Embedded Engineer Jobs

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 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 211 610 598
Rank change year-on-year +399 -12 +27
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 1,462 361 876
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.39% 0.38% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% 0.42% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,136 208 202
10th Percentile £38,750 £34,324 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,438 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +7.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,813 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

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 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%

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 2 June 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 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 +270 1,398 £55,000 -4.35% 217
England +427 1,262 £55,000 - 217
Work from Home +227 426 £52,500 -12.50% 66
South East +123 362 £55,000 -4.35% 63
South West +143 264 £55,000 -8.33% 38
North of England +184 247 £50,000 -4.76% 20
Midlands +124 212 £55,000 +14.58% 30
East of England +105 143 £60,000 -20.00% 51
Yorkshire +129 125 £45,000 +5.88% 12
Scotland -1 118 £52,500 -12.50% 15
East Midlands +82 111 £50,000 +14.29% 18
West Midlands +47 101 £57,500 +13.86% 12
North West +54 86 £55,000 -8.33% 7
Wales +43 39 £50,000 -9.09% 7
North East +24 36 £55,000 +4.76% 3
London +131 32 £55,000 -15.38% 16
Northern Ireland - 13 - -

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 1,192 (81.53%) Software Engineering
2 624 (42.68%) C
3 342 (23.39%) Linux
4 331 (22.64%) C++
5 294 (20.11%) Firmware
6 285 (19.49%) Electronics
7 273 (18.67%) Embedded C
8 223 (15.25%) Degree
9 213 (14.57%) Embedded Linux
10 190 (13.00%) Embedded Systems
11 183 (12.52%) Embedded Firmware
12 177 (12.11%) Python
13 135 (9.23%) Manufacturing
14 134 (9.17%) Wireless
15 116 (7.93%) Social Skills
16 115 (7.87%) IoT
17 113 (7.73%) Automotive
18 108 (7.39%) Agile
19 99 (6.77%) Security Cleared
20 85 (5.81%) Problem-Solving
20 85 (5.81%) Computer Science
21 70 (4.79%) Wi-Fi
22 66 (4.51%) Bash
23 63 (4.31%) C#
24 62 (4.24%) Aerospace
24 62 (4.24%) Yocto
25 59 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
25 59 (4.04%) Embedded C++
26 58 (3.97%) Software Testing
26 58 (3.97%) Rust

