Embedded Engineer
UK

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 629 569
Rank change year-on-year +399 -60 +23
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 1,244 369 863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.26% 0.36% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 0.39% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 966 206 235
10th Percentile £38,750 £34,324 £36,706
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% +5.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £65,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Embedded Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Engineer.

Salary trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in the UK

Embedded Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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 +270 1,204 £55,000 - 273
England +405 1,056 £55,000 - 273
Work from Home +231 414 £52,500 -12.50% 113
South East +134 299 £57,500 -4.17% 69
North of England +160 220 £50,000 -2.44% 27
South West +131 211 £55,000 -8.33% 67
Midlands +143 187 £52,500 +20.69% 41
East of England +102 121 £60,000 -14.29% 50
Scotland +11 120 £52,500 -12.50% 23
Yorkshire +122 104 £50,000 +17.65% 14
West Midlands +86 103 £57,500 +46.50% 16
East Midlands +61 84 £50,000 -4.76% 25
North West +74 83 £55,000 - 10
North East +25 33 £55,000 +4.76% 5
Wales - 33 £50,000 - 2
London +135 16 £52,500 -19.23% 22
Northern Ireland +36 13 - -

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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 job ads featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 1,029 (82.72%) Software Engineering
2 599 (48.15%) C
3 325 (26.13%) Linux
4 293 (23.55%) C++
5 277 (22.27%) Firmware
6 249 (20.02%) Embedded C
7 247 (19.86%) Electronics
8 202 (16.24%) Embedded Linux
9 201 (16.16%) Degree
10 175 (14.07%) Python
11 172 (13.83%) Embedded Firmware
12 165 (13.26%) Embedded Systems
13 144 (11.58%) Wireless
14 118 (9.49%) Manufacturing
15 115 (9.24%) Automotive
16 111 (8.92%) IoT
17 109 (8.76%) Agile
18 101 (8.12%) Social Skills
19 97 (7.80%) Security Cleared
20 87 (6.99%) Computer Science
21 83 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
22 71 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
23 67 (5.39%) Bash
24 66 (5.31%) Yocto
25 62 (4.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
26 58 (4.66%) Rust
27 57 (4.58%) Embedded Software Development
27 57 (4.58%) Device Driver
27 57 (4.58%) C#
28 56 (4.50%) Cybersecurity

