Embedded Systems Job Trends in Aberdeenshire

Embedded Systems
Scotland > Aberdeenshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in permanent job vacancies in Aberdeenshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	14	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems	2	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Aberdeenshire	2.33%	-	-
As % of the Miscellaneous category	3.70%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	-
Scotland median annual salary	£67,500	£95,000	£54,750
% change year-on-year	-28.95%	+73.52%	+9.50%

All Generic Skills
Aberdeenshire

Embedded Systems falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing generic IT skills in Aberdeenshire.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills	54	8	17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeenshire	62.79%	47.06%	45.95%
Number of salaries quoted	14	8	10
10^th Percentile	-	£31,275	-
25^th Percentile	-	£31,500	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,000	£33,000	£45,000
Median % change year-on-year	+36.36%	-26.67%	+12.50%
75^th Percentile	-	£34,500	-
90^th Percentile	£67,750	-	£65,500
Scotland median annual salary	£50,000	£45,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	-18.18%	-7.60%

Embedded Systems Job Locations in Aberdeenshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Systems within the Aberdeenshire region over the 6 months to 4 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Westhill	-	2	-	-
Embedded Systems Scotland

Embedded Systems Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeenshire

For the 6 months to 4 November 2026, job vacancies citing Embedded Systems also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Aberdeenshire region citing Embedded Systems.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Business Development	100.0%	2
1	Customer Requirements	100.0%	2
1	Cybersecurity	100.0%	2
1	Degree	100.0%	2
1	Functional Safety	100.0%	2
1	IEC 61508	100.0%	2
1	Problem-Solving	100.0%	2
1	Product Roadmap	100.0%	2
1	Requirements Management	100.0%	2
1	Roadmaps	100.0%	2
1	SC Cleared	100.0%	2
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	2
1	Stakeholder Management	100.0%	2
1	Strategic Roadmap	100.0%	2
1	Systems Engineering	100.0%	2
1	Technical Leadership	100.0%	2
1	Validation	100.0%	2
1	Verification and Validation	100.0%	2

Embedded Systems Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeenshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Management Information System	100.0%	2