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 (1.30%) Apache
2 4 (0.27%) Confluence
3 1 (0.068%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 44 (3.01%) Simulink
2 10 (0.68%) GNU Octave
3 8 (0.55%) Stateflow
4 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.34%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.068%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.068%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 14 (0.96%) GitHub
2 13 (0.89%) AWS
3 7 (0.48%) AWS IoT
4 3 (0.21%) Azure
5 1 (0.068%) GCP
5 1 (0.068%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 134 (9.17%) Wireless
2 70 (4.79%) Wi-Fi
3 43 (2.94%) Bluetooth
4 42 (2.87%) Ethernet
4 42 (2.87%) RS-232
5 33 (2.26%) TCP/IP
6 32 (2.19%) RS-485
7 24 (1.64%) MQTT
8 20 (1.37%) ZigBee
9 19 (1.30%) 3G
9 19 (1.30%) 4G
10 15 (1.03%) Internet
11 11 (0.75%) Modbus
11 11 (0.75%) OFDM
12 9 (0.62%) GPRS
13 8 (0.55%) Profibus
14 6 (0.41%) DVB
14 6 (0.41%) LoRaWAN
14 6 (0.41%) LTE
14 6 (0.41%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.41%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.27%) Big Data
3 1 (0.068%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.068%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 57 (3.90%) Git
2 31 (2.12%) JIRA
3 21 (1.44%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.37%) Subversion
5 13 (0.89%) Visual Studio
6 10 (0.68%) Eclipse
7 8 (0.55%) ClearCase
7 8 (0.55%) Rational Rhapsody
8 7 (0.48%) ClearQuest
8 7 (0.48%) Plastic SCM
9 5 (0.34%) GitLab
10 4 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
10 4 (0.27%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.21%) GDB
12 2 (0.14%) GCC
12 2 (0.14%) LabVIEW
12 2 (0.14%) PetaLinux
12 2 (0.14%) VectorCAST
13 1 (0.068%) CANoe
13 1 (0.068%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 285 (19.49%) Electronics
2 135 (9.23%) Manufacturing
3 116 (7.93%) Social Skills
4 113 (7.73%) Automotive
5 62 (4.24%) Aerospace
6 59 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 36 (2.46%) Finance
8 35 (2.39%) Analytical Skills
9 34 (2.33%) Telecoms
10 18 (1.23%) Aviation
10 18 (1.23%) Mandarin Language
11 17 (1.16%) Marketing
11 17 (1.16%) Public Sector
12 10 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (0.48%) Tech for Good
14 6 (0.41%) Legal
14 6 (0.41%) Retail
15 5 (0.34%) Military
16 3 (0.21%) Welsh Language
17 2 (0.14%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (4.24%) Yocto
2 19 (1.30%) Apache NiFi
2 19 (1.30%) STL
3 13 (0.89%) REST
4 11 (0.75%) .NET
5 10 (0.68%) MFC
6 8 (0.55%) HTML
6 8 (0.55%) Middleware
7 6 (0.41%) Node.js
7 6 (0.41%) Qt
8 5 (0.34%) FFmpeg
8 5 (0.34%) GStreamer
8 5 (0.34%) OpenEmbedded
9 4 (0.27%) Flash
9 4 (0.27%) Flask
10 3 (0.21%) iOS SDK
11 2 (0.14%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 2 (0.14%) POSIX
11 2 (0.14%) QML
11 2 (0.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 190 (13.00%) Embedded Systems
2 115 (7.87%) IoT
3 55 (3.76%) Device Driver
4 54 (3.69%) FPGA
5 53 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
6 52 (3.56%) Algorithms
7 22 (1.50%) ARM Cortex
8 21 (1.44%) VHDL
9 19 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
10 15 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
11 14 (0.96%) Mobile App
12 13 (0.89%) Analogue Electronics
13 10 (0.68%) Raspberry Pi
14 8 (0.55%) Acoustics
14 8 (0.55%) CAN bus
14 8 (0.55%) Robotics
15 7 (0.48%) Video\Live Streaming
16 6 (0.41%) Data Centre
16 6 (0.41%) Driving Licence
16 6 (0.41%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 342 (23.39%) Linux
2 213 (14.57%) Embedded Linux
3 44 (3.01%) Windows
4 42 (2.87%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.41%) ThreadX
7 5 (0.34%) Android
7 5 (0.34%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.27%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.27%) Unix
9 3 (0.21%) Debian
9 3 (0.21%) VMS
9 3 (0.21%) Windows Embedded Compact
10 2 (0.14%) Solaris
11 1 (0.068%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,192 (81.53%) Software Engineering
2 108 (7.39%) Agile
3 85 (5.81%) Computer Science
3 85 (5.81%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (3.97%) Software Testing
5 57 (3.90%) Cybersecurity
6 54 (3.69%) Embedded Software Development
7 51 (3.49%) SDLC
8 50 (3.42%) Mathematics
9 45 (3.08%) OOD
9 45 (3.08%) Physics
10 41 (2.80%) Test Automation
11 30 (2.05%) OO
11 30 (2.05%) Prototyping
11 30 (2.05%) Validation
12 28 (1.92%) Signal Processing
13 26 (1.78%) Device Driver Development
14 25 (1.71%) Software Architecture
15 23 (1.57%) Multithreading
16 20 (1.37%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 624 (42.68%) C
2 331 (22.64%) C++
3 273 (18.67%) Embedded C
4 177 (12.11%) Python
5 66 (4.51%) Bash
6 63 (4.31%) C#
7 59 (4.04%) Embedded C++
8 58 (3.97%) Rust
9 49 (3.35%) MATLAB
10 24 (1.64%) Java
11 22 (1.50%) Assembly Language
12 21 (1.44%) Ada
13 20 (1.37%) JavaScript
14 12 (0.82%) PHP
15 11 (0.75%) R
16 9 (0.62%) SQL
17 8 (0.55%) VB
18 7 (0.48%) Perl
19 3 (0.21%) Lua
19 3 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 223 (15.25%) Degree
2 99 (6.77%) Security Cleared
3 18 (1.23%) SC Cleared
4 16 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (1.09%) Master's Degree
5 9 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (0.62%) HNC
6 5 (0.34%) HND
7 3 (0.21%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (2.26%) MISRA
2 17 (1.16%) ISO 13485
2 17 (1.16%) QA
3 15 (1.03%) GDPR
3 15 (1.03%) JTAG
4 10 (0.68%) AUTOSAR
4 10 (0.68%) IEC 62304
5 9 (0.62%) MISRA C
6 8 (0.55%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 7 (0.48%) ISO 9000
8 5 (0.34%) ISO 26262
9 3 (0.21%) DO-178B
9 3 (0.21%) IEC 61131
10 2 (0.14%) Automotive SPICE
11 1 (0.068%) SLA
System Software
1 294 (20.11%) Firmware
2 183 (12.52%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (0.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.27%) Terraform
2 3 (0.21%) Ansible
2 3 (0.21%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.21%) Podman
3 1 (0.068%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 20 (1.37%) EMC
2 17 (1.16%) SAP
3 12 (0.82%) IBM
4 8 (0.55%) Microsoft
4 8 (0.55%) Red Hat
5 7 (0.48%) Lauterbach
5 7 (0.48%) Xilinx
6 6 (0.41%) Renesas
7 5 (0.34%) Intel
8 4 (0.27%) QNX
9 3 (0.21%) Atmel
10 2 (0.14%) Facebook
10 2 (0.14%) Siemens
11 1 (0.068%) Autodesk
11 1 (0.068%) CA
11 1 (0.068%) Freescale
11 1 (0.068%) MathWorks
11 1 (0.068%) NCR
11 1 (0.068%) Rockwell
11 1 (0.068%) Samsung