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 to 15 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 227 458 370
Rank change year-on-year +231 -88 +143
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 915 293 625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.29% 0.49% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 0.55% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 710 182 171
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,324 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +3.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 67,294 52,879 68,547
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.14% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,576 30,026 42,521
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 15 May 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 15 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
South East +89 209 £55,000 -8.33% 43
South West +122 193 £55,000 -8.33% 40
North of England +141 189 £50,000 -2.44% 22
Midlands +82 118 £50,000 +27.39% 26
East of England +82 108 £60,000 -14.29% 33
Yorkshire +123 92 £45,000 +5.88% 14
North West +55 72 £50,000 -9.09% 5
West Midlands +57 65 £50,000 +42.86% 13
Scotland -30 63 £57,500 -4.17% 16
East Midlands +31 53 £50,000 -4.76% 13
North East +21 25 £55,000 +4.76% 5
Wales - 23 £50,000 - 4
Northern Ireland +38 12 - -
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 15 May 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.

1 915 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 413 (45.14%) C
3 257 (28.09%) Linux
4 205 (22.40%) C++
5 181 (19.78%) Embedded C
6 169 (18.47%) Electronics
7 162 (17.70%) Embedded Linux
8 148 (16.17%) Python
9 122 (13.33%) Degree
10 117 (12.79%) Firmware
10 117 (12.79%) Embedded Systems
11 97 (10.60%) Automotive
12 85 (9.29%) IoT
13 76 (8.31%) Security Cleared
14 75 (8.20%) Wireless
14 75 (8.20%) Agile
15 74 (8.09%) Manufacturing
16 68 (7.43%) Embedded Firmware
17 65 (7.10%) Bash
18 59 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
19 56 (6.12%) Rust
20 55 (6.01%) Cybersecurity
21 51 (5.57%) Aerospace
22 48 (5.25%) Device Driver
22 48 (5.25%) Social Skills
23 47 (5.14%) Self-Motivation
23 47 (5.14%) Problem-Solving
24 46 (5.03%) Software Testing
25 43 (4.70%) C#
25 43 (4.70%) SDLC

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 19 (2.08%) Apache
2 4 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (4.59%) Simulink
2 8 (0.87%) Stateflow
3 2 (0.22%) GNU Octave
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.11%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.11%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (1.20%) GitHub
2 7 (0.77%) AWS
3 3 (0.33%) AWS IoT
3 3 (0.33%) Azure
4 1 (0.11%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 75 (8.20%) Wireless
2 59 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
3 41 (4.48%) RS-232
4 38 (4.15%) Ethernet
5 34 (3.72%) TCP/IP
6 32 (3.50%) Bluetooth
7 28 (3.06%) RS-485
8 17 (1.86%) MQTT
8 17 (1.86%) ZigBee
9 14 (1.53%) Internet
10 13 (1.42%) 4G
11 12 (1.31%) 3G
12 6 (0.66%) Wireshark
13 5 (0.55%) GPRS
13 5 (0.55%) Modbus
13 5 (0.55%) VoIP
14 4 (0.44%) Profibus
15 2 (0.22%) FlexRay
15 2 (0.22%) HTTP
15 2 (0.22%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.66%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.44%) Big Data
3 1 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.11%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 33 (3.61%) Git
2 28 (3.06%) JIRA
3 21 (2.30%) Jenkins
4 12 (1.31%) Subversion
5 8 (0.87%) ClearCase
5 8 (0.87%) Rational Rhapsody
6 7 (0.77%) ClearQuest
6 7 (0.77%) Plastic SCM
7 6 (0.66%) Eclipse
8 5 (0.55%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.44%) GitLab
9 4 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.44%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.22%) PetaLinux
10 2 (0.22%) VectorCAST
11 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.11%) GDB
11 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
General
1 169 (18.47%) Electronics
2 97 (10.60%) Automotive
3 74 (8.09%) Manufacturing
4 51 (5.57%) Aerospace
5 48 (5.25%) Social Skills
6 17 (1.86%) Aviation
