Embedded Systems Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Embedded Systems
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in permanent job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 49 54
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 +61
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 12 33 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.38% 3.78% 2.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.17% 9.62% 4.72%
Number of salaries quoted 10 5 4
10th Percentile - £43,250 -
25th Percentile £63,750 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,750 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.85% +18.18% -35.29%
75th Percentile £100,000 £72,500 £61,250
90th Percentile - - £63,500
East of England median annual salary £71,250 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.62% +18.18% -35.29%

All Generic Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 requiring generic IT skills in Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 288 343 339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 33.10% 39.24% 48.36%
Number of salaries quoted 182 146 184
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,872 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £80,250
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Embedded Systems relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Embedded Systems job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Embedded Systems
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Embedded Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Embedded Systems

Embedded Systems
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Systems in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Systems in Cambridgeshire

Embedded Systems
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Systems within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge +3 12 £83,750 +28.85% 12
Embedded Systems
East of England

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

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Senior
1 5 (41.67%) Senior Support Engineer
1 5 (41.67%) Software Manager
1 5 (41.67%) Software Support Engineer
1 5 (41.67%) Support Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Collaborative Engineering
1 5 (41.67%) DevOps
1 5 (41.67%) Mathematics
1 5 (41.67%) Physics
1 5 (41.67%) Presales
2 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) C#
1 5 (41.67%) C++