Embedded 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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (1.53%) Apache
2 3 (0.24%) Confluence
3 1 (0.080%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 43 (3.46%) Simulink
2 8 (0.64%) GNU Octave
2 8 (0.64%) Stateflow
3 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.32%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.080%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (1.21%) GitHub
2 14 (1.13%) AWS
3 8 (0.64%) AWS IoT
4 3 (0.24%) Azure
5 1 (0.080%) GCP
5 1 (0.080%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 144 (11.58%) Wireless
2 71 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
3 45 (3.62%) Bluetooth
3 45 (3.62%) Ethernet
4 42 (3.38%) RS-232
5 38 (3.05%) TCP/IP
6 29 (2.33%) RS-485
7 24 (1.93%) MQTT
8 20 (1.61%) 3G
8 20 (1.61%) 4G
9 17 (1.37%) ZigBee
10 14 (1.13%) Internet
11 11 (0.88%) Modbus
12 9 (0.72%) GPRS
12 9 (0.72%) OFDM
13 8 (0.64%) Profibus
14 7 (0.56%) LoRaWAN
14 7 (0.56%) LTE
15 6 (0.48%) Wireshark
16 5 (0.40%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.48%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.32%) Big Data
3 2 (0.16%) MySQL
4 1 (0.080%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.080%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 52 (4.18%) Git
2 31 (2.49%) JIRA
3 21 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.61%) Subversion
5 13 (1.05%) Visual Studio
6 8 (0.64%) ClearCase
6 8 (0.64%) Eclipse
6 8 (0.64%) Rational Rhapsody
7 7 (0.56%) ClearQuest
7 7 (0.56%) Plastic SCM
8 4 (0.32%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.24%) GDB
9 3 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.16%) GCC
10 2 (0.16%) GitLab
10 2 (0.16%) PetaLinux
10 2 (0.16%) VectorCAST
11 1 (0.080%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.080%) LabVIEW
11 1 (0.080%) Mercurial
General
1 247 (19.86%) Electronics
2 118 (9.49%) Manufacturing
3 115 (9.24%) Automotive
4 101 (8.12%) Social Skills
5 62 (4.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 54 (4.34%) Aerospace
7 39 (3.14%) Finance
8 36 (2.89%) Analytical Skills
9 33 (2.65%) Telecoms
10 23 (1.85%) Marketing
10 23 (1.85%) Public Sector
11 18 (1.45%) Aviation
12 17 (1.37%) Mandarin Language
13 8 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (0.56%) Tech for Good
15 6 (0.48%) Legal
16 5 (0.40%) Retail
17 4 (0.32%) Military
18 3 (0.24%) Welsh Language
19 2 (0.16%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (5.31%) Yocto
2 19 (1.53%) Apache NiFi
2 19 (1.53%) STL
3 12 (0.96%) REST
4 10 (0.80%) MFC
5 9 (0.72%) .NET
6 8 (0.64%) HTML
6 8 (0.64%) Middleware
7 6 (0.48%) Node.js
8 5 (0.40%) FFmpeg
8 5 (0.40%) Flask
8 5 (0.40%) GStreamer
8 5 (0.40%) OpenEmbedded
8 5 (0.40%) Qt
9 4 (0.32%) Flash
10 3 (0.24%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 3 (0.24%) iOS SDK
11 2 (0.16%) POSIX
11 2 (0.16%) XML
12 1 (0.080%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 165 (13.26%) Embedded Systems
2 111 (8.92%) IoT
3 57 (4.58%) Device Driver
4 50 (4.02%) Algorithms
5 49 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
6 45 (3.62%) FPGA
7 16 (1.29%) ARM Cortex
7 16 (1.29%) Renewable Energy
8 15 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
8 15 (1.21%) VHDL
9 14 (1.13%) Mobile App
10 12 (0.96%) Analogue Electronics
11 10 (0.80%) Raspberry Pi
12 8 (0.64%) Acoustics
13 7 (0.56%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (0.48%) CAN bus
14 6 (0.48%) Data Centre
14 6 (0.48%) Driving Licence
14 6 (0.48%) NB-IoT
14 6 (0.48%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 325 (26.13%) Linux
2 202 (16.24%) Embedded Linux
3 39 (3.14%) Windows
4 38 (3.05%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.48%) ThreadX
7 5 (0.40%) Android
7 5 (0.40%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.32%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.24%) Debian
9 3 (0.24%) Unix
9 3 (0.24%) VMS
10 2 (0.16%) Solaris
11 1 (0.080%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.080%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,029 (82.72%) Software Engineering
2 109 (8.76%) Agile
3 87 (6.99%) Computer Science
4 83 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (4.58%) Embedded Software Development
6 56 (4.50%) Cybersecurity
7 53 (4.26%) Mathematics
8 51 (4.10%) SDLC
9 50 (4.02%) Software Testing
10 48 (3.86%) Physics
11 46 (3.70%) OOD
12 41 (3.30%) Test Automation
13 31 (2.49%) Prototyping
14 28 (2.25%) OO
15 27 (2.17%) Validation
16 26 (2.09%) Device Driver Development
16 26 (2.09%) Software Architecture
17 25 (2.01%) Multithreading
17 25 (2.01%) Signal Processing
18 24 (1.93%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 599 (48.15%) C
2 293 (23.55%) C++
3 249 (20.02%) Embedded C
4 175 (14.07%) Python
5 67 (5.39%) Bash
6 58 (4.66%) Rust
7 57 (4.58%) C#
8 44 (3.54%) MATLAB
9 42 (3.38%) Embedded C++
10 22 (1.77%) Assembly Language
10 22 (1.77%) Java
11 19 (1.53%) Ada
11 19 (1.53%) JavaScript
12 14 (1.13%) PHP
13 12 (0.96%) R
14 9 (0.72%) SQL
15 8 (0.64%) VB
16 7 (0.56%) Perl
17 4 (0.32%) Shell Script
18 3 (0.24%) Swift
Qualifications
1 201 (16.16%) Degree
2 97 (7.80%) Security Cleared
3 18 (1.45%) SC Cleared
4 15 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (0.80%) Master's Degree
6 9 (0.72%) HNC
7 8 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.40%) HND
9 3 (0.24%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.33%) MISRA
2 18 (1.45%) QA
3 17 (1.37%) ISO 13485
4 14 (1.13%) GDPR
4 14 (1.13%) JTAG
5 12 (0.96%) AUTOSAR
6 10 (0.80%) IEC 62304
7 9 (0.72%) MISRA C
8 8 (0.64%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 7 (0.56%) ISO 9000
10 6 (0.48%) Automotive SPICE
11 5 (0.40%) ISO 26262
12 4 (0.32%) DO-178B
13 3 (0.24%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 277 (22.27%) Firmware
2 172 (13.83%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (0.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.40%) Terraform
2 3 (0.24%) Ansible
2 3 (0.24%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.24%) Podman
3 1 (0.080%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 23 (1.85%) SAP
2 20 (1.61%) EMC
3 12 (0.96%) IBM
4 8 (0.64%) Microsoft
4 8 (0.64%) Red Hat
5 7 (0.56%) Lauterbach
5 7 (0.56%) Xilinx
6 5 (0.40%) Intel
6 5 (0.40%) Renesas
7 4 (0.32%) QNX
8 2 (0.16%) Apple
8 2 (0.16%) Atmel
8 2 (0.16%) Facebook
9 1 (0.080%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.080%) CA
9 1 (0.080%) Freescale
9 1 (0.080%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.080%) NCR
9 1 (0.080%) Samsung
9 1 (0.080%) Siemens