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 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 188 608 600
Rank change year-on-year +420 -8 +38
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 1,563 356 895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.44% 0.38% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 0.42% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,211 207 205
10th Percentile £38,750 £34,324 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +7.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,250
% change year-on-year -4.35% +5.99% +8.50%

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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
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 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

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 9 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 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
UK excluding London +273 1,493 £55,000 -4.35% 226
England +401 1,352 £55,000 -4.35% 223
Work from Home +232 441 £55,000 -8.33% 68
South East +134 396 £55,000 -4.35% 67
South West +143 277 £55,000 -8.33% 36
North of England +190 257 £50,000 -4.76% 22
Midlands +113 229 £55,000 +4.76% 31
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% 17
West Midlands +49 109 £57,500 - 14
North West +64 90 £55,000 -8.33% 13
Wales +56 45 £50,000 -9.09% 9
London +94 38 £57,500 -11.54% 11
North East +21 37 £55,000 +4.76% 2
Northern Ireland - 13 - -

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

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 featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 1,277 (81.70%) Software Engineering
2 653 (41.78%) C
3 359 (22.97%) C++
4 348 (22.26%) Linux
5 308 (19.71%) Firmware
5 308 (19.71%) Electronics
6 288 (18.43%) Embedded C
7 242 (15.48%) Degree
8 215 (13.76%) Embedded Linux
9 200 (12.80%) Embedded Systems
10 188 (12.03%) Embedded Firmware
11 182 (11.64%) Python
12 144 (9.21%) Manufacturing
13 134 (8.57%) Wireless
14 121 (7.74%) IoT
15 120 (7.68%) Social Skills
15 120 (7.68%) Automotive
16 111 (7.10%) Agile
17 102 (6.53%) Security Cleared
18 87 (5.57%) Problem-Solving
18 87 (5.57%) Computer Science
19 71 (4.54%) Wi-Fi
20 69 (4.41%) Embedded C++
21 68 (4.35%) C#
22 66 (4.22%) Bash
23 65 (4.16%) Aerospace
24 63 (4.03%) Software Testing
25 62 (3.97%) Yocto
26 59 (3.77%) Git
27 58 (3.71%) Inclusion and Diversity

