Embedded Systems Job Trends in England

Embedded Systems
UK > England

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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 492 465
Rank change year-on-year +92 -27 +104
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 384 155 310
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.40% 0.35% 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.56% 0.84% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 262 93 191
10th Percentile £38,875 £38,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £60,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £66,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 24,560 18,403 23,510
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.59% 41.99% 32.25%
Number of salaries quoted 16,114 9,366 13,979
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,925 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -8.71%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Embedded Systems job vacancy trend in England

Embedded Systems
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Embedded Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Embedded Systems

Embedded Systems
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Systems in England over the 6 months to 24 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Systems in England

Embedded Systems
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Systems within the England region over the 6 months to 24 August 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 +33 135 £60,000 +9.09% 42
East of England +44 79 £70,000 -6.67% 36
Midlands -6 62 £55,000 +15.79% 25
South West -33 48 £62,500 +47.06% 34
West Midlands +13 40 £37,500 -31.51% 14
North of England -24 40 £52,500 +5.00% 22
East Midlands -20 22 £67,500 +42.11% 11
North East - 19 £51,000 - 8
Yorkshire -25 13 £55,000 +19.57% 4
London -30 12 £60,000 -7.69% 6
North West -20 8 £51,250 -6.82% 10
Embedded Systems
UK

Embedded Systems
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 3 (0.78%) Confluence
1 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (0.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (4.43%) Simulink
2 12 (3.13%) SOLIDWORKS
3 7 (1.82%) Solid Edge
4 3 (0.78%) Lightworks
5 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.26%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.26%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (3.39%) AWS
2 11 (2.86%) Azure
3 8 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (1.30%) GCP
5 4 (1.04%) Google Analytics
5 4 (1.04%) MailChimp
5 4 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.04%) SaaS
6 3 (0.78%) AWS IoT
6 3 (0.78%) Datadog
6 3 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.78%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (0.78%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.78%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.78%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.52%) AWS CodePipeline
7 2 (0.52%) GitHub
7 2 (0.52%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.52%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 35 (9.11%) Wireless
2 18 (4.69%) Bluetooth
2 18 (4.69%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (4.43%) ZigBee
4 14 (3.65%) Ethernet
4 14 (3.65%) RS-232
5 11 (2.86%) MQTT
5 11 (2.86%) RS-485
6 9 (2.34%) Modbus
6 9 (2.34%) Profibus
7 7 (1.82%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.30%) Software-Defined Radio
9 3 (0.78%) LTE
9 3 (0.78%) X.509
10 2 (0.52%) 5G
10 2 (0.52%) DHCP
10 2 (0.52%) DNS
10 2 (0.52%) LoRaWAN
10 2 (0.52%) UWB
10 2 (0.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.26%) InfluxDB
2 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 39 (10.16%) Git
2 13 (3.39%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.08%) GitLab
4 7 (1.82%) GDB
4 7 (1.82%) JIRA
5 6 (1.56%) PetaLinux
5 6 (1.56%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (1.04%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (1.04%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.78%) Polyspace
7 3 (0.78%) Subversion
7 3 (0.78%) VectorCAST
8 2 (0.52%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.52%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.52%) MLflow
8 2 (0.52%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.52%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.26%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.26%) Selenium
9 1 (0.26%) SonarQube
General
1 104 (27.08%) Electronics
2 63 (16.41%) Manufacturing
3 48 (12.50%) Aerospace
4 46 (11.98%) Social Skills
5 45 (11.72%) Automotive
6 13 (3.39%) Finance
7 9 (2.34%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (2.34%) Military
7 9 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.56%) Avionics
9 5 (1.30%) Aviation
9 5 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.30%) Marketing
10 4 (1.04%) Legal
11 3 (0.78%) Advertising
11 3 (0.78%) Multimedia
11 3 (0.78%) Wearables
12 2 (0.52%) Games
12 2 (0.52%) Law
Job Titles
1 185 (48.18%) Embedded Engineer
2 133 (34.64%) Software Engineer
3 86 (22.40%) Systems Engineer
