Advertised salaries for 3135 engineering and technology roles from 652 UK employers, by discipline, over the last 90 days.
| Discipline | Advertised salary |
|---|---|
| Software | £65k median, £45k to £80k (476 adverts) |
| Embedded & firmware | £60k median, £52k to £65k (24 adverts) |
| Electronics & hardware | £53k median, £40k to £71k (104 adverts) |
| Cloud, data & AI | £50k median, £45k to £75k (503 adverts) |
| IT & security | £40k median, £38k to £45k (368 adverts) |
Over the last 90 days, embedded and firmware roles advertised in the UK had a median advertised salary of £60k. The middle half of adverts sat between £52k and £65k, from 24 adverts that stated a range. That is what employers are putting in the advert, not what offers were accepted, and it does not include adverts with no salary on them at all, which are common at the senior end.
Counted from UK job adverts published in the last 90 days, including those posted through agencies, and refreshed as new adverts appear. These are advertised salaries, not offers accepted, and only from adverts that state a range. A discipline is left out where fewer than 8 adverts stated one. We publish a rolling window rather than a monthly figure because advertised salaries do not move month to month.
Advertised salaries do not move month to month. A median for one calendar month against the next is mostly noise, and a smaller sample besides. This page uses a 90-day window and is refreshed as new adverts appear, so the figure is both current and steady.
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