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 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 474 548
Rank change year-on-year -24 +74 +214
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 139 285 198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.42% 0.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.77% 1.30% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 82 153 123
10th Percentile £40,125 £38,750 £44,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,220 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £117,125 £69,050 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 18,045 21,985 22,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 41.88% 32.06% 41.14%
Number of salaries quoted 9,119 11,716 16,210
10th Percentile £28,742 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,925 £43,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Embedded Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Systems 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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 2025. 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 +31 67 £55,000 +10.00% 60
Midlands +28 25 £47,500 -20.83% 35
North of England +31 18 £46,000 -16.36% 34
East Midlands 0 16 £42,500 -29.17% 8
South West +40 13 £42,500 -15.00% 31
Yorkshire +14 9 £46,000 -3.16% 10
West Midlands +38 8 £65,000 +2.77% 26
North West -12 8 £75,000 +36.36% 23
East of England -50 6 £75,000 +42.86% 41
London +56 2 - - 9
Embedded Systems
UK

Embedded Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.44%) Confluence
1 2 (1.44%) TPMS
Applications
1 4 (2.88%) Simulink
2 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.72%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.72%) Doxygen
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.44%) AWS
1 2 (1.44%) GitHub
2 1 (0.72%) Azure
2 1 (0.72%) GCP
2 1 (0.72%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 44 (31.65%) Wireless
2 35 (25.18%) Software-Defined Radio
3 12 (8.63%) Bluetooth
4 10 (7.19%) RS-485
5 9 (6.47%) Modbus
6 8 (5.76%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (2.16%) Internet
7 3 (2.16%) UWB
7 3 (2.16%) WAN
8 2 (1.44%) Broadband
8 2 (1.44%) Ethernet
8 2 (1.44%) MQTT
9 1 (0.72%) RS-232
9 1 (0.72%) Wideband
9 1 (0.72%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.72%) Big Data
1 1 (0.72%) DynamoDB
1 1 (0.72%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (11.51%) Git
2 12 (8.63%) JIRA
3 6 (4.32%) KGDB
4 1 (0.72%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.72%) CANoe
4 1 (0.72%) GitLab
4 1 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.72%) Selenium
4 1 (0.72%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.72%) Zephyr
General
1 41 (29.50%) Electronics
2 38 (27.34%) Finance
3 25 (17.99%) Social Skills
4 12 (8.63%) Aerospace
4 12 (8.63%) Manufacturing
5 11 (7.91%) Automotive
6 5 (3.60%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.88%) Marketing
7 4 (2.88%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.88%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.44%) Agriculture
9 2 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.44%) Retail
10 1 (0.72%) Military
Job Titles
1 65 (46.76%) Embedded Engineer
2 54 (38.85%) Software Engineer
3 47 (33.81%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 20 (14.39%) Senior
5 16 (11.51%) Firmware Engineer
6 14 (10.07%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 13 (9.35%) Electronics Engineer
8 12 (8.63%) Design Engineer
9 8 (5.76%) Electronics Design Engineer
10 7 (5.04%) Lead
11 6 (4.32%) FPGA Engineer
11 6 (4.32%) Systems Engineer
12 5 (3.60%) Developer
12 5 (3.60%) Product Manager
12 5 (3.60%) Products Support Manager
12 5 (3.60%) Support Manager
13 4 (2.88%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
13 4 (2.88%) Hardware Design Engineer
13 4 (2.88%) Hardware Engineer
13 4 (2.88%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.35%) Qt
2 6 (4.32%) Flash
3 4 (2.88%) Yocto
4 3 (2.16%) .NET
4 3 (2.16%) Middleware
5 1 (0.72%) Django
5 1 (0.72%) Flask
5 1 (0.72%) Google JAX
5 1 (0.72%) HTML
5 1 (0.72%) JAX
5 1 (0.72%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.72%) REST
5 1 (0.72%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (25.90%) e-Learning
1 36 (25.90%) RISC-V
2 34 (24.46%) MicroBlaze
3 16 (11.51%) Analogue Electronics
4 11 (7.91%) FPGA
5 10 (7.19%) CAN bus
5 10 (7.19%) IoT
6 7 (5.04%) Raspberry Pi
7 6 (4.32%) ARM Cortex
8 5 (3.60%) Arduino
8 5 (3.60%) Robotics
8 5 (3.60%) Verilog
8 5 (3.60%) VHDL
9 4 (2.88%) Algorithms
9 4 (2.88%) Device Driver
10 3 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (1.44%) Driving Licence
11 2 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.72%) Infotainment
12 1 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 71 (51.08%) Linux
2 51 (36.69%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (2.16%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.44%) Android
5 1 (0.72%) Debian
5 1 (0.72%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.72%) SafeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (50.36%) Software Engineering
2 45 (32.37%) Signal Processing
3 42 (30.22%) Agile
4 36 (25.90%) Digital Signal Processing
5 35 (25.18%) Innovative Thinking
6 18 (12.95%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (10.79%) Collaborative Culture
8 14 (10.07%) Software Testing
8 14 (10.07%) Validation
9 12 (8.63%) Test Automation
10 11 (7.91%) Mentoring
11 10 (7.19%) Roadmaps
12 9 (6.47%) Artificial Intelligence
13 8 (5.76%) FPGA Design
13 8 (5.76%) Manual Testing
14 7 (5.04%) Computer Science
14 7 (5.04%) Knowledge Transfer
14 7 (5.04%) Linux Kernel Development
14 7 (5.04%) Mathematics
14 7 (5.04%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 83 (59.71%) C
2 76 (54.68%) C++
3 27 (19.42%) Python
4 8 (5.76%) Embedded C
5 5 (3.60%) C#
5 5 (3.60%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.88%) Java
7 3 (2.16%) Go
7 3 (2.16%) SystemVerilog
8 2 (1.44%) Embedded C++
9 1 (0.72%) Ada
9 1 (0.72%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.72%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.72%) Rust
9 1 (0.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (31.65%) Security Cleared
2 41 (29.50%) SC Cleared
3 20 (14.39%) Degree
4 5 (3.60%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.88%) PhD
6 3 (2.16%) HND
7 2 (1.44%) CEH
7 2 (1.44%) CISM
7 2 (1.44%) CISSP
7 2 (1.44%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.72%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.44%) IEC 62304
2 2 (1.44%) ISO 9000
2 2 (1.44%) JTAG
2 2 (1.44%) NIST
3 1 (0.72%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (0.72%) DO-178B
3 1 (0.72%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.72%) ISO 26262
3 1 (0.72%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 69 (49.64%) Firmware
2 57 (41.01%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.72%) systemd
1 1 (0.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (5.04%) Xilinx
2 4 (2.88%) EMC
3 3 (2.16%) Atmel
3 3 (2.16%) Intel
3 3 (2.16%) Microsemi
3 3 (2.16%) SAP
4 2 (1.44%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.72%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.72%) QNX
5 1 (0.72%) Red Hat