4 76 (19.79%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 63 (16.41%) Senior
6 49 (12.76%) Lead
7 37 (9.64%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 32 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
9 24 (6.25%) Hardware Engineer
10 23 (5.99%) Linux Engineer
10 23 (5.99%) Principal Engineer
11 22 (5.73%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 22 (5.73%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 21 (5.47%) Developer
13 17 (4.43%) Lead Systems Engineer
14 16 (4.17%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
14 16 (4.17%) Firmware Engineer
15 15 (3.91%) Architect
16 12 (3.13%) Design Engineer
16 12 (3.13%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (6.77%) Yocto
2 9 (2.34%) React
3 8 (2.08%) .NET
3 8 (2.08%) pytest
4 6 (1.56%) TensorFlow
4 6 (1.56%) Terraform
5 5 (1.30%) REST
6 4 (1.04%) Middleware
6 4 (1.04%) PyTorch
6 4 (1.04%) Unity DI Container
7 3 (0.78%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.78%) Qt
7 3 (0.78%) WebSockets
8 2 (0.52%) CSS
8 2 (0.52%) HTML
8 2 (0.52%) JWT
8 2 (0.52%) LangChain
8 2 (0.52%) Node.js
8 2 (0.52%) React Native
9 1 (0.26%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 47 (12.24%) IoT
2 37 (9.64%) Algorithms
3 33 (8.59%) Device Driver
4 28 (7.29%) FPGA
5 22 (5.73%) Robotics
6 18 (4.69%) ARM Cortex
7 14 (3.65%) VHDL
8 13 (3.39%) Acoustics
8 13 (3.39%) Verilog
9 9 (2.34%) Analogue Electronics
10 8 (2.08%) Operational Technology
10 8 (2.08%) Product Ownership
11 7 (1.82%) Life Science
12 6 (1.56%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.56%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.56%) Raspberry Pi
13 5 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (1.30%) Mobile App
13 5 (1.30%) Social Media
14 4 (1.04%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 99 (25.78%) Linux
2 48 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
3 18 (4.69%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (1.82%) Windows
5 6 (1.56%) Unix
6 4 (1.04%) Android
7 3 (0.78%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.78%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.52%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.52%) ThreadX
8 2 (0.52%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.26%) Debian
9 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (45.31%) Software Engineering
2 53 (13.80%) Validation
3 49 (12.76%) CI/CD
4 39 (10.16%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (9.11%) Test Automation
7 33 (8.59%) Computer Science
8 29 (7.55%) DevOps
9 27 (7.03%) Software Testing
9 27 (7.03%) Technical Leadership
10 26 (6.77%) AI
10 26 (6.77%) Collaborative Culture
11 25 (6.51%) Prototyping
12 23 (5.99%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
13 22 (5.73%) Signal Processing
13 22 (5.73%) Software Architecture
14 20 (5.21%) Collaborative Engineering
14 20 (5.21%) SDLC
15 19 (4.95%) Embedded Software Development
15 19 (4.95%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 115 (29.95%) C++
2 109 (28.39%) C
3 75 (19.53%) Python
4 23 (5.99%) Embedded C
4 23 (5.99%) Rust
5 22 (5.73%) C#
6 19 (4.95%) MATLAB
7 17 (4.43%) Embedded C++
8 15 (3.91%) Java
9 13 (3.39%) Go
10 11 (2.86%) JavaScript
11 8 (2.08%) Bash
12 5 (1.30%) Ada
13 4 (1.04%) SystemVerilog
14 3 (0.78%) Ada 95
14 3 (0.78%) Assembly Language
14 3 (0.78%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.78%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.26%) PHP
15 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 67 (17.45%) Degree
2 61 (15.89%) Security Cleared
3 37 (9.64%) SC Cleared
4 25 (6.51%) DV Cleared
5 19 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (3.91%) Master's Degree
8 8 (2.08%) CEH
8 8 (2.08%) OSCP
9 5 (1.30%) HND
9 5 (1.30%) PhD
10 1 (0.26%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.26%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.17%) QA
2 9 (2.34%) JTAG
3 5 (1.30%) Def Stans
4 4 (1.04%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (1.04%) MIL-STD-1553
5 3 (0.78%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.78%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (0.78%) ECSS
5 3 (0.78%) IEC 61508
5 3 (0.78%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.26%) DO-160
6 1 (0.26%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.26%) DO-254
6 1 (0.26%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 88 (22.92%) Firmware
2 45 (11.72%) Embedded Firmware
3 13 (3.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.82%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.04%) Grafana
2 4 (1.04%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.52%) Ansible
3 2 (0.52%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.26%) Consul
Vendors
1 11 (2.86%) EMC
2 9 (2.34%) Google
3 8 (2.08%) Xilinx
4 7 (1.82%) Microsoft
5 4 (1.04%) HubSpot
5 4 (1.04%) Intel
5 4 (1.04%) Microsemi
5 4 (1.04%) NVIDIA
5 4 (1.04%) YouTube
6 2 (0.52%) Adobe
6 2 (0.52%) Motorola
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle
6 2 (0.52%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.52%) SAP
6 2 (0.52%) Yahoo!
7 1 (0.26%) Cisco
7 1 (0.26%) IBM
7 1 (0.26%) Lattice Semiconductor
7 1 (0.26%) Xamarin