Embedded Systems
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 531 664 775
Rank change year-on-year +133 +111 -88
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 397 297 509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.30% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.13% 0.71% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 283 145 179
10th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £64,375 £77,500 £72,375
90th Percentile £76,500 £85,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% +1.94%

All Generic Skills
UK

Embedded Systems is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,224 42,073 78,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.90% 42.71% 48.09%
Number of salaries quoted 23,037 22,960 34,085
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,066 £46,350 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Embedded Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Systems.

Salary trend for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Systems over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Systems within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
England +167 378 £55,000 -15.38% 137
UK excluding London +79 376 £55,000 -8.33% 123
South East +9 122 £57,500 -17.86% 42
Work from Home +39 117 £55,000 -15.38% 42
East of England +27 70 £50,000 -41.18% 21
North of England +78 62 £52,500 - 12
Midlands +13 56 £50,000 -20.00% 19
South West +14 54 £50,000 -16.67% 20
North West +21 40 £55,000 +4.76% 8
West Midlands +20 34 £52,500 -26.32% 9
Yorkshire +101 22 £47,500 -17.39% 4
East Midlands +4 22 £42,500 -22.73% 10
London +111 14 £62,500 -16.67% 15
Scotland -53 9 £65,000 +30.00% 8
Northern Ireland +28 2 - -
Wales +3 1 - - 1

