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 leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 383 360
Rank change year-on-year +263 -23 +95
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 1,345 335 732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.06% 0.70% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.17% 0.78% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,068 195 175
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,000 £37,655
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £64,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 61,941 43,162 74,370
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.65% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 41,460 27,696 44,286
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +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 26 July 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 26 July 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 +120 347 £55,000 +1.01% 22
South West +150 257 £55,000 -3.51% 25
North of England +169 247 £50,000 -6.98% 7
Midlands +97 215 £55,000 -4.35% 12
Yorkshire +143 126 £50,000 +17.65% 2
East Midlands +79 123 £52,500 -9.48% 8
East of England +83 121 £60,000 -7.69% 22
Scotland +11 99 £52,500 -12.50% 7
West Midlands +32 92 £57,500 - 4
North West +51 80 £55,000 -4.35% 2
Wales +75 47 £60,000 +9.09% 3
North East +28 41 £55,000 +10.00% 3
Northern Ireland - 12 - -
Embedded Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 1,075 (79.93%) Software Engineering
2 496 (36.88%) C
3 343 (25.50%) C++
4 268 (19.93%) Linux
5 242 (17.99%) Firmware
6 235 (17.47%) Electronics
7 225 (16.73%) Embedded C
8 199 (14.80%) Degree
9 175 (13.01%) Embedded Linux
9 175 (13.01%) Embedded Systems
10 159 (11.82%) Embedded Firmware
11 139 (10.33%) Python
12 130 (9.67%) Manufacturing
13 99 (7.36%) Automotive
14 97 (7.21%) Social Skills
15 96 (7.14%) Wireless
16 82 (6.10%) Security Cleared
16 82 (6.10%) Embedded C++
17 80 (5.95%) Agile
17 80 (5.95%) IoT
18 68 (5.06%) Problem-Solving
19 64 (4.76%) Computer Science
20 58 (4.31%) Bash
21 57 (4.24%) Aerospace
22 56 (4.16%) Software Testing
23 52 (3.87%) C#
23 52 (3.87%) FPGA
24 51 (3.79%) Rust
25 49 (3.64%) Cybersecurity
26 48 (3.57%) MATLAB

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 12 (0.89%) Apache
2 1 (0.074%) Confluence
Applications
1 40 (2.97%) Simulink
2 14 (1.04%) OrCAD
3 10 (0.74%) GNU Octave
4 8 (0.59%) Stateflow
5 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.15%) CANalyzer
7 1 (0.074%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 12 (0.89%) AWS
2 6 (0.45%) GitHub
3 5 (0.37%) AWS IoT
4 4 (0.30%) Azure
5 2 (0.15%) GCP
6 1 (0.074%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 96 (7.14%) Wireless
2 41 (3.05%) Ethernet
3 38 (2.83%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (1.71%) RS-232
5 22 (1.64%) Bluetooth
5 22 (1.64%) RS-485
6 21 (1.56%) MQTT
7 19 (1.41%) 4G
7 19 (1.41%) TCP/IP
8 18 (1.34%) 3G
9 12 (0.89%) DVB
9 12 (0.89%) OFDM
10 11 (0.82%) Modbus
11 9 (0.67%) GPRS
11 9 (0.67%) ZigBee
12 8 (0.59%) Internet
13 6 (0.45%) Wireshark
14 4 (0.30%) LoRaWAN
14 4 (0.30%) LTE
14 4 (0.30%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.45%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.15%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 42 (3.12%) Git
2 16 (1.19%) JIRA
3 13 (0.97%) Subversion
4 10 (0.74%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.59%) Eclipse
6 6 (0.45%) ClearCase
6 6 (0.45%) Rational Rhapsody
7 5 (0.37%) ClearQuest
7 5 (0.37%) Plastic SCM
7 5 (0.37%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.30%) CANoe
9 3 (0.22%) GitLab
9 3 (0.22%) LabVIEW
10 2 (0.15%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.15%) GDB
10 2 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.074%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.074%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.074%) VectorCAST
11 1 (0.074%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 235 (17.47%) Electronics
2 130 (9.67%) Manufacturing
3 99 (7.36%) Automotive
4 97 (7.21%) Social Skills
5 57 (4.24%) Aerospace
6 34 (2.53%) Finance
6 34 (2.53%) Telecoms
7 32 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (1.71%) Marketing
9 21 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
