 2 £54,250 +20.56% 1
Barnsley - 1 £42,500 -
Embedded Engineer
Yorkshire

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Embedded 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 Yorkshire region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (66.67%) FreeRTOS
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded C
2 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded C++
3 1 (33.33%) Firmware
3 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Wearables
3 1 (33.33%) Legacy Code
3 1 (33.33%) GNSS
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) Modbus
3 1 (33.33%) CAN bus
3 1 (33.33%) Renesas
3 1 (33.33%) IoT
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) RS-485
3 1 (33.33%) MISRA
3 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
3 1 (33.33%) Greenfield Project

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Bluetooth
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (33.33%) Modbus
1 1 (33.33%) RS-485
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Wearables
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) CAN bus
2 1 (33.33%) GNSS
2 1 (33.33%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (33.33%) IoT
2 1 (33.33%) Legacy Code
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded C
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) IEC 62304
1 1 (33.33%) MISRA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Renesas