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 £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 170 428 399
Rank change year-on-year +258 -29 +142
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 1,013 260 623
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.55% 0.54% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% 0.60% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 793 161 144
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £37,616
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +16.16%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £71,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%

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 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 26 July 2024.

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 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 +109 246 £50,000 -9.09% 16
South West +150 215 £55,000 -8.33% 19
North of England +159 202 £50,000 -9.09% 6
Midlands +57 134 £50,000 -4.76% 12
Yorkshire +135 109 £45,000 +5.88% 1
East of England +73 102 £60,000 -7.69% 18
West Midlands +20 70 £50,000 -3.38% 4
Scotland -17 67 £60,000 - 6
North West +43 64 £55,000 -8.33% 2
East Midlands +34 64 £50,000 -4.76% 8
Wales - 36 £60,000 - 1
North East +16 29 £50,000 - 3
Northern Ireland - 11 - -
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 26 July 2024, 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 1,013 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 357 (35.24%) C
3 254 (25.07%) C++
4 217 (21.42%) Linux
5 170 (16.78%) Embedded C
6 162 (15.99%) Electronics
7 146 (14.41%) Embedded Linux
8 137 (13.52%) Degree
9 124 (12.24%) Python
10 105 (10.37%) Firmware
11 103 (10.17%) Embedded Systems
12 83 (8.19%) Automotive
13 82 (8.09%) Manufacturing
14 69 (6.81%) Embedded C++
15 66 (6.52%) Embedded Firmware
16 63 (6.22%) Security Cleared
17 62 (6.12%) Agile
18 57 (5.63%) Bash
19 56 (5.53%) Wireless
20 50 (4.94%) Rust
21 49 (4.84%) Cybersecurity
22 46 (4.54%) Social Skills
23 45 (4.44%) IoT
24 44 (4.34%) Problem-Solving
25 41 (4.05%) C#
26 40 (3.95%) Aerospace
27 36 (3.55%) Software Testing
28 35 (3.46%) Wi-Fi
28 35 (3.46%) Simulink
29 34 (3.36%) MATLAB

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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (1.18%) Apache
2 1 (0.099%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (3.46%) Simulink
2 6 (0.59%) Stateflow
3 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.20%) CANalyzer
4 2 (0.20%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.099%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.099%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 8 (0.79%) AWS
2 4 (0.39%) Azure
3 3 (0.30%) AWS IoT
4 1 (0.099%) GCP
4 1 (0.099%) GitHub
4 1 (0.099%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 56 (5.53%) Wireless
2 35 (3.46%) Wi-Fi
3 30 (2.96%) Ethernet
4 23 (2.27%) RS-232
5 21 (2.07%) RS-485
6 18 (1.78%) MQTT
6 18 (1.78%) TCP/IP
7 15 (1.48%) 4G
8 13 (1.28%) 3G
8 13 (1.28%) Bluetooth
9 9 (0.89%) ZigBee
10 8 (0.79%) Internet
11 6 (0.59%) Wireshark
12 5 (0.49%) GPRS
13 4 (0.39%) Modbus
14 2 (0.20%) 5G
14 2 (0.20%) DECT
14 2 (0.20%) HTTP
14 2 (0.20%) LoRaWAN
14 2 (0.20%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.59%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.20%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 26 (2.57%) Git
2 11 (1.09%) JIRA
3 10 (0.99%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.89%) Subversion
5 6 (0.59%) ClearCase
5 6 (0.59%) Rational Rhapsody
6 5 (0.49%) ClearQuest
6 5 (0.49%) Plastic SCM
7 4 (0.39%) CANoe
7 4 (0.39%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.30%) LabVIEW
8 3 (0.30%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.20%) GitLab
9 2 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.099%) GDB
10 1 (0.099%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.099%) VectorCAST
General
1 162 (15.99%) Electronics
2 83 (8.19%) Automotive
3 82 (8.09%) Manufacturing
4 46 (4.54%) Social Skills
5 40 (3.95%) Aerospace
6 19 (1.88%) Mandarin Language
7 15 (1.48%) Finance
8 14 (1.38%) Telecoms
9 12 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (0.99%) Aviation
11 8 (0.79%) Marketing
11 8 (0.79%) Public Sector
12 6 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.49%) Legal
14 4 (0.39%) Military
14 4 (0.39%) Retail
14 4 (0.39%) Tech for Good
15 3 (0.30%) Analytical Skills
15 3 (0.30%) Avionics
15 3 (0.30%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.06%) Yocto
2 13 (1.28%) REST
3 12 (1.18%) Apache NiFi
3 12 (1.18%) STL
4 6 (0.59%) Node.js
5 5 (0.49%) FFmpeg
5 5 (0.49%) GStreamer
5 5 (0.49%) OpenEmbedded
6 3 (0.30%) .NET
6 3 (0.30%) HTML
6 3 (0.30%) MFC
6 3 (0.30%) Middleware
6 3 (0.30%) Qt
7 2 (0.20%) QML
8 1 (0.099%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.099%) Apache Thrift
8 1 (0.099%) CSS
8 1 (0.099%) HTML5
8 1 (0.099%) React
8 1 (0.099%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 103 (10.17%) Embedded Systems
2 45 (4.44%) IoT
3 33 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
4 29 (2.86%) Device Driver
5 23 (2.27%) Algorithms
6 12 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (1.09%) FPGA
7 11 (1.09%) Renewable Energy
8 10 (0.99%) ARM Cortex
9 8 (0.79%) Acoustics
9 8 (0.79%) Data Centre
10 7 (0.69%) Mobile App
11 6 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (0.59%) Robotics
11 6 (0.59%) Video\Live Streaming
12 5 (0.49%) Analogue Electronics
13 4 (0.39%) CAN bus
13 4 (0.39%) Raspberry Pi
14 3 (0.30%) NB-IoT
14 3 (0.30%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 217 (21.42%) Linux
2 146 (14.41%) Embedded Linux
3 27 (2.67%) Windows
4 17 (1.68%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.30%) Debian
5 3 (0.30%) VMS
5 3 (0.30%) Windows Embedded Compact
6 2 (0.20%) Android
6 2 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.099%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.099%) Solaris
7 1 (0.099%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.099%) Unix
7 1 (0.099%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,013 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 62 (6.12%) Agile
3 49 (4.84%) Cybersecurity
4 44 (4.34%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (3.55%) Software Testing
6 33 (3.26%) OOD
7 32 (3.16%) Test Automation
8 28 (2.76%) Computer Science
9 27 (2.67%) Embedded Software Development
10 24 (2.37%) OO
11 22 (2.17%) Multithreading
11 22 (2.17%) SDLC
12 19 (1.88%) Software Architecture
13 18 (1.78%) Validation
14 14 (1.38%) Continuous Integration
14 14 (1.38%) Mentoring
14 14 (1.38%) User Experience
15 13 (1.28%) Artificial Intelligence
16 12 (1.18%) Requirements Gathering
16 12 (1.18%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 357 (35.24%) C
2 254 (25.07%) C++
3 170 (16.78%) Embedded C
4 124 (12.24%) Python
5 69 (6.81%) Embedded C++
6 57 (5.63%) Bash
7 50 (4.94%) Rust
8 41 (4.05%) C#
9 34 (3.36%) MATLAB
10 19 (1.88%) Ada
11 15 (1.48%) JavaScript
12 13 (1.28%) Java
13 8 (0.79%) PHP
14 7 (0.69%) Perl
15 6 (0.59%) R
16 4 (0.39%) Assembly Language
17 3 (0.30%) Groovy
18 2 (0.20%) SQL
18 2 (0.20%) VB
19 1 (0.099%) Swift
Qualifications
1 137 (13.52%) Degree
2 63 (6.22%) Security Cleared
3 21 (2.07%) Master's Degree
4 12 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.30%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.30%) HNC
6 3 (0.30%) HND
7 2 (0.20%) PhD
8 1 (0.099%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (2.17%) MISRA
2 13 (1.28%) GDPR
2 13 (1.28%) ISO 26262
3 12 (1.18%) QA
4 10 (0.99%) AUTOSAR
5 8 (0.79%) JTAG
6 7 (0.69%) ISO 9000
6 7 (0.69%) MISRA C
7 4 (0.39%) IEC 62304
8 2 (0.20%) Automotive SPICE
9 1 (0.099%) DO-178B
System Software
1 105 (10.37%) Firmware
2 66 (6.52%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (0.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.099%) Ansible
1 1 (0.099%) Functional Safety
1 1 (0.099%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.099%) Podman
Vendors
1 8 (0.79%) IBM
1 8 (0.79%) SAP
2 5 (0.49%) Lauterbach
3 4 (0.39%) Atmel
3 4 (0.39%) Renesas
4 3 (0.30%) Freescale
4 3 (0.30%) Microsoft
5 2 (0.20%) NVIDIA
5 2 (0.20%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.099%) EMC
6 1 (0.099%) Google
6 1 (0.099%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.099%) Samsung
6 1 (0.099%) Xilinx