Embedded Engineer Job Trends

Embedded Engineer
UK

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 526 165
Rank change year-on-year +284 -361 +346
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 901 147 1,258
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.80% 0.30% 1.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 0.33% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 711 84 937
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,188 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 105,685 44,574 74,714
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 89.72% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 72,853 26,277 45,811
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,000 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Embedded Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Embedded Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Embedded Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Embedded Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 September 2026. 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
UK excluding London +239 859 £65,000 +18.18% 126
England +295 841 £65,000 +18.18% 141
South East +129 264 £62,500 - 38
South West +64 176 £60,000 +33.33% 17
East of England +92 155 £75,000 +38.89% 38
Work from Home +23 147 £67,500 +32.35% 51
Midlands +51 117 £70,000 +27.27% 16
North of England +21 96 £55,000 +18.28% 10
East Midlands +26 68 £67,500 +25.58% 13
West Midlands +18 49 £70,000 +13.36% 3
North West +18 37 £50,000 +7.53% 8
Yorkshire -23 36 £60,000 +30.43%
Scotland +21 35 £67,500 +28.57% 11
London -34 31 £80,000 +56.10% 22
North East -37 23 £55,000 -21.43% 2
Wales -61 16 £44,000 -32.31%

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 September 2026, Embedded Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 758 (84.13%) Software Engineering
2 207 (22.97%) C
3 179 (19.87%) C++
4 154 (17.09%) Firmware
5 140 (15.54%) Linux
6 88 (9.77%) Embedded Linux
7 71 (7.88%) Embedded Software Development
8 68 (7.55%) Embedded C
8 68 (7.55%) Embedded Firmware
9 61 (6.77%) Wireless
10 52 (5.77%) Python
11 51 (5.66%) Degree
11 51 (5.66%) Validation
12 44 (4.88%) Embedded C++
13 39 (4.33%) CI/CD
14 37 (4.11%) Yocto
15 35 (3.88%) Computer Science
16 34 (3.77%) Collaborative Engineering
16 34 (3.77%) Git
17 32 (3.55%) Software Testing
18 31 (3.44%) Test Automation
19 30 (3.33%) Bluetooth
20 29 (3.22%) Ethernet
21 28 (3.11%) Continuous Improvement
21 28 (3.11%) Problem-Solving
22 27 (3.00%) FreeRTOS
22 27 (3.00%) Security Cleared
22 27 (3.00%) Wi-Fi
23 26 (2.89%) Technical Leadership
24 22 (2.44%) Collaborative Culture

