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 12 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 485 490 475
Rank change year-on-year +5 -15 +192
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 200 123 367
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.27% 0.34% 0.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.91% 0.86% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 140 84 264
10th Percentile £47,500 £34,875 £39,673
25th Percentile £52,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +0.91% -15.38%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -13.73%

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 22,041 14,282 28,598
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.42% 38.91% 35.50%
Number of salaries quoted 11,447 8,190 20,607
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £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 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £58,446 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.59% +9.09% -15.38%

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 12 April 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 12 April 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 -25 45 £65,000 +18.18% 100
East of England +4 44 £65,000 +12.07% 54
North of England -46 38 £56,500 -7.38% 35
Midlands -27 36 £55,000 +4.76% 39
West Midlands +4 30 £55,000 +23.60% 11
South West -25 24 £55,000 +10.00% 46
Yorkshire -43 16 £55,000 +4.76% 19
North West -29 14 £60,000 -7.69% 13
London -23 11 £100,000 +60.00% 20
North East -27 8 £56,500 -7.38% 3
East Midlands -48 6 £55,000 - 28
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 1 (0.50%) Kinematics
Applications
1 1 (0.50%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.50%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.00%) AWS
1 2 (1.00%) AWS CodePipeline
2 1 (0.50%) Azure
2 1 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 30 (15.00%) Ethernet
2 13 (6.50%) Wireless
3 10 (5.00%) Bluetooth
4 5 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (2.00%) HTTP
6 3 (1.50%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (1.00%) DNS
7 2 (1.00%) ICMP
7 2 (1.00%) Modbus
7 2 (1.00%) MQTT
7 2 (1.00%) Profibus
7 2 (1.00%) RFID
7 2 (1.00%) RS-232
7 2 (1.00%) RS-485
7 2 (1.00%) SpaceWire
7 2 (1.00%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.00%) ZigBee
8 1 (0.50%) 2G
8 1 (0.50%) LTE
8 1 (0.50%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 8 (4.00%) Git
1 8 (4.00%) JIRA
2 6 (3.00%) Subversion
3 3 (1.50%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.50%) Polyspace
3 3 (1.50%) VectorCAST
3 3 (1.50%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.00%) IDA Disassembler
5 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.50%) GDB
5 1 (0.50%) Selenium
5 1 (0.50%) Zephyr
General
1 38 (19.00%) Electronics
2 18 (9.00%) Manufacturing
2 18 (9.00%) Social Skills
3 12 (6.00%) Automotive
4 9 (4.50%) Aerospace
4 9 (4.50%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (3.00%) Finance
6 4 (2.00%) Military
7 3 (1.50%) Aviation
8 2 (1.00%) Advertising
8 2 (1.00%) Avionics
8 2 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.00%) Law
8 2 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.00%) Retail
8 2 (1.00%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.00%) Wearables
9 1 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.50%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 89 (44.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 53 (26.50%) Software Engineer
3 45 (22.50%) Systems Engineer
4 32 (16.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 29 (14.50%) Senior
6 15 (7.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 14 (7.00%) Senior Software Engineer
8 11 (5.50%) Lead
8 11 (5.50%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 10 (5.00%) Software Manager
9 10 (5.00%) Test Engineer
10 9 (4.50%) Development Engineer
10 9 (4.50%) Lead Systems Engineer
11 8 (4.00%) Developer
12 7 (3.50%) Electronics Engineer
12 7 (3.50%) Firmware Engineer
12 7 (3.50%) Linux Engineer
12 7 (3.50%) Senior Support Engineer
12 7 (3.50%) Software Support Engineer
12 7 (3.50%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.00%) .NET
2 4 (2.00%) pytest
3 3 (1.50%) Qt
3 3 (1.50%) Yocto
4 2 (1.00%) OpenCV
4 2 (1.00%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.00%) React
4 2 (1.00%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.50%) HTML
5 1 (0.50%) HTML5
5 1 (0.50%) Next.js
5 1 (0.50%) Node.js
5 1 (0.50%) Playwright
5 1 (0.50%) React Native
5 1 (0.50%) Redux
5 1 (0.50%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.50%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 34 (17.00%) FPGA
2 13 (6.50%) IoT
3 11 (5.50%) Robotics
4 9 (4.50%) Acoustics
5 8 (4.00%) Algorithms
6 7 (3.50%) Device Driver
6 7 (3.50%) Raspberry Pi
7 6 (3.00%) Analogue Electronics
8 5 (2.50%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.50%) Arduino
9 3 (1.50%) ARM Cortex
9 3 (1.50%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.50%) Self-Driving Car
9 3 (1.50%) Smart Home
10 2 (1.00%) CUDA
10 2 (1.00%) Lidar
10 2 (1.00%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.00%) Operational Technology
10 2 (1.00%) PCIe
10 2 (1.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 48 (24.00%) Linux
2 9 (4.50%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (2.00%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (1.50%) Robot Operating System
5 2 (1.00%) VxWorks
5 2 (1.00%) Windows
6 1 (0.50%) ThreadX
6 1 (0.50%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (31.50%) Software Engineering
2 18 (9.00%) Agile
3 17 (8.50%) Software Testing
3 17 (8.50%) Systems Engineering
4 16 (8.00%) Validation
5 14 (7.00%) Mentoring
5 14 (7.00%) Test Automation
6 13 (6.50%) DevOps
6 13 (6.50%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (6.50%) Technical Leadership
7 12 (6.00%) Computer Science
8 11 (5.50%) CI/CD
8 11 (5.50%) Mathematics
9 10 (5.00%) Embedded Software Development
9 10 (5.00%) Physics
9 10 (5.00%) Roadmaps
10 9 (4.50%) AI
11 8 (4.00%) Collaborative Engineering
11 8 (4.00%) Verification and Validation
12 7 (3.50%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 47 (23.50%) C++
2 38 (19.00%) C
3 20 (10.00%) Python
4 8 (4.00%) C#
4 8 (4.00%) Embedded C++
5 7 (3.50%) Embedded C
6 5 (2.50%) Rust
7 3 (1.50%) Bash
7 3 (1.50%) Java
7 3 (1.50%) MATLAB
8 2 (1.00%) Assembly Language
8 2 (1.00%) Go
8 2 (1.00%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.50%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.50%) PHP
9 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.50%) VB
9 1 (0.50%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.50%) VB6
Qualifications
1 21 (10.50%) Degree
2 20 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 12 (6.00%) DV Cleared
4 11 (5.50%) SC Cleared
5 8 (4.00%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.00%) PhD
8 2 (1.00%) CEH
8 2 (1.00%) OSCP
9 1 (0.50%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.50%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.00%) QA
2 3 (1.50%) Def Stans
2 3 (1.50%) IEC 61508
2 3 (1.50%) ISO 26262
3 2 (1.00%) ECSS
3 2 (1.00%) JTAG
4 1 (0.50%) MISRA
System Software
1 33 (16.50%) Firmware
2 22 (11.00%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (2.00%) EMC
2 2 (1.00%) Google
2 2 (1.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.00%) NVIDIA