6 17 (1.86%) Mandarin Language
7 13 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (1.20%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (1.09%) Telecoms
10 8 (0.87%) Finance
10 8 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (0.77%) Marketing
11 7 (0.77%) Public Sector
11 7 (0.77%) Tech for Good
12 6 (0.66%) Legal
13 5 (0.55%) Retail
14 3 (0.33%) Military
14 3 (0.33%) Welsh Language
15 2 (0.22%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (3.72%) Yocto
2 19 (2.08%) Apache NiFi
2 19 (2.08%) STL
3 12 (1.31%) REST
4 8 (0.87%) Middleware
5 6 (0.66%) Node.js
6 5 (0.55%) FFmpeg
6 5 (0.55%) GStreamer
6 5 (0.55%) MFC
6 5 (0.55%) OpenEmbedded
7 4 (0.44%) .NET
7 4 (0.44%) HTML
8 3 (0.33%) iOS SDK
8 3 (0.33%) Qt
9 2 (0.22%) POSIX
9 2 (0.22%) XML
10 1 (0.11%) HTML5
10 1 (0.11%) QML
10 1 (0.11%) React
10 1 (0.11%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 117 (12.79%) Embedded Systems
2 85 (9.29%) IoT
3 48 (5.25%) Device Driver
4 47 (5.14%) Self-Motivation
5 40 (4.37%) Algorithms
6 17 (1.86%) Renewable Energy
7 15 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
8 14 (1.53%) FPGA
9 12 (1.31%) Mobile App
10 11 (1.20%) ARM Cortex
11 10 (1.09%) Raspberry Pi
12 8 (0.87%) Acoustics
13 6 (0.66%) Data Centre
13 6 (0.66%) Smart Home
13 6 (0.66%) Video\Live Streaming
14 5 (0.55%) Analogue Electronics
14 5 (0.55%) CAN bus
14 5 (0.55%) Robotics
14 5 (0.55%) Smart Energy
15 4 (0.44%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 257 (28.09%) Linux
2 162 (17.70%) Embedded Linux
3 36 (3.93%) Windows
4 34 (3.72%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.66%) ThreadX
7 5 (0.55%) VxWorks
8 3 (0.33%) Android
8 3 (0.33%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.33%) Debian
8 3 (0.33%) VMS
9 2 (0.22%) Solaris
9 2 (0.22%) Unix
9 2 (0.22%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 915 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 75 (8.20%) Agile
3 55 (6.01%) Cybersecurity
4 47 (5.14%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (5.03%) Software Testing
6 43 (4.70%) SDLC
7 42 (4.59%) OOD
8 39 (4.26%) Computer Science
9 34 (3.72%) Test Automation
10 33 (3.61%) Embedded Software Development
11 24 (2.62%) OO
12 21 (2.30%) Device Driver Development
12 21 (2.30%) Prototyping
12 21 (2.30%) Validation
13 20 (2.19%) Multithreading
14 19 (2.08%) Configuration Management
15 18 (1.97%) Software Architecture
16 16 (1.75%) TDD
17 14 (1.53%) Mentoring
18 13 (1.42%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 413 (45.14%) C
2 205 (22.40%) C++
3 181 (19.78%) Embedded C
4 148 (16.17%) Python
5 65 (7.10%) Bash
6 56 (6.12%) Rust
7 43 (4.70%) C#
8 36 (3.93%) MATLAB
9 32 (3.50%) Embedded C++
10 20 (2.19%) Ada
10 20 (2.19%) Java
11 13 (1.42%) JavaScript
12 12 (1.31%) PHP
13 8 (0.87%) R
14 7 (0.77%) Assembly Language
15 6 (0.66%) Perl
16 4 (0.44%) SQL
17 3 (0.33%) Groovy
17 3 (0.33%) Swift
17 3 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 122 (13.33%) Degree
2 76 (8.31%) Security Cleared
3 16 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (1.09%) Master's Degree
5 5 (0.55%) HND
6 4 (0.44%) HNC
7 3 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.33%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.22%) PhD
8 2 (0.22%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.84%) MISRA
2 14 (1.53%) GDPR
2 14 (1.53%) QA
3 13 (1.42%) ISO 13485
4 10 (1.09%) IEC 62304
5 8 (0.87%) JTAG
6 7 (0.77%) ISO 9000
7 6 (0.66%) AUTOSAR
7 6 (0.66%) MISRA C
8 5 (0.55%) ISO 26262
9 4 (0.44%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 4 (0.44%) DO-178B
System Software
1 117 (12.79%) Firmware
2 68 (7.43%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (0.98%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.55%) Terraform
2 3 (0.33%) Ansible
2 3 (0.33%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.33%) Podman
3 1 (0.11%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 12 (1.31%) IBM
2 8 (0.87%) Red Hat
3 7 (0.77%) Lauterbach
3 7 (0.77%) SAP
4 6 (0.66%) Renesas
5 4 (0.44%) QNX
6 3 (0.33%) Microsoft
7 2 (0.22%) Atmel
7 2 (0.22%) Xilinx
8 1 (0.11%) EMC
8 1 (0.11%) Freescale
8 1 (0.11%) MathWorks
8 1 (0.11%) Samsung