Embedded Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Embedded Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the UK excluding London 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 147 420 340
Rank change year-on-year +273 -80 +109
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 1,493 341 775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.89% 0.61% 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.99% 0.69% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,171 195 188
10th Percentile £38,750 £34,324 £37,389
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +5.99% +8.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +7.27% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 74,927 49,444 72,458
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 88.83% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 52,326 29,284 42,904
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Embedded Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London 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
South East +134 396 £55,000 -4.35% 68
South West +143 277 £55,000 -8.33% 37
North of England +190 257 £50,000 -4.76% 22
Midlands +113 229 £55,000 +4.76% 32
East of England +101 153 £60,000 -14.29% 55
Yorkshire +143 130 £45,000 +5.88% 8
Scotland +11 123 £52,500 -12.50% 12
East Midlands +73 120 £50,000 +14.29% 18
West Midlands +49 109 £57,500 - 14
North West +64 90 £55,000 -8.33% 13
Wales +56 45 £50,000 -9.09% 9
North East +21 37 £55,000 +4.76% 2
Northern Ireland - 13 - -
Embedded Engineer
UK

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 1,220 (81.71%) Software Engineering
2 636 (42.60%) C
3 347 (23.24%) C++
4 341 (22.84%) Linux
5 299 (20.03%) Electronics
6 298 (19.96%) Firmware
7 285 (19.09%) Embedded C
8 238 (15.94%) Degree
9 213 (14.27%) Embedded Linux
10 197 (13.19%) Embedded Systems
11 182 (12.19%) Embedded Firmware
12 175 (11.72%) Python
13 141 (9.44%) Manufacturing
14 134 (8.98%) Wireless
15 120 (8.04%) IoT
16 119 (7.97%) Automotive
17 118 (7.90%) Social Skills
18 108 (7.23%) Agile
19 99 (6.63%) Security Cleared
20 86 (5.76%) Problem-Solving
20 86 (5.76%) Computer Science
21 71 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
22 68 (4.55%) Embedded C++
23 66 (4.42%) Bash
24 65 (4.35%) Aerospace
25 64 (4.29%) C#
26 62 (4.15%) Software Testing
27 61 (4.09%) Yocto
28 57 (3.82%) Cybersecurity
29 56 (3.75%) Git

Embedded Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 17 (1.14%) Apache
2 4 (0.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 45 (3.01%) Simulink
2 10 (0.67%) GNU Octave
3 8 (0.54%) Stateflow
4 6 (0.40%) OrCAD
5 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.067%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.067%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (1.00%) GitHub
2 14 (0.94%) AWS
3 7 (0.47%) AWS IoT
4 4 (0.27%) Azure
5 2 (0.13%) GCP
6 1 (0.067%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 134 (8.98%) Wireless
2 71 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
3 46 (3.08%) Ethernet
4 45 (3.01%) RS-232
5 44 (2.95%) Bluetooth
6 34 (2.28%) RS-485
6 34 (2.28%) TCP/IP
7 23 (1.54%) MQTT
8 21 (1.41%) ZigBee
9 18 (1.21%) 3G
9 18 (1.21%) 4G
10 14 (0.94%) Internet
11 11 (0.74%) Modbus
11 11 (0.74%) OFDM
12 9 (0.60%) GPRS
13 8 (0.54%) Profibus
14 7 (0.47%) DVB
15 6 (0.40%) LoRaWAN
15 6 (0.40%) LTE
15 6 (0.40%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.40%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.27%) Big Data
3 1 (0.067%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.067%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 56 (3.75%) Git
2 32 (2.14%) JIRA
3 22 (1.47%) Subversion
4 21 (1.41%) Jenkins
5 13 (0.87%) Visual Studio
6 10 (0.67%) Eclipse
7 8 (0.54%) ClearCase
7 8 (0.54%) Rational Rhapsody
8 7 (0.47%) ClearQuest
8 7 (0.47%) Plastic SCM
9 5 (0.33%) GitLab
10 4 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
10 4 (0.27%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.20%) GDB
11 3 (0.20%) LabVIEW
12 2 (0.13%) CANoe
12 2 (0.13%) GCC
12 2 (0.13%) PetaLinux
12 2 (0.13%) VectorCAST
13 1 (0.067%) Bitbucket
General
1 299 (20.03%) Electronics
2 141 (9.44%) Manufacturing
3 119 (7.97%) Automotive
4 118 (7.90%) Social Skills
5 65 (4.35%) Aerospace
6 56 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 36 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
8 35 (2.34%) Finance
