Embedded Systems Job Trends in the East of England

Embedded Systems
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 151 156
Rank change year-on-year +11 +5 +25
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 44 15 68
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.69% 0.55% 1.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.52% 1.35% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 33 7 42
10th Percentile - £36,000 -
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +20.00% -41.18%
75th Percentile £80,000 £66,875 £83,750
90th Percentile £96,000 £89,000 £130,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -15.38%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,747 1,114 2,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 27.44% 40.70% 34.22%
Number of salaries quoted 801 507 1,517
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,150 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Embedded Systems job vacancy trend in the East of England

Embedded Systems
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Embedded Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Embedded Systems

Embedded Systems
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Systems in the East of England over the 6 months to 2 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Systems in the East of England

Embedded Systems
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Systems within the East of England region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Essex -12 22 £50,000 -20.00% 3
Cambridgeshire -17 20 £67,500 +12.50% 29
Hertfordshire -25 2 - - 6
Embedded Systems
England

Embedded Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (2.27%) Azure
1 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.36%) Bluetooth
1 5 (11.36%) Wireless
2 4 (9.09%) Modbus
2 4 (9.09%) Profibus
2 4 (9.09%) RS-232
2 4 (9.09%) RS-485
2 4 (9.09%) ZigBee
3 1 (2.27%) LTE
3 1 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (6.82%) JIRA
2 1 (2.27%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.27%) Git
2 1 (2.27%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.27%) LabVIEW
2 1 (2.27%) Selenium
2 1 (2.27%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.27%) Zephyr
General
1 9 (20.45%) Electronics
2 5 (11.36%) Manufacturing
3 4 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.27%) Advertising
4 1 (2.27%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.27%) Wearables
4 1 (2.27%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 26 (59.09%) Embedded Engineer
2 12 (27.27%) Systems Engineer
3 10 (22.73%) Senior
4 8 (18.18%) Software Engineer
4 8 (18.18%) Software Manager
5 7 (15.91%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 5 (11.36%) Embedded Linux Engineer
6 5 (11.36%) Linux Engineer
6 5 (11.36%) Project Manager
6 5 (11.36%) Senior Software Engineer
6 5 (11.36%) Senior Support Engineer
6 5 (11.36%) Software Support Engineer
6 5 (11.36%) Support Engineer
7 4 (9.09%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 4 (9.09%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 4 (9.09%) Software Project Manager
8 1 (2.27%) Digital Design Engineer
8 1 (2.27%) Junior Software Developer
8 1 (2.27%) Lead
8 1 (2.27%) Scientific Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.36%) .NET
2 1 (2.27%) Playwright
2 1 (2.27%) pytest
2 1 (2.27%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Device Driver
1 5 (11.36%) IoT
1 5 (11.36%) Robotics
2 4 (9.09%) Digital Media
3 1 (2.27%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (2.27%) ARM Cortex
3 1 (2.27%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.27%) NB-IoT
3 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.91%) Linux
2 6 (13.64%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (11.36%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (4.55%) Windows
5 1 (2.27%) ThreadX
5 1 (2.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.09%) Software Engineering
2 11 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
3 6 (13.64%) DevOps
3 6 (13.64%) Mathematics
3 6 (13.64%) Physics
4 5 (11.36%) Collaborative Engineering
4 5 (11.36%) Embedded Software Development
4 5 (11.36%) Presales
5 4 (9.09%) TDD
5 4 (9.09%) Unit Testing
6 3 (6.82%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (6.82%) Computer Science
6 3 (6.82%) Mentoring
6 3 (6.82%) Software Testing
6 3 (6.82%) Test Automation
7 2 (4.55%) Agile
7 2 (4.55%) OO
7 2 (4.55%) Validation
8 1 (2.27%) OOP
8 1 (2.27%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (31.82%) C++
2 9 (20.45%) C
3 7 (15.91%) C#
4 4 (9.09%) Python
5 2 (4.55%) Embedded C
6 1 (2.27%) Embedded C++
6 1 (2.27%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 5 (11.36%) Degree
2 2 (4.55%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.27%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.27%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 1 (2.27%) PhD
3 1 (2.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 7 (15.91%) Firmware
2 5 (11.36%) Embedded Firmware