Senior Embedded Engineer Jobs

Senior Embedded Engineer
UK

The median Senior Embedded Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 523 861 1071
Rank change year-on-year +338 +210 -257
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Embedded Engineer 411 109 161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.10% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.11% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 328 76 70
10th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £54,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +2.08% +4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +4.35%

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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Senior Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Embedded Engineer in the UK

Senior Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Embedded Engineer in the UK

Senior Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Embedded Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Embedded Engineer in the UK

Senior 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 Senior Embedded Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 +258 395 £60,000 -4.00% 60
England +339 338 £61,500 -1.60% 56
Work from Home +198 149 £60,000 - 31
North of England +133 94 £55,000 +4.76% 4
South East +62 92 £70,000 +1.82% 20
South West +72 78 £65,000 +8.33% 15
Midlands +48 45 £62,500 +4.17% 7
North West +48 39 £55,000 -8.33%
West Midlands +57 36 £62,500 +4.17% 5
Scotland -46 33 £60,000 - 6
North East +29 32 £55,000 +4.76% 2
East of England +33 25 £60,000 - 8
Wales - 24 £50,000 - 1
Yorkshire +108 23 £60,000 +14.29% 2
East Midlands - 9 £50,000 - 2
London +133 4 £35,000 -53.33% 3
Northern Ireland - 4 - -

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Senior 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 Senior Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 341 (82.97%) Software Engineering
2 162 (39.42%) C
3 121 (29.44%) Linux
4 109 (26.52%) Embedded Linux
5 101 (24.57%) C++
6 75 (18.25%) Firmware
7 56 (13.63%) Embedded C
8 46 (11.19%) Embedded Firmware
9 45 (10.95%) Electronics
10 43 (10.46%) Wireless
10 43 (10.46%) Manufacturing
10 43 (10.46%) Python
11 40 (9.73%) IoT
12 38 (9.25%) Yocto
13 37 (9.00%) Automotive
14 36 (8.76%) Agile
15 33 (8.03%) Embedded Software Development
16 30 (7.30%) Bash
17 28 (6.81%) Wi-Fi
17 28 (6.81%) OOD
17 28 (6.81%) Problem-Solving
17 28 (6.81%) Embedded Systems
18 27 (6.57%) Cybersecurity
18 27 (6.57%) Security Cleared
19 26 (6.33%) Ethernet
19 26 (6.33%) Rust
20 24 (5.84%) Device Driver
20 24 (5.84%) Git
21 22 (5.35%) Degree
21 22 (5.35%) Analytical Skills

Senior 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 3 (0.73%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.49%) OrCAD
2 1 (0.24%) Simulink
2 1 (0.24%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 8 (1.95%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 43 (10.46%) Wireless
2 28 (6.81%) Wi-Fi
3 26 (6.33%) Ethernet
4 18 (4.38%) RS-232
5 16 (3.89%) Bluetooth
6 8 (1.95%) Profibus
7 4 (0.97%) GSM
7 4 (0.97%) J1939
7 4 (0.97%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.73%) Internet
9 2 (0.49%) 3G
9 2 (0.49%) 4G
9 2 (0.49%) GPRS
9 2 (0.49%) Modbus
9 2 (0.49%) MQTT
10 1 (0.24%) DHCP
10 1 (0.24%) DNS
10 1 (0.24%) RS-485
10 1 (0.24%) SpaceWire
10 1 (0.24%) VPN
Development Applications
1 24 (5.84%) Git
2 9 (2.19%) JIRA
3 8 (1.95%) Subversion
4 4 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.97%) Zephyr
5 2 (0.49%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.49%) GCC
General
1 45 (10.95%) Electronics
2 43 (10.46%) Manufacturing
3 37 (9.00%) Automotive
4 22 (5.35%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (3.89%) Aviation
6 10 (2.43%) Aerospace
6 10 (2.43%) Social Skills
7 6 (1.46%) Legal
8 5 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (0.73%) Finance
9 3 (0.73%) Marketing
9 3 (0.73%) Public Sector
9 3 (0.73%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (9.25%) Yocto
2 3 (0.73%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 2 (0.49%) Flash
3 2 (0.49%) Qt
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Thrift
4 1 (0.24%) JSON
4 1 (0.24%) Wayland
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.73%) IoT
2 28 (6.81%) Embedded Systems
3 24 (5.84%) Device Driver
4 16 (3.89%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.68%) FPGA
6 7 (1.70%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.46%) Data Centre
8 4 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.97%) CCTV
9 3 (0.73%) Analogue Electronics
9 3 (0.73%) ARM Cortex
9 3 (0.73%) SIMD
10 2 (0.49%) NB-IoT
11 1 (0.24%) Distributed Computing
11 1 (0.24%) SystemC
11 1 (0.24%) Verilog
11 1 (0.24%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 121 (29.44%) Linux
2 109 (26.52%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (2.19%) FreeRTOS
4 8 (1.95%) Windows
5 5 (1.22%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 341 (82.97%) Software Engineering
2 36 (8.76%) Agile
3 33 (8.03%) Embedded Software Development
4 28 (6.81%) OOD
4 28 (6.81%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (6.57%) Cybersecurity
6 17 (4.14%) SDLC
7 12 (2.92%) Multithreading
7 12 (2.92%) Software Architecture
8 10 (2.43%) Artificial Intelligence
8 10 (2.43%) Device Driver Development
8 10 (2.43%) Validation
9 9 (2.19%) Linux Kernel Development
9 9 (2.19%) OO
9 9 (2.19%) Signal Processing
10 8 (1.95%) Biotechnology
10 8 (1.95%) Continuous Integration
10 8 (1.95%) DevOps
11 7 (1.70%) Software Testing
12 6 (1.46%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 162 (39.42%) C
2 101 (24.57%) C++
3 56 (13.63%) Embedded C
4 43 (10.46%) Python
5 30 (7.30%) Bash
6 26 (6.33%) Rust
7 7 (1.70%) C#
8 4 (0.97%) Embedded C++
9 2 (0.49%) Assembly Language
9 2 (0.49%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.49%) Lua
10 1 (0.24%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (6.57%) Security Cleared
2 22 (5.35%) Degree
3 5 (1.22%) HND
4 1 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.95%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 8 (1.95%) ISO 13485
2 7 (1.70%) ISO 9000
3 6 (1.46%) Automotive SPICE
4 4 (0.97%) AUTOSAR
4 4 (0.97%) MISRA
4 4 (0.97%) MISRA C
5 2 (0.49%) IEC 61131
5 2 (0.49%) JTAG
6 1 (0.24%) QA
System Software
1 75 (18.25%) Firmware
2 46 (11.19%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (0.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.97%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (0.97%) EMC
1 4 (0.97%) Microsoft
1 4 (0.97%) QNX
2 3 (0.73%) SAP
3 1 (0.24%) Autodesk
3 1 (0.24%) CA
3 1 (0.24%) NCR