Embedded Engineer Jobs in the South East

Embedded Engineer
England > South East

The median Embedded Engineer salary in the South East is £57,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 264 144
Rank change year-on-year +119 -120 +192
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 315 136 511
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.85% 0.96% 2.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.96% 1.06% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 240 72 100
10th Percentile £35,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,875 £40,796 £41,151
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 16,055 12,785 19,557
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 90.25% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11,471 8,062 12,402
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £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 £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.57% +1.33% +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 23 May 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 23 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
Thames Valley +96 132 £65,000 +8.33% 18
Hampshire +30 102 £50,000 -16.67% 14
Buckinghamshire +15 70 £63,750 +56.27% 11
Surrey +13 39 £55,000 -12.00% 9
Berkshire +54 32 £70,000 -9.68% 4
Oxfordshire +27 30 £56,500 -13.08% 3
Kent -14 22 £37,000 -32.73% 2
West Sussex +34 9 £46,000 -23.33% 14
Sussex - 9 £60,000 - 3
East Sussex +16 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 23 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 across the South East region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 235 (74.60%) Software Engineering
2 116 (36.83%) C
3 72 (22.86%) Linux
4 71 (22.54%) Electronics
5 63 (20.00%) Degree
5 63 (20.00%) C++
6 55 (17.46%) Embedded Systems
7 50 (15.87%) Firmware
8 44 (13.97%) Embedded Linux
9 39 (12.38%) Embedded Firmware
10 34 (10.79%) IoT
11 33 (10.48%) Manufacturing
12 32 (10.16%) Embedded C
13 25 (7.94%) Python
14 24 (7.62%) Agile
15 23 (7.30%) Social Skills
15 23 (7.30%) Problem-Solving
16 21 (6.67%) Automotive
17 18 (5.71%) Simulink
17 18 (5.71%) Device Driver
17 18 (5.71%) Algorithms
18 16 (5.08%) JIRA
18 16 (5.08%) Schematic Capture
19 15 (4.76%) Wireless
19 15 (4.76%) Aerospace
20 14 (4.44%) Continuous Integration
21 12 (3.81%) Validation
21 12 (3.81%) Computer Science
21 12 (3.81%) MATLAB
21 12 (3.81%) EMC

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 8 (2.54%) Apache
2 3 (0.95%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (5.71%) Simulink
2 7 (2.22%) Stateflow
3 4 (1.27%) OrCAD
4 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.63%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.76%) Wireless
2 10 (3.17%) Ethernet
3 8 (2.54%) GPRS
4 6 (1.90%) Internet
5 5 (1.59%) RS-485
5 5 (1.59%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.27%) 4G
6 4 (1.27%) Bluetooth
6 4 (1.27%) Modbus
7 3 (0.95%) 3G
7 3 (0.95%) MQTT
7 3 (0.95%) OFDM
8 2 (0.63%) RS-232
9 1 (0.32%) 5G
9 1 (0.32%) DNS
9 1 (0.32%) HTTP
9 1 (0.32%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.32%) VLAN
9 1 (0.32%) VPN
9 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 16 (5.08%) JIRA
2 7 (2.22%) ClearCase
2 7 (2.22%) ClearQuest
2 7 (2.22%) Eclipse
2 7 (2.22%) Plastic SCM
3 6 (1.90%) Subversion
4 5 (1.59%) Git
5 3 (0.95%) GDB
6 2 (0.63%) GCC
6 2 (0.63%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.32%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.32%) GitLab
7 1 (0.32%) LabVIEW
General
1 71 (22.54%) Electronics
2 33 (10.48%) Manufacturing
3 23 (7.30%) Social Skills
4 21 (6.67%) Automotive
5 15 (4.76%) Aerospace
6 7 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (1.59%) Finance
8 4 (1.27%) Marketing
8 4 (1.27%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.27%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.32%) Games
9 1 (0.32%) Military
9 1 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.54%) Apache NiFi
1 8 (2.54%) STL
2 4 (1.27%) Yocto
3 3 (0.95%) Flash
3 3 (0.95%) Qt
4 2 (0.63%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 1 (0.32%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.32%) HTML
5 1 (0.32%) HTML5
5 1 (0.32%) JSON
5 1 (0.32%) React
5 1 (0.32%) Redux
5 1 (0.32%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 55 (17.46%) Embedded Systems
2 34 (10.79%) IoT
3 18 (5.71%) Algorithms
3 18 (5.71%) Device Driver
4 11 (3.49%) FPGA
4 11 (3.49%) Mobile App
5 8 (2.54%) Acoustics
5 8 (2.54%) Raspberry Pi
6 7 (2.22%) Analogue Electronics
6 7 (2.22%) ARM Cortex
7 6 (1.90%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.90%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.27%) CCTV
8 4 (1.27%) NB-IoT
8 4 (1.27%) Verilog
8 4 (1.27%) VHDL
9 3 (0.95%) SIMD
10 2 (0.63%) Tandem
11 1 (0.32%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.32%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 72 (22.86%) Linux
2 44 (13.97%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (3.17%) Windows
4 4 (1.27%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (74.60%) Software Engineering
2 24 (7.62%) Agile
3 23 (7.30%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (5.08%) Schematic Capture
5 14 (4.44%) Continuous Integration
6 12 (3.81%) Computer Science
6 12 (3.81%) Signal Processing
6 12 (3.81%) Validation
6 12 (3.81%) Verification and Validation
7 11 (3.49%) SDLC
8 10 (3.17%) Artificial Intelligence
8 10 (3.17%) TDD
9 9 (2.86%) Configuration Management
9 9 (2.86%) Device Driver Development
9 9 (2.86%) Mathematics
9 9 (2.86%) Software Testing
10 8 (2.54%) Mentoring
11 7 (2.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (2.22%) Project Planning
12 6 (1.90%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 116 (36.83%) C
2 63 (20.00%) C++
3 32 (10.16%) Embedded C
4 25 (7.94%) Python
5 12 (3.81%) MATLAB
6 11 (3.49%) Assembly Language
7 9 (2.86%) C#
7 9 (2.86%) Embedded C++
8 2 (0.63%) Ada
8 2 (0.63%) Java
8 2 (0.63%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.63%) Lua
Qualifications
1 63 (20.00%) Degree
2 7 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (1.90%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.27%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.95%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.63%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.22%) MISRA
2 4 (1.27%) JTAG
3 3 (0.95%) IEC 61131
4 2 (0.63%) QA
5 1 (0.32%) GDPR
5 1 (0.32%) IEC 62304
5 1 (0.32%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 50 (15.87%) Firmware
2 39 (12.38%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.32%) Docker
Vendors
1 12 (3.81%) EMC
2 7 (2.22%) IBM
2 7 (2.22%) Lauterbach
3 5 (1.59%) Microsoft
4 4 (1.27%) Renesas
4 4 (1.27%) SAP
5 2 (0.63%) Facebook
6 1 (0.32%) Atmel
6 1 (0.32%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.32%) CA
6 1 (0.32%) Freescale
6 1 (0.32%) NCR