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 20 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 454 504 515
Rank change year-on-year +50 +11 +187
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 152 224 172
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.33% 0.37% 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.89% 1.11% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 101 92 117
10th Percentile £39,281 £40,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% -8.33% -3.85%

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 17,115 20,154 17,844
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.10% 33.48% 38.55%
Number of salaries quoted 9,706 9,659 13,248
10th Percentile £27,750 £34,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -1.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £54,770 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.72% -4.00% -

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 20 November 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 20 November 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 +33 49 £55,000 +10.00% 66
North of England +48 34 £56,500 +2.73% 35
Midlands +48 27 £55,000 -8.33% 28
South West +29 26 £42,500 +6.25% 54
West Midlands +44 17 £60,000 -20.00% 24
North West +28 14 £60,000 +9.09% 18
Yorkshire +17 13 £46,000 -16.36% 8
East of England -21 13 £80,000 +23.08% 67
East Midlands +10 10 £24,000 -60.00% 4
North East +12 7 £56,500 - 9
London +40 1 - - 32
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 (1.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.63%) Simulink
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.66%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.66%) Doxygen
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.66%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.32%) AWS
2 1 (0.66%) Azure
2 1 (0.66%) GCP
2 1 (0.66%) GitHub
2 1 (0.66%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 27 (17.76%) Software-Defined Radio
1 27 (17.76%) Wireless
2 17 (11.18%) Ethernet
3 9 (5.92%) RS-485
4 8 (5.26%) Bluetooth
5 7 (4.61%) Modbus
6 4 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.97%) Internet
7 3 (1.97%) UWB
8 2 (1.32%) DNS
8 2 (1.32%) HTTP
8 2 (1.32%) ICMP
8 2 (1.32%) RS-232
8 2 (1.32%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.66%) 2G
9 1 (0.66%) 4G
9 1 (0.66%) 5G
9 1 (0.66%) SpaceWire
9 1 (0.66%) Wideband
9 1 (0.66%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.66%) DynamoDB
1 1 (0.66%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (5.92%) JIRA
2 7 (4.61%) Git
3 2 (1.32%) IDA Disassembler
3 2 (1.32%) KGDB
3 2 (1.32%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.66%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.66%) CANoe
4 1 (0.66%) GitLab
4 1 (0.66%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.66%) Selenium
4 1 (0.66%) WebDriver
General
1 49 (32.24%) Electronics
2 36 (23.68%) Social Skills
3 26 (17.11%) Finance
4 15 (9.87%) Automotive
5 8 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.97%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.97%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.32%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.32%) Marketing
8 2 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.66%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.66%) Retail
Job Titles
1 70 (46.05%) Embedded Engineer
2 60 (39.47%) Software Engineer
3 48 (31.58%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 17 (11.18%) Firmware Engineer
4 17 (11.18%) Senior
5 16 (10.53%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 11 (7.24%) Systems Engineer
7 9 (5.92%) Electronics Engineer
8 7 (4.61%) Design Engineer
9 6 (3.95%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 6 (3.95%) Software Manager
10 5 (3.29%) Developer
10 5 (3.29%) FPGA Engineer
10 5 (3.29%) Product Manager
10 5 (3.29%) Products Support Manager
10 5 (3.29%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 5 (3.29%) Senior Software Engineer
10 5 (3.29%) Support Manager
11 3 (1.97%) Consultant
11 3 (1.97%) Recruitment Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.58%) Flash
2 7 (4.61%) Qt
3 5 (3.29%) .NET
4 4 (2.63%) Yocto
5 1 (0.66%) Django
5 1 (0.66%) Flask
5 1 (0.66%) HTML
5 1 (0.66%) Middleware
5 1 (0.66%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 24 (15.79%) e-Learning
1 24 (15.79%) RISC-V
2 22 (14.47%) FPGA
2 22 (14.47%) MicroBlaze
3 10 (6.58%) Analogue Electronics
3 10 (6.58%) IoT
4 9 (5.92%) Raspberry Pi
5 8 (5.26%) CAN bus
6 7 (4.61%) Arduino
7 5 (3.29%) Algorithms
8 4 (2.63%) ARM Cortex
8 4 (2.63%) Digital Media
8 4 (2.63%) Verilog
8 4 (2.63%) VHDL
9 3 (1.97%) Device Driver
9 3 (1.97%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 66 (43.42%) Linux
2 35 (23.03%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (2.63%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.66%) Android
4 1 (0.66%) SafeRTOS
4 1 (0.66%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (46.71%) Software Engineering
2 35 (23.03%) Signal Processing
3 29 (19.08%) Agile
4 27 (17.76%) Digital Signal Processing
5 23 (15.13%) Innovative Thinking
6 20 (13.16%) Mentoring
7 18 (11.84%) Collaborative Culture
8 14 (9.21%) Software Testing
9 12 (7.89%) Mathematics
9 12 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (6.58%) Embedded Software Development
10 10 (6.58%) Systems Engineering
11 9 (5.92%) Physics
12 7 (4.61%) Business Development
12 7 (4.61%) Product Strategy
13 6 (3.95%) Continuous Improvement
13 6 (3.95%) DevOps
13 6 (3.95%) FPGA Design
13 6 (3.95%) Test Automation
13 6 (3.95%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 73 (48.03%) C
2 65 (42.76%) C++
3 20 (13.16%) Python
4 14 (9.21%) Embedded C
5 7 (4.61%) C#
6 6 (3.95%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.29%) Rust
8 4 (2.63%) Java
9 3 (1.97%) Embedded C++
9 3 (1.97%) SystemVerilog
10 2 (1.32%) Go
11 1 (0.66%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.66%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.66%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.66%) SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (29.61%) Security Cleared
2 36 (23.68%) SC Cleared
3 25 (16.45%) Degree
4 16 (10.53%) DV Cleared
5 7 (4.61%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.97%) HND
7 1 (0.66%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.32%) IEC 62304
1 2 (1.32%) ISO 9000
1 2 (1.32%) JTAG
2 1 (0.66%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (0.66%) DO-178B
2 1 (0.66%) ECSS
2 1 (0.66%) IEC 61508
2 1 (0.66%) ISO 26262
2 1 (0.66%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 56 (36.84%) Firmware
2 49 (32.24%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.66%) systemd
1 1 (0.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (3.29%) Xilinx
2 4 (2.63%) EMC
3 3 (1.97%) Atmel
3 3 (1.97%) Intel
3 3 (1.97%) Microsemi
4 2 (1.32%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.32%) SAP
5 1 (0.66%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.66%) QNX