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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 108 142
Rank change year-on-year +32 +34 -2
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 14 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.53% 0.13% 0.050%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.32% 0.43% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 12 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 £63,625 £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 324 460 780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 35.45% 30.89% 38.75%
Number of salaries quoted 152 338 427
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £44,516
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +2.48% -0.79%
75th Percentile £76,840 £75,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £97,128 £90,580 £101,564
Scotland median annual salary £51,645 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.10% -4.35% +4.55%

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 19 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 9 (64.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.14%) Bluetooth
2 1 (7.14%) SpaceWire
2 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Git
1 1 (7.14%) GitLab
1 1 (7.14%) Jenkins
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 10 (71.43%) Electronics
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.14%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 12 (85.71%) Embedded Engineer
2 11 (78.57%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 11 (78.57%) Software Engineer
3 9 (64.29%) Junior
3 9 (64.29%) Junior Embedded Engineer
3 9 (64.29%) Junior Software Engineer
3 9 (64.29%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Lead
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Software Test Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Test Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Distributed Architecture
1 1 (7.14%) GNSS
1 1 (7.14%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (7.14%) IoT
1 1 (7.14%) Legacy Code
1 1 (7.14%) Lidar
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (7.14%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Software Engineering
2 2 (14.29%) DevOps
2 2 (14.29%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (7.14%) Agile
3 1 (7.14%) Architectural Design
3 1 (7.14%) Black-Box Testing
3 1 (7.14%) CI/CD
3 1 (7.14%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (7.14%) Image Processing
3 1 (7.14%) Line Management
3 1 (7.14%) Mentoring
3 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.14%) Product Management
3 1 (7.14%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (7.14%) Software Testing
3 1 (7.14%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (7.14%) Test Automation
3 1 (7.14%) White-Box Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (85.71%) C
2 3 (21.43%) C++
3 2 (14.29%) Python
4 1 (7.14%) Embedded C
4 1 (7.14%) Embedded C++
4 1 (7.14%) Java
4 1 (7.14%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) ECSS
2 1 (7.14%) IEC 62304
2 1 (7.14%) MISRA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker