Embedded Software Engineer Jobs

Embedded Software Engineer
UK

The median Embedded Software Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 December 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 446 564 711
Rank change year-on-year +118 +147 +79
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 351 166 385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.31% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.33% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 212 116 164
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,750 £66,563
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,875 £74,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 64,932 50,573 117,209
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 95.45% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 32,232 36,954 73,757
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,798
25th Percentile £43,650 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.07% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%

Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer over the 6 months to 8 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded Software 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 Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 8 December 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 +75 329 £57,500 +4.55% 137
England +78 287 £55,500 +0.91% 128
South East -10 83 £52,500 -10.64% 38
Work from Home -5 63 £61,500 +6.96% 66
East of England -17 56 £65,000 +8.33% 21
South West +44 50 £50,000 -23.08% 22
Midlands -41 46 £60,000 +9.09% 22
North of England -4 43 £55,000 - 19
Scotland -10 28 £56,250 -2.17% 8
East Midlands -13 25 £50,000 - 15
Wales - 23 £60,000 - 9
West Midlands -51 21 £64,250 +16.82% 7
North West -30 15 £50,000 -13.04% 5
Yorkshire +25 14 £50,000 +11.11% 10
North East -26 14 £61,000 +10.91% 4
London -14 9 £63,750 -1.92% 10

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

For the 6 months to 8 December 2024, 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 featuring Embedded Software Engineer in the job title.

1 351 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 190 (54.13%) C
3 158 (45.01%) C++
4 92 (26.21%) Electronics
5 79 (22.51%) Firmware
5 79 (22.51%) Linux
6 76 (21.65%) Embedded C
7 69 (19.66%) Embedded Systems
8 66 (18.80%) Degree
9 53 (15.10%) Problem-Solving
10 47 (13.39%) Embedded Firmware
11 45 (12.82%) Python
12 40 (11.40%) C#
13 39 (11.11%) Embedded C++
14 38 (10.83%) Embedded Linux
15 34 (9.69%) Manufacturing
16 33 (9.40%) Embedded Software Development
17 32 (9.12%) Security Cleared
18 30 (8.55%) IoT
18 30 (8.55%) Aerospace
19 29 (8.26%) Agile
20 28 (7.98%) Automotive
21 26 (7.41%) Bluetooth
21 26 (7.41%) Mathematics
22 25 (7.12%) Computer Science
23 23 (6.55%) Device Driver
24 22 (6.27%) Wireless
25 21 (5.98%) Ethernet
25 21 (5.98%) Algorithms
26 20 (5.70%) FreeRTOS

