Embedded Software Engineer Jobs in the South West

Embedded Software Engineer
England > South West

The median Embedded Software Engineer salary in the South West is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 111 247
Rank change year-on-year -56 +136 +57
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Software Engineer 10 249 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.28% 2.31% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 2.40% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 5 231 17
10th Percentile £37,750 £45,000 £45,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £60,800 £80,000 £76,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% -6.78% +4.89%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,316 10,361 5,710
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.17% 96.10% 88.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,029 7,483 3,676
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,544 £36,919 £38,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £64,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.86% +0.42%

Embedded Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the South West

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer in the South West.

Salary trend for Embedded Software Engineer in the South West

Embedded Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Software Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 21 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Embedded Software Engineer in the South West

Embedded Software Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 21 June 2025. 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
Devon +6 4 - - 2
Dorset +34 3 £48,750 +8.33% 1
Bristol -13 3 £50,000 -9.09% 9
Embedded Software Engineer
England

Embedded Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 21 June 2025, 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 South West region featuring Embedded Software Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (90.00%) C
3 7 (70.00%) C++
4 5 (50.00%) Configuration Management
4 5 (50.00%) Validation
4 5 (50.00%) Degree
5 4 (40.00%) Test Automation
5 4 (40.00%) Software Architecture
5 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
5 4 (40.00%) 5G
5 4 (40.00%) SDLC
5 4 (40.00%) Defect Tracking
5 4 (40.00%) Intel
5 4 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (40.00%) Visual Studio
5 4 (40.00%) Linux
5 4 (40.00%) UML
5 4 (40.00%) WAN
5 4 (40.00%) B2B
5 4 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
5 4 (40.00%) Marketing
5 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (40.00%) Multithreading
5 4 (40.00%) Product Marketing
5 4 (40.00%) SD-WAN
5 4 (40.00%) GNSS
5 4 (40.00%) Test Assurance
5 4 (40.00%) PMO
5 4 (40.00%) Self-Driving Car
6 2 (20.00%) ARM Cortex

Embedded Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) 5G
1 4 (40.00%) SD-WAN
1 4 (40.00%) WAN
1 4 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (10.00%) GSM
2 1 (10.00%) J1939
2 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (10.00%) GCC
2 1 (10.00%) gcov
2 1 (10.00%) GDB
2 1 (10.00%) Git
2 1 (10.00%) GitLab
2 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 4 (40.00%) Marketing
2 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (10.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (10.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) GNSS
1 4 (40.00%) Self-Driving Car
2 2 (20.00%) ARM Cortex
3 1 (10.00%) CAN bus
3 1 (10.00%) Device Driver
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (10.00%) SafeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 5 (50.00%) Validation
3 4 (40.00%) B2B
3 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (40.00%) Defect Tracking
3 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (40.00%) Multithreading
3 4 (40.00%) Product Marketing
3 4 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 4 (40.00%) SDLC
3 4 (40.00%) Software Architecture
3 4 (40.00%) Test Assurance
3 4 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 4 (40.00%) UML
4 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (10.00%) Device Driver Development
4 1 (10.00%) Mechatronics
4 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) C
2 7 (70.00%) C++
3 2 (20.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) PMO
2 1 (10.00%) DO-178B
2 1 (10.00%) IEC 61508
2 1 (10.00%) IEC 62304
2 1 (10.00%) ISO 26262
2 1 (10.00%) JTAG
2 1 (10.00%) MISRA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Docker
1 1 (10.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Intel
2 1 (10.00%) IBM
2 1 (10.00%) QNX
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