9 34 (2.28%) Telecoms
10 19 (1.27%) Mandarin Language
11 17 (1.14%) Aviation
11 17 (1.14%) Marketing
11 17 (1.14%) Public Sector
12 10 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (0.47%) Tech for Good
14 6 (0.40%) Legal
15 5 (0.33%) Military
15 5 (0.33%) Retail
16 3 (0.20%) Advertising
16 3 (0.20%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (4.09%) Yocto
2 17 (1.14%) Apache NiFi
2 17 (1.14%) STL
3 13 (0.87%) REST
4 11 (0.74%) .NET
5 10 (0.67%) MFC
6 8 (0.54%) HTML
6 8 (0.54%) Middleware
7 6 (0.40%) Node.js
7 6 (0.40%) Qt
8 5 (0.33%) FFmpeg
8 5 (0.33%) GStreamer
8 5 (0.33%) OpenEmbedded
9 4 (0.27%) Flask
10 3 (0.20%) Flash
10 3 (0.20%) iOS SDK
11 2 (0.13%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 2 (0.13%) POSIX
11 2 (0.13%) QML
11 2 (0.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 197 (13.19%) Embedded Systems
2 120 (8.04%) IoT
3 55 (3.68%) FPGA
4 54 (3.62%) Algorithms
4 54 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
5 52 (3.48%) Device Driver
6 24 (1.61%) ARM Cortex
7 22 (1.47%) VHDL
8 20 (1.34%) Renewable Energy
9 15 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
10 14 (0.94%) Mobile App
11 11 (0.74%) Analogue Electronics
12 10 (0.67%) Raspberry Pi
13 9 (0.60%) Robotics
14 8 (0.54%) Acoustics
14 8 (0.54%) CAN bus
15 7 (0.47%) Data Centre
16 6 (0.40%) Driving Licence
16 6 (0.40%) Smart Energy
16 6 (0.40%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 341 (22.84%) Linux
2 213 (14.27%) Embedded Linux
3 45 (3.01%) FreeRTOS
4 42 (2.81%) Windows
5 8 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.40%) ThreadX
7 5 (0.33%) Android
7 5 (0.33%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.27%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.27%) Unix
9 3 (0.20%) Debian
9 3 (0.20%) VMS
9 3 (0.20%) Windows Embedded Compact
10 2 (0.13%) Solaris
11 1 (0.067%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,220 (81.71%) Software Engineering
2 108 (7.23%) Agile
3 86 (5.76%) Computer Science
3 86 (5.76%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (4.15%) Software Testing
5 57 (3.82%) Cybersecurity
6 54 (3.62%) Embedded Software Development
7 51 (3.42%) SDLC
8 49 (3.28%) Mathematics
9 46 (3.08%) OOD
10 43 (2.88%) Physics
11 38 (2.55%) Test Automation
12 33 (2.21%) Validation
13 31 (2.08%) OO
14 29 (1.94%) Prototyping
14 29 (1.94%) Signal Processing
15 26 (1.74%) Software Architecture
16 25 (1.67%) Multithreading
17 24 (1.61%) Device Driver Development
18 20 (1.34%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 636 (42.60%) C
2 347 (23.24%) C++
3 285 (19.09%) Embedded C
4 175 (11.72%) Python
5 68 (4.55%) Embedded C++
6 66 (4.42%) Bash
7 64 (4.29%) C#
8 56 (3.75%) Rust
9 52 (3.48%) MATLAB
10 23 (1.54%) Java
11 22 (1.47%) Assembly Language
12 21 (1.41%) Ada
13 20 (1.34%) JavaScript
14 12 (0.80%) PHP
14 12 (0.80%) R
15 9 (0.60%) SQL
16 8 (0.54%) VB
17 7 (0.47%) Perl
18 3 (0.20%) Groovy
18 3 (0.20%) Lua
Qualifications
1 238 (15.94%) Degree
2 99 (6.63%) Security Cleared
3 19 (1.27%) Master's Degree
4 16 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (1.07%) SC Cleared
5 10 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (0.60%) HNC
7 6 (0.40%) HND
8 3 (0.20%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.20%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (2.61%) MISRA
2 17 (1.14%) ISO 13485
3 15 (1.00%) GDPR
4 14 (0.94%) QA
5 12 (0.80%) IEC 62304
6 11 (0.74%) JTAG
7 10 (0.67%) ISO 26262
8 9 (0.60%) AUTOSAR
8 9 (0.60%) MISRA C
9 8 (0.54%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 7 (0.47%) ISO 9000
11 3 (0.20%) Automotive SPICE
11 3 (0.20%) DO-178B
11 3 (0.20%) IEC 61131
12 1 (0.067%) SLA
System Software
1 298 (19.96%) Firmware
2 182 (12.19%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (0.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.27%) Terraform
2 3 (0.20%) Ansible
2 3 (0.20%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.20%) Podman
3 1 (0.067%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 20 (1.34%) EMC
2 17 (1.14%) SAP
3 12 (0.80%) IBM
4 8 (0.54%) Microsoft
4 8 (0.54%) Red Hat
5 7 (0.47%) Lauterbach
5 7 (0.47%) Xilinx
6 6 (0.40%) Renesas
7 5 (0.33%) Intel
8 4 (0.27%) QNX
9 3 (0.20%) Atmel
10 2 (0.13%) Facebook
10 2 (0.13%) Rockwell
10 2 (0.13%) Siemens
11 1 (0.067%) Autodesk
11 1 (0.067%) CA
11 1 (0.067%) Freescale
11 1 (0.067%) MathWorks
11 1 (0.067%) NCR
11 1 (0.067%) Samsung