Embedded Software Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Embedded Software Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Embedded Software 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 221 477 375
Rank change year-on-year +256 -102 +128
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 928 289 635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.30% 0.49% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 0.55% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 721 180 170
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,324 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +8.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,813 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +11.11%

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 Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Embedded Software 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 Software 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 +102 212 £55,000 -8.33% 49
South West +129 196 £55,000 -8.33% 43
North of England +139 191 £50,000 -4.76% 24
Midlands +78 120 £50,000 +38.89% 25
East of England +92 112 £60,000 -14.29% 48
Yorkshire +121 94 £45,000 +5.88% 16
North West +50 72 £50,000 -9.09% 6
West Midlands +50 65 £50,000 +38.89% 14
Scotland -43 60 £60,000 - 17
East Midlands +34 55 £50,000 +14.29% 11
North East +23 25 £55,000 +4.76% 4
Wales - 25 £50,000 - 4
Northern Ireland +42 12 - -
Embedded Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Embedded Software 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 928 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 412 (44.40%) C
3 259 (27.91%) Linux
4 206 (22.20%) C++
5 182 (19.61%) Embedded C
6 173 (18.64%) Electronics
7 163 (17.56%) Embedded Linux
8 148 (15.95%) Python
9 122 (13.15%) Degree
10 118 (12.72%) Embedded Systems
11 116 (12.50%) Firmware
12 97 (10.45%) Automotive
13 84 (9.05%) IoT
14 76 (8.19%) Security Cleared
14 76 (8.19%) Agile
15 73 (7.87%) Manufacturing
16 72 (7.76%) Wireless
17 65 (7.00%) Bash
17 65 (7.00%) Embedded Firmware
18 58 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
19 56 (6.03%) Rust
20 55 (5.93%) Cybersecurity
21 50 (5.39%) Aerospace
22 47 (5.06%) Device Driver
22 47 (5.06%) Software Testing
22 47 (5.06%) Social Skills
23 46 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
23 46 (4.96%) Problem-Solving
24 43 (4.63%) C#
24 43 (4.63%) SDLC

Embedded Software 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 (2.05%) Apache
2 4 (0.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (4.53%) Simulink
2 8 (0.86%) Stateflow
3 2 (0.22%) GNU Octave
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.11%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.11%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (1.19%) GitHub
2 7 (0.75%) AWS
3 3 (0.32%) AWS IoT
3 3 (0.32%) Azure
4 1 (0.11%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 72 (7.76%) Wireless
2 58 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
3 40 (4.31%) RS-232
4 36 (3.88%) Ethernet
5 33 (3.56%) TCP/IP
6 32 (3.45%) Bluetooth
7 28 (3.02%) RS-485
8 17 (1.83%) MQTT
8 17 (1.83%) ZigBee
9 14 (1.51%) Internet
10 13 (1.40%) 4G
11 12 (1.29%) 3G
12 6 (0.65%) Wireshark
13 5 (0.54%) GPRS
13 5 (0.54%) Modbus
13 5 (0.54%) VoIP
14 4 (0.43%) Profibus
15 2 (0.22%) HTTP
15 2 (0.22%) LoRaWAN
16 1 (0.11%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.65%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.43%) Big Data
3 1 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.11%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 34 (3.66%) Git
2 28 (3.02%) JIRA
3 21 (2.26%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.40%) Subversion
5 8 (0.86%) ClearCase
5 8 (0.86%) Rational Rhapsody
6 7 (0.75%) ClearQuest
6 7 (0.75%) Plastic SCM
7 6 (0.65%) Eclipse
8 5 (0.54%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.43%) GitLab
9 4 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.43%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.22%) LabVIEW
10 2 (0.22%) PetaLinux
10 2 (0.22%) VectorCAST
11 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.11%) GDB
General
1 173 (18.64%) Electronics
2 97 (10.45%) Automotive
3 73 (7.87%) Manufacturing
