Embedded Software Development Jobs

Embedded Software Development
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Embedded Software Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Software Development over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 706 766 845
Rank change year-on-year +60 +79 +243
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Software Development 34 148 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.057% 0.14% 0.059%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.063% 0.17% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 26 134 21
10th Percentile £43,125 £42,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,313 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £85,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,125 - £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +31.58% -13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Embedded Software Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 54,056 88,173 84,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 82.50% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 28,040 60,645 53,248
10th Percentile £27,868 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%
75th Percentile £74,813 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Embedded Software Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Embedded Software Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Software Development in the UK

Embedded Software Development
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Embedded Software Development in the UK

Embedded Software Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Software Development over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Embedded Software Development in the UK

Embedded Software Development
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Software Development within the UK over the 6 months to 5 July 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
UK excluding London +58 34 £55,000 -12.00% 102
England +45 30 £55,000 -12.00% 118
East of England +31 12 £57,000 -5.00% 26
North of England +22 12 £55,000 +10.00% 10
Work from Home +74 9 £57,000 -28.75% 39
North West -17 9 £55,000 - 6
South East +29 4 £50,000 -37.50% 34
Scotland - 4 - - 9
Midlands +69 3 £56,250 -13.46% 7
Yorkshire +38 3 £47,500 +11.76% 4
East Midlands +36 3 £56,250 +12.50% 4

Embedded Software Development
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.94%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.88%) AWS
1 2 (5.88%) AWS IoT
1 2 (5.88%) Azure
1 2 (5.88%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) Bluetooth
1 3 (8.82%) Ethernet
1 3 (8.82%) Modbus
2 2 (5.88%) LoRaWAN
2 2 (5.88%) MQTT
3 1 (2.94%) HTTP
3 1 (2.94%) Profibus
3 1 (2.94%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) Scylla
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) CppUnit
1 4 (11.76%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (5.88%) Fiddler
2 2 (5.88%) Git
2 2 (5.88%) IDA Disassembler
2 2 (5.88%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (2.94%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (2.94%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.94%) FitNesse
3 1 (2.94%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.94%) Newman
General
1 12 (35.29%) Electronics
2 9 (26.47%) Social Skills
3 8 (23.53%) Finance
4 7 (20.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (17.65%) Manufacturing
6 5 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (11.76%) Telecoms
8 3 (8.82%) Marketing
8 3 (8.82%) Public Sector
9 2 (5.88%) Agriculture
10 1 (2.94%) Automotive
10 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (2.94%) Legal
10 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (82.35%) Embedded Engineer
2 19 (55.88%) Software Engineer
3 17 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 5 (14.71%) Lead
5 4 (11.76%) Software Verification Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Verification Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) Embedded C Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) Software Team Leader
6 3 (8.82%) Team Leader
7 2 (5.88%) C Software Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) C/C++ Software Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) C++ Software Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Electronics Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Embedded C Software Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Embedded C++ Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) OpenEmbedded
1 2 (5.88%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 12 (35.29%) Embedded Systems
2 6 (17.65%) Algorithms
3 4 (11.76%) EMV
4 2 (5.88%) ARM Cortex
4 2 (5.88%) CCTV
4 2 (5.88%) Device Driver
4 2 (5.88%) e-Learning
4 2 (5.88%) IoT
4 2 (5.88%) Lidar
5 1 (2.94%) FPGA
5 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.94%) Robotics
5 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (2.94%) VHDL
5 1 (2.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (38.24%) Linux
2 8 (23.53%) Android
3 2 (5.88%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (2.94%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (76.47%) Software Engineering
2 8 (23.53%) Agile
3 7 (20.59%) Validation
4 6 (17.65%) Code Coverage
4 6 (17.65%) Collaborative Culture
4 6 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (14.71%) CI/CD
5 5 (14.71%) Code Quality
5 5 (14.71%) Test Automation
5 5 (14.71%) Unit Testing
6 4 (11.76%) Cryptocurrency
6 4 (11.76%) Mathematics
6 4 (11.76%) Scrum
6 4 (11.76%) Secure Coding
6 4 (11.76%) Test Planning
6 4 (11.76%) Verification and Validation
7 3 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (8.82%) Programme Management
7 3 (8.82%) Requirements Analysis
7 3 (8.82%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 27 (79.41%) C
2 26 (76.47%) C++
3 4 (11.76%) Embedded C
3 4 (11.76%) Python
4 3 (8.82%) Embedded C++
5 2 (5.88%) Bash
6 1 (2.94%) C#
6 1 (2.94%) Java
6 1 (2.94%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) Degree
2 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.94%) PhD
3 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) IEC 62304
1 3 (8.82%) ISO 13485
2 2 (5.88%) IEC 61508
2 2 (5.88%) JTAG
System Software
1 5 (14.71%) Firmware
2 4 (11.76%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) NVIDIA
2 3 (8.82%) SAP
3 2 (5.88%) Allen-Bradley
3 2 (5.88%) EMC
3 2 (5.88%) Google
3 2 (5.88%) IBM
4 1 (2.94%) Lauterbach
4 1 (2.94%) Siemens