Embedded Systems
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 10 (2.52%) nginx
2 5 (1.26%) Confluence
3 1 (0.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.25%) Kinematics
Applications
1 50 (12.59%) Simulink
2 24 (6.05%) Stateflow
3 8 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.26%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.25%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.25%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 8 (2.02%) AWS
2 7 (1.76%) Azure
3 4 (1.01%) GCP
4 3 (0.76%) WhatsApp
5 2 (0.50%) GitHub
6 1 (0.25%) AWS IoT
6 1 (0.25%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 41 (10.33%) Wireless
2 21 (5.29%) Bluetooth
2 21 (5.29%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (4.28%) Ethernet
4 12 (3.02%) Firewall
4 12 (3.02%) Software-Defined Radio
5 11 (2.77%) RS-232
6 10 (2.52%) J1939
7 7 (1.76%) FlexRay
7 7 (1.76%) Modbus
7 7 (1.76%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.76%) ZigBee
8 6 (1.51%) MQTT
9 4 (1.01%) 5G
9 4 (1.01%) Multicast
10 3 (0.76%) Internet
10 3 (0.76%) LTE
11 2 (0.50%) 4G
11 2 (0.50%) GSM
11 2 (0.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.53%) MySQL
1 14 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (1.01%) Big Data
2 4 (1.01%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 51 (12.85%) Git
2 22 (5.54%) JIRA
3 20 (5.04%) LabVIEW
4 16 (4.03%) Subversion
5 10 (2.52%) ClearCase
5 10 (2.52%) GNU Toolchain
5 10 (2.52%) Plastic SCM
6 8 (2.02%) GDB
7 7 (1.76%) ClearQuest
7 7 (1.76%) Jenkins
8 6 (1.51%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.50%) Appium
9 2 (0.50%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.50%) CMake
9 2 (0.50%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.50%) UI Automator
9 2 (0.50%) VectorCAST
10 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.25%) GCC
10 1 (0.25%) TeamCity
General
1 135 (34.01%) Electronics
2 89 (22.42%) Automotive
3 65 (16.37%) Social Skills
4 59 (14.86%) Manufacturing
5 32 (8.06%) Telecoms
6 24 (6.05%) Marketing
7 22 (5.54%) Aerospace
8 20 (5.04%) Legal
9 18 (4.53%) Analytical Skills
9 18 (4.53%) Finance
10 16 (4.03%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.76%) Military
13 6 (1.51%) Avionics
13 6 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.26%) Retail
15 4 (1.01%) Multimedia
15 4 (1.01%) Tech for Good
16 3 (0.76%) Aviation
16 3 (0.76%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 181 (45.59%) Software Engineer
2 173 (43.58%) Embedded Engineer
3 121 (30.48%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 72 (18.14%) Senior
5 61 (15.37%) Systems Engineer
6 43 (10.83%) Developer
7 30 (7.56%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 27 (6.80%) Software Developer
9 24 (6.05%) C Software Engineer
9 24 (6.05%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 23 (5.79%) C++ Software Engineer
10 23 (5.79%) Electronics Engineer
11 22 (5.54%) Senior Software Engineer
12 19 (4.79%) Embedded C Engineer
12 19 (4.79%) Embedded C++ Engineer
13 17 (4.28%) Embedded C Software Engineer
13 17 (4.28%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
14 16 (4.03%) Design Engineer
14 16 (4.03%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
14 16 (4.03%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.77%) Node.js
2 10 (2.52%) HTML
2 10 (2.52%) HTML5
2 10 (2.52%) POSIX
2 10 (2.52%) Yocto
3 7 (1.76%) Qt
3 7 (1.76%) React
3 7 (1.76%) Redux
4 5 (1.26%) FFmpeg
4 5 (1.26%) GStreamer
4 5 (1.26%) OpenEmbedded
4 5 (1.26%) PyTorch
4 5 (1.26%) TensorFlow
5 4 (1.01%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 3 (0.76%) CSS
6 3 (0.76%) Svelte
7 2 (0.50%) .NET
7 2 (0.50%) Middleware
7 2 (0.50%) PyQt
7 2 (0.50%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 50 (12.59%) Algorithms
2 34 (8.56%) IoT
3 29 (7.30%) FPGA
4 16 (4.03%) Renewable Energy
5 15 (3.78%) Analogue Electronics
5 15 (3.78%) Device Driver
6 14 (3.53%) Acoustics
6 14 (3.53%) Robotics
6 14 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.77%) Linux Command Line
7 11 (2.77%) RISC-V
8 9 (2.27%) VHDL
9 8 (2.02%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.76%) Hackathon
10 7 (1.76%) SCADA
11 6 (1.51%) CAN bus
11 6 (1.51%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.51%) Verilog
12 5 (1.26%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 121 (30.48%) Linux
2 25 (6.30%) Windows
3 24 (6.05%) Embedded Linux
4 17 (4.28%) FreeRTOS
5 15 (3.78%) Android
5 15 (3.78%) Unix
6 6 (1.51%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.76%) Windows Embedded Compact
8 2 (0.50%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.50%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.50%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.50%) Solaris
9 1 (0.25%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (60.71%) Software Engineering
2 71 (17.88%) Problem-Solving
3 61 (15.37%) Agile
4 55 (13.85%) Computer Science
5 34 (8.56%) Open Source
6 32 (8.06%) Mentoring
7 31 (7.81%) Software Testing
8 30 (7.56%) Test Automation
9 25 (6.30%) Code Quality
10 24 (6.05%) Multithreading
11 23 (5.79%) Roadmaps
12 22 (5.54%) SDLC
12 22 (5.54%) Validation
13 21 (5.29%) FPGA Design
14 20 (5.04%) Embedded Software Development
15 19 (4.79%) Coaching
15 19 (4.79%) TDD
16 18 (4.53%) Artificial Intelligence
16 18 (4.53%) Cybersecurity
17 17 (4.28%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 229 (57.68%) C
2 125 (31.49%) C++
3 99 (24.94%) Python
4 74 (18.64%) Embedded C
5 47 (11.84%) MATLAB
6 38 (9.57%) C#
7 21 (5.29%) Java
8 15 (3.78%) Bash
9 10 (2.52%) Rust
10 9 (2.27%) Embedded C++
11 8 (2.02%) SQL
12 5 (1.26%) JavaScript
12 5 (1.26%) Perl
13 4 (1.01%) R
14 3 (0.76%) Ada
14 3 (0.76%) Assembly Language
14 3 (0.76%) Go
14 3 (0.76%) Groovy
15 2 (0.50%) Ada 83
16 1 (0.25%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 141 (35.52%) Degree
2 28 (7.05%) Security Cleared
3 19 (4.79%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.53%) Master's Degree
5 16 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (3.02%) PhD
7 4 (1.01%) CESG Certified Professional
7 4 (1.01%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.76%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.76%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.50%) CHECK Team Member
9 2 (0.50%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.50%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.53%) MISRA
2 13 (3.27%) ISO 26262
3 12 (3.02%) Automotive SPICE
4 8 (2.02%) IEC 62304
4 8 (2.02%) ISO 13485
5 7 (1.76%) QA
6 6 (1.51%) Def Stans
6 6 (1.51%) IEC 61508
7 4 (1.01%) AUTOSAR
7 4 (1.01%) MISRA C
8 3 (0.76%) JTAG
9 2 (0.50%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 75 (18.89%) Firmware
2 34 (8.56%) Embedded Firmware
3 13 (3.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (4.28%) Functional Safety
2 12 (3.02%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.50%) Nmap
4 1 (0.25%) Grafana
4 1 (0.25%) Kibana
Vendors
1 16 (4.03%) SAP
2 15 (3.78%) Microsoft
3 13 (3.27%) Lauterbach
4 10 (2.52%) IBM
5 7 (1.76%) Xilinx
6 6 (1.51%) Intel
7 5 (1.26%) EMC
7 5 (1.26%) NVIDIA
8 4 (1.01%) Google
9 3 (0.76%) F5
9 3 (0.76%) Facebook
9 3 (0.76%) Instagram
9 3 (0.76%) Samsung
10 2 (0.50%) MathWorks
11 1 (0.25%) Atmel
11 1 (0.25%) Freescale
11 1 (0.25%) Siemens