Embedded Systems Jobs with Work from Home Options

Embedded Systems
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 475 525 718
Rank change year-on-year +50 +193 -208
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 118 138 134
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.35% 0.33% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.98% 0.86% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 96 56 54
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,875 £40,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £54,688 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £65,313 £77,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £130,000 - £63,375
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,055 16,013 32,008
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.60% 38.51% 46.59%
Number of salaries quoted 9,252 11,630 16,857
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £84,056
90th Percentile £101,250 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Embedded Systems
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Embedded Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Embedded Systems trend for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Systems
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Embedded Systems.

Embedded Systems salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Systems
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Embedded Systems over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Embedded Systems salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (0.85%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 16 (13.56%) Simulink
2 7 (5.93%) Stateflow
3 5 (4.24%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.85%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.69%) WhatsApp
2 1 (0.85%) Azure
2 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.08%) Software-Defined Radio
1 6 (5.08%) Wireless
2 5 (4.24%) RS-232
3 4 (3.39%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.54%) Internet
5 2 (1.69%) Bluetooth
5 2 (1.69%) Ethernet
5 2 (1.69%) Firewall
5 2 (1.69%) Modbus
5 2 (1.69%) MQTT
5 2 (1.69%) Wireless Security
5 2 (1.69%) ZigBee
6 1 (0.85%) HTTP
6 1 (0.85%) LTE
6 1 (0.85%) RS-422
6 1 (0.85%) SpaceWire
6 1 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.39%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 11 (9.32%) Git
2 7 (5.93%) ClearCase
2 7 (5.93%) ClearQuest
2 7 (5.93%) JIRA
2 7 (5.93%) LabVIEW
2 7 (5.93%) Plastic SCM
3 4 (3.39%) Subversion
4 2 (1.69%) Appium
4 2 (1.69%) Burp Suite
4 2 (1.69%) Metasploit
4 2 (1.69%) UI Automator
5 1 (0.85%) CMake
5 1 (0.85%) GCC
5 1 (0.85%) GDB
General
1 38 (32.20%) Electronics
2 32 (27.12%) Automotive
3 27 (22.88%) Social Skills
4 16 (13.56%) Manufacturing
5 13 (11.02%) Aerospace
6 9 (7.63%) Marketing
7 6 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.39%) Avionics
8 4 (3.39%) Multimedia
9 3 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.69%) Aviation
10 2 (1.69%) Finance
10 2 (1.69%) French Language
10 2 (1.69%) German Language
10 2 (1.69%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.69%) Korean Language
11 1 (0.85%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.85%) Retail
11 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 64 (54.24%) Software Engineer
2 55 (46.61%) Embedded Engineer
3 43 (36.44%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 26 (22.03%) Senior
5 9 (7.63%) Developer
5 9 (7.63%) Electronics Engineer
5 9 (7.63%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 9 (7.63%) Senior Electronics Engineer
6 8 (6.78%) C++ Software Engineer
6 8 (6.78%) Embedded C Engineer
6 8 (6.78%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
6 8 (6.78%) Software Developer
6 8 (6.78%) Software Manager
7 7 (5.93%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 7 (5.93%) Senior Software Engineer
8 6 (5.08%) Development Manager
8 6 (5.08%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
8 6 (5.08%) Software Development Manager
9 5 (4.24%) Engineering Manager
9 5 (4.24%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.78%) Yocto
2 5 (4.24%) FFmpeg
2 5 (4.24%) GStreamer
2 5 (4.24%) OpenEmbedded
2 5 (4.24%) PyTorch
2 5 (4.24%) TensorFlow
3 3 (2.54%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (0.85%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.56%) Algorithms
2 11 (9.32%) Analogue Electronics
2 11 (9.32%) Device Driver
2 11 (9.32%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (9.32%) RISC-V
3 10 (8.47%) FPGA
4 8 (6.78%) IoT
5 7 (5.93%) Hackathon
5 7 (5.93%) Mobile App
5 7 (5.93%) SCADA
6 5 (4.24%) CUDA
7 4 (3.39%) Client/Server
7 4 (3.39%) Smart Energy
8 3 (2.54%) Acoustics
8 3 (2.54%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.69%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.85%) ARM Cortex
10 1 (0.85%) CAN bus
10 1 (0.85%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 43 (36.44%) Linux
2 13 (11.02%) FreeRTOS
2 13 (11.02%) Windows
3 11 (9.32%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (4.24%) Android
5 2 (1.69%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.69%) Kali Linux
5 2 (1.69%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.69%) Mac OS X
5 2 (1.69%) Unix
5 2 (1.69%) Windows Embedded Compact
6 1 (0.85%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (71.19%) Software Engineering
2 30 (25.42%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (22.03%) Agile
4 24 (20.34%) Multithreading
5 19 (16.10%) Mentoring
6 18 (15.25%) Roadmaps
7 16 (13.56%) Code Quality
7 16 (13.56%) Open Source
8 12 (10.17%) Schematic Capture
9 11 (9.32%) Coaching
9 11 (9.32%) Collaborative Culture
9 11 (9.32%) Containerisation
9 11 (9.32%) Software Testing
9 11 (9.32%) Test Automation
10 10 (8.47%) Continuous Integration
11 9 (7.63%) Collaborative Working
11 9 (7.63%) Computer Science
11 9 (7.63%) Configuration Management
12 8 (6.78%) Release Management
12 8 (6.78%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 74 (62.71%) C
2 51 (43.22%) C++
3 38 (32.20%) Python
4 33 (27.97%) Embedded C
5 17 (14.41%) C#
6 9 (7.63%) MATLAB
7 7 (5.93%) Embedded C++
8 4 (3.39%) R
9 3 (2.54%) Java
10 2 (1.69%) Bash
11 1 (0.85%) ANSI C
11 1 (0.85%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.85%) Ladder Logic
11 1 (0.85%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.85%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 39 (33.05%) Degree
2 11 (9.32%) Master's Degree
3 7 (5.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.24%) PhD
5 2 (1.69%) CHECK Team Member
5 2 (1.69%) CREST Certified
5 2 (1.69%) OSCP
6 1 (0.85%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.93%) MISRA
2 3 (2.54%) QA
3 2 (1.69%) Automotive SPICE
System Software
1 27 (22.88%) Firmware
2 11 (9.32%) Docker
3 10 (8.47%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (9.32%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.69%) Nmap
3 1 (0.85%) Grafana
3 1 (0.85%) Kibana
Vendors
1 7 (5.93%) IBM
1 7 (5.93%) Lauterbach
1 7 (5.93%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.24%) Intel
2 5 (4.24%) NVIDIA
2 5 (4.24%) Xilinx
3 2 (1.69%) Samsung
4 1 (0.85%) EMC
4 1 (0.85%) SAP
4 1 (0.85%) Siemens