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 4 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 743 626 721
Rank change year-on-year -117 +95 -17
Permanent jobs citing ARM Cortex 25 7 27
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.024% 0.016% 0.041%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.092% 0.039% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17 6 11
10th Percentile £43,400 £45,125 £39,750
25th Percentile £46,500 £51,250 £42,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,938 £71,250
90th Percentile £74,475 £74,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £53,750 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.38% -4.55% -

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 27,224 18,172 21,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.17% 41.89% 32.49%
Number of salaries quoted 17,631 9,265 10,838
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,213 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -6.90%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% -4.00%

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 4 October 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 4 October 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 -40 8 £68,825 +13.76% 12
East Midlands -41 6 - - 9
North of England -57 6 £51,000 +27.50% 7
South West -66 6 £51,250 -6.82% 10
South East - 5 £60,000 - 10
North East -57 4 £51,000 +27.50% 4
West Midlands -39 2 £68,825 -2.38% 3
North West - 2 £56,250 - 2
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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (24.00%) Azure
1 6 (24.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (8.00%) AWS
2 2 (8.00%) AWS IoT
2 2 (8.00%) GCP
2 2 (8.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (32.00%) Wi-Fi
1 8 (32.00%) Wireless
2 6 (24.00%) Bluetooth
2 6 (24.00%) MQTT
2 6 (24.00%) ZigBee
3 4 (16.00%) RS-485
4 3 (12.00%) Ethernet
5 2 (8.00%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (8.00%) RS-422
5 2 (8.00%) UWB
6 1 (4.00%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 11 (44.00%) Git
2 6 (24.00%) GDB
2 6 (24.00%) GitLab
2 6 (24.00%) Jenkins
3 4 (16.00%) Robot Framework
4 2 (8.00%) JIRA
4 2 (8.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 7 (28.00%) Electronics
2 2 (8.00%) Avionics
2 2 (8.00%) Law
2 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 19 (76.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 17 (68.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 17 (68.00%) Software Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Senior
4 2 (8.00%) Design Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Developer
4 2 (8.00%) Electronics Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Hardware Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) IoT Software Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Developer
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Software Developer
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (24.00%) Yocto
2 4 (16.00%) pytest
2 4 (16.00%) Unity DI Container
Miscellaneous
1 19 (76.00%) Embedded Systems
2 12 (48.00%) IoT
3 8 (32.00%) Device Driver
4 4 (16.00%) FPGA
5 2 (8.00%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (8.00%) Raspberry Pi
6 1 (4.00%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 12 (48.00%) Linux
2 3 (12.00%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (4.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (76.00%) Software Engineering
2 11 (44.00%) Validation
3 9 (36.00%) Test Automation
4 8 (32.00%) CI/CD
4 8 (32.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 7 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (24.00%) BDD
6 6 (24.00%) Collaborative Culture
6 6 (24.00%) Computer Science
6 6 (24.00%) DevOps
6 6 (24.00%) Software Delivery
7 4 (16.00%) Embedded Software Development
7 4 (16.00%) Mentoring
7 4 (16.00%) Schematic Capture
8 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (12.00%) SDLC
8 3 (12.00%) Software Architecture
8 3 (12.00%) Software Testing
9 2 (8.00%) Collaborative Engineering
9 2 (8.00%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 22 (88.00%) C
2 11 (44.00%) Python
3 9 (36.00%) C++
4 6 (24.00%) Embedded C
5 4 (16.00%) Bash
6 2 (8.00%) Rust
7 1 (4.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 10 (40.00%) Degree
2 6 (24.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (24.00%) Master's Degree
3 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (8.00%) EMC Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (32.00%) JTAG
2 2 (8.00%) Def Stans
2 2 (8.00%) ISO 9001
3 1 (4.00%) IEC 61508
3 1 (4.00%) MISRA
3 1 (4.00%) MISRA C
System Software
1 13 (52.00%) Firmware
2 3 (12.00%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Altera
1 2 (8.00%) EMC
1 2 (8.00%) Google
1 2 (8.00%) Xilinx
1 2 (8.00%) Yahoo!