Embedded Software Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Embedded Software Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Embedded Software Engineer salary in Work from Home is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 308 521 703
Rank change year-on-year +213 +182 -213
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 317 159 132
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.94% 0.36% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 0.38% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 232 91 87
10th Percentile £45,000 - £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £64,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 32,441 41,897 64,856
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 96.00% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 24,951 29,614 41,885
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Embedded Software Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Embedded Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Embedded Software Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Embedded Software Engineer.

Embedded Software Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Embedded Software Engineer over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Embedded Software Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Embedded Software Engineer in the job title.

1 317 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 188 (59.31%) C
3 131 (41.32%) Linux
4 115 (36.28%) Embedded C
5 100 (31.55%) Embedded Linux
6 96 (30.28%) Python
7 62 (19.56%) Electronics
8 56 (17.67%) Security Cleared
8 56 (17.67%) Bash
9 55 (17.35%) Rust
10 52 (16.40%) Cybersecurity
11 49 (15.46%) Firmware
12 44 (13.88%) Wireless
13 43 (13.56%) C++
13 43 (13.56%) Embedded Systems
14 42 (13.25%) Degree
15 38 (11.99%) Manufacturing
16 37 (11.67%) Automotive
17 35 (11.04%) RS-232
18 33 (10.41%) Agile
19 32 (10.09%) Device Driver
20 28 (8.83%) Embedded Firmware
21 27 (8.52%) IoT
22 26 (8.20%) SDLC
22 26 (8.20%) Yocto
22 26 (8.20%) Wi-Fi
22 26 (8.20%) OOD
23 25 (7.89%) FreeRTOS
24 23 (7.26%) Ethernet
25 22 (6.94%) Software Testing

Embedded Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (0.32%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 15 (4.73%) Simulink
2 7 (2.21%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 10 (3.15%) GitHub
2 1 (0.32%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 44 (13.88%) Wireless
2 35 (11.04%) RS-232
3 26 (8.20%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (7.26%) Ethernet
5 19 (5.99%) TCP/IP
6 13 (4.10%) ZigBee
7 12 (3.79%) RS-485
8 11 (3.47%) Bluetooth
9 5 (1.58%) VoIP
10 4 (1.26%) Profibus
11 2 (0.63%) Modbus
11 2 (0.63%) MQTT
12 1 (0.32%) FlexRay
12 1 (0.32%) HTTP
12 1 (0.32%) Internet
12 1 (0.32%) RS-422
12 1 (0.32%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.26%) Big Data
2 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.32%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 20 (6.31%) Git
2 16 (5.05%) JIRA
3 11 (3.47%) Subversion
4 10 (3.15%) Jenkins
5 7 (2.21%) ClearCase
5 7 (2.21%) ClearQuest
5 7 (2.21%) Plastic SCM
6 4 (1.26%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.95%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.63%) GitLab
9 1 (0.32%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 62 (19.56%) Electronics
2 38 (11.99%) Manufacturing
3 37 (11.67%) Automotive
4 20 (6.31%) Aerospace
4 20 (6.31%) Social Skills
5 15 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (2.52%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (0.95%) Finance
8 3 (0.95%) Marketing
8 3 (0.95%) Public Sector
8 3 (0.95%) Retail
8 3 (0.95%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.32%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.20%) Yocto
2 5 (1.58%) FFmpeg
2 5 (1.58%) GStreamer
2 5 (1.58%) OpenEmbedded
3 3 (0.95%) iOS SDK
4 1 (0.32%) HTML
4 1 (0.32%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 43 (13.56%) Embedded Systems
2 32 (10.09%) Device Driver
3 27 (8.52%) IoT
4 10 (3.15%) Algorithms
4 10 (3.15%) Mobile App
5 6 (1.89%) ARM Cortex
5 6 (1.89%) Smart Home
6 5 (1.58%) Smart Energy
7 4 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.95%) Acoustics
8 3 (0.95%) Analogue Electronics
8 3 (0.95%) Client/Server
8 3 (0.95%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.63%) 3D Printing
9 2 (0.63%) Arduino
9 2 (0.63%) Raspberry Pi
10 1 (0.32%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 131 (41.32%) Linux
2 100 (31.55%) Embedded Linux
3 25 (7.89%) FreeRTOS
4 13 (4.10%) Windows
5 5 (1.58%) ThreadX
5 5 (1.58%) VxWorks
6 3 (0.95%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.32%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 52 (16.40%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (10.41%) Agile
4 26 (8.20%) OOD
4 26 (8.20%) SDLC
5 22 (6.94%) Software Testing
6 14 (4.42%) Computer Science
7 13 (4.10%) Device Driver Development
8 12 (3.79%) Multithreading
9 11 (3.47%) Test Automation
10 10 (3.15%) Requirements Gathering
11 9 (2.84%) BDD
11 9 (2.84%) TDD
12 8 (2.52%) Configuration Management
12 8 (2.52%) Mentoring
13 7 (2.21%) Embedded Software Development
13 7 (2.21%) Problem-Solving
13 7 (2.21%) Validation
14 6 (1.89%) Linux Kernel Development
14 6 (1.89%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 188 (59.31%) C
2 115 (36.28%) Embedded C
3 96 (30.28%) Python
4 56 (17.67%) Bash
5 55 (17.35%) Rust
6 43 (13.56%) C++
7 11 (3.47%) C#
7 11 (3.47%) Java
8 7 (2.21%) Embedded C++
8 7 (2.21%) MATLAB
9 4 (1.26%) R
10 3 (0.95%) Ada
10 3 (0.95%) Swift
11 1 (0.32%) ANSI C
11 1 (0.32%) Ladder Logic
11 1 (0.32%) Lua
11 1 (0.32%) PHP
11 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (17.67%) Security Cleared
2 42 (13.25%) Degree
3 7 (2.21%) Master's Degree
4 6 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.26%) HND
6 2 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.10%) MISRA
2 6 (1.89%) ISO 9000
3 4 (1.26%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 4 (1.26%) ISO 13485
4 2 (0.63%) QA
5 1 (0.32%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.32%) JTAG
System Software
1 49 (15.46%) Firmware
2 28 (8.83%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (1.58%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (3.15%) IBM
2 7 (2.21%) Lauterbach
3 4 (1.26%) QNX
4 3 (0.95%) SAP
5 1 (0.32%) Samsung
5 1 (0.32%) Siemens