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 1 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 123 127
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 +64
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 26 52 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.58% 1.50% 1.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.90% 4.08% 3.81%
Number of salaries quoted 23 7 37
10th Percentile £50,000 £45,300 -
25th Percentile £56,875 £55,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +18.18% -35.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £75,500 £130,000
England median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% +9.09% -18.52%

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 1,365 1,274 1,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 30.61% 36.75% 38.76%
Number of salaries quoted 636 482 1,159
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £25,759
25th Percentile £34,957 £39,438 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,188 £67,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 1 February 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 1 February 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
Cambridgeshire -9 14 £67,500 +3.85% 23
Essex - 11 £50,000 - 4
Hertfordshire -7 1 - - 7
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Software Manager
2 8 (30.77%) Embedded Engineer
3 7 (26.92%) Senior
3 7 (26.92%) Senior Support Engineer
3 7 (26.92%) Software Support Engineer
3 7 (26.92%) Support Engineer
4 6 (23.08%) Systems Engineer
5 5 (19.23%) Project Manager
6 4 (15.38%) Software Project Manager
7 2 (7.69%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 2 (7.69%) Software Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Programme Manager
8 1 (3.85%) Technical Manager
8 1 (3.85%) Technical Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (26.92%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Digital Media
2 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Collaborative Engineering
1 7 (26.92%) DevOps
1 7 (26.92%) Mathematics
1 7 (26.92%) Physics
1 7 (26.92%) Presales
2 6 (23.08%) Systems Engineering
3 5 (19.23%) Embedded Software Development
4 3 (11.54%) Software Engineering
5 1 (3.85%) Agile
5 1 (3.85%) Backlog Management
5 1 (3.85%) Line Management
5 1 (3.85%) Product Backlog
5 1 (3.85%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) C#
1 7 (26.92%) C++