4 50 (5.39%) Aerospace
5 47 (5.06%) Social Skills
6 17 (1.83%) Aviation
6 17 (1.83%) Mandarin Language
7 11 (1.19%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (1.08%) Telecoms
9 8 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (0.75%) Finance
10 7 (0.75%) Tech for Good
11 6 (0.65%) Legal
11 6 (0.65%) Marketing
11 6 (0.65%) Public Sector
12 5 (0.54%) Retail
13 3 (0.32%) Military
13 3 (0.32%) Welsh Language
14 2 (0.22%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.45%) Yocto
2 19 (2.05%) Apache NiFi
2 19 (2.05%) STL
3 12 (1.29%) REST
4 8 (0.86%) Middleware
5 6 (0.65%) Node.js
6 5 (0.54%) FFmpeg
6 5 (0.54%) GStreamer
6 5 (0.54%) MFC
6 5 (0.54%) OpenEmbedded
7 4 (0.43%) .NET
7 4 (0.43%) HTML
8 3 (0.32%) iOS SDK
8 3 (0.32%) Qt
9 2 (0.22%) POSIX
9 2 (0.22%) XML
10 1 (0.11%) HTML5
10 1 (0.11%) QML
10 1 (0.11%) React
10 1 (0.11%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 118 (12.72%) Embedded Systems
2 84 (9.05%) IoT
3 47 (5.06%) Device Driver
4 46 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
5 40 (4.31%) Algorithms
6 17 (1.83%) Renewable Energy
7 15 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
8 14 (1.51%) FPGA
9 12 (1.29%) Mobile App
10 11 (1.19%) ARM Cortex
11 10 (1.08%) Raspberry Pi
12 8 (0.86%) Acoustics
13 6 (0.65%) Data Centre
13 6 (0.65%) Smart Home
13 6 (0.65%) Video\Live Streaming
14 5 (0.54%) Analogue Electronics
14 5 (0.54%) CAN bus
14 5 (0.54%) Robotics
14 5 (0.54%) Smart Energy
15 4 (0.43%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 259 (27.91%) Linux
2 163 (17.56%) Embedded Linux
3 37 (3.99%) Windows
4 34 (3.66%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.65%) ThreadX
7 5 (0.54%) VxWorks
8 3 (0.32%) Android
8 3 (0.32%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.32%) Debian
8 3 (0.32%) VMS
8 3 (0.32%) Windows Embedded Compact
9 2 (0.22%) Solaris
9 2 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 928 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 76 (8.19%) Agile
3 55 (5.93%) Cybersecurity
4 47 (5.06%) Software Testing
5 46 (4.96%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (4.63%) SDLC
7 41 (4.42%) OOD
8 38 (4.09%) Computer Science
9 34 (3.66%) Embedded Software Development
9 34 (3.66%) Test Automation
10 24 (2.59%) OO
11 21 (2.26%) Device Driver Development
11 21 (2.26%) Prototyping
11 21 (2.26%) Validation
12 20 (2.16%) Multithreading
13 18 (1.94%) Configuration Management
14 17 (1.83%) TDD
15 15 (1.62%) Software Architecture
16 14 (1.51%) Mentoring
16 14 (1.51%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 412 (44.40%) C
2 206 (22.20%) C++
3 182 (19.61%) Embedded C
4 148 (15.95%) Python
5 65 (7.00%) Bash
6 56 (6.03%) Rust
7 43 (4.63%) C#
8 37 (3.99%) MATLAB
9 34 (3.66%) Embedded C++
10 20 (2.16%) Ada
10 20 (2.16%) Java
11 13 (1.40%) JavaScript
12 12 (1.29%) PHP
13 8 (0.86%) R
14 7 (0.75%) Assembly Language
15 6 (0.65%) Perl
16 4 (0.43%) SQL
17 3 (0.32%) Groovy
17 3 (0.32%) Swift
17 3 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 122 (13.15%) Degree
2 76 (8.19%) Security Cleared
3 16 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (1.08%) Master's Degree
5 5 (0.54%) HND
6 4 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.43%) HNC
7 3 (0.32%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.22%) PhD
8 2 (0.22%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.80%) MISRA
2 14 (1.51%) GDPR
3 13 (1.40%) ISO 13485
3 13 (1.40%) QA
4 10 (1.08%) IEC 62304
5 8 (0.86%) JTAG
6 7 (0.75%) ISO 9000
7 6 (0.65%) AUTOSAR
7 6 (0.65%) MISRA C
8 5 (0.54%) ISO 26262
9 4 (0.43%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 3 (0.32%) DO-178B
System Software
1 116 (12.50%) Firmware
2 65 (7.00%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (0.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.54%) Terraform
2 3 (0.32%) Ansible
2 3 (0.32%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.32%) Podman
3 1 (0.11%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 12 (1.29%) IBM
2 8 (0.86%) Red Hat
3 7 (0.75%) Lauterbach
4 6 (0.65%) Renesas
4 6 (0.65%) SAP
5 4 (0.43%) QNX
6 3 (0.32%) Microsoft
7 2 (0.22%) Atmel
7 2 (0.22%) Xilinx
8 1 (0.11%) EMC
8 1 (0.11%) Freescale
8 1 (0.11%) MathWorks
8 1 (0.11%) Samsung