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 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 436 333
Rank change year-on-year +270 -103 +81
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 1,246 347 763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.74% 0.59% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.83% 0.66% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 980 194 198
10th Percentile £38,750 £34,324 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +13.33% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,688 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%

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 67,966 52,773 69,497
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.88% 89.23% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 47,979 30,132 42,817
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
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 20 May 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 20 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
South East +125 308 £57,500 -4.17% 74
South West +139 227 £55,000 -8.33% 57
North of England +160 226 £50,000 -2.44% 27
Midlands +116 192 £52,500 +45.83% 35
East of England +106 131 £60,000 -14.29% 58
Scotland +2 114 £52,500 -12.50% 19
Yorkshire +132 109 £50,000 +17.65% 16
West Midlands +75 100 £57,500 +59.72% 17
East Midlands +64 92 £50,000 +14.29% 18
North West +61 84 £55,000 - 9
Wales +43 35 £50,000 -9.09% 6
North East +31 33 £55,000 +4.76% 4
Northern Ireland +43 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 20 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 UK excluding London region featuring Embedded Engineer in the job title.

1 1,027 (82.42%) Software Engineering
2 582 (46.71%) C
3 324 (26.00%) Linux
4 291 (23.35%) C++
5 272 (21.83%) Firmware
6 252 (20.22%) Embedded C
7 251 (20.14%) Electronics
8 203 (16.29%) Embedded Linux
9 199 (15.97%) Degree
10 167 (13.40%) Embedded Systems
10 167 (13.40%) Python
10 167 (13.40%) Embedded Firmware
11 134 (10.75%) Wireless
12 116 (9.31%) Manufacturing
13 111 (8.91%) Automotive
14 110 (8.83%) IoT
15 107 (8.59%) Agile
16 104 (8.35%) Social Skills
17 95 (7.62%) Security Cleared
18 84 (6.74%) Problem-Solving
19 82 (6.58%) Computer Science
20 68 (5.46%) Wi-Fi
21 67 (5.38%) Bash
22 60 (4.82%) Yocto
23 57 (4.57%) Embedded Software Development
24 56 (4.49%) Rust
24 56 (4.49%) Cybersecurity
24 56 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
25 55 (4.41%) C#
25 55 (4.41%) Aerospace

