Senior Embedded Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Senior Embedded Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Embedded Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 437 631
Rank change year-on-year +65 +194 +146
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Embedded Engineer 41 152 40
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.27% 0.45% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.47% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 30 100 32
10th Percentile - £51,250 £45,125
25th Percentile £52,000 £56,563 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £69,000 - £76,875
UK median annual salary £61,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.67% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 13,568 32,486 41,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 95.98% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,888 24,950 29,138
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,116 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,451 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -9.68% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -

Senior Embedded Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Senior Embedded Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Senior Embedded Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Senior Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Senior Embedded Engineer.

Senior Embedded Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Senior Embedded Engineer over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Senior Embedded Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Senior Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 40 (97.56%) C
2 27 (65.85%) Software Engineering
3 24 (58.54%) Firmware
3 24 (58.54%) Embedded Firmware
4 23 (56.10%) C++
5 22 (53.66%) Linux
6 16 (39.02%) Modbus
7 14 (34.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (34.15%) Algorithms
8 13 (31.71%) Software Architecture
8 13 (31.71%) TCP/IP
8 13 (31.71%) Embedded C
8 13 (31.71%) Embedded Linux
9 12 (29.27%) Device Driver
9 12 (29.27%) Embedded Systems
10 11 (26.83%) Electronics
10 11 (26.83%) Bluetooth
11 10 (24.39%) Manufacturing
11 10 (24.39%) Automotive
11 10 (24.39%) RS-232
11 10 (24.39%) Product Ownership
12 9 (21.95%) CI/CD
12 9 (21.95%) Collaborative Working
12 9 (21.95%) Social Skills
12 9 (21.95%) Continuous Deployment
12 9 (21.95%) Finance
12 9 (21.95%) Test Automation
12 9 (21.95%) Continuous Integration
12 9 (21.95%) Multithreading
13 7 (17.07%) ZigBee

Senior Embedded 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:

Communications & Networking
1 16 (39.02%) Modbus
2 13 (31.71%) TCP/IP
3 11 (26.83%) Bluetooth
4 10 (24.39%) RS-232
5 7 (17.07%) Profibus
5 7 (17.07%) RS-485
5 7 (17.07%) Wireless
5 7 (17.07%) ZigBee
6 4 (9.76%) 5G
6 4 (9.76%) DNS
6 4 (9.76%) HTTP
6 4 (9.76%) Internet
6 4 (9.76%) SD-WAN
6 4 (9.76%) SMTP
6 4 (9.76%) WAN
7 3 (7.32%) Ethernet
8 2 (4.88%) GSM
9 1 (2.44%) LTE
9 1 (2.44%) Software-Defined Radio
9 1 (2.44%) UMTS
Development Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Git
2 4 (9.76%) Subversion
3 1 (2.44%) GCC
3 1 (2.44%) gcov
3 1 (2.44%) GDB
3 1 (2.44%) GitLab
3 1 (2.44%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 11 (26.83%) Electronics
2 10 (24.39%) Automotive
2 10 (24.39%) Manufacturing
3 9 (21.95%) Finance
3 9 (21.95%) Social Skills
4 7 (17.07%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (9.76%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Legal
6 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) Yocto
2 1 (2.44%) Boost C++ Libraries
Miscellaneous
1 14 (34.15%) Algorithms
2 12 (29.27%) Device Driver
2 12 (29.27%) Embedded Systems
3 10 (24.39%) Product Ownership
4 5 (12.20%) FPGA
4 5 (12.20%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (9.76%) GNSS
5 4 (9.76%) MicroBlaze
5 4 (9.76%) Self-Driving Car
5 4 (9.76%) Tandem
6 1 (2.44%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (2.44%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 22 (53.66%) Linux
2 13 (31.71%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (17.07%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (9.76%) Unix
4 4 (9.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (65.85%) Software Engineering
2 14 (34.15%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (31.71%) Software Architecture
4 9 (21.95%) CI/CD
4 9 (21.95%) Collaborative Working
4 9 (21.95%) Continuous Deployment
4 9 (21.95%) Continuous Integration
4 9 (21.95%) Multithreading
4 9 (21.95%) Test Automation
5 7 (17.07%) TDD
5 7 (17.07%) Unit Testing
6 4 (9.76%) B2B
6 4 (9.76%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (9.76%) Digital Signal Processing
6 4 (9.76%) Mathematics
6 4 (9.76%) Mentoring
6 4 (9.76%) Open Source
6 4 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (9.76%) Signal Processing
6 4 (9.76%) Test Assurance
Programming Languages
1 40 (97.56%) C
2 23 (56.10%) C++
3 13 (31.71%) Embedded C
4 5 (12.20%) Python
5 1 (2.44%) Bash
Qualifications
1 4 (9.76%) Degree
1 4 (9.76%) SC Cleared
1 4 (9.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) QA
System Software
1 24 (58.54%) Embedded Firmware
1 24 (58.54%) Firmware
2 1 (2.44%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (2.44%) IBM
1 1 (2.44%) QNX