Embedded Systems Jobs in Edinburgh

Embedded Systems
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in permanent job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 106 148
Rank change year-on-year +26 +42 -10
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 16 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.74% 0.13% 0.048%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.62% 0.42% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 1
10th Percentile - £44,750 -
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -6.25% +49.33%
75th Percentile £51,250 £58,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £65,875 £60,250 -
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% -13.04%

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 346 471 817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 37.69% 30.95% 38.83%
Number of salaries quoted 171 345 441
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,050 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +2.48% -
75th Percentile £78,204 £75,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,934 £103,911
Scotland median annual salary £51,645 £54,500 £57,810
% change year-on-year -5.24% -5.73% +5.11%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Embedded Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Systems in Edinburgh

Embedded Systems
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Systems in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Embedded Systems in Edinburgh

Embedded Systems
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Systems in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Embedded Systems in Edinburgh

Embedded Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 10 (62.50%) TCP/IP
2 2 (12.50%) Bluetooth
2 2 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (12.50%) Wireless
3 1 (6.25%) SpaceWire
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Git
1 1 (6.25%) GitLab
1 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 12 (75.00%) Electronics
2 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Wearables
3 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (87.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 13 (81.25%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 13 (81.25%) Software Engineer
3 10 (62.50%) Junior
3 10 (62.50%) Junior Embedded Engineer
3 10 (62.50%) Junior Software Engineer
3 10 (62.50%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Lead
4 1 (6.25%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Software Test Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Test Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) GNSS
1 2 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (12.50%) IoT
1 2 (12.50%) Legacy Code
1 2 (12.50%) Virtual Team
2 1 (6.25%) Distributed Architecture
2 1 (6.25%) Lidar
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) FreeRTOS
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Software Engineering
2 3 (18.75%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (12.50%) DevOps
3 2 (12.50%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (6.25%) Agile
4 1 (6.25%) Architectural Design
4 1 (6.25%) Black-Box Testing
4 1 (6.25%) CI/CD
4 1 (6.25%) Containerisation
4 1 (6.25%) Image Processing
4 1 (6.25%) Line Management
4 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
4 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (6.25%) Software Testing
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (6.25%) Test Automation
4 1 (6.25%) White-Box Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (87.50%) C
2 4 (25.00%) C++
3 2 (12.50%) Embedded C
3 2 (12.50%) Embedded C++
3 2 (12.50%) Python
4 1 (6.25%) Java
4 1 (6.25%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) IEC 62304
1 2 (12.50%) MISRA
1 2 (12.50%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) ECSS
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Docker