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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 465 473 464
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 +179
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 209 129 371
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.27% 0.34% 0.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.92% 0.87% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 145 89 264
10th Percentile £50,000 £36,750 £38,985
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -12.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,500 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 22,606 14,783 29,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.99% 39.45% 35.21%
Number of salaries quoted 11,758 8,321 20,672
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,950
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,722
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 22 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 22 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 -26 56 £65,000 +8.33% 88
East of England +2 45 £62,500 +4.17% 46
North of England -36 37 £55,000 -9.84% 33
Midlands -33 36 £55,000 +7.32% 40
West Midlands -6 30 £55,000 +47.65% 14
South West -39 22 £55,000 +10.00% 38
Yorkshire -49 17 £55,000 +10.00% 15
North West -23 13 £60,000 -7.69% 12
London -9 11 £100,000 +60.00% 19
North East -39 7 £56,500 -7.38% 6
East Midlands -51 6 £55,000 +4.76% 26
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 (0.48%) Confluence
1 1 (0.48%) Kinematics
Applications
1 2 (0.96%) Simulink
2 1 (0.48%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.96%) AWS
1 2 (0.96%) AWS CodePipeline
2 1 (0.48%) Azure
2 1 (0.48%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (14.83%) Ethernet
2 15 (7.18%) Wireless
3 11 (5.26%) Bluetooth
4 5 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.44%) Modbus
5 3 (1.44%) Profibus
5 3 (1.44%) RS-232
5 3 (1.44%) RS-485
5 3 (1.44%) ZigBee
6 2 (0.96%) HTTP
6 2 (0.96%) MQTT
6 2 (0.96%) RFID
6 2 (0.96%) SpaceWire
7 1 (0.48%) LTE
7 1 (0.48%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.48%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 10 (4.78%) Git
2 9 (4.31%) JIRA
3 6 (2.87%) Subversion
4 4 (1.91%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.44%) Polyspace
5 3 (1.44%) VectorCAST
5 3 (1.44%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.44%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.96%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.48%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.48%) GDB
7 1 (0.48%) GoogleTest
7 1 (0.48%) Selenium
7 1 (0.48%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.48%) Zephyr
General
1 40 (19.14%) Electronics
2 20 (9.57%) Manufacturing
3 17 (8.13%) Social Skills
4 13 (6.22%) Automotive
5 12 (5.74%) Aerospace
6 8 (3.83%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.87%) Finance
8 5 (2.39%) Military
9 3 (1.44%) Aviation
9 3 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.96%) Advertising
10 2 (0.96%) Avionics
10 2 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.96%) Law
10 2 (0.96%) Retail
10 2 (0.96%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.96%) Wearables
11 1 (0.48%) Cyber-Physical System
11 1 (0.48%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 91 (43.54%) Embedded Engineer
2 62 (29.67%) Software Engineer
3 46 (22.01%) Systems Engineer
4 35 (16.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 35 (16.75%) Senior
5 19 (9.09%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 19 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
6 15 (7.18%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 14 (6.70%) Lead
8 11 (5.26%) Development Engineer
8 11 (5.26%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 10 (4.78%) Software Manager
9 10 (4.78%) Test Engineer
10 9 (4.31%) Developer
11 8 (3.83%) Software Development Engineer
12 7 (3.35%) Electronics Engineer
12 7 (3.35%) Firmware Engineer
12 7 (3.35%) Senior Support Engineer
12 7 (3.35%) Software Support Engineer
12 7 (3.35%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.83%) .NET
2 4 (1.91%) pytest
3 3 (1.44%) Qt
3 3 (1.44%) Yocto
4 2 (0.96%) OpenCV
4 2 (0.96%) PyTorch
4 2 (0.96%) React
4 2 (0.96%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.48%) HTML
5 1 (0.48%) HTML5
5 1 (0.48%) Next.js
5 1 (0.48%) Node.js
5 1 (0.48%) Playwright
5 1 (0.48%) React Native
5 1 (0.48%) Redux
5 1 (0.48%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.48%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 34 (16.27%) FPGA
2 13 (6.22%) IoT
3 12 (5.74%) Acoustics
3 12 (5.74%) Algorithms
4 11 (5.26%) Robotics
5 8 (3.83%) Device Driver
6 6 (2.87%) Analogue Electronics
7 5 (2.39%) Digital Media
7 5 (2.39%) Raspberry Pi
8 4 (1.91%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.91%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.44%) ARM Cortex
9 3 (1.44%) Self-Driving Car
9 3 (1.44%) Smart Home
10 2 (0.96%) CUDA
10 2 (0.96%) Lidar
10 2 (0.96%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.96%) PCIe
10 2 (0.96%) Photography
11 1 (0.48%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 51 (24.40%) Linux
2 11 (5.26%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (2.87%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (1.44%) Robot Operating System
5 2 (0.96%) ThreadX
5 2 (0.96%) VxWorks
5 2 (0.96%) Windows
6 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (33.97%) Software Engineering
2 20 (9.57%) Agile
3 18 (8.61%) Validation
4 17 (8.13%) Software Testing
5 16 (7.66%) DevOps
6 15 (7.18%) CI/CD
6 15 (7.18%) Computer Science
6 15 (7.18%) Systems Engineering
6 15 (7.18%) Technical Leadership
6 15 (7.18%) Test Automation
7 12 (5.74%) Mentoring
7 12 (5.74%) Roadmaps
8 11 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (4.78%) Mathematics
10 9 (4.31%) AI
10 9 (4.31%) Physics
10 9 (4.31%) Software Architecture
11 8 (3.83%) Embedded Software Development
11 8 (3.83%) SDLC
11 8 (3.83%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 51 (24.40%) C++
2 38 (18.18%) C
3 23 (11.00%) Python
4 10 (4.78%) C#
5 9 (4.31%) Embedded C++
6 8 (3.83%) Embedded C
7 4 (1.91%) MATLAB
7 4 (1.91%) Rust
8 3 (1.44%) Bash
8 3 (1.44%) Java
9 2 (0.96%) Assembly Language
9 2 (0.96%) Go
9 2 (0.96%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.48%) PHP
10 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.48%) VB
10 1 (0.48%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.48%) VB6
Qualifications
1 22 (10.53%) Degree
2 19 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 12 (5.74%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.83%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.35%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.91%) PhD
8 2 (0.96%) CEH
8 2 (0.96%) OSCP
9 1 (0.48%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.48%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.91%) Def Stans
1 4 (1.91%) QA
2 3 (1.44%) IEC 61508
2 3 (1.44%) ISO 26262
3 2 (0.96%) ECSS
3 2 (0.96%) JTAG
4 1 (0.48%) MISRA
System Software
1 39 (18.66%) Firmware
2 25 (11.96%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.91%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (1.91%) EMC
2 3 (1.44%) Google
3 2 (0.96%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.96%) NVIDIA