Real Time Engineer Job Trends

Real-Time Engineer
UK

The median Real-Time Engineer salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2026.

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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 724 647 896
Rank change year-on-year -77 +249 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Real Time Engineer 13 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.009% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.010% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 4
10th Percentile £48,750 - £104,375
25th Percentile £51,250 - £107,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £112,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +112.26%
75th Percentile £55,000 - £116,250
90th Percentile £73,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 - £112,500
% change year-on-year - - +112.26%

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 87,064 38,294 94,653
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 89.31% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 57,954 21,519 69,253
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.90% +1.93% -6.54%

Real Time Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Real Time Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Real Time Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Real Time Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Real Time Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Real Time Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Real Time Engineer over the 6 months to 29 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Real Time Engineer in the UK

Real Time Engineer
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Real Time Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 29 May 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
England -61 13 £52,500 -
London - 7 £100,000 -
UK excluding London -65 6 £52,500 -
South East - 4 £52,500 -
East of England - 2 £55,000 -

Real Time Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 May 2026, Real Time 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 Real Time Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (84.62%) Java
2 10 (76.92%) Software Engineering
3 8 (61.54%) BDD
3 8 (61.54%) Kafka
3 8 (61.54%) Spring
3 8 (61.54%) TDD
4 7 (53.85%) Akka
4 7 (53.85%) Docker
4 7 (53.85%) Fintech
4 7 (53.85%) Kubernetes
4 7 (53.85%) Microservices
4 7 (53.85%) MongoDB
4 7 (53.85%) Spring Boot
5 5 (38.46%) C++
6 4 (30.77%) Linux
7 3 (23.08%) C
7 3 (23.08%) Degree
7 3 (23.08%) Physics
7 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
7 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
8 2 (15.38%) C#
9 1 (7.69%) AWS
9 1 (7.69%) Azure
9 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
9 1 (7.69%) Multithreading
9 1 (7.69%) REST
9 1 (7.69%) SQL

Real Time 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (53.85%) MongoDB
General
1 7 (53.85%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (61.54%) Kafka
1 8 (61.54%) Spring
2 7 (53.85%) Akka
2 7 (53.85%) Spring Boot
3 1 (7.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (7.69%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Software Engineering
2 8 (61.54%) BDD
2 8 (61.54%) TDD
3 7 (53.85%) Fintech
3 7 (53.85%) Microservices
4 3 (23.08%) Physics
5 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
5 1 (7.69%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 11 (84.62%) Java
2 5 (38.46%) C++
3 3 (23.08%) C
4 2 (15.38%) C#
5 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
1 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (53.85%) Kubernetes