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 17 (1.09%) Apache
2 4 (0.26%) Confluence
3 1 (0.064%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 45 (2.88%) Simulink
2 10 (0.64%) GNU Octave
3 8 (0.51%) Stateflow
4 6 (0.38%) OrCAD
5 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.064%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.064%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (0.96%) GitHub
2 14 (0.90%) AWS
3 7 (0.45%) AWS IoT
4 4 (0.26%) Azure
5 2 (0.13%) GCP
6 1 (0.064%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 134 (8.57%) Wireless
2 71 (4.54%) Wi-Fi
3 46 (2.94%) Ethernet
4 45 (2.88%) Bluetooth
4 45 (2.88%) RS-232
5 34 (2.18%) RS-485
5 34 (2.18%) TCP/IP
6 24 (1.54%) MQTT
7 21 (1.34%) ZigBee
8 19 (1.22%) 3G
8 19 (1.22%) 4G
9 15 (0.96%) Internet
10 12 (0.77%) Modbus
11 11 (0.70%) OFDM
12 9 (0.58%) GPRS
13 8 (0.51%) Profibus
14 7 (0.45%) DVB
15 6 (0.38%) LoRaWAN
15 6 (0.38%) LTE
15 6 (0.38%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.38%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.26%) Big Data
3 1 (0.064%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.064%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 59 (3.77%) Git
2 32 (2.05%) JIRA
3 22 (1.41%) Subversion
4 21 (1.34%) Jenkins
5 13 (0.83%) Visual Studio
6 10 (0.64%) Eclipse
7 8 (0.51%) ClearCase
7 8 (0.51%) Rational Rhapsody
8 7 (0.45%) ClearQuest
8 7 (0.45%) Plastic SCM
9 5 (0.32%) GitLab
10 4 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
10 4 (0.26%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.19%) GDB
11 3 (0.19%) LabVIEW
12 2 (0.13%) CANoe
12 2 (0.13%) GCC
12 2 (0.13%) PetaLinux
12 2 (0.13%) VectorCAST
13 1 (0.064%) Bitbucket
General
1 308 (19.71%) Electronics
2 144 (9.21%) Manufacturing
3 120 (7.68%) Automotive
3 120 (7.68%) Social Skills
4 65 (4.16%) Aerospace
5 58 (3.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (2.43%) Finance
7 37 (2.37%) Analytical Skills
8 36 (2.30%) Telecoms
9 19 (1.22%) Mandarin Language
10 18 (1.15%) Aviation
11 17 (1.09%) Marketing
11 17 (1.09%) Public Sector
12 10 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (0.45%) Tech for Good
14 6 (0.38%) Legal
14 6 (0.38%) Military
14 6 (0.38%) Retail
15 3 (0.19%) Avionics
15 3 (0.19%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (3.97%) Yocto
2 17 (1.09%) Apache NiFi
2 17 (1.09%) STL
3 13 (0.83%) REST
4 12 (0.77%) .NET
5 10 (0.64%) MFC
6 8 (0.51%) HTML
6 8 (0.51%) Middleware
7 6 (0.38%) Node.js
7 6 (0.38%) Qt
8 5 (0.32%) FFmpeg
8 5 (0.32%) GStreamer
8 5 (0.32%) OpenEmbedded
9 4 (0.26%) Flash
9 4 (0.26%) Flask
10 3 (0.19%) iOS SDK
11 2 (0.13%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 2 (0.13%) Gherkin
11 2 (0.13%) POSIX
11 2 (0.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 200 (12.80%) Embedded Systems
2 121 (7.74%) IoT
3 56 (3.58%) FPGA
4 55 (3.52%) Device Driver
5 54 (3.45%) Algorithms
5 54 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
6 26 (1.66%) ARM Cortex
7 22 (1.41%) VHDL
8 20 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
9 15 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
10 14 (0.90%) Mobile App
11 13 (0.83%) Analogue Electronics
12 10 (0.64%) Raspberry Pi
13 9 (0.58%) CAN bus
13 9 (0.58%) Robotics
14 8 (0.51%) Acoustics
15 7 (0.45%) Data Centre
15 7 (0.45%) Video\Live Streaming
16 6 (0.38%) Driving Licence
16 6 (0.38%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 348 (22.26%) Linux
2 215 (13.76%) Embedded Linux
3 46 (2.94%) FreeRTOS
4 43 (2.75%) Windows
5 8 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.38%) Android
6 6 (0.38%) ThreadX
7 5 (0.32%) Unix
7 5 (0.32%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.26%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.19%) Debian
9 3 (0.19%) VMS
9 3 (0.19%) Windows Embedded Compact
10 2 (0.13%) Solaris
11 1 (0.064%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,277 (81.70%) Software Engineering
2 111 (7.10%) Agile
3 87 (5.57%) Computer Science
3 87 (5.57%) Problem-Solving
4 63 (4.03%) Software Testing
5 57 (3.65%) Cybersecurity
6 54 (3.45%) Embedded Software Development
7 51 (3.26%) SDLC
8 50 (3.20%) Mathematics
9 46 (2.94%) OOD
10 44 (2.82%) Physics
11 42 (2.69%) Test Automation
12 33 (2.11%) Validation
13 31 (1.98%) OO
14 30 (1.92%) Prototyping
14 30 (1.92%) Signal Processing
15 26 (1.66%) Device Driver Development
15 26 (1.66%) Software Architecture
16 25 (1.60%) Multithreading
17 20 (1.28%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 653 (41.78%) C
2 359 (22.97%) C++
3 288 (18.43%) Embedded C
4 182 (11.64%) Python
5 69 (4.41%) Embedded C++
6 68 (4.35%) C#
7 66 (4.22%) Bash
8 58 (3.71%) Rust
9 52 (3.33%) MATLAB
10 25 (1.60%) Java
11 22 (1.41%) Assembly Language
12 21 (1.34%) Ada
13 20 (1.28%) JavaScript
14 12 (0.77%) PHP
14 12 (0.77%) R
15 9 (0.58%) SQL
16 8 (0.51%) VB
17 7 (0.45%) Perl
18 3 (0.19%) Groovy
18 3 (0.19%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 242 (15.48%) Degree
2 102 (6.53%) Security Cleared
3 19 (1.22%) Master's Degree
3 19 (1.22%) SC Cleared
4 16 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (0.58%) HNC
7 6 (0.38%) HND
8 3 (0.19%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (2.50%) MISRA
2 18 (1.15%) QA
3 17 (1.09%) ISO 13485
4 15 (0.96%) GDPR
4 15 (0.96%) JTAG
5 12 (0.77%) IEC 62304
6 11 (0.70%) AUTOSAR
7 10 (0.64%) ISO 26262
8 9 (0.58%) MISRA C
9 8 (0.51%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 7 (0.45%) ISO 9000
11 3 (0.19%) Automotive SPICE
11 3 (0.19%) DO-178B
11 3 (0.19%) IEC 61131
12 1 (0.064%) SLA
System Software
1 308 (19.71%) Firmware
2 188 (12.03%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (0.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.26%) Terraform
2 3 (0.19%) Ansible
2 3 (0.19%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.19%) Podman
3 1 (0.064%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 20 (1.28%) EMC
2 17 (1.09%) SAP
3 12 (0.77%) IBM
4 8 (0.51%) Microsoft
4 8 (0.51%) Red Hat
5 7 (0.45%) Lauterbach
5 7 (0.45%) Xilinx
6 6 (0.38%) Renesas
7 5 (0.32%) Intel
8 4 (0.26%) QNX
9 3 (0.19%) Atmel
9 3 (0.19%) Siemens
10 2 (0.13%) Facebook
10 2 (0.13%) Rockwell
11 1 (0.064%) CA
11 1 (0.064%) Freescale
11 1 (0.064%) Google
11 1 (0.064%) MathWorks
11 1 (0.064%) NCR
11 1 (0.064%) Samsung