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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 537 683 776
Rank change year-on-year +146 +93 -94
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 393 298 493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.29% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.12% 0.69% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 279 146 176
10th Percentile £39,376 £46,875 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £63,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +15.91% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £61,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.20% +16.67% -

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 35,043 43,311 74,759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.36% 42.74% 47.65%
Number of salaries quoted 23,056 23,480 33,820
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
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 £84,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,550 £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 9 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 9 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 +170 374 £55,000 -15.38% 131
UK excluding London +70 372 £55,000 -10.20% 119
South East -8 122 £59,500 -15.00% 38
Work from Home +53 118 £55,000 -15.38% 49
East of England +38 69 £50,000 -41.18% 21
North of England +92 60 £52,500 - 11
Midlands +11 58 £50,000 -20.00% 17
South West +6 51 £50,000 -16.67% 25
North West +34 39 £55,000 +4.76% 7
West Midlands +25 37 £52,500 -35.38% 4
Yorkshire +109 21 £47,500 -17.39% 4
East Midlands -8 21 £42,500 -27.66% 13
London +99 14 £62,500 -13.79% 16
Scotland -60 9 £65,000 +30.00% 8
Northern Ireland +28 2 - -
Wales 0 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 (2.54%) nginx
2 4 (1.02%) Confluence
3 1 (0.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.25%) Kinematics
Applications
1 50 (12.72%) Simulink
2 24 (6.11%) Stateflow
3 8 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.53%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.25%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.25%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 9 (2.29%) AWS
2 7 (1.78%) Azure
3 4 (1.02%) GCP
4 2 (0.51%) GitHub
4 2 (0.51%) WhatsApp
5 1 (0.25%) AWS IoT
5 1 (0.25%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 41 (10.43%) Wireless
2 22 (5.60%) Bluetooth
2 22 (5.60%) Wi-Fi
3 19 (4.83%) Ethernet
4 12 (3.05%) Firewall
4 12 (3.05%) Software-Defined Radio
5 10 (2.54%) J1939
5 10 (2.54%) RS-232
6 9 (2.29%) TCP/IP
7 8 (2.04%) ZigBee
8 7 (1.78%) FlexRay
8 7 (1.78%) Modbus
9 6 (1.53%) MQTT
10 4 (1.02%) 4G
10 4 (1.02%) 5G
10 4 (1.02%) LTE
10 4 (1.02%) Multicast
11 3 (0.76%) Internet
12 2 (0.51%) 3G
12 2 (0.51%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.07%) MySQL
2 14 (3.56%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.02%) Big Data
3 4 (1.02%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 50 (12.72%) Git
2 21 (5.34%) JIRA
3 20 (5.09%) LabVIEW
4 15 (3.82%) Subversion
5 10 (2.54%) ClearCase
5 10 (2.54%) GNU Toolchain
5 10 (2.54%) Plastic SCM
6 9 (2.29%) GDB
7 7 (1.78%) ClearQuest
7 7 (1.78%) Jenkins
8 6 (1.53%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.51%) Appium
9 2 (0.51%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.51%) CMake
9 2 (0.51%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.51%) UI Automator
9 2 (0.51%) VectorCAST
10 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.25%) GCC
10 1 (0.25%) TeamCity
General
1 136 (34.61%) Electronics
2 91 (23.16%) Automotive
3 65 (16.54%) Social Skills
4 61 (15.52%) Manufacturing
5 33 (8.40%) Telecoms
6 26 (6.62%) Marketing
7 22 (5.60%) Aerospace
8 21 (5.34%) Finance
9 20 (5.09%) Legal
10 18 (4.58%) Analytical Skills
10 18 (4.58%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.78%) Military
13 6 (1.53%) Avionics
13 6 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.02%) Multimedia
14 4 (1.02%) Retail
14 4 (1.02%) Tech for Good
15 3 (0.76%) German Language
15 3 (0.76%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 180 (45.80%) Software Engineer
2 169 (43.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 121 (30.79%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 74 (18.83%) Senior
5 59 (15.01%) Systems Engineer
6 42 (10.69%) Developer
7 31 (7.89%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 26 (6.62%) Software Developer
9 24 (6.11%) C Software Engineer
