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 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 619 676
Rank change year-on-year +389 +57 +84
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 1,069 280 719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.18% 0.35% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 0.38% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 828 179 151
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,324 £37,888
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +16.16%

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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Embedded Software 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 Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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 +258 1,013 £55,000 -4.35% 74
England +366 933 £55,000 -4.35% 71
Work from Home +179 288 £55,000 -8.33% 22
South East +109 246 £50,000 -9.09% 16
South West +150 215 £55,000 -8.33% 19
North of England +159 202 £50,000 -9.09% 6
Midlands +57 134 £50,000 -4.76% 12
Yorkshire +135 109 £45,000 +5.88% 1
East of England +73 102 £60,000 -7.69% 18
West Midlands +20 70 £50,000 -3.38% 4
Scotland -17 67 £60,000 - 6
North West +43 64 £55,000 -8.33% 2
East Midlands +34 64 £50,000 -4.76% 8
Wales - 36 £60,000 - 1
London +98 34 £55,000 -15.38% 3
North East +16 29 £50,000 - 3
Northern Ireland - 11 - -

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 1,069 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 360 (33.68%) C
3 261 (24.42%) C++
4 219 (20.49%) Linux
5 170 (15.90%) Embedded C
6 167 (15.62%) Electronics
7 147 (13.75%) Embedded Linux
8 138 (12.91%) Degree
9 125 (11.69%) Python
10 110 (10.29%) Firmware
11 103 (9.64%) Embedded Systems
12 84 (7.86%) Automotive
13 82 (7.67%) Manufacturing
14 69 (6.45%) Embedded C++
15 66 (6.17%) Embedded Firmware
16 63 (5.89%) Security Cleared
17 62 (5.80%) Agile
18 57 (5.33%) Bash
19 56 (5.24%) Wireless
20 50 (4.68%) Rust
21 49 (4.58%) Cybersecurity
21 49 (4.58%) IoT
22 48 (4.49%) Problem-Solving
23 47 (4.40%) Social Skills
24 46 (4.30%) C#
25 40 (3.74%) Aerospace
26 36 (3.37%) Software Testing
27 35 (3.27%) Wi-Fi
27 35 (3.27%) Simulink
28 34 (3.18%) MATLAB

