Senior Embedded Engineer Job Trends

Senior Embedded Engineer
UK

The median Senior Embedded Engineer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 October 2026.

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

 6 months to
13 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 601 647 477
Rank change year-on-year +46 -170 +172
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Embedded Engineer 210 20 305
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.041% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.045% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 188 16 254
10th Percentile £55,000 £51,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £53,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% +10.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £70,313 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £71,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% +9.24%

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 109,503 44,040 68,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 89.76% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 74,366 25,685 38,800
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.81% -2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%

Senior Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Embedded Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Embedded Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Embedded Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Embedded Engineer over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Embedded Engineer in the UK

Senior Embedded Engineer
Top 15 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 13 October 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 +47 201 £70,000 +16.67% 70
UK excluding London +28 198 £70,000 +16.67% 51
South East +4 54 £75,000 +25.00% 19
Work from Home -2 51 £70,000 +16.67% 25
Midlands -6 50 £70,000 +25.00% 8
East of England +4 42 £75,000 +20.00% 12
East Midlands -8 27 £75,000 +33.93% 4
South West -49 25 £65,000 +8.33% 6
West Midlands - 23 £70,000 - 4
North of England - 19 £70,000 - 5
London -44 11 £80,000 - 17
North West - 10 £70,000 - 3
North East - 9 £65,000 - 2
Scotland +6 7 £67,500 - 2
Wales - 1 - -

Senior Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 October 2026, Senior Embedded 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 Senior Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 192 (91.43%) Software Engineering
2 58 (27.62%) C++
3 56 (26.67%) C
4 43 (20.48%) Linux
5 39 (18.57%) Embedded Linux
6 38 (18.10%) Firmware
7 25 (11.90%) Embedded C
8 21 (10.00%) Embedded Firmware
8 21 (10.00%) Yocto
9 17 (8.10%) Wireless
10 13 (6.19%) Collaborative Engineering
10 13 (6.19%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (6.19%) Device Driver Development
10 13 (6.19%) Python
11 12 (5.71%) Git
11 12 (5.71%) RS-232
12 11 (5.24%) CI/CD
12 11 (5.24%) Ethernet
13 10 (4.76%) Collaborative Culture
13 10 (4.76%) FreeRTOS
13 10 (4.76%) Validation
13 10 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (4.29%) Bluetooth
15 7 (3.33%) Embedded C++
15 7 (3.33%) Embedded Software Development
15 7 (3.33%) Modbus
15 7 (3.33%) Profibus
15 7 (3.33%) RS-485
15 7 (3.33%) TDD
15 7 (3.33%) Unit Testing

Senior Embedded 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.48%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.10%) Wireless
2 12 (5.71%) RS-232
3 11 (5.24%) Ethernet
4 10 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (4.29%) Bluetooth
6 7 (3.33%) Modbus
6 7 (3.33%) Profibus
6 7 (3.33%) RS-485
6 7 (3.33%) ZigBee
7 6 (2.86%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 12 (5.71%) Git
2 6 (2.86%) PetaLinux
3 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.48%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.48%) GoogleTest
3 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.48%) JIRA
3 1 (0.48%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 23 (10.95%) Electronics
2 11 (5.24%) Manufacturing
3 8 (3.81%) Social Skills
4 7 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (1.90%) Aerospace
5 4 (1.90%) Law
6 3 (1.43%) Finance
6 3 (1.43%) Multimedia
7 2 (0.95%) Automotive
8 1 (0.48%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (10.00%) Yocto
2 3 (1.43%) Middleware
2 3 (1.43%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 50 (23.81%) Embedded Systems
2 21 (10.00%) Device Driver
3 18 (8.57%) Algorithms
4 11 (5.24%) Robotics
5 10 (4.76%) IoT
6 6 (2.86%) FPGA
7 3 (1.43%) Media Streaming
8 2 (0.95%) CAN bus
9 1 (0.48%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 43 (20.48%) Linux
2 39 (18.57%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (4.76%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (1.43%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.48%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (91.43%) Software Engineering
2 13 (6.19%) Collaborative Engineering
2 13 (6.19%) Continuous Improvement
2 13 (6.19%) Device Driver Development
3 11 (5.24%) CI/CD
4 10 (4.76%) Collaborative Culture
4 10 (4.76%) Validation
5 7 (3.33%) Embedded Software Development
5 7 (3.33%) TDD
5 7 (3.33%) Unit Testing
6 6 (2.86%) Signal Processing
7 5 (2.38%) Agile
7 5 (2.38%) Computer Science
7 5 (2.38%) Scrum
7 5 (2.38%) Sensor Fusion
8 4 (1.90%) Code Quality
8 4 (1.90%) Software Testing
9 3 (1.43%) Data Acquisition
9 3 (1.43%) Edge AI
9 3 (1.43%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 58 (27.62%) C++
2 56 (26.67%) C
3 25 (11.90%) Embedded C
4 13 (6.19%) Python
5 7 (3.33%) Embedded C++
6 6 (2.86%) MATLAB
6 6 (2.86%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (2.38%) Degree
2 1 (0.48%) DV Cleared
2 1 (0.48%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.48%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.43%) QA
System Software
1 38 (18.10%) Firmware
2 21 (10.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (0.48%) Google
72 Senior Embedded Engineer jobs Nationwide