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 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 166 437
Rank change year-on-year -208 +271 -104
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 228 1,246 347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.58% 1.74% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 1.83% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 124 980 194
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £34,324
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year - -7.56% +13.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £69,688
90th Percentile £68,925 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% +9.09%

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 35,898 67,972 52,779
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 94.88% 89.24%
Number of salaries quoted 18,484 47,985 30,138
10th Percentile £26,951 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 21 May 2025.

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 21 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
South East -95 66 £61,250 +6.52% 77
East of England -20 59 £54,000 -10.00% 62
Scotland +45 33 £60,000 +14.29% 34
North of England -134 25 £55,000 +10.00% 54
Midlands -81 24 £55,000 +4.76% 34
East Midlands -35 18 £55,000 +10.00% 17
South West -45 16 £50,000 -9.09% 42
Yorkshire -31 10 £50,000 - 32
North West -77 9 £55,000 - 10
North East +12 6 £61,000 +10.91% 12
West Midlands -35 6 £55,000 -4.35% 16
Wales +14 4 £57,500 +15.00% 5
Northern Ireland +28 1 £50,000 -
Embedded Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 UK excluding London region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 134 (58.77%) C
2 132 (57.89%) Embedded Systems
3 129 (56.58%) Software Engineering
4 93 (40.79%) C++
5 86 (37.72%) Agile
6 78 (34.21%) CI/CD
7 73 (32.02%) Continuous Deployment
8 70 (30.70%) Artificial Intelligence
8 70 (30.70%) JIRA
9 67 (29.39%) Roadmaps
10 65 (28.51%) Broadband
10 65 (28.51%) Middleware
10 65 (28.51%) Release Automation
10 65 (28.51%) Strategic Thinking
10 65 (28.51%) Software Delivery
11 63 (27.63%) Firmware
12 61 (26.75%) Linux
13 44 (19.30%) Embedded Firmware
13 44 (19.30%) Electronics
14 32 (14.04%) Embedded Linux
14 32 (14.04%) Embedded C
15 31 (13.60%) Finance
15 31 (13.60%) Embedded Software Development
16 30 (13.16%) Manufacturing
17 29 (12.72%) Wireless
18 27 (11.84%) Degree
19 20 (8.77%) Computer Science
19 20 (8.77%) Python
19 20 (8.77%) Modbus
19 20 (8.77%) Multithreading

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:

Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Simulink
2 1 (0.44%) CANalyzer
2 1 (0.44%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.44%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.44%) AWS
1 1 (0.44%) AWS IoT
1 1 (0.44%) Azure
1 1 (0.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 65 (28.51%) Broadband
2 29 (12.72%) Wireless
3 20 (8.77%) Modbus
4 17 (7.46%) TCP/IP
5 15 (6.58%) Bluetooth
6 14 (6.14%) Software-Defined Radio
7 13 (5.70%) RS-232
8 12 (5.26%) ZigBee
9 11 (4.82%) Ethernet
9 11 (4.82%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (3.95%) RS-485
11 7 (3.07%) Profibus
11 7 (3.07%) WAN
12 4 (1.75%) 5G
12 4 (1.75%) LTE
12 4 (1.75%) SD-WAN
13 3 (1.32%) GSM
14 2 (0.88%) LoRaWAN
14 2 (0.88%) MQTT
14 2 (0.88%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.88%) Scylla
2 1 (0.44%) Big Data
2 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 70 (30.70%) JIRA
2 11 (4.82%) Git
3 4 (1.75%) CppUnit
3 4 (1.75%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (1.75%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.32%) Subversion
5 2 (0.88%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.88%) Fiddler
5 2 (0.88%) IDA Disassembler
5 2 (0.88%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.88%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.44%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.44%) FitNesse
6 1 (0.44%) GCC
6 1 (0.44%) GDB
6 1 (0.44%) GitLab
6 1 (0.44%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.44%) Newman
6 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 44 (19.30%) Electronics
2 31 (13.60%) Finance
3 30 (13.16%) Manufacturing
4 18 (7.89%) Social Skills
5 14 (6.14%) Automotive
5 14 (6.14%) Telecoms
6 11 (4.82%) Marketing
7 9 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.51%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (2.63%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.63%) Wearables
11 3 (1.32%) Legal
12 2 (0.88%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.44%) Advertising
13 1 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (28.51%) Middleware
2 8 (3.51%) Yocto
3 2 (0.88%) OpenEmbedded
4 1 (0.44%) .NET
4 1 (0.44%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (0.44%) JSON
4 1 (0.44%) MFC
4 1 (0.44%) Qt
4 1 (0.44%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 132 (57.89%) Embedded Systems
2 19 (8.33%) Algorithms
3 14 (6.14%) Device Driver
3 14 (6.14%) e-Learning
4 12 (5.26%) MicroBlaze
4 12 (5.26%) RISC-V
5 9 (3.95%) IoT
5 9 (3.95%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.07%) ARM Cortex
7 6 (2.63%) Analogue Electronics
8 5 (2.19%) CCTV
8 5 (2.19%) GNSS
8 5 (2.19%) Smart Energy
9 4 (1.75%) EMV
9 4 (1.75%) FPGA
9 4 (1.75%) Self-Driving Car
10 3 (1.32%) Raspberry Pi
10 3 (1.32%) Robotics
11 2 (0.88%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 61 (26.75%) Linux
2 32 (14.04%) Embedded Linux
3 11 (4.82%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (2.63%) Android
5 2 (0.88%) Windows
6 1 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.44%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.44%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (56.58%) Software Engineering
2 86 (37.72%) Agile
3 78 (34.21%) CI/CD
4 73 (32.02%) Continuous Deployment
5 70 (30.70%) Artificial Intelligence
6 67 (29.39%) Roadmaps
7 65 (28.51%) Release Automation
7 65 (28.51%) Software Delivery
7 65 (28.51%) Strategic Thinking
8 31 (13.60%) Embedded Software Development
9 20 (8.77%) Computer Science
9 20 (8.77%) Multithreading
9 20 (8.77%) Test Automation
10 18 (7.89%) Collaborative Working
11 17 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (7.46%) Software Architecture
11 17 (7.46%) Validation
12 16 (7.02%) Signal Processing
13 15 (6.58%) Digital Signal Processing
13 15 (6.58%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 134 (58.77%) C
2 93 (40.79%) C++
3 32 (14.04%) Embedded C
4 20 (8.77%) Python
5 11 (4.82%) C#
6 6 (2.63%) Bash
6 6 (2.63%) Embedded C++
7 5 (2.19%) Assembly Language
8 3 (1.32%) Ada
8 3 (1.32%) MATLAB
8 3 (1.32%) SQL
9 2 (0.88%) Perl
9 2 (0.88%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.88%) Rust
9 2 (0.88%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.44%) Groovy
10 1 (0.44%) Java
10 1 (0.44%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.44%) R
10 1 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 27 (11.84%) Degree
2 18 (7.89%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.58%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.32%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.44%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.19%) QA
2 4 (1.75%) PMO
3 3 (1.32%) MISRA
4 2 (0.88%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.88%) JTAG
5 1 (0.44%) Automotive SPICE
5 1 (0.44%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.44%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.44%) IEC 62304
5 1 (0.44%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.44%) MISRA C
System Software
1 63 (27.63%) Firmware
2 44 (19.30%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.44%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (2.63%) SAP
2 5 (2.19%) Intel
3 3 (1.32%) EMC
3 3 (1.32%) IBM
3 3 (1.32%) NVIDIA
4 2 (0.88%) Atmel
5 1 (0.44%) Allen-Bradley
5 1 (0.44%) Google
5 1 (0.44%) Lauterbach
5 1 (0.44%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.44%) Parasoft
5 1 (0.44%) QNX
5 1 (0.44%) Renesas
5 1 (0.44%) Xilinx