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 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 236 637 593
Rank change year-on-year +401 -44 +9
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 1,294 362 872
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.30% 0.37% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 0.40% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,008 206 224
10th Percentile £38,750 £34,324 £34,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,688 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £66,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +13.33% +6.06%

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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 18 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 18 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 +250 1,245 £55,000 -7.56% 247
England +390 1,107 £55,000 - 255
Work from Home +229 412 £52,500 -12.50% 102
South East +121 308 £57,500 -4.17% 74
South West +130 227 £55,000 -8.33% 54
North of England +174 226 £50,000 -2.44% 21
Midlands +120 191 £52,500 +45.83% 29
East of England +100 130 £60,000 -14.29% 53
Scotland +6 116 £52,500 -12.50% 15
Yorkshire +133 109 £50,000 +17.65% 13
West Midlands +74 100 £57,500 +59.72% 12
East Midlands +71 91 £50,000 +14.29% 17
North West +67 84 £55,000 - 8
Wales +40 34 £50,000 -9.09% 6
North East +26 33 £55,000 +4.76% 2
London +122 23 £55,000 -15.38% 28
Northern Ireland +33 13 - -

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 1,063 (82.15%) Software Engineering
2 600 (46.37%) C
3 331 (25.58%) Linux
4 297 (22.95%) C++
5 282 (21.79%) Firmware
6 256 (19.78%) Embedded C
7 255 (19.71%) Electronics
8 206 (15.92%) Embedded Linux
9 204 (15.77%) Degree
10 174 (13.45%) Python
10 174 (13.45%) Embedded Firmware
11 170 (13.14%) Embedded Systems
12 136 (10.51%) Wireless
13 119 (9.20%) Manufacturing
14 112 (8.66%) Automotive
15 111 (8.58%) IoT
16 110 (8.50%) Agile
17 108 (8.35%) Social Skills
18 98 (7.57%) Security Cleared
19 85 (6.57%) Problem-Solving
19 85 (6.57%) Computer Science
20 68 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
21 67 (5.18%) Bash
22 62 (4.79%) Yocto
23 60 (4.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
24 58 (4.48%) Rust
25 57 (4.40%) Embedded Software Development
26 56 (4.33%) Cybersecurity
26 56 (4.33%) C#
27 55 (4.25%) Aerospace

