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 31 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 164 132
Rank change year-on-year +45 -32 +8
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 73 8 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.05% 0.23% 0.93%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.13% 0.60% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 55 7 21
10th Percentile £50,000 £46,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,625 £55,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +36.36% -10.20%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

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 1,767 1,336 1,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 25.46% 38.51% 29.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,167 549 1,029
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,950 £25,809
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,533 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £89,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £59,000 £57,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.51% -0.87% -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 31 July 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 31 July 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 +12 36 £67,500 -28.00% 25
Bedfordshire - 20 £75,000 - 2
Essex -6 13 £50,000 -20.00% 4
Hertfordshire -24 3 £38,500 -42.96% 4
Norfolk - 1 - - 1
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:

Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.37%) Simulink
1 1 (1.37%) Solid Edge
1 1 (1.37%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.37%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (1.37%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (1.37%) Azure
1 1 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.37%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (1.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (13.70%) Bluetooth
1 10 (13.70%) Wireless
2 9 (12.33%) Modbus
2 9 (12.33%) Profibus
2 9 (12.33%) RS-232
2 9 (12.33%) RS-485
2 9 (12.33%) ZigBee
3 1 (1.37%) LTE
3 1 (1.37%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (4.11%) PetaLinux
2 2 (2.74%) JIRA
3 1 (1.37%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.37%) Git
3 1 (1.37%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.37%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.37%) Selenium
3 1 (1.37%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.37%) Zephyr
General
1 27 (36.99%) Electronics
2 15 (20.55%) Manufacturing
3 10 (13.70%) Social Skills
4 9 (12.33%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.11%) Multimedia
6 2 (2.74%) Advertising
6 2 (2.74%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.74%) Automotive
7 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.37%) Marketing
7 1 (1.37%) Military
7 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.37%) Wearables
7 1 (1.37%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 61 (83.56%) Embedded Engineer
2 25 (34.25%) Systems Engineer
3 22 (30.14%) Software Engineer
4 20 (27.40%) Senior
5 18 (24.66%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 18 (24.66%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 17 (23.29%) Senior Software Engineer
7 16 (21.92%) Embedded Linux Engineer
7 16 (21.92%) Linux Engineer
8 15 (20.55%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 10 (13.70%) Principal Engineer
10 7 (9.59%) Lead
11 6 (8.22%) Lead Systems Engineer
12 5 (6.85%) Hardware Engineer
13 4 (5.48%) Principal Hardware Engineer
13 4 (5.48%) Principal Systems Engineer
14 3 (4.11%) Developer
14 3 (4.11%) Senior Linux Engineer
15 2 (2.74%) Embedded Developer
15 2 (2.74%) Linux Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.96%) Yocto
2 4 (5.48%) Middleware
3 3 (4.11%) Qt
4 1 (1.37%) Micronaut
4 1 (1.37%) OpenCV
4 1 (1.37%) Playwright
4 1 (1.37%) pytest
4 1 (1.37%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.37%) React
4 1 (1.37%) Spring
4 1 (1.37%) Spring Boot
4 1 (1.37%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.37%) Torch
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.44%) Device Driver
1 12 (16.44%) IoT
1 12 (16.44%) Robotics
2 8 (10.96%) Algorithms
3 6 (8.22%) FPGA
4 3 (4.11%) Media Streaming
5 2 (2.74%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.37%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (1.37%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (1.37%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.37%) Life Science
6 1 (1.37%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.37%) NB-IoT
6 1 (1.37%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 28 (38.36%) Linux
2 23 (31.51%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (13.70%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (4.11%) Robot Operating System
5 2 (2.74%) Windows
6 1 (1.37%) Android
6 1 (1.37%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.37%) ThreadX
6 1 (1.37%) Unix
6 1 (1.37%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (58.90%) Software Engineering
2 11 (15.07%) Technical Leadership
3 10 (13.70%) Unit Testing
4 9 (12.33%) Computer Science
4 9 (12.33%) TDD
5 8 (10.96%) Reverse Engineering
6 7 (9.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (9.59%) Software Testing
7 6 (8.22%) Decision-Making
7 6 (8.22%) Systems Engineering
8 5 (6.85%) Code Quality
8 5 (6.85%) Test Automation
8 5 (6.85%) Validation
9 4 (5.48%) Device Driver Development
9 4 (5.48%) Embedded Software Development
9 4 (5.48%) Mentoring
9 4 (5.48%) Prototyping
10 3 (4.11%) Change Control
10 3 (4.11%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 30 (41.10%) C++
2 29 (39.73%) C
3 12 (16.44%) Python
4 7 (9.59%) Embedded C
5 6 (8.22%) Embedded C++
6 5 (6.85%) MATLAB
7 4 (5.48%) C#
8 3 (4.11%) Rust
9 1 (1.37%) Ada
9 1 (1.37%) Java
9 1 (1.37%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (19.18%) Degree
2 7 (9.59%) Master's Degree
3 5 (6.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.11%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.37%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (1.37%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.85%) QA
2 1 (1.37%) Automotive SPICE
2 1 (1.37%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 15 (20.55%) Firmware
2 12 (16.44%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.37%) Functional Safety
1 1 (1.37%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (2.74%) EMC
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft