Embedded Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Embedded Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 173 437 351
Rank change year-on-year +264 -86 +47
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 1,182 364 675
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.69% 0.59% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.78% 0.66% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 927 194 209
10th Percentile £38,750 £34,324 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,500 £75,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.90% +0.91% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 66,438 55,416 67,544
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.30% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,143 31,373 42,828
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,368
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,725 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Embedded Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Embedded Engineer 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 25 April 2024.

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 25 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
South East +117 292 £57,500 -4.17% 63
North of England +146 218 £50,000 -2.44% 17
South West +129 202 £55,000 -10.20% 57
Midlands +130 184 £52,500 +20.69% 34
East of England +114 121 £60,000 -7.69% 39
Scotland +16 119 £52,500 -12.50% 20
Yorkshire +115 102 £50,000 +17.65% 7
West Midlands +86 101 £57,500 +46.50% 17
North West +72 83 £55,000 - 6
East Midlands +54 83 £50,000 -4.76% 17
North East +32 33 £55,000 +4.76% 4
Wales - 33 £50,000 - 1
Northern Ireland +32 13 - -
Embedded Engineer
UK

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 985 (83.33%) Software Engineering
2 577 (48.82%) C
3 314 (26.57%) Linux
4 278 (23.52%) C++
5 267 (22.59%) Firmware
6 242 (20.47%) Embedded C
7 236 (19.97%) Electronics
8 197 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
9 194 (16.41%) Degree
10 169 (14.30%) Python
11 164 (13.87%) Embedded Firmware
12 159 (13.45%) Embedded Systems
13 141 (11.93%) Wireless
14 113 (9.56%) Automotive
15 110 (9.31%) IoT
16 109 (9.22%) Manufacturing
17 104 (8.80%) Agile
18 98 (8.29%) Social Skills
19 92 (7.78%) Security Cleared
20 84 (7.11%) Computer Science
21 81 (6.85%) Problem-Solving
22 70 (5.92%) Wi-Fi
23 67 (5.67%) Bash
24 62 (5.25%) Yocto
25 60 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
26 57 (4.82%) Embedded Software Development
27 56 (4.74%) Cybersecurity
27 56 (4.74%) Rust
28 55 (4.65%) C#
29 52 (4.40%) Device Driver

