Senior Embedded Software Engineer Job Trends

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
UK

The median Senior Embedded Software Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 November 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 633 580 694
Rank change year-on-year -53 +114 +326
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Embedded Software Engineer 23 167 43
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.044% 0.25% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.26% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 14 135 38
10th Percentile £53,000 £50,000 £46,000
25th Percentile £60,625 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £58,250
Median % change year-on-year - +11.59% -2.92%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £64,625
90th Percentile - £75,000 £73,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year - +10.17% -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 46,784 63,693 50,976
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.01% 94.85% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 28,718 35,683 39,423
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% -4.76% -

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Embedded Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

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

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Embedded Software Engineer over the 6 months to 11 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Embedded Software Engineer in the UK

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Embedded Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 11 November 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 -53 23 £65,000 - 42
England -62 15 £65,000 - 30
South East +22 8 £60,000 -7.69% 7
Scotland -6 5 £65,000 -3.70% 13
Work from Home +43 4 £65,000 - 9
South West -5 4 £70,000 +27.27% 5
Wales 0 3 - - 1
East of England -6 2 £65,000 -7.14% 11
North of England +9 1 - - 3
North East -1 1 - -

Senior Embedded Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 November 2025, Senior Embedded Software 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (21.74%) C
2 5 (21.74%) Linux
3 4 (17.39%) C++
3 4 (17.39%) Embedded C
3 4 (17.39%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (8.70%) Agile
4 2 (8.70%) Degree
4 2 (8.70%) Ethernet
4 2 (8.70%) Firmware
4 2 (8.70%) ISO 9000
4 2 (8.70%) JTAG
4 2 (8.70%) Physics
4 2 (8.70%) RS-232
4 2 (8.70%) Scrum
4 2 (8.70%) Software Testing
4 2 (8.70%) Unit Testing
4 2 (8.70%) Validation
4 2 (8.70%) Yocto
5 1 (4.35%) MATLAB

Senior Embedded Software 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) Ethernet
1 2 (8.70%) RS-232
General
1 3 (13.04%) Automotive
1 3 (13.04%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Device Driver
1 2 (8.70%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (8.70%) RISC-V
2 1 (4.35%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Linux
2 4 (17.39%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (8.70%) Agile
2 2 (8.70%) Physics
2 2 (8.70%) Scrum
2 2 (8.70%) Software Testing
2 2 (8.70%) Unit Testing
2 2 (8.70%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) C
2 4 (17.39%) C++
2 4 (17.39%) Embedded C
3 1 (4.35%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) ISO 9000
1 2 (8.70%) JTAG
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Firmware