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 19 (1.52%) Apache
2 4 (0.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 45 (3.61%) Simulink
2 10 (0.80%) GNU Octave
3 8 (0.64%) Stateflow
4 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.32%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.080%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.080%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (1.20%) GitHub
2 14 (1.12%) AWS
3 8 (0.64%) AWS IoT
4 3 (0.24%) Azure
5 1 (0.080%) GCP
5 1 (0.080%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 134 (10.75%) Wireless
2 68 (5.46%) Wi-Fi
3 44 (3.53%) Bluetooth
4 41 (3.29%) Ethernet
5 40 (3.21%) RS-232
6 34 (2.73%) TCP/IP
7 29 (2.33%) RS-485
8 23 (1.85%) MQTT
9 17 (1.36%) 3G
9 17 (1.36%) 4G
9 17 (1.36%) ZigBee
10 14 (1.12%) Internet
11 11 (0.88%) OFDM
12 10 (0.80%) Modbus
13 9 (0.72%) GPRS
14 8 (0.64%) Profibus
15 7 (0.56%) LoRaWAN
15 7 (0.56%) LTE
16 6 (0.48%) Wireshark
17 5 (0.40%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.48%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.32%) Big Data
3 1 (0.080%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.080%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 50 (4.01%) Git
2 32 (2.57%) JIRA
3 22 (1.77%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.61%) Subversion
5 13 (1.04%) Visual Studio
6 9 (0.72%) Eclipse
7 8 (0.64%) ClearCase
7 8 (0.64%) Rational Rhapsody
8 7 (0.56%) ClearQuest
8 7 (0.56%) Plastic SCM
9 4 (0.32%) GitLab
9 4 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.32%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.24%) GDB
11 2 (0.16%) GCC
11 2 (0.16%) LabVIEW
11 2 (0.16%) PetaLinux
11 2 (0.16%) VectorCAST
12 1 (0.080%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.080%) Cucumber
General
1 251 (20.14%) Electronics
2 116 (9.31%) Manufacturing
3 111 (8.91%) Automotive
4 104 (8.35%) Social Skills
5 56 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 55 (4.41%) Aerospace
7 37 (2.97%) Analytical Skills
8 31 (2.49%) Finance
9 29 (2.33%) Telecoms
10 18 (1.44%) Marketing
10 18 (1.44%) Public Sector
11 17 (1.36%) Aviation
11 17 (1.36%) Mandarin Language
12 9 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (0.56%) Tech for Good
14 6 (0.48%) Legal
15 5 (0.40%) Retail
16 3 (0.24%) Military
16 3 (0.24%) Welsh Language
17 2 (0.16%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (4.82%) Yocto
2 19 (1.52%) Apache NiFi
2 19 (1.52%) STL
3 12 (0.96%) REST
4 10 (0.80%) MFC
5 9 (0.72%) .NET
6 8 (0.64%) HTML
6 8 (0.64%) Middleware
7 6 (0.48%) Node.js
8 5 (0.40%) FFmpeg
8 5 (0.40%) Flask
8 5 (0.40%) GStreamer
8 5 (0.40%) OpenEmbedded
8 5 (0.40%) Qt
9 3 (0.24%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 3 (0.24%) Flash
9 3 (0.24%) iOS SDK
10 2 (0.16%) POSIX
10 2 (0.16%) XML
11 1 (0.080%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 167 (13.40%) Embedded Systems
2 110 (8.83%) IoT
3 52 (4.17%) Algorithms
3 52 (4.17%) Device Driver
4 51 (4.09%) FPGA
5 50 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (1.52%) VHDL
7 17 (1.36%) ARM Cortex
7 17 (1.36%) Renewable Energy
8 15 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
9 14 (1.12%) Mobile App
10 10 (0.80%) Analogue Electronics
10 10 (0.80%) Raspberry Pi
11 8 (0.64%) Acoustics
12 6 (0.48%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.48%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.48%) NB-IoT
12 6 (0.48%) Smart Home
12 6 (0.48%) Video\Live Streaming
13 5 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 324 (26.00%) Linux
2 203 (16.29%) Embedded Linux
3 42 (3.37%) Windows
4 38 (3.05%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.48%) ThreadX
7 5 (0.40%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.32%) Android
8 4 (0.32%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.24%) Debian
9 3 (0.24%) VMS
9 3 (0.24%) Windows Embedded Compact
10 2 (0.16%) Solaris
10 2 (0.16%) Unix
11 1 (0.080%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,027 (82.42%) Software Engineering
2 107 (8.59%) Agile
3 84 (6.74%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (6.58%) Computer Science
5 57 (4.57%) Embedded Software Development
6 56 (4.49%) Cybersecurity
7 52 (4.17%) Software Testing
8 51 (4.09%) SDLC
9 47 (3.77%) Mathematics
10 45 (3.61%) OOD
11 42 (3.37%) Physics
12 37 (2.97%) Test Automation
13 29 (2.33%) Prototyping
14 28 (2.25%) OO
14 28 (2.25%) Signal Processing
15 27 (2.17%) Validation
16 24 (1.93%) Device Driver Development
16 24 (1.93%) Multithreading
17 23 (1.85%) Software Architecture
18 19 (1.52%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 582 (46.71%) C
2 291 (23.35%) C++
3 252 (20.22%) Embedded C
4 167 (13.40%) Python
5 67 (5.38%) Bash
6 56 (4.49%) Rust
7 55 (4.41%) C#
8 49 (3.93%) MATLAB
9 47 (3.77%) Embedded C++
10 22 (1.77%) Assembly Language
11 21 (1.69%) Java
12 20 (1.61%) Ada
13 19 (1.52%) JavaScript
14 12 (0.96%) PHP
14 12 (0.96%) R
15 9 (0.72%) SQL
16 8 (0.64%) VB
17 7 (0.56%) Perl
18 3 (0.24%) Groovy
18 3 (0.24%) Lua
Qualifications
1 199 (15.97%) Degree
2 95 (7.62%) Security Cleared
3 16 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
4 15 (1.20%) SC Cleared
5 10 (0.80%) Master's Degree
6 9 (0.72%) HNC
7 8 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.40%) HND
9 3 (0.24%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (2.41%) MISRA
2 17 (1.36%) ISO 13485
3 14 (1.12%) GDPR
3 14 (1.12%) QA
4 11 (0.88%) JTAG
5 10 (0.80%) IEC 62304
5 10 (0.80%) MISRA C
6 9 (0.72%) AUTOSAR
7 8 (0.64%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 7 (0.56%) ISO 9000
9 5 (0.40%) ISO 26262
10 4 (0.32%) Automotive SPICE
11 3 (0.24%) DO-178B
11 3 (0.24%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 272 (21.83%) Firmware
2 167 (13.40%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (0.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.40%) Terraform
2 3 (0.24%) Ansible
2 3 (0.24%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.24%) Podman
3 1 (0.080%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 20 (1.61%) EMC
2 18 (1.44%) SAP
3 12 (0.96%) IBM
4 8 (0.64%) Microsoft
4 8 (0.64%) Red Hat
5 7 (0.56%) Lauterbach
5 7 (0.56%) Xilinx
6 6 (0.48%) Renesas
7 5 (0.40%) Intel
8 4 (0.32%) QNX
9 2 (0.16%) Atmel
9 2 (0.16%) Facebook
10 1 (0.080%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.080%) CA
10 1 (0.080%) Freescale
10 1 (0.080%) MathWorks
10 1 (0.080%) NCR
10 1 (0.080%) Samsung