Senior Embedded Engineer Jobs

Senior Embedded Engineer
UK

The median Senior Embedded Engineer salary in the UK is £61,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 478 836 1090
Rank change year-on-year +358 +254 -212
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Embedded Engineer 497 110 174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.12% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.13% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 403 72 61
10th Percentile £50,000 £46,500 £47,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,875 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £60,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.23% +1.25% +4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,563 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.63% +2.50% +4.35%

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 99,838 86,540 162,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 91.29% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,991 55,953 84,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%

Senior Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Embedded Engineer in the UK

Senior Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Embedded Engineer in the UK

Senior Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Embedded Engineer over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Embedded Engineer in the UK

Senior 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 Senior Embedded Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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 +250 473 £62,500 +1.63% 55
England +353 417 £65,000 +4.00% 57
Work from Home +162 155 £67,500 +12.50% 16
South East +41 116 £70,000 +7.69% 13
North of England +126 100 £55,000 +4.76% 4
South West +69 100 £65,000 +9.24% 11
Midlands +37 57 £65,000 +2.77% 11
North West +25 40 £55,000 -8.33% 1
West Midlands +17 36 £65,000 +2.77% 7
Scotland -51 35 £60,000 - 2
East of England +25 34 £60,000 -7.69% 11
North East +19 31 £55,000 +4.76% 2
Yorkshire +87 29 £55,000 +4.76% 3
Wales - 27 £60,000 - 3
East Midlands - 21 £65,000 - 4
London +115 10 £67,500 -10.00% 6
Northern Ireland - 4 - -

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, 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 job ads featuring Senior Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 405 (81.49%) Software Engineering
2 166 (33.40%) C
3 129 (25.96%) Linux
4 114 (22.94%) C++
5 113 (22.74%) Embedded Linux
6 80 (16.10%) Firmware
7 64 (12.88%) Embedded C
8 58 (11.67%) Electronics
9 50 (10.06%) Embedded Firmware
10 46 (9.26%) Manufacturing
11 45 (9.05%) Python
12 44 (8.85%) IoT
13 42 (8.45%) Wireless
14 37 (7.44%) Yocto
15 36 (7.24%) Embedded Systems
16 34 (6.84%) Agile
17 30 (6.04%) Automotive
17 30 (6.04%) Bash
17 30 (6.04%) Embedded Software Development
18 28 (5.63%) Cybersecurity
18 28 (5.63%) Security Cleared
19 27 (5.43%) Git
19 27 (5.43%) OOD
20 26 (5.23%) Degree
20 26 (5.23%) Rust
21 25 (5.03%) Ethernet
21 25 (5.03%) Wi-Fi
22 24 (4.83%) Problem-Solving
23 23 (4.63%) Device Driver
24 19 (3.82%) Analytical Skills

Senior 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 3 (0.60%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (0.80%) OrCAD
2 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.20%) Simulink
3 1 (0.20%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 8 (1.61%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 42 (8.45%) Wireless
2 25 (5.03%) Ethernet
2 25 (5.03%) Wi-Fi
3 19 (3.82%) RS-232
4 14 (2.82%) Bluetooth
5 8 (1.61%) Profibus
6 5 (1.01%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.60%) 4G
7 3 (0.60%) Internet
7 3 (0.60%) Modbus
7 3 (0.60%) MQTT
8 2 (0.40%) 3G
8 2 (0.40%) GPRS
8 2 (0.40%) RS-485
9 1 (0.20%) DECT
9 1 (0.20%) DHCP
9 1 (0.20%) DNS
9 1 (0.20%) GSM
9 1 (0.20%) VLAN
9 1 (0.20%) VPN
Development Applications
1 27 (5.43%) Git
2 10 (2.01%) JIRA
3 8 (1.61%) Subversion
4 5 (1.01%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.80%) Zephyr
6 2 (0.40%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.40%) GCC
General
1 58 (11.67%) Electronics
2 46 (9.26%) Manufacturing
3 30 (6.04%) Automotive
4 19 (3.82%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (3.22%) Aviation
6 15 (3.02%) Aerospace
6 15 (3.02%) Social Skills
7 11 (2.21%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.21%) Legal
9 5 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (0.80%) Finance
10 4 (0.80%) Marketing
10 4 (0.80%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.20%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (7.44%) Yocto
2 2 (0.40%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 2 (0.40%) Flash
2 2 (0.40%) Qt
3 1 (0.20%) Apache Thrift
3 1 (0.20%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.85%) IoT
2 36 (7.24%) Embedded Systems
3 23 (4.63%) Device Driver
4 16 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.01%) FPGA
6 7 (1.41%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.21%) Data Centre
8 4 (0.80%) Analogue Electronics
8 4 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.80%) ARM Cortex
8 4 (0.80%) CCTV
9 3 (0.60%) NB-IoT
9 3 (0.60%) SIMD
10 1 (0.20%) CAN bus
10 1 (0.20%) Distributed Computing
10 1 (0.20%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.20%) Raspberry Pi
10 1 (0.20%) SystemC
10 1 (0.20%) Verilog
10 1 (0.20%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 129 (25.96%) Linux
2 113 (22.74%) Embedded Linux
3 11 (2.21%) Windows
4 10 (2.01%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (0.80%) VxWorks
6 1 (0.20%) Unix
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 405 (81.49%) Software Engineering
2 34 (6.84%) Agile
3 30 (6.04%) Embedded Software Development
4 28 (5.63%) Cybersecurity
5 27 (5.43%) OOD
6 24 (4.83%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (3.42%) SDLC
8 14 (2.82%) Software Architecture
9 11 (2.21%) Artificial Intelligence
10 10 (2.01%) Multithreading
10 10 (2.01%) OO
10 10 (2.01%) Validation
11 9 (1.81%) Device Driver Development
11 9 (1.81%) Signal Processing
12 8 (1.61%) Biotechnology
12 8 (1.61%) Continuous Integration
12 8 (1.61%) DevOps
12 8 (1.61%) Linux Kernel Development
13 6 (1.21%) B2B
13 6 (1.21%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 166 (33.40%) C
2 114 (22.94%) C++
3 64 (12.88%) Embedded C
4 45 (9.05%) Python
5 30 (6.04%) Bash
6 26 (5.23%) Rust
7 13 (2.62%) Embedded C++
8 10 (2.01%) C#
9 3 (0.60%) Assembly Language
10 2 (0.40%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.40%) Lua
11 1 (0.20%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 28 (5.63%) Security Cleared
2 26 (5.23%) Degree
3 5 (1.01%) HND
4 1 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.61%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 8 (1.61%) ISO 13485
2 7 (1.41%) ISO 9000
2 7 (1.41%) MISRA
3 4 (0.80%) MISRA C
4 2 (0.40%) IEC 61131
4 2 (0.40%) JTAG
4 2 (0.40%) QA
5 1 (0.20%) Automotive SPICE
5 1 (0.20%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 80 (16.10%) Firmware
2 50 (10.06%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (1.01%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.80%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (0.80%) EMC
1 4 (0.80%) Microsoft
1 4 (0.80%) QNX
1 4 (0.80%) SAP
2 1 (0.20%) Atmel
2 1 (0.20%) Autodesk
2 1 (0.20%) CA
2 1 (0.20%) Freescale
2 1 (0.20%) NCR