Senior Embedded Engineer Jobs

Senior Embedded Engineer
UK

The median Senior Embedded Engineer salary in the UK is £61,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 621 520 880
Rank change year-on-year -101 +360 +176
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Embedded Engineer 63 412 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.42% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.44% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 50 328 74
10th Percentile £51,675 £50,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,000 £53,750 £53,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.67% - -

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 46,971 93,051 95,196
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,308 66,827 59,871
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -12.08% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,344 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.69% -4.76% +5.00%

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 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Embedded Engineer in the UK

Senior Embedded Engineer
Top 14 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 30 April 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 -88 58 £61,000 +1.67% 66
Work from Home +75 41 £60,000 - 32
England -90 39 £57,500 -6.50% 56
East of England +53 20 £54,000 -10.00% 12
Scotland +112 17 £63,750 +6.25% 14
South East +26 6 £56,250 -19.64% 13
Midlands +22 6 £65,000 +4.00% 4
North East +24 4 £61,000 +10.91% 1
North of England -6 4 £61,000 +10.91% 12
East Midlands +43 3 £57,500 +15.00% 2
Wales +19 3 £65,000 +30.00% 6
West Midlands +18 3 £65,000 +4.00% 2
South West +40 2 £56,250 -13.46% 7
London +101 1 £70,000 +100.00% 6

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, 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 55 (87.30%) C
2 43 (68.25%) Software Engineering
3 38 (60.32%) Firmware
4 36 (57.14%) C++
5 32 (50.79%) Embedded Firmware
6 29 (46.03%) Linux
7 18 (28.57%) Embedded Linux
8 16 (25.40%) Electronics
8 16 (25.40%) Modbus
8 16 (25.40%) Embedded Systems
9 15 (23.81%) Algorithms
9 15 (23.81%) Embedded C
9 15 (23.81%) Bluetooth
10 14 (22.22%) TCP/IP
10 14 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (22.22%) RS-232
11 13 (20.63%) Software Architecture
11 13 (20.63%) Automotive
11 13 (20.63%) Device Driver
12 12 (19.05%) Manufacturing
12 12 (19.05%) Wireless
12 12 (19.05%) Multithreading
13 11 (17.46%) Test Automation
13 11 (17.46%) Continuous Integration
14 10 (15.87%) Git
14 10 (15.87%) Finance
14 10 (15.87%) Product Ownership
14 10 (15.87%) Collaborative Working
14 10 (15.87%) Social Skills
15 9 (14.29%) CI/CD

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:

Communications & Networking
1 16 (25.40%) Modbus
2 15 (23.81%) Bluetooth
3 14 (22.22%) RS-232
3 14 (22.22%) TCP/IP
4 12 (19.05%) Wireless
5 8 (12.70%) ZigBee
6 7 (11.11%) Ethernet
6 7 (11.11%) Profibus
6 7 (11.11%) RS-485
7 5 (7.94%) GSM
7 5 (7.94%) HTTP
8 4 (6.35%) 5G
8 4 (6.35%) DNS
8 4 (6.35%) Internet
8 4 (6.35%) SD-WAN
8 4 (6.35%) SMTP
8 4 (6.35%) WAN
8 4 (6.35%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (4.76%) J1939
10 2 (3.17%) LTE
Development Applications
1 10 (15.87%) Git
2 5 (7.94%) Subversion
3 2 (3.17%) JIRA
4 1 (1.59%) GCC
4 1 (1.59%) gcov
4 1 (1.59%) GDB
4 1 (1.59%) GitLab
4 1 (1.59%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.59%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 16 (25.40%) Electronics
2 13 (20.63%) Automotive
3 12 (19.05%) Manufacturing
4 10 (15.87%) Finance
4 10 (15.87%) Social Skills
5 7 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (6.35%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.17%) Aerospace
8 2 (3.17%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.59%) Legal
9 1 (1.59%) Marketing
9 1 (1.59%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.59%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.35%) Yocto
2 1 (1.59%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (1.59%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 16 (25.40%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (23.81%) Algorithms
3 13 (20.63%) Device Driver
4 10 (15.87%) Product Ownership
5 5 (7.94%) FPGA
5 5 (7.94%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (6.35%) GNSS
6 4 (6.35%) MicroBlaze
6 4 (6.35%) Self-Driving Car
6 4 (6.35%) Tandem
7 3 (4.76%) Life Science
8 2 (3.17%) ARM Cortex
8 2 (3.17%) Data Structures
8 2 (3.17%) IoT
9 1 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (1.59%) Raspberry Pi
9 1 (1.59%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 29 (46.03%) Linux
2 18 (28.57%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (11.11%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (6.35%) Unix
4 4 (6.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (68.25%) Software Engineering
2 14 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (20.63%) Software Architecture
4 12 (19.05%) Multithreading
5 11 (17.46%) Continuous Integration
5 11 (17.46%) Test Automation
6 10 (15.87%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (14.29%) CI/CD
7 9 (14.29%) Continuous Deployment
7 9 (14.29%) Unit Testing
8 7 (11.11%) Digital Signal Processing
8 7 (11.11%) Signal Processing
8 7 (11.11%) TDD
9 6 (9.52%) Agile
9 6 (9.52%) Mentoring
10 5 (7.94%) Embedded Software Development
10 5 (7.94%) Open Source
10 5 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (6.35%) Collaborative Culture
11 4 (6.35%) Test Assurance
Programming Languages
1 55 (87.30%) C
2 36 (57.14%) C++
3 15 (23.81%) Embedded C
4 9 (14.29%) Python
5 2 (3.17%) Embedded C++
6 1 (1.59%) Bash
6 1 (1.59%) C#
6 1 (1.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (12.70%) Degree
2 4 (6.35%) SC Cleared
2 4 (6.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.94%) QA
2 3 (4.76%) Automotive SPICE
2 3 (4.76%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 38 (60.32%) Firmware
2 32 (50.79%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.59%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (1.59%) EMC
1 1 (1.59%) IBM
1 1 (1.59%) QNX
1 1 (1.59%) SAP