Senior Embedded Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Embedded Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Embedded Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 533 400 646
Rank change year-on-year -133 +246 +66
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Embedded Engineer 55 420 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.59% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.62% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 46 336 69
10th Percentile £50,375 £50,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £69,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000

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 36,224 67,834 52,633
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.86% 94.85% 89.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18,759 47,939 30,034
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Senior Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Senior Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Senior Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Embedded 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 Senior Embedded Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
East of England +30 20 £54,000 -10.00% 30
Scotland +95 16 £65,000 +8.33% 16
South East -4 6 £56,250 -19.64% 24
Midlands +20 4 £61,250 -2.00% 9
North East +8 4 £61,000 +10.91%
North of England -48 4 £61,000 +10.91% 10
Wales +15 3 £65,000 +30.00% 2
East Midlands +14 3 £57,500 -4.17% 4
South West +26 2 £56,250 -13.46% 12
West Midlands +13 1 £65,000 +4.00% 5
Senior Embedded Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, Senior Embedded 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 Senior Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 46 (83.64%) C
2 41 (74.55%) Software Engineering
3 29 (52.73%) C++
3 29 (52.73%) Firmware
4 25 (45.45%) Embedded Firmware
5 23 (41.82%) Linux
6 16 (29.09%) Electronics
6 16 (29.09%) Embedded Linux
7 15 (27.27%) Embedded C
7 15 (27.27%) Embedded Systems
7 15 (27.27%) Modbus
8 14 (25.45%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (23.64%) Bluetooth
10 12 (21.82%) Device Driver
10 12 (21.82%) Manufacturing
10 12 (21.82%) RS-232
11 11 (20.00%) Algorithms
11 11 (20.00%) Automotive
12 10 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
12 10 (18.18%) Social Skills
13 9 (16.36%) Collaborative Working
13 9 (16.36%) Multithreading
13 9 (16.36%) Wireless
13 9 (16.36%) Finance
13 9 (16.36%) Product Ownership
14 8 (14.55%) TCP/IP
14 8 (14.55%) Unit Testing
14 8 (14.55%) Software Architecture
14 8 (14.55%) Continuous Deployment
14 8 (14.55%) CI/CD

Senior Embedded 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:

Communications & Networking
1 15 (27.27%) Modbus
2 13 (23.64%) Bluetooth
3 12 (21.82%) RS-232
4 9 (16.36%) Wireless
5 8 (14.55%) TCP/IP
6 7 (12.73%) Profibus
6 7 (12.73%) RS-485
6 7 (12.73%) ZigBee
7 6 (10.91%) Ethernet
8 3 (5.45%) GSM
9 2 (3.64%) LTE
9 2 (3.64%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (1.82%) J1939
10 1 (1.82%) Radio Access Network
10 1 (1.82%) Software-Defined Radio
10 1 (1.82%) UMTS
Development Applications
1 6 (10.91%) Git
2 2 (3.64%) JIRA
3 1 (1.82%) GCC
3 1 (1.82%) gcov
3 1 (1.82%) GDB
3 1 (1.82%) GitLab
3 1 (1.82%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.82%) Subversion
3 1 (1.82%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 16 (29.09%) Electronics
2 12 (21.82%) Manufacturing
3 11 (20.00%) Automotive
4 10 (18.18%) Social Skills
5 9 (16.36%) Finance
6 7 (12.73%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (5.45%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.64%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.82%) Legal
9 1 (1.82%) Marketing
9 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.27%) Yocto
2 1 (1.82%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (1.82%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 15 (27.27%) Embedded Systems
2 12 (21.82%) Device Driver
3 11 (20.00%) Algorithms
4 9 (16.36%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.64%) Data Structures
5 2 (3.64%) IoT
5 2 (3.64%) Life Science
6 1 (1.82%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (1.82%) FPGA
6 1 (1.82%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.82%) Raspberry Pi
6 1 (1.82%) Robotics
6 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (41.82%) Linux
2 16 (29.09%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (12.73%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (74.55%) Software Engineering
2 14 (25.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
4 9 (16.36%) Collaborative Working
4 9 (16.36%) Multithreading
5 8 (14.55%) CI/CD
5 8 (14.55%) Continuous Deployment
5 8 (14.55%) Software Architecture
5 8 (14.55%) Unit Testing
6 7 (12.73%) TDD
6 7 (12.73%) Test Automation
7 6 (10.91%) Mentoring
8 4 (7.27%) Agile
8 4 (7.27%) Collaborative Culture
8 4 (7.27%) Computer Science
9 3 (5.45%) Embedded Software Development
9 3 (5.45%) OO
9 3 (5.45%) OOD
9 3 (5.45%) Software Testing
9 3 (5.45%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 46 (83.64%) C
2 29 (52.73%) C++
3 15 (27.27%) Embedded C
4 5 (9.09%) Python
5 2 (3.64%) Embedded C++
6 1 (1.82%) Bash
6 1 (1.82%) C#
6 1 (1.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (7.27%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.09%) QA
2 1 (1.82%) Automotive SPICE
2 1 (1.82%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 29 (52.73%) Firmware
2 25 (45.45%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.82%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (1.82%) EMC
1 1 (1.82%) IBM
1 1 (1.82%) QNX
1 1 (1.82%) SAP