Lead Embedded Software Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Lead Embedded Software Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Lead Embedded Software Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £58,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 549 748 754
Rank change year-on-year +199 +6 +88
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Embedded Software Engineer 2 8 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.011% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.012% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £49,375 £56,000 £50,325
25th Percentile £52,188 £57,500 £50,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £62,500 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +17.37% -9.36%
75th Percentile £64,688 £70,000 £68,688
90th Percentile £67,125 £73,000 £76,975
UK median annual salary £58,750 £62,500 £53,250
% change year-on-year -6.00% +17.37% -9.36%

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 33,611 66,718 54,815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.29% 94.80% 89.24%
Number of salaries quoted 18,667 47,265 31,119
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.21% +5.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Lead Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Lead Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Lead Embedded Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Lead Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Embedded Software Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead Embedded Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Lead 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 Lead Embedded Software Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
North of England +67 1 £50,000 -28.57%
Yorkshire - 1 £50,000 -
South East - 1 £67,500 - 2
Lead Embedded Software Engineer
UK

Lead Embedded Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Lead 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 Lead Embedded Software Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (50.00%) Firmware
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Stress Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Image Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management

Lead 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Vision
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (50.00%) Image Processing
1 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Stress Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware