Embedded Engineer
UK

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 236 619 612
Rank change year-on-year +383 -7 -43
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 1,205 379 755
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.23% 0.36% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 0.39% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 936 205 245
10th Percentile £38,750 £34,324 £34,700
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +6.06%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,477 96,786 147,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 66,588 60,676 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,075
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Engineer.

Salary trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Top 17 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 23 April 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
UK excluding London +260 1,171 £55,000 - 212
England +393 1,020 £55,000 - 206
Work from Home +239 410 £52,500 -12.50% 95
South East +124 287 £57,000 -5.00% 59
North of England +144 217 £50,000 -4.76% 18
South West +132 199 £55,000 -10.20% 51
Midlands +144 182 £52,500 +9.38% 31
East of England +116 120 £60,000 -7.69% 36
Scotland +15 120 £52,500 -12.50% 21
Yorkshire +110 102 £50,000 +17.65% 7
West Midlands +99 100 £57,500 +32.18% 16
North West +66 83 £55,000 - 7
East Midlands +58 82 £50,000 -4.76% 15
Wales - 33 £50,000 - 1
North East +34 32 £55,000 +4.76% 4
London +137 13 £60,000 -7.69% 13
Northern Ireland +33 13 - -

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, 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 featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 999 (82.90%) Software Engineering
2 590 (48.96%) C
3 318 (26.39%) Linux
4 281 (23.32%) C++
5 274 (22.74%) Firmware
6 244 (20.25%) Embedded C
7 237 (19.67%) Electronics
8 196 (16.27%) Embedded Linux
9 195 (16.18%) Degree
10 174 (14.44%) Python
11 170 (14.11%) Embedded Firmware
12 162 (13.44%) Embedded Systems
13 141 (11.70%) Wireless
14 114 (9.46%) Automotive
15 110 (9.13%) Manufacturing
15 110 (9.13%) IoT
16 106 (8.80%) Agile
17 97 (8.05%) Social Skills
18 94 (7.80%) Security Cleared
19 84 (6.97%) Computer Science
20 82 (6.80%) Problem-Solving
21 71 (5.89%) Wi-Fi
22 67 (5.56%) Bash
23 63 (5.23%) Yocto
24 62 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
25 58 (4.81%) Rust
26 57 (4.73%) Embedded Software Development
27 56 (4.65%) Cybersecurity
27 56 (4.65%) Device Driver
28 54 (4.48%) C#