9 24 (6.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 23 (5.85%) C++ Software Engineer
10 23 (5.85%) Electronics Engineer
11 22 (5.60%) Senior Software Engineer
12 20 (5.09%) Embedded C Engineer
12 20 (5.09%) Embedded C++ Engineer
13 17 (4.33%) Embedded C Software Engineer
13 17 (4.33%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
13 17 (4.33%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
14 16 (4.07%) Junior
15 14 (3.56%) Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.80%) HTML
1 11 (2.80%) HTML5
1 11 (2.80%) Node.js
1 11 (2.80%) Yocto
2 10 (2.54%) POSIX
3 8 (2.04%) React
3 8 (2.04%) Redux
4 7 (1.78%) Qt
5 5 (1.27%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 5 (1.27%) FFmpeg
5 5 (1.27%) GStreamer
5 5 (1.27%) OpenEmbedded
5 5 (1.27%) PyTorch
5 5 (1.27%) TensorFlow
6 3 (0.76%) CSS
6 3 (0.76%) Svelte
7 2 (0.51%) .NET
7 2 (0.51%) Middleware
7 2 (0.51%) PyQt
7 2 (0.51%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 50 (12.72%) Algorithms
2 35 (8.91%) IoT
3 28 (7.12%) FPGA
4 16 (4.07%) Device Driver
4 16 (4.07%) Renewable Energy
5 15 (3.82%) Analogue Electronics
6 14 (3.56%) Acoustics
6 14 (3.56%) Robotics
6 14 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.80%) Linux Command Line
7 11 (2.80%) RISC-V
8 9 (2.29%) VHDL
9 8 (2.04%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.78%) Hackathon
10 7 (1.78%) SCADA
11 6 (1.53%) CAN bus
11 6 (1.53%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.53%) Verilog
12 5 (1.27%) Arduino
Operating Systems
1 123 (31.30%) Linux
2 24 (6.11%) Embedded Linux
3 23 (5.85%) Windows
4 17 (4.33%) Android
4 17 (4.33%) FreeRTOS
5 15 (3.82%) Unix
6 6 (1.53%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.51%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.51%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.51%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.51%) Solaris
7 2 (0.51%) Windows Embedded Compact
8 1 (0.25%) OpenWrt
8 1 (0.25%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (61.58%) Software Engineering
2 72 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (16.03%) Agile
4 55 (13.99%) Computer Science
5 34 (8.65%) Mentoring
5 34 (8.65%) Open Source
6 31 (7.89%) Software Testing
7 30 (7.63%) Test Automation
8 25 (6.36%) Code Quality
9 24 (6.11%) Multithreading
9 24 (6.11%) Roadmaps
10 22 (5.60%) Validation
11 21 (5.34%) SDLC
12 20 (5.09%) Coaching
12 20 (5.09%) Embedded Software Development
12 20 (5.09%) TDD
13 19 (4.83%) Business Intelligence
13 19 (4.83%) Cybersecurity
13 19 (4.83%) FPGA Design
14 18 (4.58%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 234 (59.54%) C
2 129 (32.82%) C++
3 101 (25.70%) Python
4 73 (18.58%) Embedded C
5 47 (11.96%) MATLAB
6 37 (9.41%) C#
7 22 (5.60%) Java
8 15 (3.82%) Bash
9 10 (2.54%) Rust
10 9 (2.29%) Embedded C++
11 8 (2.04%) SQL
12 5 (1.27%) JavaScript
12 5 (1.27%) Perl
13 4 (1.02%) R
14 3 (0.76%) Assembly Language
14 3 (0.76%) Go
14 3 (0.76%) Groovy
15 2 (0.51%) Ada
15 2 (0.51%) PHP
15 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 140 (35.62%) Degree
2 29 (7.38%) Security Cleared
3 19 (4.83%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.58%) Master's Degree
5 16 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (3.05%) PhD
7 4 (1.02%) CESG Certified Professional
7 4 (1.02%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.02%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.76%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.51%) CHECK Team Member
9 2 (0.51%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.51%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.56%) MISRA
2 13 (3.31%) Automotive SPICE
2 13 (3.31%) ISO 26262
3 8 (2.04%) IEC 62304
3 8 (2.04%) ISO 13485
4 7 (1.78%) QA
5 6 (1.53%) Def Stans
5 6 (1.53%) IEC 61508
6 4 (1.02%) AUTOSAR
6 4 (1.02%) MISRA C
7 3 (0.76%) JTAG
8 2 (0.51%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 76 (19.34%) Firmware
2 35 (8.91%) Embedded Firmware
3 13 (3.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (4.33%) Functional Safety
2 12 (3.05%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.51%) Nmap
4 1 (0.25%) Grafana
4 1 (0.25%) Kibana
Vendors
1 18 (4.58%) SAP
2 15 (3.82%) Microsoft
3 13 (3.31%) Lauterbach
4 10 (2.54%) IBM
5 7 (1.78%) Xilinx
6 6 (1.53%) EMC
6 6 (1.53%) Intel
7 5 (1.27%) NVIDIA
8 4 (1.02%) Google
9 3 (0.76%) F5
9 3 (0.76%) Facebook
9 3 (0.76%) Instagram
10 2 (0.51%) Apple
10 2 (0.51%) MathWorks
10 2 (0.51%) Samsung
11 1 (0.25%) Atmel
11 1 (0.25%) Freescale
11 1 (0.25%) Siemens