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 7 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 411 495 473
Rank change year-on-year +84 -22 +88
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 409 143 292
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.41% 0.33% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.62% 0.79% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 280 82 170
10th Percentile £42,400 £40,125 £39,454
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.33% -10.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £117,125 £66,600
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 25,258 18,212 22,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.52% 41.98% 32.07%
Number of salaries quoted 16,598 9,257 12,596
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,925 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -7.56% -4.80%

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 7 September 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 7 September 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 +23 139 £60,000 +9.09% 104
East of England +38 77 £70,000 -6.67% 112
Midlands +1 66 £67,500 +38.46% 30
South West -33 59 £62,500 +47.06% 52
North of England -33 45 £55,000 +14.58% 32
West Midlands +1 42 £46,250 -28.85% 17
East Midlands -24 24 £67,500 +50.00% 13
North East - 20 £53,000 - 5
Yorkshire -40 15 £55,000 +19.57% 8
London -44 15 £60,000 - 65
North West -14 10 £53,750 -17.31% 19
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 (0.73%) Confluence
1 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (0.73%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.24%) IIS
Applications
1 19 (4.65%) Simulink
2 12 (2.93%) SOLIDWORKS
3 7 (1.71%) Solid Edge
4 3 (0.73%) Lightworks
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.24%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (3.18%) AWS
2 12 (2.93%) Azure
3 8 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (1.22%) GCP
5 4 (0.98%) Google Analytics
5 4 (0.98%) MailChimp
5 4 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (0.98%) SaaS
6 3 (0.73%) AWS IoT
6 3 (0.73%) Datadog
6 3 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.73%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.73%) GitHub
6 3 (0.73%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (0.73%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.73%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.73%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.49%) AWS CodePipeline
7 2 (0.49%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 36 (8.80%) Wireless
2 20 (4.89%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (4.40%) Bluetooth
4 17 (4.16%) ZigBee
5 15 (3.67%) Ethernet
6 14 (3.42%) RS-232
7 11 (2.69%) MQTT
7 11 (2.69%) RS-485
8 9 (2.20%) Modbus
8 9 (2.20%) Profibus
9 7 (1.71%) TCP/IP
10 5 (1.22%) Software-Defined Radio
11 3 (0.73%) LTE
11 3 (0.73%) X.509
12 2 (0.49%) 5G
12 2 (0.49%) DHCP
12 2 (0.49%) DNS
12 2 (0.49%) LoRaWAN
12 2 (0.49%) UWB
12 2 (0.49%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.24%) InfluxDB
2 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (10.27%) Git
2 14 (3.42%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.20%) GitLab
4 8 (1.96%) JIRA
5 7 (1.71%) GDB
6 6 (1.47%) PetaLinux
6 6 (1.47%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.98%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.98%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.73%) LabVIEW
8 3 (0.73%) Polyspace
8 3 (0.73%) Subversion
8 3 (0.73%) VectorCAST
8 3 (0.73%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.49%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.49%) MLflow
9 2 (0.49%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.24%) CMake
10 1 (0.24%) GoogleTest
10 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 112 (27.38%) Electronics
2 69 (16.87%) Manufacturing
3 51 (12.47%) Aerospace
4 50 (12.22%) Social Skills
5 47 (11.49%) Automotive
6 13 (3.18%) Finance
7 10 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (2.20%) Military
8 9 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.47%) Avionics
10 5 (1.22%) Aviation
10 5 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.22%) Marketing
11 4 (0.98%) Legal
12 3 (0.73%) Advertising
12 3 (0.73%) Multimedia
12 3 (0.73%) Retail
12 3 (0.73%) Wearables
13 2 (0.49%) Law
Job Titles
1 193 (47.19%) Embedded Engineer
2 136 (33.25%) Software Engineer
3 84 (20.54%) Systems Engineer
4 81 (19.80%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 67 (16.38%) Senior
6 52 (12.71%) Lead
7 40 (9.78%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 34 (8.31%) Senior Software Engineer
9 27 (6.60%) Principal Engineer
10 25 (6.11%) Hardware Engineer
11 24 (5.87%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 23 (5.62%) Linux Engineer
13 22 (5.38%) Embedded Linux Engineer
14 20 (4.89%) Architect
