Embedded Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Embedded Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 420 107
Rank change year-on-year +252 -313 +237
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 856 136 1,207
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.05% 0.40% 2.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 0.44% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 682 81 913
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 76,939 30,578 52,851
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.28% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 53,494 17,429 32,243
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,700 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Embedded Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Embedded Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Embedded Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Embedded Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 September 2026. 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
South East +116 264 £65,000 - 56
South West +63 175 £60,000 +33.33% 31
East of England +87 154 £75,000 +38.89% 72
Midlands +57 116 £70,000 +27.27% 29
North of England +14 97 £55,000 +18.28% 12
East Midlands +18 68 £67,500 +25.58% 18
West Midlands +13 48 £70,000 +13.36% 11
Yorkshire -15 38 £57,500 +25.00% 1
North West +10 36 £50,000 +7.53% 9
Scotland +16 35 £67,500 +12.50% 17
North East -40 23 £55,000 -21.43% 2
Wales -56 15 £44,000 -32.31% 1
Embedded Engineer
UK

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 8 September 2026, Embedded Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 712 (83.18%) Software Engineering
2 197 (23.01%) C
3 170 (19.86%) C++
4 154 (17.99%) Firmware
5 132 (15.42%) Linux
6 86 (10.05%) Embedded Linux
7 68 (7.94%) Embedded Firmware
8 64 (7.48%) Embedded Software Development
9 63 (7.36%) Embedded C
10 62 (7.24%) Wireless
11 50 (5.84%) Validation
12 49 (5.72%) Degree
12 49 (5.72%) Python
13 40 (4.67%) Embedded C++
14 37 (4.32%) CI/CD
14 37 (4.32%) Yocto
15 33 (3.86%) Computer Science
15 33 (3.86%) Git
16 32 (3.74%) Collaborative Engineering
17 31 (3.62%) Software Testing
18 30 (3.50%) Bluetooth
19 29 (3.39%) Ethernet
19 29 (3.39%) Test Automation
20 27 (3.15%) Continuous Improvement
20 27 (3.15%) FreeRTOS
20 27 (3.15%) Wi-Fi
21 26 (3.04%) Technical Leadership
22 25 (2.92%) Security Cleared
23 24 (2.80%) Problem-Solving
24 22 (2.57%) Collaborative Culture

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.12%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (1.87%) Lightworks
2 12 (1.40%) Simulink
3 4 (0.47%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.35%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (0.93%) Azure
2 7 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (0.35%) AWS
4 2 (0.23%) AWS IoT
4 2 (0.23%) GCP
5 1 (0.12%) AWS CodePipeline
5 1 (0.12%) GitHub
5 1 (0.12%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 62 (7.24%) Wireless
2 30 (3.50%) Bluetooth
3 29 (3.39%) Ethernet
4 27 (3.15%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (2.57%) Modbus
6 21 (2.45%) RS-232
7 17 (1.99%) ZigBee
8 11 (1.29%) LTE
8 11 (1.29%) RS-485
9 10 (1.17%) Profibus
10 9 (1.05%) MQTT
11 7 (0.82%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.23%) LoRaWAN
12 2 (0.23%) Software-Defined Radio
13 1 (0.12%) 5G
13 1 (0.12%) Multicast
13 1 (0.12%) NGN
13 1 (0.12%) SNMP
13 1 (0.12%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 33 (3.86%) Git
2 13 (1.52%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.82%) GDB
3 7 (0.82%) GitLab
4 6 (0.70%) CMake
4 6 (0.70%) PetaLinux
5 4 (0.47%) JIRA
5 4 (0.47%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.35%) CANoe
7 2 (0.23%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.23%) Polyspace
7 2 (0.23%) VectorCAST
8 1 (0.12%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.12%) GoogleTest
8 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 115 (13.43%) Electronics
2 60 (7.01%) Manufacturing
3 34 (3.97%) Automotive
4 30 (3.50%) Aerospace
4 30 (3.50%) Aviation
5 27 (3.15%) Social Skills
6 9 (1.05%) Finance
6 9 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (0.70%) Advertising
7 6 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (0.47%) Law
9 3 (0.35%) Multimedia
9 3 (0.35%) Wearables
10 2 (0.23%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (0.23%) Games
11 1 (0.12%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (4.32%) Yocto
2 6 (0.70%) pytest
3 5 (0.58%) Qt
4 4 (0.47%) GraphQL
4 4 (0.47%) Unity DI Container
4 4 (0.47%) WebSockets
5 3 (0.35%) .NET
5 3 (0.35%) Middleware
6 2 (0.23%) iOS SDK
7 1 (0.12%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.12%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.12%) QML
7 1 (0.12%) Qt Quick
7 1 (0.12%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 201 (23.48%) Embedded Systems
2 47 (5.49%) IoT
3 37 (4.32%) Algorithms
3 37 (4.32%) Device Driver
4 33 (3.86%) FPGA
5 25 (2.92%) ARM Cortex
6 10 (1.17%) Raspberry Pi
7 9 (1.05%) Robotics
7 9 (1.05%) VHDL
8 8 (0.93%) Verilog
9 6 (0.70%) CAN bus
10 3 (0.35%) Media Streaming
10 3 (0.35%) PCIe
11 2 (0.23%) Legacy Code
11 2 (0.23%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.23%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.12%) Analogue Electronics
12 1 (0.12%) Linux Command Line
12 1 (0.12%) NB-IoT
12 1 (0.12%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 132 (15.42%) Linux
2 86 (10.05%) Embedded Linux
3 27 (3.15%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (0.58%) VxWorks
5 3 (0.35%) Robot Operating System
6 2 (0.23%) Android
6 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.23%) SafeRTOS
6 2 (0.23%) ThreadX
6 2 (0.23%) Windows
7 1 (0.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 712 (83.18%) Software Engineering
2 64 (7.48%) Embedded Software Development
3 50 (5.84%) Validation
4 37 (4.32%) CI/CD
5 33 (3.86%) Computer Science
6 32 (3.74%) Collaborative Engineering
7 31 (3.62%) Software Testing
8 29 (3.39%) Test Automation
9 27 (3.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (3.04%) Technical Leadership
11 24 (2.80%) Problem-Solving
12 22 (2.57%) Collaborative Culture
13 21 (2.45%) DevOps
14 20 (2.34%) Software Architecture
15 17 (1.99%) Signal Processing
16 16 (1.87%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
16 16 (1.87%) Technology Transformation
17 15 (1.75%) Agile
18 12 (1.40%) AI
18 12 (1.40%) Device Driver Development
Programming Languages
1 197 (23.01%) C
2 170 (19.86%) C++
3 63 (7.36%) Embedded C
4 49 (5.72%) Python
5 40 (4.67%) Embedded C++
6 18 (2.10%) MATLAB
7 9 (1.05%) Rust
8 8 (0.93%) Bash
8 8 (0.93%) C#
9 5 (0.58%) Ada
10 3 (0.35%) SystemVerilog
11 1 (0.12%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.12%) R
Qualifications
1 49 (5.72%) Degree
2 25 (2.92%) Security Cleared
3 20 (2.34%) Master's Degree
4 19 (2.22%) SC Cleared
5 12 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (0.70%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.35%) HNC
8 3 (0.35%) HND
9 2 (0.23%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.17%) ISO 26262
1 10 (1.17%) MISRA
1 10 (1.17%) MISRA C
2 8 (0.93%) IEC 61508
3 7 (0.82%) Automotive SPICE
4 6 (0.70%) JTAG
4 6 (0.70%) QA
5 4 (0.47%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.35%) ECSS
7 1 (0.12%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.12%) DO-254
7 1 (0.12%) HAZOP
7 1 (0.12%) IEC 62304
7 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 154 (17.99%) Firmware
2 68 (7.94%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (0.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.58%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.12%) Ansible
2 1 (0.12%) Grafana
2 1 (0.12%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (0.47%) NVIDIA
1 4 (0.47%) Peregrine
1 4 (0.47%) Xilinx
2 3 (0.35%) Atlassian
2 3 (0.35%) Google
3 2 (0.23%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.12%) Altera