10 19 (1.41%) Mandarin Language
11 17 (1.26%) Public Sector
12 10 (0.74%) Aviation
13 6 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.37%) Advertising
14 5 (0.37%) Legal
15 4 (0.30%) Military
15 4 (0.30%) Retail
15 4 (0.30%) Tech for Good
16 3 (0.22%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.20%) Yocto
2 13 (0.97%) REST
3 12 (0.89%) Apache NiFi
3 12 (0.89%) STL
4 7 (0.52%) HTML
5 6 (0.45%) Node.js
6 5 (0.37%) .NET
6 5 (0.37%) FFmpeg
6 5 (0.37%) GStreamer
6 5 (0.37%) OpenEmbedded
7 3 (0.22%) Flash
7 3 (0.22%) MFC
7 3 (0.22%) Middleware
7 3 (0.22%) Qt
8 2 (0.15%) Flask
8 2 (0.15%) Gherkin
8 2 (0.15%) QML
9 1 (0.074%) Apache Thrift
9 1 (0.074%) React
9 1 (0.074%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 175 (13.01%) Embedded Systems
2 80 (5.95%) IoT
3 52 (3.87%) FPGA
4 45 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
5 37 (2.75%) Algorithms
6 36 (2.68%) Device Driver
7 25 (1.86%) VHDL
8 16 (1.19%) ARM Cortex
9 12 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
10 11 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
11 8 (0.59%) Acoustics
11 8 (0.59%) Data Centre
12 7 (0.52%) CAN bus
12 7 (0.52%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.52%) NB-IoT
13 6 (0.45%) Analogue Electronics
13 6 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (0.45%) Raspberry Pi
13 6 (0.45%) Robotics
13 6 (0.45%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 268 (19.93%) Linux
2 175 (13.01%) Embedded Linux
3 29 (2.16%) Windows
4 25 (1.86%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (0.37%) Android
6 3 (0.22%) Debian
6 3 (0.22%) Unix
6 3 (0.22%) VMS
6 3 (0.22%) Windows Embedded Compact
7 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.074%) OpenWrt
8 1 (0.074%) Solaris
8 1 (0.074%) ThreadX
8 1 (0.074%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,075 (79.93%) Software Engineering
2 80 (5.95%) Agile
3 68 (5.06%) Problem-Solving
4 64 (4.76%) Computer Science
5 56 (4.16%) Software Testing
6 49 (3.64%) Cybersecurity
7 37 (2.75%) OOD
8 36 (2.68%) Embedded Software Development
9 35 (2.60%) Test Automation
10 30 (2.23%) Mathematics
10 30 (2.23%) SDLC
11 28 (2.08%) OO
11 28 (2.08%) Physics
11 28 (2.08%) Validation
12 27 (2.01%) Software Architecture
13 26 (1.93%) Multithreading
14 25 (1.86%) Mentoring
15 22 (1.64%) Signal Processing
16 18 (1.34%) Business Intelligence
17 17 (1.26%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 496 (36.88%) C
2 343 (25.50%) C++
3 225 (16.73%) Embedded C
4 139 (10.33%) Python
5 82 (6.10%) Embedded C++
6 58 (4.31%) Bash
7 52 (3.87%) C#
8 51 (3.79%) Rust
9 48 (3.57%) MATLAB
10 19 (1.41%) Ada
10 19 (1.41%) JavaScript
11 16 (1.19%) Java
12 14 (1.04%) Assembly Language
13 10 (0.74%) R
14 8 (0.59%) Perl
14 8 (0.59%) PHP
15 3 (0.22%) Groovy
16 2 (0.15%) SQL
16 2 (0.15%) VB
16 2 (0.15%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 199 (14.80%) Degree
2 82 (6.10%) Security Cleared
3 24 (1.78%) Master's Degree
4 13 (0.97%) SC Cleared
5 12 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.22%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.22%) HNC
7 3 (0.22%) HND
8 2 (0.15%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (3.05%) MISRA
2 15 (1.12%) ISO 26262
3 13 (0.97%) GDPR
3 13 (0.97%) QA
4 11 (0.82%) JTAG
4 11 (0.82%) MISRA C
5 10 (0.74%) AUTOSAR
6 7 (0.52%) ISO 9000
7 4 (0.30%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.30%) IEC 62304
7 4 (0.30%) ISO 13485
8 3 (0.22%) IEC 61131
9 2 (0.15%) Automotive SPICE
10 1 (0.074%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.074%) SLA
System Software
1 242 (17.99%) Firmware
2 159 (11.82%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (0.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.074%) Ansible
1 1 (0.074%) Functional Safety
1 1 (0.074%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.074%) Podman
Vendors
1 17 (1.26%) SAP
2 8 (0.59%) EMC
2 8 (0.59%) IBM
3 6 (0.45%) Microsoft
4 5 (0.37%) Lauterbach
5 4 (0.30%) Atmel
5 4 (0.30%) Renesas
6 3 (0.22%) Freescale
7 2 (0.15%) NVIDIA
7 2 (0.15%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.15%) Rockwell
7 2 (0.15%) Siemens
7 2 (0.15%) Xilinx
8 1 (0.074%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.074%) CA
8 1 (0.074%) Google
8 1 (0.074%) Intel
8 1 (0.074%) MathWorks
8 1 (0.074%) NCR
8 1 (0.074%) Samsung