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 19 (1.61%) Apache
2 3 (0.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 43 (3.64%) Simulink
2 8 (0.68%) Stateflow
3 7 (0.59%) GNU Octave
4 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.25%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.085%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (1.27%) AWS
1 15 (1.27%) GitHub
2 9 (0.76%) AWS IoT
3 3 (0.25%) Azure
4 1 (0.085%) GCP
4 1 (0.085%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 141 (11.93%) Wireless
2 70 (5.92%) Wi-Fi
3 44 (3.72%) Bluetooth
4 43 (3.64%) Ethernet
5 40 (3.38%) RS-232
6 37 (3.13%) TCP/IP
7 28 (2.37%) RS-485
8 23 (1.95%) MQTT
9 19 (1.61%) 3G
10 18 (1.52%) 4G
11 17 (1.44%) ZigBee
12 13 (1.10%) Internet
13 9 (0.76%) GPRS
13 9 (0.76%) Modbus
14 8 (0.68%) LTE
14 8 (0.68%) OFDM
14 8 (0.68%) Profibus
15 7 (0.59%) LoRaWAN
16 6 (0.51%) Wireshark
17 5 (0.42%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.51%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.34%) Big Data
3 2 (0.17%) MySQL
4 1 (0.085%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.085%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 49 (4.15%) Git
2 30 (2.54%) JIRA
3 21 (1.78%) Subversion
4 20 (1.69%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.10%) Visual Studio
6 8 (0.68%) ClearCase
6 8 (0.68%) Eclipse
6 8 (0.68%) Rational Rhapsody
7 7 (0.59%) ClearQuest
7 7 (0.59%) Plastic SCM
8 4 (0.34%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.25%) GDB
9 3 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.17%) GCC
10 2 (0.17%) GitLab
10 2 (0.17%) PetaLinux
10 2 (0.17%) VectorCAST
11 1 (0.085%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.085%) LabVIEW
11 1 (0.085%) Mercurial
General
1 236 (19.97%) Electronics
2 113 (9.56%) Automotive
3 109 (9.22%) Manufacturing
4 98 (8.29%) Social Skills
5 60 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 52 (4.40%) Aerospace
7 36 (3.05%) Finance
8 35 (2.96%) Analytical Skills
9 31 (2.62%) Telecoms
10 23 (1.95%) Marketing
10 23 (1.95%) Public Sector
11 17 (1.44%) Aviation
11 17 (1.44%) Mandarin Language
12 8 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (0.59%) Tech for Good
14 6 (0.51%) Legal
15 4 (0.34%) Retail
16 3 (0.25%) Military
16 3 (0.25%) Welsh Language
17 2 (0.17%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (5.25%) Yocto
2 19 (1.61%) Apache NiFi
2 19 (1.61%) STL
3 12 (1.02%) REST
4 10 (0.85%) MFC
5 9 (0.76%) .NET
6 8 (0.68%) HTML
6 8 (0.68%) Middleware
7 6 (0.51%) Flask
7 6 (0.51%) Node.js
8 5 (0.42%) FFmpeg
8 5 (0.42%) GStreamer
8 5 (0.42%) OpenEmbedded
9 4 (0.34%) Qt
10 3 (0.25%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 3 (0.25%) Flash
10 3 (0.25%) iOS SDK
11 2 (0.17%) POSIX
11 2 (0.17%) XML
12 1 (0.085%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 159 (13.45%) Embedded Systems
2 110 (9.31%) IoT
3 52 (4.40%) Device Driver
4 48 (4.06%) Algorithms
4 48 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
5 42 (3.55%) FPGA
6 16 (1.35%) ARM Cortex
7 15 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
8 14 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
8 14 (1.18%) Mobile App
9 13 (1.10%) VHDL
10 10 (0.85%) Analogue Electronics
10 10 (0.85%) Raspberry Pi
11 8 (0.68%) Acoustics
12 6 (0.51%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.51%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.51%) Smart Home
12 6 (0.51%) Video\Live Streaming
13 5 (0.42%) CAN bus
13 5 (0.42%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 314 (26.57%) Linux
2 197 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
3 39 (3.30%) Windows
4 38 (3.21%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.51%) ThreadX
7 5 (0.42%) Android
7 5 (0.42%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.34%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.25%) Debian
9 3 (0.25%) VMS
10 2 (0.17%) Solaris
10 2 (0.17%) Unix
11 1 (0.085%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.085%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 985 (83.33%) Software Engineering
2 104 (8.80%) Agile
3 84 (7.11%) Computer Science
4 81 (6.85%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (4.82%) Embedded Software Development
6 56 (4.74%) Cybersecurity
7 51 (4.31%) Mathematics
8 50 (4.23%) SDLC
9 48 (4.06%) Software Testing
10 46 (3.89%) Physics
11 44 (3.72%) OOD
12 36 (3.05%) Test Automation
13 31 (2.62%) Prototyping
14 27 (2.28%) OO
15 26 (2.20%) Validation
16 25 (2.12%) Multithreading
17 24 (2.03%) Business Intelligence
17 24 (2.03%) Device Driver Development
17 24 (2.03%) Signal Processing
17 24 (2.03%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 577 (48.82%) C
2 278 (23.52%) C++
3 242 (20.47%) Embedded C
4 169 (14.30%) Python
5 67 (5.67%) Bash
6 56 (4.74%) Rust
7 55 (4.65%) C#
8 43 (3.64%) MATLAB
9 39 (3.30%) Embedded C++
10 21 (1.78%) Assembly Language
10 21 (1.78%) Java
11 19 (1.61%) JavaScript
12 17 (1.44%) Ada
13 14 (1.18%) PHP
14 12 (1.02%) R
15 9 (0.76%) SQL
16 8 (0.68%) VB
17 7 (0.59%) Perl
18 3 (0.25%) Lua
18 3 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 194 (16.41%) Degree
2 92 (7.78%) Security Cleared
3 14 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (1.18%) SC Cleared
4 10 (0.85%) Master's Degree
5 9 (0.76%) HNC
6 6 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.42%) HND
8 3 (0.25%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.45%) MISRA
2 17 (1.44%) ISO 13485
3 14 (1.18%) GDPR
3 14 (1.18%) QA
4 11 (0.93%) JTAG
5 10 (0.85%) AUTOSAR
5 10 (0.85%) IEC 62304
6 9 (0.76%) MISRA C
7 8 (0.68%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 7 (0.59%) ISO 9000
9 6 (0.51%) Automotive SPICE
10 5 (0.42%) ISO 26262
11 4 (0.34%) DO-178B
12 3 (0.25%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 267 (22.59%) Firmware
2 164 (13.87%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (0.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.42%) Terraform
2 3 (0.25%) Ansible
2 3 (0.25%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.25%) Podman
3 1 (0.085%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 23 (1.95%) SAP
2 20 (1.69%) EMC
3 12 (1.02%) IBM
4 8 (0.68%) Microsoft
4 8 (0.68%) Red Hat
5 7 (0.59%) Lauterbach
5 7 (0.59%) Xilinx
6 5 (0.42%) Intel
6 5 (0.42%) Renesas
7 4 (0.34%) QNX
8 2 (0.17%) Apple
8 2 (0.17%) Facebook
9 1 (0.085%) Atmel
9 1 (0.085%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.085%) CA
9 1 (0.085%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.085%) NCR
9 1 (0.085%) Samsung