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 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 232 644 574
Rank change year-on-year +412 -70 +21
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Engineer 1,270 361 863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.28% 0.36% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 0.39% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 989 204 229
10th Percentile £38,750 £34,324 £34,750
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% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.90% +5.71% +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 93,899 92,293 151,422
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.47% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,283 58,235 84,441
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 £71,250 £80,627 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
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 11 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 11 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 +269 1,224 £55,000 -0.90% 226
England +381 1,082 £55,000 - 226
Work from Home +245 413 £52,500 -12.50% 94
South East +119 302 £57,500 -4.17% 62
North of England +154 222 £50,000 -2.44% 23
South West +129 220 £55,000 -8.33% 53
Midlands +124 189 £52,500 +20.69% 30
East of England +110 126 £60,000 -14.29% 40
Scotland +12 119 £52,500 -12.50% 19
Yorkshire +124 105 £50,000 +17.65% 12
West Midlands +78 102 £60,000 +52.87% 13
East Midlands +59 87 £50,000 -4.76% 17
North West +67 84 £55,000 - 8
Wales +39 33 £50,000 -9.09% 4
North East +28 33 £55,000 +4.76% 5
London +139 21 £52,500 -19.23% 18
Northern Ireland +39 13 - -

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 1,048 (82.52%) Software Engineering
2 602 (47.40%) C
3 331 (26.06%) Linux
4 298 (23.46%) C++
5 282 (22.20%) Firmware
6 253 (19.92%) Embedded C
7 251 (19.76%) Electronics
8 205 (16.14%) Embedded Linux
9 203 (15.98%) Degree
10 175 (13.78%) Embedded Firmware
11 174 (13.70%) Python
12 167 (13.15%) Embedded Systems
13 141 (11.10%) Wireless
14 117 (9.21%) Manufacturing
15 113 (8.90%) Automotive
16 112 (8.82%) IoT
17 111 (8.74%) Agile
18 106 (8.35%) Social Skills
19 98 (7.72%) Security Cleared
20 85 (6.69%) Problem-Solving
20 85 (6.69%) Computer Science
21 70 (5.51%) Wi-Fi
22 67 (5.28%) Bash
23 65 (5.12%) Yocto
24 62 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
25 58 (4.57%) Embedded Software Development
25 58 (4.57%) Rust
26 56 (4.41%) Device Driver
26 56 (4.41%) C#
26 56 (4.41%) Cybersecurity

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 (1.50%) Apache
2 4 (0.31%) Confluence
3 1 (0.079%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 45 (3.54%) Simulink
2 9 (0.71%) GNU Octave
3 8 (0.63%) Stateflow
4 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.31%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.079%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (1.18%) GitHub
2 14 (1.10%) AWS
3 8 (0.63%) AWS IoT
4 3 (0.24%) Azure
5 1 (0.079%) GCP
5 1 (0.079%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 141 (11.10%) Wireless
2 70 (5.51%) Wi-Fi
3 45 (3.54%) Bluetooth
4 42 (3.31%) Ethernet
5 41 (3.23%) RS-232
6 36 (2.83%) TCP/IP
7 29 (2.28%) RS-485
8 24 (1.89%) MQTT
9 18 (1.42%) 3G
9 18 (1.42%) 4G
10 17 (1.34%) ZigBee
11 14 (1.10%) Internet
12 11 (0.87%) Modbus
13 10 (0.79%) OFDM
14 9 (0.71%) GPRS
15 8 (0.63%) Profibus
16 7 (0.55%) LoRaWAN
16 7 (0.55%) LTE
17 6 (0.47%) Wireshark
18 5 (0.39%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.47%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.31%) Big Data
3 1 (0.079%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.079%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 53 (4.17%) Git
2 32 (2.52%) JIRA
3 21 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.57%) Subversion
5 13 (1.02%) Visual Studio
6 8 (0.63%) ClearCase
6 8 (0.63%) Eclipse
6 8 (0.63%) Rational Rhapsody
7 7 (0.55%) ClearQuest
7 7 (0.55%) Plastic SCM
8 4 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (0.31%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.24%) GDB
9 3 (0.24%) GitLab
10 2 (0.16%) GCC
10 2 (0.16%) PetaLinux
10 2 (0.16%) VectorCAST
11 1 (0.079%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.079%) LabVIEW
11 1 (0.079%) Mercurial
General
1 251 (19.76%) Electronics
2 117 (9.21%) Manufacturing
3 113 (8.90%) Automotive
4 106 (8.35%) Social Skills