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 (1.47%) Apache
2 4 (0.31%) Confluence
3 1 (0.077%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 45 (3.48%) Simulink
2 10 (0.77%) GNU Octave
3 8 (0.62%) Stateflow
4 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.31%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.077%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.077%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (1.16%) GitHub
2 14 (1.08%) AWS
3 8 (0.62%) AWS IoT
4 3 (0.23%) Azure
5 1 (0.077%) GCP
5 1 (0.077%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 136 (10.51%) Wireless
2 68 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
3 44 (3.40%) Bluetooth
4 41 (3.17%) Ethernet
5 40 (3.09%) RS-232
6 35 (2.70%) TCP/IP
7 29 (2.24%) RS-485
8 24 (1.85%) MQTT
9 18 (1.39%) 3G
9 18 (1.39%) 4G
10 17 (1.31%) ZigBee
11 15 (1.16%) Internet
12 11 (0.85%) Modbus
12 11 (0.85%) OFDM
13 9 (0.70%) GPRS
14 8 (0.62%) Profibus
15 7 (0.54%) LoRaWAN
15 7 (0.54%) LTE
16 6 (0.46%) Wireshark
17 5 (0.39%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.46%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.31%) Big Data
3 1 (0.077%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.077%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 53 (4.10%) Git
2 32 (2.47%) JIRA
3 22 (1.70%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.55%) Subversion
5 13 (1.00%) Visual Studio
6 9 (0.70%) Eclipse
7 8 (0.62%) ClearCase
7 8 (0.62%) Rational Rhapsody
8 7 (0.54%) ClearQuest
8 7 (0.54%) Plastic SCM
9 4 (0.31%) GitLab
9 4 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.31%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.23%) GDB
11 2 (0.15%) GCC
11 2 (0.15%) LabVIEW
11 2 (0.15%) PetaLinux
11 2 (0.15%) VectorCAST
12 1 (0.077%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.077%) Cucumber
General
1 255 (19.71%) Electronics
2 119 (9.20%) Manufacturing
3 112 (8.66%) Automotive
4 108 (8.35%) Social Skills
5 60 (4.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 55 (4.25%) Aerospace
7 38 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
8 34 (2.63%) Finance
9 31 (2.40%) Telecoms
10 18 (1.39%) Aviation
10 18 (1.39%) Marketing
10 18 (1.39%) Public Sector
11 17 (1.31%) Mandarin Language
12 9 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (0.54%) Tech for Good
14 6 (0.46%) Legal
14 6 (0.46%) Retail
15 4 (0.31%) Military
16 3 (0.23%) Welsh Language
17 2 (0.15%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (4.79%) Yocto
2 19 (1.47%) Apache NiFi
2 19 (1.47%) STL
3 12 (0.93%) REST
4 10 (0.77%) .NET
4 10 (0.77%) MFC
5 8 (0.62%) HTML
5 8 (0.62%) Middleware
6 6 (0.46%) Node.js
7 5 (0.39%) FFmpeg
7 5 (0.39%) Flask
7 5 (0.39%) GStreamer
7 5 (0.39%) OpenEmbedded
7 5 (0.39%) Qt
8 4 (0.31%) Flash
9 3 (0.23%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 3 (0.23%) iOS SDK
10 2 (0.15%) POSIX
10 2 (0.15%) XML
11 1 (0.077%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 170 (13.14%) Embedded Systems
2 111 (8.58%) IoT
3 55 (4.25%) Device Driver
4 52 (4.02%) Algorithms
4 52 (4.02%) FPGA
5 50 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (1.47%) VHDL
7 18 (1.39%) ARM Cortex
8 17 (1.31%) Renewable Energy
9 15 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
10 14 (1.08%) Mobile App
11 12 (0.93%) Analogue Electronics
12 10 (0.77%) Raspberry Pi
13 8 (0.62%) Acoustics
14 7 (0.54%) Video\Live Streaming
15 6 (0.46%) CAN bus
15 6 (0.46%) Data Centre
15 6 (0.46%) Driving Licence
15 6 (0.46%) NB-IoT
15 6 (0.46%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 331 (25.58%) Linux
2 206 (15.92%) Embedded Linux
3 42 (3.25%) Windows
4 39 (3.01%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.46%) ThreadX
7 5 (0.39%) Android
7 5 (0.39%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.31%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.23%) Debian
9 3 (0.23%) Unix
9 3 (0.23%) VMS
10 2 (0.15%) Solaris
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Embedded Compact
11 1 (0.077%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,063 (82.15%) Software Engineering
2 110 (8.50%) Agile
3 85 (6.57%) Computer Science
3 85 (6.57%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (4.40%) Embedded Software Development
5 56 (4.33%) Cybersecurity
6 53 (4.10%) Software Testing
7 51 (3.94%) SDLC
8 50 (3.86%) Mathematics
9 45 (3.48%) OOD
9 45 (3.48%) Physics
10 41 (3.17%) Test Automation
11 30 (2.32%) Prototyping
12 28 (2.16%) OO
12 28 (2.16%) Signal Processing
13 27 (2.09%) Validation
14 26 (2.01%) Device Driver Development
15 24 (1.85%) Multithreading
15 24 (1.85%) Software Architecture
16 19 (1.47%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 600 (46.37%) C
2 297 (22.95%) C++
3 256 (19.78%) Embedded C
4 174 (13.45%) Python
5 67 (5.18%) Bash
6 58 (4.48%) Rust
7 56 (4.33%) C#
8 49 (3.79%) MATLAB
9 46 (3.55%) Embedded C++
10 23 (1.78%) Java
11 22 (1.70%) Assembly Language
12 20 (1.55%) Ada
13 19 (1.47%) JavaScript
14 12 (0.93%) PHP
14 12 (0.93%) R
15 9 (0.70%) SQL
16 8 (0.62%) VB
17 7 (0.54%) Perl
18 3 (0.23%) Shell Script
18 3 (0.23%) Swift
Qualifications
1 204 (15.77%) Degree
2 98 (7.57%) Security Cleared
3 18 (1.39%) SC Cleared
4 16 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (0.77%) Master's Degree
6 9 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (0.70%) HNC
7 5 (0.39%) HND
8 3 (0.23%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.15%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.24%) MISRA
2 17 (1.31%) ISO 13485
2 17 (1.31%) QA
3 15 (1.16%) JTAG
4 14 (1.08%) GDPR
5 11 (0.85%) AUTOSAR
6 10 (0.77%) IEC 62304
6 10 (0.77%) MISRA C
7 8 (0.62%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 7 (0.54%) ISO 9000
9 4 (0.31%) Automotive SPICE
9 4 (0.31%) ISO 26262
10 3 (0.23%) DO-178B
10 3 (0.23%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 282 (21.79%) Firmware
2 174 (13.45%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (0.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.39%) Terraform
2 3 (0.23%) Ansible
2 3 (0.23%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.23%) Podman
3 1 (0.077%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 20 (1.55%) EMC
2 18 (1.39%) SAP
3 12 (0.93%) IBM
4 8 (0.62%) Microsoft
4 8 (0.62%) Red Hat
5 7 (0.54%) Lauterbach
5 7 (0.54%) Xilinx
6 6 (0.46%) Renesas
7 5 (0.39%) Intel
8 4 (0.31%) QNX
9 2 (0.15%) Atmel
9 2 (0.15%) Facebook
10 1 (0.077%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.077%) CA
10 1 (0.077%) Freescale
10 1 (0.077%) MathWorks
10 1 (0.077%) NCR
10 1 (0.077%) Samsung
10 1 (0.077%) Siemens