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 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 459 475 484
Rank change year-on-year +16 +9 +174
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 190 133 338
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.27% 0.36% 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.89% 0.93% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 135 73 245
10th Percentile £46,750 £34,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £71,250 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,750 £78,900
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -15.38%

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 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%

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 29 March 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 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 -18 41 £65,000 +18.18% 97
East of England -11 39 £67,500 +20.54% 66
North of England -41 38 £56,500 -7.38% 43
Midlands -5 37 £55,000 +10.00% 33
West Midlands +7 31 £55,000 +47.65% 11
South West -22 24 £55,000 -6.38% 47
North West -29 15 £60,000 -7.69% 11
Yorkshire -43 14 £55,000 +4.76% 23
London -15 10 £100,000 +60.00% 19
North East -18 9 £56,500 -7.38% 9
East Midlands -39 6 £55,000 - 22
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 (0.53%) Kinematics
Applications
1 1 (0.53%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.53%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.05%) AWS
1 2 (1.05%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 29 (15.26%) Ethernet
2 9 (4.74%) Bluetooth
2 9 (4.74%) Wireless
3 5 (2.63%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.11%) HTTP
5 2 (1.05%) DNS
5 2 (1.05%) ICMP
5 2 (1.05%) MQTT
5 2 (1.05%) RFID
5 2 (1.05%) RS-232
5 2 (1.05%) RS-485
5 2 (1.05%) SpaceWire
5 2 (1.05%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.53%) 2G
6 1 (0.53%) 4G
6 1 (0.53%) 5G
6 1 (0.53%) LTE
6 1 (0.53%) Modbus
6 1 (0.53%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 7 (3.68%) Git
1 7 (3.68%) JIRA
2 6 (3.16%) Subversion
3 2 (1.05%) IDA Disassembler
3 2 (1.05%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.05%) Polyspace
3 2 (1.05%) VectorCAST
3 2 (1.05%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.53%) Zephyr
General
1 43 (22.63%) Electronics
2 24 (12.63%) Social Skills
3 15 (7.89%) Manufacturing
4 12 (6.32%) Automotive
5 10 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.21%) Aerospace
7 6 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.16%) Finance
8 3 (1.58%) Aviation
8 3 (1.58%) Military
8 3 (1.58%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.05%) Avionics
9 2 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.05%) Law
9 2 (1.05%) Retail
9 2 (1.05%) Wearables
10 1 (0.53%) Advertising
10 1 (0.53%) Aeronautics
10 1 (0.53%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (45.26%) Embedded Engineer
2 48 (25.26%) Software Engineer
3 42 (22.11%) Systems Engineer
4 32 (16.84%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 27 (14.21%) Senior
6 14 (7.37%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 12 (6.32%) Senior Software Engineer
8 10 (5.26%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 10 (5.26%) Software Manager
9 9 (4.74%) Development Engineer
9 9 (4.74%) Firmware Engineer
9 9 (4.74%) Test Engineer
10 8 (4.21%) Lead
11 7 (3.68%) Developer
11 7 (3.68%) Electronics Engineer
11 7 (3.68%) Lead Systems Engineer
11 7 (3.68%) Senior Support Engineer
11 7 (3.68%) Software Support Engineer
11 7 (3.68%) Support Engineer
12 6 (3.16%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.68%) .NET
2 3 (1.58%) Qt
3 2 (1.05%) Flash
3 2 (1.05%) OpenCV
3 2 (1.05%) pytest
3 2 (1.05%) PyTorch
3 2 (1.05%) TensorFlow
3 2 (1.05%) Yocto
4 1 (0.53%) Next.js
4 1 (0.53%) Node.js
4 1 (0.53%) React
4 1 (0.53%) React Native
4 1 (0.53%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 34 (17.89%) FPGA
2 13 (6.84%) IoT
3 11 (5.79%) Robotics
4 10 (5.26%) Algorithms
5 8 (4.21%) Acoustics
6 7 (3.68%) Raspberry Pi
7 6 (3.16%) Analogue Electronics
8 5 (2.63%) Digital Media
9 4 (2.11%) Device Driver
9 4 (2.11%) Self-Driving Car
10 3 (1.58%) Arduino
10 3 (1.58%) ARM Cortex
10 3 (1.58%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.58%) Smart Home
11 2 (1.05%) CUDA
11 2 (1.05%) Lidar
11 2 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (1.05%) PCIe
11 2 (1.05%) Photography
12 1 (0.53%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 43 (22.63%) Linux
2 7 (3.68%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.58%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (1.58%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (1.05%) VxWorks
5 1 (0.53%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.53%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (31.05%) Software Engineering
2 21 (11.05%) Systems Engineering
3 16 (8.42%) Software Testing
4 14 (7.37%) Agile
4 14 (7.37%) Mentoring
5 12 (6.32%) DevOps
5 12 (6.32%) Embedded Software Development
6 11 (5.79%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (5.79%) Technical Leadership
6 11 (5.79%) Test Automation
6 11 (5.79%) Validation
7 10 (5.26%) Mathematics
7 10 (5.26%) Physics
8 9 (4.74%) Computer Science
9 8 (4.21%) Actionable Insight
9 8 (4.21%) AI
9 8 (4.21%) Roadmaps
10 7 (3.68%) CI/CD
10 7 (3.68%) Collaborative Engineering
10 7 (3.68%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 41 (21.58%) C++
2 38 (20.00%) C
3 15 (7.89%) Python
4 9 (4.74%) Embedded C
5 7 (3.68%) C#
6 6 (3.16%) Embedded C++
7 5 (2.63%) Rust
8 2 (1.05%) Assembly Language
8 2 (1.05%) Bash
8 2 (1.05%) Java
8 2 (1.05%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.53%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.53%) PHP
9 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.53%) VB
9 1 (0.53%) VB6
Qualifications
1 23 (12.11%) Degree
2 22 (11.58%) Security Cleared
3 14 (7.37%) DV Cleared
4 13 (6.84%) SC Cleared
5 10 (5.26%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.58%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.58%) QA
2 2 (1.05%) Def Stans
2 2 (1.05%) ECSS
2 2 (1.05%) IEC 61508
2 2 (1.05%) ISO 26262
2 2 (1.05%) JTAG
3 1 (0.53%) MISRA
System Software
1 33 (17.37%) Firmware
2 23 (12.11%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.11%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (2.63%) EMC
2 2 (1.05%) Google
2 2 (1.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.05%) NVIDIA