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 29 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 637 601 739
Rank change year-on-year -36 +138 +195
Permanent jobs citing ARM Cortex 12 7 58
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.017% 0.019% 0.074%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.057% 0.049% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 11 6 20
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,125 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £45,000 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £53,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.93% -10.42% -
75th Percentile £78,500 £61,250 £63,438
90th Percentile - £67,500 £71,250
UK median annual salary £78,500 £53,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +46.05% -2.27% -8.33%

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 21,235 14,256 27,701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 30.56% 38.77% 35.55%
Number of salaries quoted 11,005 8,127 20,195
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,114 £28,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £99,350
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 29 March 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 29 March 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
South East -26 5 £78,500 +42.73% 5
South West -37 4 £55,000 +4.76% 3
London -4 1 £115,000 +64.29% 1
North of England -48 1 £65,000 +44.44% 3
North West - 1 £65,000 - 1
East of England - 1 £50,000 - 8
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 (8.33%) Kinematics
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) AWS
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
1 4 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) 2G
1 1 (8.33%) 4G
1 1 (8.33%) 5G
1 1 (8.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (8.33%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (8.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 3 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (8.33%) Advertising
2 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Automotive
2 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Senior
2 4 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Senior Security Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Software Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Design Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Electronics Design Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Electronics Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Hardware Design Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Hardware Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Design Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Electronics Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Firmware Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) ARM Templates
2 1 (8.33%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 4 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (16.67%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (8.33%) Algorithms
4 1 (8.33%) IoT
4 1 (8.33%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (8.33%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) FreeRTOS
2 2 (16.67%) SafeRTOS
3 1 (8.33%) Linux
3 1 (8.33%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (33.33%) Analytics
2 4 (33.33%) Client Onboarding
2 4 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 4 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (33.33%) ITSM
2 4 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 4 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 4 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 4 (33.33%) SIEM
2 4 (33.33%) SOAR
2 4 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 4 (33.33%) Threat Detection
2 4 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 4 (33.33%) Use Case
2 4 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (25.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) C
1 6 (50.00%) Python
2 5 (41.67%) C++
3 4 (33.33%) Bicep
3 4 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
3 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
4 3 (25.00%) Embedded C
4 3 (25.00%) Embedded C++
5 1 (8.33%) R
5 1 (8.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) DO-254
1 1 (8.33%) HAZOP
1 1 (8.33%) IEC 61508
1 1 (8.33%) IEC 62304
1 1 (8.33%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Firmware
2 1 (8.33%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 4 (33.33%) ServiceNow
1 4 (33.33%) Splunk
2 1 (8.33%) EMC