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 12 (1.12%) Apache
2 1 (0.094%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (3.27%) Simulink
2 6 (0.56%) Stateflow
3 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.19%) CANalyzer
4 2 (0.19%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.094%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.094%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 8 (0.75%) AWS
2 4 (0.37%) Azure
3 3 (0.28%) AWS IoT
4 1 (0.094%) GCP
4 1 (0.094%) GitHub
4 1 (0.094%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 56 (5.24%) Wireless
2 35 (3.27%) Wi-Fi
3 30 (2.81%) Ethernet
4 23 (2.15%) RS-232
5 21 (1.96%) RS-485
6 18 (1.68%) MQTT
6 18 (1.68%) TCP/IP
7 15 (1.40%) 4G
7 15 (1.40%) Bluetooth
8 13 (1.22%) 3G
9 9 (0.84%) ZigBee
10 8 (0.75%) Internet
11 6 (0.56%) Wireshark
12 5 (0.47%) GPRS
13 4 (0.37%) Modbus
14 2 (0.19%) 5G
14 2 (0.19%) DECT
14 2 (0.19%) HTTP
14 2 (0.19%) LoRaWAN
14 2 (0.19%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.56%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.19%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 26 (2.43%) Git
2 11 (1.03%) JIRA
3 10 (0.94%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.84%) Subversion
5 6 (0.56%) ClearCase
5 6 (0.56%) Rational Rhapsody
6 5 (0.47%) ClearQuest
6 5 (0.47%) Plastic SCM
7 4 (0.37%) CANoe
7 4 (0.37%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.28%) LabVIEW
8 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.19%) GitLab
9 2 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.094%) GDB
10 1 (0.094%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.094%) VectorCAST
General
1 167 (15.62%) Electronics
2 84 (7.86%) Automotive
3 82 (7.67%) Manufacturing
4 47 (4.40%) Social Skills
5 40 (3.74%) Aerospace
6 19 (1.78%) Mandarin Language
7 15 (1.40%) Finance
8 14 (1.31%) Telecoms
9 12 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (0.94%) Aviation
11 8 (0.75%) Marketing
11 8 (0.75%) Public Sector
12 6 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.47%) Legal
14 4 (0.37%) Analytical Skills
14 4 (0.37%) Military
14 4 (0.37%) Retail
14 4 (0.37%) Tech for Good
15 3 (0.28%) Avionics
15 3 (0.28%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.90%) Yocto
2 13 (1.22%) REST
3 12 (1.12%) Apache NiFi
3 12 (1.12%) STL
4 6 (0.56%) Node.js
5 5 (0.47%) FFmpeg
5 5 (0.47%) GStreamer
5 5 (0.47%) OpenEmbedded
6 4 (0.37%) .NET
7 3 (0.28%) HTML
7 3 (0.28%) MFC
7 3 (0.28%) Middleware
7 3 (0.28%) Qt
8 2 (0.19%) QML
9 1 (0.094%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.094%) Apache Thrift
9 1 (0.094%) React
9 1 (0.094%) Redux
9 1 (0.094%) WebSockets
9 1 (0.094%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 103 (9.64%) Embedded Systems
2 49 (4.58%) IoT
3 33 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
4 29 (2.71%) Device Driver
5 23 (2.15%) Algorithms
6 13 (1.22%) ARM Cortex
7 12 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
7 12 (1.12%) FPGA
8 11 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
9 8 (0.75%) Acoustics
9 8 (0.75%) Data Centre
10 7 (0.65%) Mobile App
11 6 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (0.56%) Robotics
11 6 (0.56%) Video\Live Streaming
12 5 (0.47%) Analogue Electronics
13 4 (0.37%) CAN bus
13 4 (0.37%) Raspberry Pi
14 3 (0.28%) NB-IoT
14 3 (0.28%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 219 (20.49%) Linux
2 147 (13.75%) Embedded Linux
3 28 (2.62%) Windows
4 18 (1.68%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.28%) Android
5 3 (0.28%) Debian
5 3 (0.28%) VMS
5 3 (0.28%) Windows Embedded Compact
6 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.094%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.094%) Solaris
7 1 (0.094%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.094%) Unix
7 1 (0.094%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,069 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 62 (5.80%) Agile
3 49 (4.58%) Cybersecurity
4 48 (4.49%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (3.37%) Software Testing
6 33 (3.09%) OOD
7 32 (2.99%) Test Automation
8 28 (2.62%) Computer Science
9 27 (2.53%) Embedded Software Development
10 24 (2.25%) OO
11 22 (2.06%) Multithreading
11 22 (2.06%) SDLC
12 19 (1.78%) Software Architecture
13 18 (1.68%) Validation
14 14 (1.31%) Continuous Integration
14 14 (1.31%) Mentoring
14 14 (1.31%) User Experience
15 13 (1.22%) Artificial Intelligence
16 12 (1.12%) Requirements Gathering
16 12 (1.12%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 360 (33.68%) C
2 261 (24.42%) C++
3 170 (15.90%) Embedded C
4 125 (11.69%) Python
5 69 (6.45%) Embedded C++
6 57 (5.33%) Bash
7 50 (4.68%) Rust
8 46 (4.30%) C#
9 34 (3.18%) MATLAB
10 19 (1.78%) Ada
11 15 (1.40%) JavaScript
12 14 (1.31%) Java
13 8 (0.75%) PHP
14 7 (0.65%) Perl
15 6 (0.56%) R
16 4 (0.37%) Assembly Language
17 3 (0.28%) Groovy
18 2 (0.19%) SQL
18 2 (0.19%) VB
19 1 (0.094%) Swift
Qualifications
1 138 (12.91%) Degree
2 63 (5.89%) Security Cleared
3 21 (1.96%) Master's Degree
4 12 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.28%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.28%) HNC
6 3 (0.28%) HND
7 2 (0.19%) PhD
8 1 (0.094%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (2.06%) MISRA
2 16 (1.50%) QA
3 13 (1.22%) GDPR
3 13 (1.22%) ISO 26262
4 10 (0.94%) AUTOSAR
5 9 (0.84%) JTAG
6 7 (0.65%) ISO 9000
6 7 (0.65%) MISRA C
7 4 (0.37%) IEC 62304
8 2 (0.19%) Automotive SPICE
9 1 (0.094%) DO-178B
System Software
1 110 (10.29%) Firmware
2 66 (6.17%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (0.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.094%) Ansible
1 1 (0.094%) Functional Safety
1 1 (0.094%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.094%) Podman
Vendors
1 8 (0.75%) Atmel
1 8 (0.75%) IBM
1 8 (0.75%) SAP
2 5 (0.47%) Lauterbach
3 4 (0.37%) Renesas
4 3 (0.28%) Freescale
4 3 (0.28%) Microsoft
5 2 (0.19%) NVIDIA
5 2 (0.19%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.094%) EMC
6 1 (0.094%) Google
6 1 (0.094%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.094%) Samsung
6 1 (0.094%) Xilinx