5 62 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 55 (4.33%) Aerospace
7 38 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
8 35 (2.76%) Finance
9 30 (2.36%) Telecoms
10 19 (1.50%) Marketing
10 19 (1.50%) Public Sector
11 18 (1.42%) Aviation
12 17 (1.34%) Mandarin Language
13 8 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (0.55%) Tech for Good
15 6 (0.47%) Legal
16 5 (0.39%) Retail
17 4 (0.31%) Military
18 3 (0.24%) Welsh Language
19 2 (0.16%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (5.12%) Yocto
2 19 (1.50%) Apache NiFi
2 19 (1.50%) STL
3 12 (0.94%) REST
4 10 (0.79%) .NET
4 10 (0.79%) MFC
5 8 (0.63%) HTML
5 8 (0.63%) Middleware
6 6 (0.47%) 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 (0.24%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 3 (0.24%) iOS SDK
10 2 (0.16%) POSIX
10 2 (0.16%) XML
11 1 (0.079%) COM
Miscellaneous
1 167 (13.15%) Embedded Systems
2 112 (8.82%) IoT
3 56 (4.41%) Device Driver
4 51 (4.02%) Algorithms
5 50 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
6 49 (3.86%) FPGA
7 17 (1.34%) ARM Cortex
7 17 (1.34%) VHDL
8 16 (1.26%) Renewable Energy
9 15 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
10 14 (1.10%) Mobile App
11 12 (0.94%) Analogue Electronics
12 10 (0.79%) Raspberry Pi
13 8 (0.63%) Acoustics
14 7 (0.55%) Video\Live Streaming
15 6 (0.47%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (0.47%) CAN bus
15 6 (0.47%) Data Centre
15 6 (0.47%) Driving Licence
15 6 (0.47%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 331 (26.06%) Linux
2 205 (16.14%) Embedded Linux
3 42 (3.31%) Windows
4 39 (3.07%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.47%) ThreadX
6 6 (0.47%) VxWorks
7 4 (0.31%) Android
7 4 (0.31%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.24%) Debian
8 3 (0.24%) Unix
8 3 (0.24%) VMS
9 2 (0.16%) Solaris
9 2 (0.16%) Windows Embedded Compact
10 1 (0.079%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,048 (82.52%) Software Engineering
2 111 (8.74%) Agile
3 85 (6.69%) Computer Science
3 85 (6.69%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (4.57%) Embedded Software Development
5 56 (4.41%) Cybersecurity
6 52 (4.09%) Mathematics
7 51 (4.02%) SDLC
7 51 (4.02%) Software Testing
8 47 (3.70%) Physics
9 46 (3.62%) OOD
10 41 (3.23%) Test Automation
11 30 (2.36%) Prototyping
12 29 (2.28%) OO
13 27 (2.13%) Software Architecture
13 27 (2.13%) Validation
14 26 (2.05%) Device Driver Development
14 26 (2.05%) Signal Processing
15 25 (1.97%) Multithreading
16 20 (1.57%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 602 (47.40%) C
2 298 (23.46%) C++
3 253 (19.92%) Embedded C
4 174 (13.70%) Python
5 67 (5.28%) Bash
6 58 (4.57%) Rust
7 56 (4.41%) C#
8 47 (3.70%) MATLAB
9 44 (3.46%) Embedded C++
10 23 (1.81%) Java
11 22 (1.73%) Assembly Language
12 20 (1.57%) Ada
13 19 (1.50%) JavaScript
14 12 (0.94%) PHP
14 12 (0.94%) R
15 9 (0.71%) SQL
16 8 (0.63%) VB
17 7 (0.55%) Perl
18 4 (0.31%) Shell Script
19 3 (0.24%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 203 (15.98%) Degree
2 98 (7.72%) Security Cleared
3 18 (1.42%) SC Cleared
4 16 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (0.79%) Master's Degree
6 9 (0.71%) HNC
7 8 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.39%) HND
9 3 (0.24%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (2.36%) MISRA
2 18 (1.42%) QA
3 17 (1.34%) ISO 13485
4 15 (1.18%) JTAG
5 14 (1.10%) GDPR
6 12 (0.94%) AUTOSAR
7 10 (0.79%) IEC 62304
7 10 (0.79%) MISRA C
8 8 (0.63%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 7 (0.55%) ISO 9000
10 6 (0.47%) Automotive SPICE
11 5 (0.39%) ISO 26262
12 4 (0.31%) DO-178B
13 3 (0.24%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 282 (22.20%) Firmware
2 175 (13.78%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (0.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (0.39%) Terraform
2 3 (0.24%) Ansible
2 3 (0.24%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.24%) Podman
3 1 (0.079%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 20 (1.57%) EMC
2 19 (1.50%) SAP
3 12 (0.94%) IBM
4 8 (0.63%) Microsoft
4 8 (0.63%) Red Hat
5 7 (0.55%) Lauterbach
5 7 (0.55%) Xilinx
6 5 (0.39%) Intel
6 5 (0.39%) Renesas
7 4 (0.31%) QNX
8 2 (0.16%) Atmel
8 2 (0.16%) Facebook
9 1 (0.079%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.079%) CA
9 1 (0.079%) Freescale
9 1 (0.079%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.079%) NCR
9 1 (0.079%) Samsung
9 1 (0.079%) Siemens