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (1.78%) Lightworks
2 12 (1.33%) Simulink
3 4 (0.44%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.33%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (0.89%) Azure
2 7 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (0.67%) AWS
4 2 (0.22%) AWS IoT
4 2 (0.22%) GCP
5 1 (0.11%) AWS CodePipeline
5 1 (0.11%) GitHub
5 1 (0.11%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 61 (6.77%) Wireless
2 30 (3.33%) Bluetooth
3 29 (3.22%) Ethernet
4 27 (3.00%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (2.44%) Modbus
6 21 (2.33%) RS-232
7 17 (1.89%) ZigBee
8 12 (1.33%) LTE
9 11 (1.22%) RS-485
10 10 (1.11%) Profibus
11 9 (1.00%) MQTT
12 8 (0.89%) TCP/IP
13 2 (0.22%) 5G
13 2 (0.22%) LoRaWAN
13 2 (0.22%) Software-Defined Radio
14 1 (0.11%) DNS
14 1 (0.11%) Multicast
14 1 (0.11%) NGN
14 1 (0.11%) VLAN
14 1 (0.11%) VPN
Development Applications
1 34 (3.77%) Git
2 13 (1.44%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.78%) GDB
3 7 (0.78%) GitLab
4 6 (0.67%) CMake
4 6 (0.67%) PetaLinux
5 4 (0.44%) JIRA
5 4 (0.44%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.33%) CANoe
7 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.22%) Polyspace
7 2 (0.22%) VectorCAST
8 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.11%) GoogleTest
8 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 116 (12.87%) Electronics
2 60 (6.66%) Manufacturing
3 34 (3.77%) Automotive
4 31 (3.44%) Aerospace
4 31 (3.44%) Aviation
5 29 (3.22%) Social Skills
6 9 (1.00%) Finance
6 9 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (0.67%) Advertising
7 6 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (0.44%) Law
9 3 (0.33%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (0.33%) Multimedia
9 3 (0.33%) Wearables
10 2 (0.22%) Games
11 1 (0.11%) Cyber-Physical System
11 1 (0.11%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.11%) Marketing
11 1 (0.11%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (4.11%) Yocto
2 6 (0.67%) pytest
3 5 (0.55%) Qt
4 4 (0.44%) GraphQL
4 4 (0.44%) Unity DI Container
4 4 (0.44%) WebSockets
5 3 (0.33%) .NET
5 3 (0.33%) Middleware
5 3 (0.33%) PyTorch
5 3 (0.33%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.22%) iOS SDK
6 2 (0.22%) Terraform
7 1 (0.11%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.11%) JWT
7 1 (0.11%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.11%) QML
7 1 (0.11%) Qt Quick
7 1 (0.11%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 206 (22.86%) Embedded Systems
2 52 (5.77%) IoT
3 37 (4.11%) Algorithms
3 37 (4.11%) Device Driver
4 32 (3.55%) FPGA
5 25 (2.77%) ARM Cortex
6 16 (1.78%) Robotics
7 10 (1.11%) Raspberry Pi
8 9 (1.00%) VHDL
9 8 (0.89%) Verilog
10 6 (0.67%) CAN bus
11 3 (0.33%) Media Streaming
11 3 (0.33%) PCIe
12 2 (0.22%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.22%) Product Ownership
13 1 (0.11%) Analogue Electronics
13 1 (0.11%) Distributed Systems
13 1 (0.11%) Linux Command Line
13 1 (0.11%) NB-IoT
13 1 (0.11%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 140 (15.54%) Linux
2 88 (9.77%) Embedded Linux
3 27 (3.00%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (0.55%) VxWorks
5 3 (0.33%) Robot Operating System
6 2 (0.22%) Android
6 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.22%) SafeRTOS
6 2 (0.22%) ThreadX
6 2 (0.22%) Windows
7 1 (0.11%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 758 (84.13%) Software Engineering
2 71 (7.88%) Embedded Software Development
3 51 (5.66%) Validation
4 39 (4.33%) CI/CD
5 35 (3.88%) Computer Science
6 34 (3.77%) Collaborative Engineering
7 32 (3.55%) Software Testing
8 31 (3.44%) Test Automation
9 28 (3.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (3.11%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (2.89%) Technical Leadership
11 22 (2.44%) Collaborative Culture
12 21 (2.33%) DevOps
13 20 (2.22%) Software Architecture
14 19 (2.11%) Signal Processing
15 17 (1.89%) Technology Transformation
16 16 (1.78%) Agile
16 16 (1.78%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
17 15 (1.66%) AI
18 13 (1.44%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 207 (22.97%) C
2 179 (19.87%) C++
3 68 (7.55%) Embedded C
4 52 (5.77%) Python
5 44 (4.88%) Embedded C++
6 18 (2.00%) MATLAB
7 10 (1.11%) Rust
8 8 (0.89%) Bash
8 8 (0.89%) C#
9 5 (0.55%) Ada
10 3 (0.33%) SystemVerilog
11 2 (0.22%) R
12 1 (0.11%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 51 (5.66%) Degree
2 27 (3.00%) Security Cleared
3 21 (2.33%) Master's Degree
4 20 (2.22%) SC Cleared
5 13 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (0.67%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.33%) HNC
8 3 (0.33%) HND
8 3 (0.33%) PhD
9 1 (0.11%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (1.22%) MISRA
2 10 (1.11%) ISO 26262
2 10 (1.11%) MISRA C
3 8 (0.89%) IEC 61508
3 8 (0.89%) QA
4 7 (0.78%) Automotive SPICE
5 6 (0.67%) JTAG
6 4 (0.44%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.33%) ECSS
8 1 (0.11%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.11%) DO-254
8 1 (0.11%) HAZOP
8 1 (0.11%) IEC 62304
8 1 (0.11%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 154 (17.09%) Firmware
2 68 (7.55%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (0.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.55%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.22%) Ansible
3 1 (0.11%) Grafana
3 1 (0.11%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (0.44%) NVIDIA
1 4 (0.44%) Peregrine
1 4 (0.44%) Xilinx
2 3 (0.33%) Atlassian
2 3 (0.33%) Google
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.11%) Altera
4 1 (0.11%) EMC
4 1 (0.11%) Thales