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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 450 493 498
Rank change year-on-year +43 +5 +193
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 159 229 168
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.34% 0.39% 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.95% 1.12% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 100 93 118
10th Percentile £39,281 £40,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £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 £56,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.74% -4.17% -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 16,679 20,477 17,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.48% 34.92% 38.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,559 9,976 13,108
10th Percentile £27,707 £33,750 £33,329
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,628 £45,594
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £53,750 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.42% -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 30 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 30 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
North of England +60 44 £56,500 +2.73% 17
South East +36 43 £55,000 +7.32% 51
South West +37 29 £42,500 +6.25% 34
Midlands +33 28 £57,500 -4.17% 18
West Midlands +50 20 £60,000 -5.14% 16
North West +42 18 £60,000 +9.09% 7
Yorkshire +26 18 £46,000 -21.70% 3
East of England -9 13 £80,000 +23.08% 43
North East +13 8 £56,500 -7.38% 7
East Midlands +9 8 £32,000 -46.67% 2
London +57 1 - - 4
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 (1.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (1.89%) Simulink
2 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.63%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.63%) Doxygen
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.63%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.63%) AWS
1 1 (0.63%) Azure
1 1 (0.63%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 30 (18.87%) Ethernet
2 22 (13.84%) Software-Defined Radio
3 21 (13.21%) Wireless
4 8 (5.03%) RS-485
5 7 (4.40%) Bluetooth
6 6 (3.77%) Modbus
7 3 (1.89%) UWB
7 3 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.26%) DNS
8 2 (1.26%) HTTP
8 2 (1.26%) ICMP
8 2 (1.26%) Internet
8 2 (1.26%) RS-232
8 2 (1.26%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.63%) 2G
9 1 (0.63%) 4G
9 1 (0.63%) 5G
9 1 (0.63%) SpaceWire
9 1 (0.63%) Wideband
9 1 (0.63%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.63%) DynamoDB
1 1 (0.63%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (6.29%) JIRA
2 7 (4.40%) Git
3 2 (1.26%) IDA Disassembler
3 2 (1.26%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.63%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.63%) CANoe
4 1 (0.63%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.63%) KGDB
4 1 (0.63%) Subversion
General
1 50 (31.45%) Electronics
2 36 (22.64%) Social Skills
3 23 (14.47%) Finance
4 15 (9.43%) Automotive
5 10 (6.29%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.14%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (1.89%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.89%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.26%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.26%) Marketing
8 2 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.63%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 69 (43.40%) Embedded Engineer
2 57 (35.85%) Software Engineer
3 45 (28.30%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 15 (9.43%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 15 (9.43%) Firmware Engineer
4 15 (9.43%) Senior
5 12 (7.55%) Systems Engineer
6 10 (6.29%) Electronics Engineer
7 8 (5.03%) Design Engineer
8 7 (4.40%) Software Manager
9 6 (3.77%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 5 (3.14%) Developer
10 5 (3.14%) Product Manager
10 5 (3.14%) Products Support Manager
10 5 (3.14%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 5 (3.14%) Senior Software Engineer
10 5 (3.14%) Support Manager
11 4 (2.52%) Electronics Design Engineer
12 3 (1.89%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
12 3 (1.89%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.29%) Flash
2 7 (4.40%) Qt
3 3 (1.89%) .NET
3 3 (1.89%) Yocto
4 1 (0.63%) Django
4 1 (0.63%) Flask
4 1 (0.63%) Middleware
4 1 (0.63%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 33 (20.75%) FPGA
2 19 (11.95%) e-Learning
2 19 (11.95%) RISC-V
3 17 (10.69%) MicroBlaze
4 11 (6.92%) IoT
5 10 (6.29%) Analogue Electronics
6 9 (5.66%) Raspberry Pi
7 7 (4.40%) Arduino
7 7 (4.40%) CAN bus
8 6 (3.77%) Algorithms
9 5 (3.14%) Digital Media
10 4 (2.52%) Verilog
10 4 (2.52%) VHDL
11 3 (1.89%) ARM Cortex
11 3 (1.89%) Device Driver
11 3 (1.89%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (1.26%) Renewable Energy
13 1 (0.63%) Acoustics
Operating Systems
1 67 (42.14%) Linux
2 26 (16.35%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.89%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.63%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (41.51%) Software Engineering
2 30 (18.87%) Signal Processing
3 25 (15.72%) Agile
4 22 (13.84%) Digital Signal Processing
5 20 (12.58%) Mentoring
6 18 (11.32%) Innovative Thinking
7 16 (10.06%) Collaborative Culture
7 16 (10.06%) Software Testing
8 12 (7.55%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (6.29%) Embedded Software Development
9 10 (6.29%) Mathematics
10 9 (5.66%) Physics
10 9 (5.66%) Systems Engineering
11 7 (4.40%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (4.40%) Test Automation
12 6 (3.77%) Business Development
12 6 (3.77%) DevOps
12 6 (3.77%) Validation
13 5 (3.14%) Stakeholder Management
13 5 (3.14%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 66 (41.51%) C
2 58 (36.48%) C++
3 16 (10.06%) Embedded C
4 15 (9.43%) Python
5 6 (3.77%) C#
6 5 (3.14%) Embedded C++
6 5 (3.14%) Rust
7 4 (2.52%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.89%) Java
8 3 (1.89%) SystemVerilog
9 1 (0.63%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 38 (23.90%) Security Cleared
2 29 (18.24%) SC Cleared
3 22 (13.84%) Degree
4 16 (10.06%) DV Cleared
5 7 (4.40%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.89%) HND
7 1 (0.63%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.26%) ISO 9000
1 2 (1.26%) JTAG
2 1 (0.63%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (0.63%) ECSS
2 1 (0.63%) IEC 62304
2 1 (0.63%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 51 (32.08%) Firmware
2 44 (27.67%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.63%) Functional Safety
1 1 (0.63%) systemd
1 1 (0.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (2.52%) EMC
2 3 (1.89%) Intel
2 3 (1.89%) Microsemi
2 3 (1.89%) Xilinx
3 2 (1.26%) Atmel
3 2 (1.26%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.26%) SAP
4 1 (0.63%) Atlassian