15 19 (4.65%) Developer
16 16 (3.91%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
16 16 (3.91%) Firmware Engineer
17 15 (3.67%) Lead Systems Engineer
18 14 (3.42%) Electronics Engineer
19 12 (2.93%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (6.60%) Yocto
2 9 (2.20%) React
3 8 (1.96%) .NET
3 8 (1.96%) pytest
4 6 (1.47%) TensorFlow
4 6 (1.47%) Terraform
5 5 (1.22%) REST
6 4 (0.98%) Middleware
6 4 (0.98%) PyTorch
6 4 (0.98%) Qt
6 4 (0.98%) Unity DI Container
7 3 (0.73%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.73%) WebSockets
8 2 (0.49%) CSS
8 2 (0.49%) HTML
8 2 (0.49%) JWT
8 2 (0.49%) LangChain
8 2 (0.49%) Node.js
8 2 (0.49%) React Native
9 1 (0.24%) ONNX
Miscellaneous
1 47 (11.49%) IoT
2 37 (9.05%) Algorithms
3 32 (7.82%) Device Driver
4 28 (6.85%) FPGA
5 24 (5.87%) Robotics
6 18 (4.40%) ARM Cortex
7 14 (3.42%) Analogue Electronics
7 14 (3.42%) VHDL
8 13 (3.18%) Verilog
9 11 (2.69%) Acoustics
10 9 (2.20%) Product Ownership
11 8 (1.96%) Operational Technology
12 7 (1.71%) Life Science
13 6 (1.47%) Driving Licence
13 6 (1.47%) Onboarding
13 6 (1.47%) Raspberry Pi
14 5 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (1.22%) Mobile App
14 5 (1.22%) Social Media
15 4 (0.98%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 100 (24.45%) Linux
2 48 (11.74%) Embedded Linux
3 18 (4.40%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (1.71%) Windows
5 6 (1.47%) Unix
6 4 (0.98%) Android
7 3 (0.73%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.73%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.49%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.49%) ThreadX
8 2 (0.49%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.24%) Debian
9 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (43.28%) Software Engineering
2 58 (14.18%) Validation
3 52 (12.71%) CI/CD
4 43 (10.51%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (10.02%) Test Automation
6 39 (9.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (8.56%) Computer Science
8 29 (7.09%) DevOps
9 28 (6.85%) Collaborative Culture
9 28 (6.85%) Software Testing
10 27 (6.60%) AI
10 27 (6.60%) Technical Leadership
11 26 (6.36%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
11 26 (6.36%) Prototyping
12 23 (5.62%) Signal Processing
12 23 (5.62%) Software Architecture
13 21 (5.13%) Collaborative Engineering
14 20 (4.89%) SDLC
15 19 (4.65%) Embedded Software Development
15 19 (4.65%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 128 (31.30%) C++
2 122 (29.83%) C
3 78 (19.07%) Python
4 24 (5.87%) Embedded C
5 23 (5.62%) Rust
6 22 (5.38%) C#
7 21 (5.13%) MATLAB
8 17 (4.16%) Embedded C++
9 16 (3.91%) Java
10 13 (3.18%) Go
11 11 (2.69%) JavaScript
12 8 (1.96%) Bash
13 5 (1.22%) Ada
14 4 (0.98%) SystemVerilog
15 3 (0.73%) Ada 95
15 3 (0.73%) Assembly Language
15 3 (0.73%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.73%) TypeScript
16 1 (0.24%) PHP
16 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 71 (17.36%) Degree
2 62 (15.16%) Security Cleared
3 37 (9.05%) SC Cleared
4 25 (6.11%) DV Cleared
5 20 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (3.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (3.91%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.96%) CEH
7 8 (1.96%) OSCP
8 6 (1.47%) PhD
9 5 (1.22%) HND
10 1 (0.24%) CISA
10 1 (0.24%) CISM
10 1 (0.24%) CISMP
10 1 (0.24%) CISSP
10 1 (0.24%) CRISC
10 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.24%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.40%) QA
2 9 (2.20%) JTAG
3 5 (1.22%) Def Stans
4 4 (0.98%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (0.98%) MIL-STD-1553
5 3 (0.73%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.73%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (0.73%) ECSS
5 3 (0.73%) IEC 61508
5 3 (0.73%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.49%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.24%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.24%) GDPR
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 31000
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 96 (23.47%) Firmware
2 48 (11.74%) Embedded Firmware
3 13 (3.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.71%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.98%) Grafana
2 4 (0.98%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.49%) Ansible
3 2 (0.49%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.24%) Consul
Vendors
1 13 (3.18%) EMC
2 9 (2.20%) Google
3 8 (1.96%) Microsoft
3 8 (1.96%) Xilinx
4 4 (0.98%) HubSpot
4 4 (0.98%) Intel
4 4 (0.98%) Microsemi
4 4 (0.98%) NVIDIA
4 4 (0.98%) YouTube
5 2 (0.49%) Adobe
5 2 (0.49%) Motorola
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle
5 2 (0.49%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.49%) SAP
5 2 (0.49%) Yahoo!
6 1 (0.24%) Cisco
6 1 (0.24%) IBM
6 1 (0.24%) Lattice Semiconductor
6 1 (0.24%) Xamarin