Embedded Software Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Embedded Software Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Embedded Software Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 215 103
Rank change year-on-year +44 -112 +114
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 75 42 215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.11% 0.68% 3.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 0.76% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 60 22 14
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,324 £38,922
25th Percentile £50,000 £35,942 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,398 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.97% +6.10% +11.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,938 £54,063
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £59,250
South East median annual salary £56,250 £60,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year -6.25% +2.13% +30.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,397 5,556 6,565
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.95% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4,577 3,236 4,182
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,500 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% +3.77%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the Thames Valley

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the Thames Valley

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Software Engineer in the Thames Valley

Embedded Software Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Buckinghamshire -25 30 £50,000 +22.56% 7
Berkshire +48 26 £70,000 -6.67% 7
Oxfordshire +28 19 £70,000 +12.00% 9
Embedded Software Engineer
South East

Embedded Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 23 April 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 Thames Valley region featuring Embedded Software Engineer in the job title.

1 75 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 21 (28.00%) Linux
3 18 (24.00%) Embedded Linux
4 16 (21.33%) C
5 13 (17.33%) IoT
6 10 (13.33%) Electronics
7 9 (12.00%) Wireless
7 9 (12.00%) Degree
8 8 (10.67%) Aerospace
8 8 (10.67%) Ethernet
9 7 (9.33%) Embedded C
9 7 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (8.00%) LLM
10 6 (8.00%) Data Centre
10 6 (8.00%) Artificial Intelligence
11 5 (6.67%) Internet
11 5 (6.67%) GPRS
11 5 (6.67%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (5.33%) Biotechnology
12 4 (5.33%) Verification and Validation
12 4 (5.33%) Validation
13 3 (4.00%) TDD
13 3 (4.00%) Eclipse
13 3 (4.00%) TCP/IP
13 3 (4.00%) OO
13 3 (4.00%) Social Skills
13 3 (4.00%) ARM Cortex
13 3 (4.00%) RS-485
13 3 (4.00%) Continuous Integration
13 3 (4.00%) Renesas

Embedded Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (1.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.00%) Wireless
2 8 (10.67%) Ethernet
3 5 (6.67%) GPRS
3 5 (6.67%) Internet
4 3 (4.00%) RS-485
4 3 (4.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.33%) MQTT
5 1 (1.33%) RS-232
5 1 (1.33%) SpaceWire
Development Applications
1 3 (4.00%) Eclipse
2 2 (2.67%) JIRA
3 1 (1.33%) Git
3 1 (1.33%) Mercurial
3 1 (1.33%) Subversion
General
1 10 (13.33%) Electronics
2 8 (10.67%) Aerospace
3 3 (4.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (2.67%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.33%) IoT
2 6 (8.00%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.67%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (4.00%) ARM Cortex
4 3 (4.00%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.67%) FPGA
5 2 (2.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 21 (28.00%) Linux
2 18 (24.00%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.33%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (8.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 6 (8.00%) LLM
4 4 (5.33%) Biotechnology
4 4 (5.33%) Validation
4 4 (5.33%) Verification and Validation
5 3 (4.00%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (4.00%) OO
5 3 (4.00%) TDD
6 2 (2.67%) Configuration Management
6 2 (2.67%) Decision-Making
6 2 (2.67%) Digital Signal Processing
6 2 (2.67%) Mobile Application Development
6 2 (2.67%) OOD
6 2 (2.67%) Signal Processing
7 1 (1.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (1.33%) OOP
7 1 (1.33%) Software Testing
7 1 (1.33%) UML
Programming Languages
1 16 (21.33%) C
2 7 (9.33%) Embedded C
3 2 (2.67%) C++
3 2 (2.67%) Python
4 1 (1.33%) Embedded C++
4 1 (1.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (12.00%) Degree
2 2 (2.67%) Master's Degree
2 2 (2.67%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.33%) JTAG
System Software
1 2 (2.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (4.00%) Renesas