Embedded Engineer Jobs in the South East

Embedded Engineer
England > South East

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the South East is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 257 155
Rank change year-on-year +134 -102 +199
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 396 135 521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.15% 1.01% 2.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.28% 1.12% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 305 70 96
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £33,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,796 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,513
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -0.02% +9.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £64,438
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 17,348 12,023 20,382
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 89.71% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 12,223 7,828 12,399
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in the South East

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Embedded Engineer in the South East

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in the South East

Embedded Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Thames Valley +87 158 £65,000 +28.97% 20
Hampshire +31 114 £50,000 -16.67% 18
Buckinghamshire +28 88 £63,750 +56.27% 13
Surrey +22 56 £55,000 -12.00% 7
Berkshire +52 35 £70,000 -9.68% 4
Oxfordshire +21 35 £60,000 -7.69% 3
West Sussex +50 25 £50,000 -16.67% 14
Kent -14 25 £37,000 -32.73% 2
Sussex - 16 £45,000 - 2
East Sussex +19 2 £55,000 +10.28%
Embedded Engineer
England

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 9 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 across the South East region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 292 (73.74%) Software Engineering
2 138 (34.85%) C
3 86 (21.72%) C++
4 84 (21.21%) Electronics
5 79 (19.95%) Degree
6 76 (19.19%) Linux
7 69 (17.42%) Embedded Systems
8 57 (14.39%) Firmware
9 46 (11.62%) Embedded Linux
10 43 (10.86%) Manufacturing
10 43 (10.86%) Embedded Firmware
11 36 (9.09%) IoT
11 36 (9.09%) Embedded C
12 31 (7.83%) Social Skills
13 30 (7.58%) Problem-Solving
14 29 (7.32%) Python
15 27 (6.82%) Agile
16 24 (6.06%) Automotive
17 23 (5.81%) Aerospace
18 20 (5.05%) Algorithms
19 18 (4.55%) Device Driver
19 18 (4.55%) JIRA
19 18 (4.55%) Simulink
20 17 (4.29%) Embedded C++
21 16 (4.04%) Wireless
21 16 (4.04%) Continuous Integration
21 16 (4.04%) Schematic Capture
22 15 (3.79%) Verification and Validation
22 15 (3.79%) Validation
22 15 (3.79%) MATLAB

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 7 (1.77%) Apache
2 3 (0.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (4.55%) Simulink
2 7 (1.77%) Stateflow
3 4 (1.01%) OrCAD
4 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.51%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.04%) Wireless
2 13 (3.28%) Ethernet
3 9 (2.27%) GPRS
4 6 (1.52%) Internet
5 5 (1.26%) Modbus
5 5 (1.26%) RS-485
6 4 (1.01%) 3G
6 4 (1.01%) 4G
6 4 (1.01%) Bluetooth
6 4 (1.01%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.76%) MQTT
7 3 (0.76%) OFDM
7 3 (0.76%) RS-232
8 1 (0.25%) 5G
8 1 (0.25%) DHCP
8 1 (0.25%) DNS
8 1 (0.25%) GSM
8 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.25%) LTE
8 1 (0.25%) VPN
Development Applications
1 18 (4.55%) JIRA
2 7 (1.77%) ClearCase
2 7 (1.77%) ClearQuest
2 7 (1.77%) Eclipse
2 7 (1.77%) Plastic SCM
2 7 (1.77%) Subversion
3 6 (1.52%) Git
4 3 (0.76%) GDB
5 2 (0.51%) GCC
5 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.51%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.25%) GitLab
6 1 (0.25%) TestRail
General
1 84 (21.21%) Electronics
2 43 (10.86%) Manufacturing
3 31 (7.83%) Social Skills
4 24 (6.06%) Automotive
5 23 (5.81%) Aerospace
6 7 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.52%) Finance
8 5 (1.26%) Marketing
8 5 (1.26%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.26%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.76%) Advertising
9 3 (0.76%) Military
10 2 (0.51%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (0.51%) Games
11 1 (0.25%) Avionics
11 1 (0.25%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.77%) Apache NiFi
1 7 (1.77%) STL
2 6 (1.52%) Yocto
3 3 (0.76%) Flash
3 3 (0.76%) Qt
4 2 (0.51%) .NET
4 2 (0.51%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 2 (0.51%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.25%) HTML
5 1 (0.25%) HTML5
5 1 (0.25%) JSON
5 1 (0.25%) React
5 1 (0.25%) Redux
5 1 (0.25%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 69 (17.42%) Embedded Systems
2 36 (9.09%) IoT
3 20 (5.05%) Algorithms
4 18 (4.55%) Device Driver
5 11 (2.78%) FPGA
5 11 (2.78%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.27%) ARM Cortex
6 9 (2.27%) Raspberry Pi
7 8 (2.02%) Acoustics
8 7 (1.77%) Analogue Electronics
9 6 (1.52%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.52%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.26%) NB-IoT
11 4 (1.01%) CCTV
11 4 (1.01%) Verilog
11 4 (1.01%) VHDL
12 3 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (0.76%) SIMD
13 2 (0.51%) CAN bus
13 2 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 76 (19.19%) Linux
2 46 (11.62%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (2.27%) Windows
4 8 (2.02%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (0.51%) Unix
6 1 (0.25%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (73.74%) Software Engineering
2 30 (7.58%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (6.82%) Agile
4 16 (4.04%) Continuous Integration
4 16 (4.04%) Schematic Capture
5 15 (3.79%) Validation
5 15 (3.79%) Verification and Validation
6 14 (3.54%) Computer Science
7 13 (3.28%) Mathematics
7 13 (3.28%) Signal Processing
8 11 (2.78%) SDLC
8 11 (2.78%) TDD
9 10 (2.53%) Artificial Intelligence
10 9 (2.27%) Configuration Management
10 9 (2.27%) Device Driver Development
10 9 (2.27%) Software Testing
11 8 (2.02%) Mentoring
11 8 (2.02%) Physics
11 8 (2.02%) Software Architecture
12 7 (1.77%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 138 (34.85%) C
2 86 (21.72%) C++
3 36 (9.09%) Embedded C
4 29 (7.32%) Python
5 17 (4.29%) Embedded C++
6 15 (3.79%) MATLAB
7 12 (3.03%) C#
8 11 (2.78%) Assembly Language
9 3 (0.76%) Ada
9 3 (0.76%) Java
10 2 (0.51%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.51%) Lua
10 2 (0.51%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 79 (19.95%) Degree
2 10 (2.53%) Security Cleared
3 9 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (1.26%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.76%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.51%) PhD
7 1 (0.25%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.77%) MISRA
2 4 (1.01%) JTAG
3 3 (0.76%) IEC 61131
4 2 (0.51%) IEC 62304
4 2 (0.51%) QA
5 1 (0.25%) GDPR
5 1 (0.25%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.25%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 57 (14.39%) Firmware
2 43 (10.86%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.25%) Docker
Vendors
1 12 (3.03%) EMC
2 7 (1.77%) IBM
2 7 (1.77%) Lauterbach
3 5 (1.26%) Microsoft
3 5 (1.26%) SAP
4 4 (1.01%) Renesas
5 2 (0.51%) Facebook
6 1 (0.25%) Atmel
6 1 (0.25%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.25%) CA
6 1 (0.25%) Freescale
6 1 (0.25%) NCR