ARM Cortex Job Trends in England

ARM Cortex
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term ARM Cortex in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited ARM Cortex over the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 688 632 765
Rank change year-on-year -56 +133 +109
Permanent jobs citing ARM Cortex 16 6 56
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.019% 0.016% 0.065%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.072% 0.036% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 13 5 21
10th Percentile £46,700 - -
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% -2.04%
75th Percentile £68,750 £57,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,700 - £71,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% - -14.29%

All Generic Skills
England

ARM Cortex 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 22,273 16,567 29,659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.90% 43.23% 34.65%
Number of salaries quoted 12,870 7,841 20,856
10th Percentile £30,156 £30,375 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,313
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

ARM Cortex
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ARM Cortex relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

ARM Cortex job vacancy trend in England

ARM Cortex
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing ARM Cortex.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing ARM Cortex

ARM Cortex
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing ARM Cortex in England over the 6 months to 24 May 2026.

Salary histogram for ARM Cortex in England

ARM Cortex
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ARM Cortex within the England region over the 6 months to 24 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
Midlands -24 5 £67,500 +28.57% 5
South East -25 4 £69,250 +25.91% 4
East Midlands -27 3 - - 4
South West -60 3 £55,000 - 6
West Midlands - 2 £67,500 - 1
North East - 2 £51,000 -
North of England - 2 £51,000 - 1
London - 1 £115,000 -
East of England - 1 £50,000 - 6
ARM Cortex
UK

ARM Cortex
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) Kinematics
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Bluetooth
1 3 (18.75%) Ethernet
1 3 (18.75%) MQTT
1 3 (18.75%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (18.75%) Wireless
1 3 (18.75%) ZigBee
2 2 (12.50%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Git
2 3 (18.75%) GDB
2 3 (18.75%) GitLab
2 3 (18.75%) Jenkins
2 3 (18.75%) Robot Framework
General
1 4 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (6.25%) Advertising
2 1 (6.25%) Aerospace
2 1 (6.25%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) Embedded Engineer
2 11 (68.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 11 (68.75%) Software Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Senior
4 3 (18.75%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Design Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Electronics Design Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Electronics Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Firmware Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Hardware Design Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Hardware Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Security Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Firmware Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Security Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) pytest
1 3 (18.75%) Unity DI Container
1 3 (18.75%) Yocto
2 1 (6.25%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (31.25%) IoT
3 3 (18.75%) Device Driver
4 2 (12.50%) Algorithms
5 1 (6.25%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
5 1 (6.25%) Robotics
5 1 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) FreeRTOS
2 3 (18.75%) Linux
3 2 (12.50%) SafeRTOS
4 1 (6.25%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Software Engineering
2 6 (37.50%) Test Automation
3 5 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (31.25%) Validation
4 4 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 4 (25.00%) Embedded Software Development
5 3 (18.75%) BDD
5 3 (18.75%) Collaborative Culture
5 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
5 3 (18.75%) DevOps
5 3 (18.75%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 3 (18.75%) Software Delivery
6 2 (12.50%) Code Quality
6 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 2 (12.50%) Secure Coding
6 2 (12.50%) Software Architecture
6 2 (12.50%) Software Testing
7 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 13 (81.25%) C
2 9 (56.25%) C++
3 7 (43.75%) Python
4 5 (31.25%) Embedded C
5 3 (18.75%) Bash
5 3 (18.75%) Embedded C++
6 2 (12.50%) MATLAB
7 1 (6.25%) Bicep
7 1 (6.25%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
7 1 (6.25%) R
7 1 (6.25%) Rust
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (18.75%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) IEC 61508
1 3 (18.75%) JTAG
2 2 (12.50%) MISRA
2 2 (12.50%) MISRA C
3 1 (6.25%) DO-254
3 1 (6.25%) HAZOP
3 1 (6.25%) IEC 62304
3 1 (6.25%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 9 (56.25%) Firmware
2 3 (18.75%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Functional Safety
2 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow
1 1 (6.25%) Splunk