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 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 459 221 480
Rank change year-on-year -238 +259 -108
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 116 915 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 1.29% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 1.36% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 94 712 181
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £45,625 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,125 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% -7.56% +8.18%

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 35,016 67,223 53,634
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 94.80% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,742 47,591 30,483
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,906 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,225 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -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 9 May 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 9 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
Scotland +89 28 £47,500 -17.39% 17
South East -67 26 £62,500 +8.70% 56
East of England -38 22 £54,000 -10.00% 49
North of England -109 17 £55,000 +10.00% 37
Midlands -43 11 £52,500 +5.00% 18
East Midlands +3 10 £52,500 +5.00% 8
South West -43 9 £50,000 -9.09% 33
Yorkshire -21 6 £50,000 +11.11% 25
North West -53 6 £55,000 +10.00% 6
North East +30 5 £61,000 +10.91% 7
Wales +20 2 £65,000 +30.00% 3
Northern Ireland +27 1 £50,000 -
West Midlands -5 1 £45,000 -10.00% 9
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 9 May 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.

1 116 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 97 (83.62%) C
3 64 (55.17%) C++
4 48 (41.38%) Embedded Systems
5 37 (31.90%) Linux
6 36 (31.03%) Electronics
7 33 (28.45%) Firmware
8 32 (27.59%) Embedded C
9 25 (21.55%) Manufacturing
10 22 (18.97%) Degree
10 22 (18.97%) Embedded Firmware
11 21 (18.10%) Embedded Software Development
12 18 (15.52%) Algorithms
12 18 (15.52%) Computer Science
13 17 (14.66%) Wireless
13 17 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (12.93%) Bluetooth
15 14 (12.07%) Automotive
15 14 (12.07%) Embedded Linux
16 13 (11.21%) Test Automation
16 13 (11.21%) Python
16 13 (11.21%) Mentoring
16 13 (11.21%) FreeRTOS
17 12 (10.34%) RS-232
17 12 (10.34%) Social Skills
17 12 (10.34%) Unit Testing
18 11 (9.48%) TCP/IP
19 10 (8.62%) Wi-Fi
19 10 (8.62%) Modbus
20 9 (7.76%) Agile

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 (0.86%) CANalyzer
1 1 (0.86%) OrCAD
1 1 (0.86%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.86%) AWS
1 1 (0.86%) AWS IoT
1 1 (0.86%) Azure
1 1 (0.86%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.66%) Wireless
2 15 (12.93%) Bluetooth
3 12 (10.34%) RS-232
4 11 (9.48%) TCP/IP
5 10 (8.62%) Modbus
5 10 (8.62%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (7.76%) Ethernet
6 9 (7.76%) ZigBee
7 7 (6.03%) Profibus
7 7 (6.03%) RS-485
7 7 (6.03%) WAN
8 4 (3.45%) 5G
8 4 (3.45%) SD-WAN
9 3 (2.59%) Software-Defined Radio
10 2 (1.72%) LTE
10 2 (1.72%) Network Security
11 1 (0.86%) GSM
11 1 (0.86%) LoRaWAN
11 1 (0.86%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (7.76%) Git
2 4 (3.45%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.72%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.72%) JIRA
3 2 (1.72%) LabVIEW
3 2 (1.72%) Subversion
4 1 (0.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.86%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.86%) FitNesse
4 1 (0.86%) GCC
4 1 (0.86%) gcov
4 1 (0.86%) GDB
4 1 (0.86%) GitLab
4 1 (0.86%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.86%) Newman
4 1 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 36 (31.03%) Electronics
2 25 (21.55%) Manufacturing
3 14 (12.07%) Automotive
4 12 (10.34%) Social Skills
5 8 (6.90%) Aerospace
5 8 (6.90%) Finance
5 8 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (4.31%) Marketing
7 5 (4.31%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.45%) Wearables
9 3 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.72%) Agriculture
10 2 (1.72%) Legal
11 1 (0.86%) Advertising
11 1 (0.86%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.90%) Yocto
2 2 (1.72%) OpenEmbedded
3 1 (0.86%) .NET
3 1 (0.86%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (0.86%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 48 (41.38%) Embedded Systems
2 18 (15.52%) Algorithms
3 7 (6.03%) GNSS
3 7 (6.03%) IoT
4 5 (4.31%) ARM Cortex
4 5 (4.31%) Device Driver
5 4 (3.45%) CCTV
5 4 (3.45%) EMV
5 4 (3.45%) Self-Driving Car
5 4 (3.45%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.59%) e-Learning
6 3 (2.59%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (2.59%) Legacy Code
6 3 (2.59%) MicroBlaze
6 3 (2.59%) RISC-V
7 2 (1.72%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.72%) Life Science
7 2 (1.72%) Raspberry Pi
8 1 (0.86%) Analogue Electronics
8 1 (0.86%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 37 (31.90%) Linux
2 14 (12.07%) Embedded Linux
3 13 (11.21%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (4.31%) Android
5 1 (0.86%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 21 (18.10%) Embedded Software Development
3 18 (15.52%) Computer Science
4 17 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (11.21%) Mentoring
5 13 (11.21%) Test Automation
6 12 (10.34%) Unit Testing
7 9 (7.76%) Agile
7 9 (7.76%) Multithreading
8 8 (6.90%) Mathematics
8 8 (6.90%) Software Architecture
8 8 (6.90%) TDD
8 8 (6.90%) Validation
9 6 (5.17%) Code Quality
9 6 (5.17%) Digital Signal Processing
9 6 (5.17%) Requirements Analysis
9 6 (5.17%) SDLC
9 6 (5.17%) Signal Processing
9 6 (5.17%) Software Testing
10 5 (4.31%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 97 (83.62%) C
2 64 (55.17%) C++
3 32 (27.59%) Embedded C
4 13 (11.21%) Python
5 8 (6.90%) C#
5 8 (6.90%) Embedded C++
6 3 (2.59%) Ada
6 3 (2.59%) Bash
7 2 (1.72%) Perl
7 2 (1.72%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.72%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.86%) Assembly Language
8 1 (0.86%) Groovy
8 1 (0.86%) Java
8 1 (0.86%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.86%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.86%) MicroPython
8 1 (0.86%) Ruby
8 1 (0.86%) Rust
8 1 (0.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (18.97%) Degree
2 9 (7.76%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (5.17%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.59%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.31%) MISRA
2 4 (3.45%) PMO
2 4 (3.45%) QA
3 3 (2.59%) IEC 62304
4 2 (1.72%) JTAG
5 1 (0.86%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.86%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.86%) MISRA C
System Software
1 33 (28.45%) Firmware
2 22 (18.97%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.86%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (3.45%) Intel
2 3 (2.59%) NVIDIA
3 2 (1.72%) Atmel
4 1 (0.86%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (0.86%) Google
4 1 (0.86%) IBM
4 1 (0.86%) Lauterbach
4 1 (0.86%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.86%) Parasoft
4 1 (0.86%) QNX
4 1 (0.86%) Renesas
4 1 (0.86%) SAP