Embedded Software Development Jobs in the UK excluding London

Embedded Software Development
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Embedded Software Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Software Development over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 610 717 677
Rank change year-on-year +107 -40 -77
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Software Development 142 51 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.083% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.087% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 124 15 58
10th Percentile £39,875 £43,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 - £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £71,500 £62,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +38.89% -10.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Embedded Software Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,415 58,778 66,796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.38% 95.62% 94.04%
Number of salaries quoted 41,129 30,196 41,543
10th Percentile £27,117 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Embedded Software Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Embedded Software Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Software Development in the UK excluding London

Embedded Software Development
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Embedded Software Development in the UK excluding London

Embedded Software Development
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Software Development in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Software Development in the UK excluding London

Embedded Software Development
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 Software Development within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
North of England - 41 £50,000 - 2
Midlands +14 32 £65,000 - 7
North West - 30 £55,000 - 2
South East +27 28 £80,000 +77.78% 18
West Midlands +12 27 £65,000 - 4
South West -9 18 £47,500 -29.63% 10
East of England +30 15 £60,000 -14.29% 9
Yorkshire - 11 £42,500 -
Wales - 8 £50,000 -
East Midlands - 5 £45,000 - 3
Embedded Software Development
UK

Embedded Software Development
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 21 (14.79%) Simulink
2 6 (4.23%) CANalyzer
3 3 (2.11%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.11%) AWS
1 3 (2.11%) AWS IoT
1 3 (2.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.97%) Ethernet
2 13 (9.15%) Wireless
3 9 (6.34%) Bluetooth
4 8 (5.63%) Profibus
5 7 (4.93%) J1939
5 7 (4.93%) TCP/IP
6 6 (4.23%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (3.52%) MQTT
8 4 (2.82%) GSM
8 4 (2.82%) Internet
8 4 (2.82%) RS-232
9 2 (1.41%) Modbus
9 2 (1.41%) RS-485
10 1 (0.70%) Software-Defined Radio
10 1 (0.70%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 19 (13.38%) Git
2 6 (4.23%) CANoe
3 3 (2.11%) ClearCase
3 3 (2.11%) Plastic SCM
3 3 (2.11%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (1.41%) GCC
4 2 (1.41%) LabVIEW
4 2 (1.41%) Subversion
4 2 (1.41%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.70%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.70%) JIRA
5 1 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
General
1 47 (33.10%) Electronics
2 37 (26.06%) Social Skills
3 26 (18.31%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (17.61%) Automotive
5 18 (12.68%) Manufacturing
6 11 (7.75%) Finance
7 8 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (5.63%) Marketing
8 5 (3.52%) Multimedia
9 4 (2.82%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.82%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.82%) Retail
9 4 (2.82%) Tech for Good
9 4 (2.82%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.41%) Law
10 2 (1.41%) Military
11 1 (0.70%) Games
11 1 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.70%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 81 (57.04%) Software Engineer
2 57 (40.14%) Embedded Engineer
3 55 (38.73%) Senior
4 33 (23.24%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 32 (22.54%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 25 (17.61%) Senior Software Engineer
7 22 (15.49%) Developer
8 20 (14.08%) Software Developer
9 18 (12.68%) Embedded Developer
10 16 (11.27%) Embedded Software Developer
11 15 (10.56%) Lead
12 14 (9.86%) Embedded Linux Engineer
12 14 (9.86%) Linux Engineer
12 14 (9.86%) Senior Linux Engineer
13 12 (8.45%) Lead Software Engineer
14 9 (6.34%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
15 8 (5.63%) Firmware Engineer
16 7 (4.93%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
16 7 (4.93%) Senior Firmware Engineer
17 6 (4.23%) Lead Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.56%) Yocto
2 8 (5.63%) Middleware
3 5 (3.52%) Apache Thrift
4 4 (2.82%) Qt
5 3 (2.11%) DirectX
5 3 (2.11%) OpenGL
5 3 (2.11%) OpenGL ES
5 3 (2.11%) Vulkan
6 2 (1.41%) Skia Graphics Library
6 2 (1.41%) wxWidgets
Miscellaneous
1 37 (26.06%) IoT
2 20 (14.08%) Embedded Systems
3 14 (9.86%) Algorithms
4 8 (5.63%) Device Driver
5 6 (4.23%) CAN bus
5 6 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.52%) Infotainment
6 5 (3.52%) Smartphone
7 4 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.82%) CCTV
7 4 (2.82%) FPGA
8 2 (1.41%) 3D Graphics
8 2 (1.41%) Robotics
8 2 (1.41%) VHDL
9 1 (0.70%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 69 (48.59%) Linux
2 36 (25.35%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (6.34%) Android
4 6 (4.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (2.82%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (2.82%) VxWorks
5 4 (2.82%) Windows
6 3 (2.11%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (84.51%) Software Engineering
2 55 (38.73%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (24.65%) Computer Science
4 26 (18.31%) Agile
5 24 (16.90%) DevOps
6 19 (13.38%) Continuous Integration
7 18 (12.68%) Collaborative Working
7 18 (12.68%) Signal Processing
8 17 (11.97%) Artificial Intelligence
9 16 (11.27%) Machine Learning
10 15 (10.56%) Code Quality
11 14 (9.86%) Open Source
11 14 (9.86%) SDLC
12 13 (9.15%) Configuration Management
13 12 (8.45%) Multithreading
13 12 (8.45%) System Testing
14 8 (5.63%) CI/CD
14 8 (5.63%) Cybersecurity
14 8 (5.63%) UML
14 8 (5.63%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 112 (78.87%) C
2 53 (37.32%) C++
3 49 (34.51%) Python
4 40 (28.17%) Java
5 20 (14.08%) Embedded C
6 14 (9.86%) Rust
7 10 (7.04%) C#
8 9 (6.34%) Embedded C++
8 9 (6.34%) MATLAB
9 6 (4.23%) Ada
10 3 (2.11%) Perl
11 2 (1.41%) JavaScript
11 2 (1.41%) Lua
12 1 (0.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 58 (40.85%) Degree
2 24 (16.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (14.08%) Security Cleared
4 12 (8.45%) DV Cleared
5 9 (6.34%) HND
6 6 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.70%) PhD
7 1 (0.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.04%) ISO 26262
2 8 (5.63%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 8 (5.63%) AUTOSAR
2 8 (5.63%) ISO 13485
3 7 (4.93%) Automotive SPICE
4 6 (4.23%) QA
5 3 (2.11%) Def Stans
5 3 (2.11%) DO-178B
5 3 (2.11%) MISRA
6 1 (0.70%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 37 (26.06%) Firmware
2 9 (6.34%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.41%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.70%) Ansible
2 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.70%) Podman
Vendors
1 12 (8.45%) Xilinx
2 6 (4.23%) IBM
2 6 (4.23%) Red Hat
3 4 (2.82%) QNX
3 4 (2.82%) SAP
4 3 (2.11%) Lauterbach
5 1 (0.70%) Microsoft