Senior Embedded Software Engineer
UK
The median Senior Embedded Software Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 651 | 595 | 909 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -56 | +314 | +184 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Embedded Software Engineer | 41 | 316 | 80 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.079% | 0.32% | 0.077% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.087% | 0.34% | 0.084% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 34 | 244 | 72 |
| 10th Percentile | £49,725 | £50,000 | £46,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,000 | £53,438 | £54,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £70,625 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,125 | £80,000 | £77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £60,000 | £61,250 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -2.04% | +2.08% |
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 | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Embedded Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Embedded Software Engineer.
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Embedded Software Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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 1 May 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 | -41 | 41 | £60,000 | - | 62 |
| England | -42 | 31 | £54,000 | -10.00% | 53 |
| Work from Home | +80 | 27 | £54,000 | -16.92% | 29 |
| East of England | +55 | 19 | £54,000 | -10.00% | 11 |
| Scotland | +107 | 8 | £62,500 | +4.17% | 10 |
| South East | +49 | 6 | £56,250 | -19.64% | 14 |
| North East | +30 | 4 | £61,000 | +10.91% | 1 |
| North of England | +15 | 4 | £61,000 | +10.91% | 13 |
| South West | +33 | 2 | £56,250 | -13.46% | 7 |
| Wales | +32 | 2 | £65,000 | +30.00% | 6 |
Senior Embedded Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior Embedded Software 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 Software Engineer in the job title.
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Senior Embedded Software 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: