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 3 months leading up to 24 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

3 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 403 388 406
Rank change year-on-year -15 +18 +136
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 107 67 240
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.25% 0.35% 0.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.99% 0.87% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 79 47 159
10th Percentile £45,500 £29,000 £39,376
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.00%
75th Percentile £64,750 £67,500 £60,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £66,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 10,778 7,724 17,009
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.59% 40.65% 35.94%
Number of salaries quoted 6,804 4,452 11,649
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £82,250 £80,000 £73,886
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,225 £97,500
UK median annual salary £59,338 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +3.20% +6.48% -16.92%

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 3 months to 24 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 3 months to 24 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 3 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -6 39 £60,000 +9.09% 61
East of England -8 21 £50,000 -18.37% 33
Midlands -43 16 £52,500 +5.00% 23
West Midlands -21 14 £53,750 +79.17% 13
South West -29 14 £55,000 +15.79% 27
North of England -37 8 £55,000 - 28
London -10 7 £87,500 +34.62% 12
Yorkshire -39 3 £55,000 +19.57% 10
North East - 3 £55,000 - 6
North West -20 2 £65,000 +18.18% 12
East Midlands -50 2 £50,000 -4.76% 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 2 (0.95%) Confluence
2 1 (0.47%) Kinematics
Applications
1 2 (0.95%) Simulink
2 1 (0.47%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.95%) AWS
1 2 (0.95%) AWS CodePipeline
2 1 (0.47%) Azure
2 1 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (0.47%) Google Analytics
2 1 (0.47%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 32 (15.17%) Ethernet
2 16 (7.58%) Wireless
3 12 (5.69%) Bluetooth
4 5 (2.37%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.90%) Modbus
5 4 (1.90%) Profibus
5 4 (1.90%) RS-232
5 4 (1.90%) RS-485
5 4 (1.90%) ZigBee
6 2 (0.95%) HTTP
6 2 (0.95%) MQTT
6 2 (0.95%) RFID
6 2 (0.95%) SpaceWire
7 1 (0.47%) LTE
7 1 (0.47%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.47%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 10 (4.74%) Git
1 10 (4.74%) JIRA
2 7 (3.32%) Subversion
3 4 (1.90%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.42%) Polyspace
4 3 (1.42%) VectorCAST
4 3 (1.42%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.42%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.95%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.47%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.47%) GDB
6 1 (0.47%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.47%) Selenium
6 1 (0.47%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.47%) Zephyr
General
1 42 (19.91%) Electronics
2 23 (10.90%) Manufacturing
3 19 (9.00%) Social Skills
4 14 (6.64%) Automotive
5 13 (6.16%) Aerospace
6 9 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.84%) Finance
8 5 (2.37%) Military
9 4 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.42%) Aviation
11 2 (0.95%) Advertising
11 2 (0.95%) Avionics
11 2 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.95%) Law
11 2 (0.95%) Retail
11 2 (0.95%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.95%) Wearables
12 1 (0.47%) Marketing
12 1 (0.47%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 93 (44.08%) Embedded Engineer
2 63 (29.86%) Software Engineer
3 46 (21.80%) Systems Engineer
4 37 (17.54%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 36 (17.06%) Senior
6 20 (9.48%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 20 (9.48%) Senior Software Engineer
7 16 (7.58%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 13 (6.16%) Lead
9 11 (5.21%) Development Engineer
9 11 (5.21%) Lead Systems Engineer
10 10 (4.74%) Software Manager
10 10 (4.74%) Test Engineer
11 9 (4.27%) Developer
12 8 (3.79%) Software Development Engineer
13 7 (3.32%) Electronics Engineer
13 7 (3.32%) Firmware Engineer
13 7 (3.32%) Linux Engineer
14 6 (2.84%) Senior Support Engineer
14 6 (2.84%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.32%) .NET
2 4 (1.90%) pytest
3 3 (1.42%) Qt
3 3 (1.42%) Yocto
4 2 (0.95%) OpenCV
4 2 (0.95%) PyTorch
4 2 (0.95%) React
4 2 (0.95%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.47%) HTML
5 1 (0.47%) HTML5
5 1 (0.47%) Next.js
5 1 (0.47%) Node.js
5 1 (0.47%) Playwright
5 1 (0.47%) React Native
5 1 (0.47%) Redux
5 1 (0.47%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.47%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 34 (16.11%) FPGA
2 13 (6.16%) IoT
3 12 (5.69%) Acoustics
3 12 (5.69%) Algorithms
4 11 (5.21%) Robotics
5 9 (4.27%) Device Driver
6 6 (2.84%) Analogue Electronics
7 5 (2.37%) Digital Media
7 5 (2.37%) Raspberry Pi
8 4 (1.90%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.90%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.42%) ARM Cortex
9 3 (1.42%) Self-Driving Car
9 3 (1.42%) Smart Home
10 2 (0.95%) CUDA
10 2 (0.95%) Lidar
10 2 (0.95%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.95%) PCIe
10 2 (0.95%) Photography
11 1 (0.47%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 52 (24.64%) Linux
2 11 (5.21%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (3.32%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (1.42%) Robot Operating System
5 2 (0.95%) ThreadX
5 2 (0.95%) VxWorks
5 2 (0.95%) Windows
6 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (34.12%) Software Engineering
2 20 (9.48%) Agile
3 19 (9.00%) Validation
4 17 (8.06%) Software Testing
5 16 (7.58%) CI/CD
6 15 (7.11%) Computer Science
6 15 (7.11%) DevOps
6 15 (7.11%) Systems Engineering
6 15 (7.11%) Technical Leadership
6 15 (7.11%) Test Automation
7 12 (5.69%) Mentoring
7 12 (5.69%) Roadmaps
8 11 (5.21%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (4.27%) AI
9 9 (4.27%) Mathematics
9 9 (4.27%) Software Architecture
10 8 (3.79%) Embedded Software Development
10 8 (3.79%) Physics
10 8 (3.79%) SDLC
10 8 (3.79%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 52 (24.64%) C++
2 39 (18.48%) C
3 23 (10.90%) Python
4 10 (4.74%) Embedded C++
5 9 (4.27%) C#
6 8 (3.79%) Embedded C
7 4 (1.90%) MATLAB
7 4 (1.90%) Rust
8 3 (1.42%) Bash
8 3 (1.42%) Java
9 2 (0.95%) Assembly Language
9 2 (0.95%) Go
9 2 (0.95%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.47%) PHP
10 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.47%) VB
10 1 (0.47%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.47%) VB6
Qualifications
1 22 (10.43%) Degree
2 19 (9.00%) Security Cleared
3 12 (5.69%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.79%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.32%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.90%) PhD
8 2 (0.95%) CEH
8 2 (0.95%) OSCP
9 1 (0.47%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.47%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.90%) Def Stans
1 4 (1.90%) QA
2 3 (1.42%) IEC 61508
2 3 (1.42%) ISO 26262
3 2 (0.95%) ECSS
3 2 (0.95%) JTAG
4 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.47%) MISRA
System Software
1 41 (19.43%) Firmware
2 27 (12.80%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.90%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (1.90%) EMC
1 4 (1.90%) Google
2 2 (0.95%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.95%) NVIDIA
3 1 (0.47%) Adobe
3 1 (0.47%) HubSpot
3 1 (0.47%) YouTube