Embedded Software Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Embedded Software Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Embedded Software Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £54,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 June 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 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 471 183 449
Rank change year-on-year -288 +266 -57
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 105 1,212 285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.26% 1.48% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 1.56% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 66 947 167
10th Percentile £41,875 £40,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -6.78% +7.27%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,125
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £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 35,633 77,637 48,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.21% 94.93% 88.78%
Number of salaries quoted 18,422 54,293 28,964
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £80,627
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Software 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 Software Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 June 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 -127 37 £62,500 +13.64% 68
Scotland +54 16 £50,000 -16.67% 29
East of England -66 16 £54,000 -10.00% 55
East Midlands -15 13 £52,500 +5.00% 11
Midlands -34 13 £52,500 +5.00% 16
North of England -144 11 £55,000 +10.00% 32
South West -56 10 £50,000 -9.09% 25
Yorkshire -49 5 £47,500 +5.56% 22
North West -59 5 £55,000 +10.00% 8
Wales +12 2 £65,000 +30.00% 10
Northern Ireland +31 1 £50,000 -
North East +24 1 £70,000 +27.27% 2
Embedded Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 June 2025, Embedded Software 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 105 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 88 (83.81%) C
3 67 (63.81%) C++
4 50 (47.62%) Embedded Systems
5 46 (43.81%) Linux
6 35 (33.33%) Firmware
7 30 (28.57%) Agile
8 29 (27.62%) Embedded Linux
9 26 (24.76%) Embedded Firmware
9 26 (24.76%) Finance
10 25 (23.81%) Wireless
11 24 (22.86%) Security Cleared
12 23 (21.90%) SC Cleared
13 20 (19.05%) Degree
13 20 (19.05%) Embedded C
13 20 (19.05%) Signal Processing
14 19 (18.10%) Digital Signal Processing
14 19 (18.10%) Software-Defined Radio
14 19 (18.10%) Innovative Thinking
14 19 (18.10%) MicroBlaze
14 19 (18.10%) RISC-V
14 19 (18.10%) e-Learning
15 16 (15.24%) Manufacturing
15 16 (15.24%) Computer Science
15 16 (15.24%) Embedded Software Development
15 16 (15.24%) Algorithms
16 15 (14.29%) Electronics
17 13 (12.38%) Python
18 12 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
19 11 (10.48%) Social Skills

Embedded Software 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 1 (0.95%) CANalyzer
1 1 (0.95%) GNU Octave
1 1 (0.95%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.90%) AWS
1 2 (1.90%) AWS IoT
1 2 (1.90%) Azure
1 2 (1.90%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 25 (23.81%) Wireless
2 19 (18.10%) Software-Defined Radio
3 8 (7.62%) Ethernet
3 8 (7.62%) Modbus
4 7 (6.67%) WAN
5 6 (5.71%) RS-232
5 6 (5.71%) TCP/IP
5 6 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (4.76%) Bluetooth
7 4 (3.81%) 5G
7 4 (3.81%) Profibus
7 4 (3.81%) SD-WAN
7 4 (3.81%) ZigBee
8 3 (2.86%) Internet
8 3 (2.86%) RS-485
9 2 (1.90%) LoRaWAN
9 2 (1.90%) LTE
9 2 (1.90%) MQTT
10 1 (0.95%) J1939
10 1 (0.95%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 9 (8.57%) Git
2 4 (3.81%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.90%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.90%) JIRA
3 2 (1.90%) Subversion
4 1 (0.95%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.95%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.95%) FitNesse
4 1 (0.95%) GCC
4 1 (0.95%) gcov
4 1 (0.95%) GDB
4 1 (0.95%) GitLab
4 1 (0.95%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.95%) Newman
4 1 (0.95%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 26 (24.76%) Finance
2 16 (15.24%) Manufacturing
3 15 (14.29%) Electronics
4 11 (10.48%) Automotive
4 11 (10.48%) Social Skills
5 6 (5.71%) Aerospace
5 6 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (5.71%) Marketing
5 6 (5.71%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.86%) Agriculture
6 3 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.90%) Legal
7 2 (1.90%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.95%) Advertising
8 1 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.95%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.57%) Yocto
2 2 (1.90%) OpenEmbedded
3 1 (0.95%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (0.95%) MFC
3 1 (0.95%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 50 (47.62%) Embedded Systems
2 19 (18.10%) e-Learning
2 19 (18.10%) MicroBlaze
2 19 (18.10%) RISC-V
3 16 (15.24%) Algorithms
4 8 (7.62%) IoT
5 7 (6.67%) ARM Cortex
6 5 (4.76%) Device Driver
7 4 (3.81%) EMV
7 4 (3.81%) GNSS
7 4 (3.81%) Self-Driving Car
8 2 (1.90%) CCTV
8 2 (1.90%) Lidar
8 2 (1.90%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (1.90%) Robotics
9 1 (0.95%) CAN bus
9 1 (0.95%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.95%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.95%) Smart Energy
9 1 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 46 (43.81%) Linux
2 29 (27.62%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (6.67%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (5.71%) Android
5 1 (0.95%) SafeRTOS
5 1 (0.95%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.95%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 30 (28.57%) Agile
3 20 (19.05%) Signal Processing
4 19 (18.10%) Digital Signal Processing
4 19 (18.10%) Innovative Thinking
5 16 (15.24%) Computer Science
5 16 (15.24%) Embedded Software Development
6 12 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (8.57%) Mathematics
7 9 (8.57%) Validation
8 8 (7.62%) Mentoring
9 7 (6.67%) Requirements Analysis
9 7 (6.67%) SDLC
9 7 (6.67%) Software Architecture
9 7 (6.67%) Test Automation
10 6 (5.71%) Code Quality
10 6 (5.71%) Configuration Management
10 6 (5.71%) Multithreading
10 6 (5.71%) Unit Testing
11 4 (3.81%) Test Assurance
Programming Languages
1 88 (83.81%) C
2 67 (63.81%) C++
3 20 (19.05%) Embedded C
4 13 (12.38%) Python
5 7 (6.67%) C#
6 5 (4.76%) Java
7 3 (2.86%) Bash
7 3 (2.86%) Embedded C++
7 3 (2.86%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.90%) Ada
8 2 (1.90%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.90%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.95%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.95%) MicroPython
9 1 (0.95%) Perl
9 1 (0.95%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.95%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (22.86%) Security Cleared
2 23 (21.90%) SC Cleared
3 20 (19.05%) Degree
4 7 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.95%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.95%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.81%) PMO
2 3 (2.86%) IEC 61508
2 3 (2.86%) JTAG
3 1 (0.95%) DO-178B
3 1 (0.95%) IEC 62304
3 1 (0.95%) ISO 26262
3 1 (0.95%) MISRA
System Software
1 35 (33.33%) Firmware
2 26 (24.76%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.95%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (4.76%) Atmel
2 4 (3.81%) Intel
2 4 (3.81%) NVIDIA
3 2 (1.90%) Allen-Bradley
3 2 (1.90%) Google
3 2 (1.90%) SAP
4 1 (0.95%) IBM
4 1 (0.95%) Lauterbach
4 1 (0.95%) QNX
4 1 (0.95%) Renesas
4 1 (0.95%) Siemens