Embedded Software 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 8 (2.28%) WinCC
Applications
1 11 (3.13%) Simulink
2 7 (1.99%) OrCAD
3 4 (1.14%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.28%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (0.85%) ChatGPT
2 2 (0.57%) AWS
2 2 (0.57%) Azure
3 1 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (0.28%) GCP
3 1 (0.28%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.41%) Bluetooth
2 22 (6.27%) Wireless
3 21 (5.98%) Ethernet
4 19 (5.41%) RS-232
5 12 (3.42%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (3.13%) RS-485
7 8 (2.28%) Modbus
7 8 (2.28%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.14%) MQTT
8 4 (1.14%) Network Security
9 3 (0.85%) ZigBee
10 2 (0.57%) Broadband
10 2 (0.57%) FlexRay
10 2 (0.57%) Profibus
11 1 (0.28%) 4G
11 1 (0.28%) 5G
11 1 (0.28%) DECT
11 1 (0.28%) IPsec
11 1 (0.28%) LoRaWAN
11 1 (0.28%) NFC
Development Applications
1 8 (2.28%) Git
2 5 (1.42%) LabVIEW
3 4 (1.14%) CANoe
4 3 (0.85%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.57%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.57%) JIRA
5 2 (0.57%) Subversion
5 2 (0.57%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 92 (26.21%) Electronics
2 34 (9.69%) Manufacturing
3 30 (8.55%) Aerospace
4 28 (7.98%) Automotive
5 16 (4.56%) Finance
6 15 (4.27%) Social Skills
7 9 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (1.99%) Banking
8 7 (1.99%) Retail
9 5 (1.42%) Avionics
9 5 (1.42%) Local Government
10 4 (1.14%) Tech for Good
10 4 (1.14%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.85%) Marketing
11 3 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.85%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.85%) Wearables
12 2 (0.57%) Advertising
12 2 (0.57%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.56%) Yocto
2 11 (3.13%) .NET
3 9 (2.56%) CSS
3 9 (2.56%) HTML
3 9 (2.56%) Qt
4 8 (2.28%) .NET Framework
4 8 (2.28%) ASP.NET
4 8 (2.28%) Blazor
4 8 (2.28%) WPF
5 3 (0.85%) Spring
6 1 (0.28%) MFC
6 1 (0.28%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 69 (19.66%) Embedded Systems
2 30 (8.55%) IoT
3 23 (6.55%) Device Driver
4 21 (5.98%) Algorithms
5 12 (3.42%) ARM Cortex
6 9 (2.56%) Robotics
7 8 (2.28%) Arduino
7 8 (2.28%) Video\Live Streaming
8 7 (1.99%) Online Banking
9 6 (1.71%) FPGA
10 5 (1.42%) Analogue Electronics
10 5 (1.42%) CAN bus
10 5 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.42%) Life Science
10 5 (1.42%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.42%) Verilog
10 5 (1.42%) VHDL
11 4 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.14%) Solar Power
12 3 (0.85%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 79 (22.51%) Linux
2 38 (10.83%) Embedded Linux
3 20 (5.70%) FreeRTOS
4 11 (3.13%) Windows
5 8 (2.28%) Android
6 1 (0.28%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 53 (15.10%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (9.40%) Embedded Software Development
4 29 (8.26%) Agile
5 26 (7.41%) Mathematics
6 25 (7.12%) Computer Science
7 17 (4.84%) Test Automation
8 16 (4.56%) Signal Processing
9 15 (4.27%) Unit Testing
10 12 (3.42%) Kalman Filter
10 12 (3.42%) Project Management
10 12 (3.42%) Prototyping
11 11 (3.13%) Device Driver Development
11 11 (3.13%) Digital Signal Processing
11 11 (3.13%) Physics
11 11 (3.13%) Time Management
12 10 (2.85%) Roadmaps
13 9 (2.56%) Artificial Intelligence
13 9 (2.56%) Machine Learning
13 9 (2.56%) OO
Programming Languages
1 190 (54.13%) C
2 158 (45.01%) C++
3 76 (21.65%) Embedded C
4 45 (12.82%) Python
5 40 (11.40%) C#
6 39 (11.11%) Embedded C++
7 16 (4.56%) MATLAB
8 12 (3.42%) Java
9 10 (2.85%) Bash
10 9 (2.56%) JavaScript
11 7 (1.99%) Assembly Language
12 6 (1.71%) Perl
13 5 (1.42%) PHP
14 4 (1.14%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.85%) Ada
15 3 (0.85%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.85%) SQL
16 2 (0.57%) Groovy
16 2 (0.57%) Ruby
16 2 (0.57%) Rust
Qualifications
1 66 (18.80%) Degree
2 32 (9.12%) Security Cleared
3 20 (5.70%) DV Cleared
4 7 (1.99%) Master's Degree
4 7 (1.99%) PhD
5 2 (0.57%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.28%) HNC
6 1 (0.28%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.56%) MISRA
2 10 (2.85%) MISRA C
3 9 (2.56%) IEC 62304
3 9 (2.56%) QA
4 8 (2.28%) AUTOSAR
5 6 (1.71%) ISO 26262
6 5 (1.42%) JTAG
7 4 (1.14%) DO-178B
7 4 (1.14%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.28%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 79 (22.51%) Firmware
2 47 (13.39%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.57%) Docker
Vendors
1 16 (4.56%) Atmel
2 8 (2.28%) Siemens
3 3 (0.85%) Microsoft
3 3 (0.85%) SAP
4 2 (0.57%) Freescale
4 2 (0.57%) NVIDIA
4 2 (0.57%) Parasoft
5 1 (0.28%) Google
5 1 (0.28%) Xilinx