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.58%) Apache
2 3 (0.25%) Confluence
3 1 (0.083%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 42 (3.49%) Simulink
2 8 (0.66%) Stateflow
3 7 (0.58%) GNU Octave
4 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.25%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.083%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (1.24%) AWS
1 15 (1.24%) GitHub
2 9 (0.75%) AWS IoT
3 3 (0.25%) Azure
4 1 (0.083%) GCP
4 1 (0.083%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 141 (11.70%) Wireless
2 71 (5.89%) Wi-Fi
3 44 (3.65%) Bluetooth
3 44 (3.65%) Ethernet
4 41 (3.40%) RS-232
5 37 (3.07%) TCP/IP
6 28 (2.32%) RS-485
7 24 (1.99%) MQTT
8 20 (1.66%) 3G
9 19 (1.58%) 4G
10 17 (1.41%) ZigBee
11 14 (1.16%) Internet
12 10 (0.83%) Modbus
13 9 (0.75%) GPRS
14 8 (0.66%) LTE
14 8 (0.66%) OFDM
14 8 (0.66%) Profibus
15 7 (0.58%) LoRaWAN
16 6 (0.50%) Wireshark
17 5 (0.41%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.50%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.33%) Big Data
3 2 (0.17%) MySQL
4 1 (0.083%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.083%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 51 (4.23%) Git
2 30 (2.49%) JIRA
3 21 (1.74%) Subversion
4 20 (1.66%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.08%) Visual Studio
6 8 (0.66%) ClearCase
6 8 (0.66%) Eclipse
6 8 (0.66%) Rational Rhapsody
7 7 (0.58%) ClearQuest
7 7 (0.58%) Plastic SCM
8 4 (0.33%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.25%) GDB
9 3 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.17%) GCC
10 2 (0.17%) GitLab
10 2 (0.17%) PetaLinux
10 2 (0.17%) VectorCAST
11 1 (0.083%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.083%) LabVIEW
11 1 (0.083%) Mercurial
General
1 237 (19.67%) Electronics
2 114 (9.46%) Automotive
3 110 (9.13%) Manufacturing
4 97 (8.05%) Social Skills
5 62 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 52 (4.32%) Aerospace
7 39 (3.24%) Finance
8 35 (2.90%) Analytical Skills
9 33 (2.74%) Telecoms
10 23 (1.91%) Marketing
10 23 (1.91%) Public Sector
11 18 (1.49%) Aviation
12 17 (1.41%) Mandarin Language
13 8 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (0.58%) Tech for Good
15 6 (0.50%) Legal
16 5 (0.41%) Retail
17 4 (0.33%) Military
18 3 (0.25%) Welsh Language
19 2 (0.17%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.23%) Yocto
2 19 (1.58%) Apache NiFi
2 19 (1.58%) STL
3 12 (1.00%) REST
4 10 (0.83%) MFC
5 9 (0.75%) .NET
6 8 (0.66%) HTML
6 8 (0.66%) Middleware
7 6 (0.50%) Flask
7 6 (0.50%) Node.js
8 5 (0.41%) FFmpeg
8 5 (0.41%) GStreamer
8 5 (0.41%) OpenEmbedded
9 4 (0.33%) Flash
10 3 (0.25%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 3 (0.25%) iOS SDK
10 3 (0.25%) Qt
11 2 (0.17%) POSIX
11 2 (0.17%) XML
12 1 (0.083%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 162 (13.44%) Embedded Systems
2 110 (9.13%) IoT
3 56 (4.65%) Device Driver
4 47 (3.90%) Algorithms
4 47 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
5 41 (3.40%) FPGA
6 17 (1.41%) ARM Cortex
7 15 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
8 14 (1.16%) Mobile App
9 13 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
10 12 (1.00%) Analogue Electronics
10 12 (1.00%) VHDL
11 10 (0.83%) Raspberry Pi
12 8 (0.66%) Acoustics
13 7 (0.58%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (0.50%) CAN bus
14 6 (0.50%) Data Centre
14 6 (0.50%) Driving Licence
14 6 (0.50%) Smart Home
15 5 (0.41%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 318 (26.39%) Linux
2 196 (16.27%) Embedded Linux
3 39 (3.24%) FreeRTOS
3 39 (3.24%) Windows
4 8 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.50%) ThreadX
6 5 (0.41%) Android
6 5 (0.41%) VxWorks
7 4 (0.33%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.25%) Debian
8 3 (0.25%) Unix
8 3 (0.25%) VMS
9 2 (0.17%) Solaris
10 1 (0.083%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.083%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 999 (82.90%) Software Engineering
2 106 (8.80%) Agile
3 84 (6.97%) Computer Science
4 82 (6.80%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (4.73%) Embedded Software Development
6 56 (4.65%) Cybersecurity
7 52 (4.32%) Mathematics
8 50 (4.15%) SDLC
9 47 (3.90%) Physics
9 47 (3.90%) Software Testing
10 45 (3.73%) OOD
11 40 (3.32%) Test Automation
12 30 (2.49%) Prototyping
13 26 (2.16%) Device Driver Development
13 26 (2.16%) OO
13 26 (2.16%) Validation
14 25 (2.07%) Multithreading
15 24 (1.99%) Business Intelligence
15 24 (1.99%) Signal Processing
15 24 (1.99%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 590 (48.96%) C
2 281 (23.32%) C++
3 244 (20.25%) Embedded C
4 174 (14.44%) Python
5 67 (5.56%) Bash
6 58 (4.81%) Rust
7 54 (4.48%) C#
8 43 (3.57%) MATLAB
9 39 (3.24%) Embedded C++
10 22 (1.83%) Java
11 21 (1.74%) Assembly Language
12 19 (1.58%) JavaScript
13 17 (1.41%) Ada
14 13 (1.08%) PHP
15 12 (1.00%) R
16 9 (0.75%) SQL
17 8 (0.66%) VB
18 7 (0.58%) Perl
19 4 (0.33%) Shell Script
20 3 (0.25%) Lua
Qualifications
1 195 (16.18%) Degree
2 94 (7.80%) Security Cleared
3 17 (1.41%) SC Cleared
4 14 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (0.83%) Master's Degree
6 9 (0.75%) HNC
7 7 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.41%) HND
9 3 (0.25%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.41%) MISRA
2 17 (1.41%) ISO 13485
2 17 (1.41%) QA
3 14 (1.16%) GDPR
3 14 (1.16%) JTAG
4 12 (1.00%) AUTOSAR
5 10 (0.83%) IEC 62304
6 9 (0.75%) MISRA C
7 8 (0.66%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 7 (0.58%) ISO 9000
9 6 (0.50%) Automotive SPICE
10 5 (0.41%) ISO 26262
11 4 (0.33%) DO-178B
12 3 (0.25%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 274 (22.74%) Firmware
2 170 (14.11%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (0.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.41%) Terraform
2 3 (0.25%) Ansible
2 3 (0.25%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.25%) Podman
3 1 (0.083%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 23 (1.91%) SAP
2 20 (1.66%) EMC
3 12 (1.00%) IBM
4 8 (0.66%) Microsoft
4 8 (0.66%) Red Hat
5 7 (0.58%) Lauterbach
5 7 (0.58%) Xilinx
6 5 (0.41%) Intel
6 5 (0.41%) Renesas
7 4 (0.33%) QNX
8 2 (0.17%) Apple
8 2 (0.17%) Facebook
9 1 (0.083%) Atmel
9 1 (0.083%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.083%) CA
9 1 (0.083%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.083%) NCR
9 1 (0.083%) Samsung
9 1 (0.083%) Siemens