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 27 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 430 510 487
Rank change year-on-year +80 -23 +106
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 333 150 321
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.37% 0.34% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.45% 0.82% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 232 88 211
10th Percentile £42,750 £34,075 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £60,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,375 £66,250
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 23,002 18,242 25,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.60% 41.89% 33.16%
Number of salaries quoted 15,167 9,221 16,282
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,527 £57,194 £56,252
Median % change year-on-year +4.08% +1.67% -13.46%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £58,500 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.63% +3.64% -14.06%

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 27 July 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 27 July 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 +24 117 £60,000 +9.09% 75
East of England +49 72 £70,000 +1.82% 37
Midlands -12 48 £53,750 +20.79% 26
South West -26 45 £62,500 +25.00% 13
North of England -22 32 £51,000 +2.00% 19
West Midlands -5 30 £53,750 +79.17% 15
East Midlands -28 18 £58,750 +23.68% 11
North East - 16 £51,000 - 5
London -6 14 £60,000 -7.69% 22
Yorkshire -36 9 £50,000 +8.70% 7
North West -10 7 £50,000 -9.09% 7
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 3 (0.90%) Confluence
1 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (0.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.30%) Kinematics
Applications
1 14 (4.20%) Simulink
2 5 (1.50%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (0.90%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (3.30%) AWS
1 11 (3.30%) Azure
2 8 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (1.50%) GCP
4 4 (1.20%) Google Analytics
4 4 (1.20%) MailChimp
4 4 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (0.90%) AWS IoT
5 3 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (0.90%) Entra ID
5 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (0.90%) Power Automate
5 3 (0.90%) Power Platform
5 3 (0.90%) PowerApps
6 2 (0.60%) AWS CodePipeline
6 2 (0.60%) GitHub
6 2 (0.60%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (0.60%) SaaS
6 2 (0.60%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.30%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 40 (12.01%) Wireless
2 24 (7.21%) Bluetooth
3 20 (6.01%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (5.11%) ZigBee
5 13 (3.90%) RS-232
6 12 (3.60%) MQTT
7 11 (3.30%) Ethernet
8 10 (3.00%) RS-485
9 9 (2.70%) Modbus
9 9 (2.70%) Profibus
10 5 (1.50%) Software-Defined Radio
10 5 (1.50%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.60%) LoRaWAN
11 2 (0.60%) RFID
11 2 (0.60%) UWB
12 1 (0.30%) HTTP
12 1 (0.30%) LTE
12 1 (0.30%) NFC
12 1 (0.30%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 40 (12.01%) Git
2 13 (3.90%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.40%) GitLab
3 8 (2.40%) JIRA
4 7 (2.10%) GDB
5 6 (1.80%) PetaLinux
5 6 (1.80%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (1.20%) Robot Framework
6 4 (1.20%) Subversion
6 4 (1.20%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.90%) Polyspace
7 3 (0.90%) VectorCAST
8 2 (0.60%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.60%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.60%) MLflow
8 2 (0.60%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.30%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.30%) GoogleTest
9 1 (0.30%) Selenium
9 1 (0.30%) SonarQube
General
1 87 (26.13%) Electronics
2 50 (15.02%) Manufacturing
3 38 (11.41%) Social Skills
4 31 (9.31%) Aerospace
5 30 (9.01%) Automotive
6 9 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (2.40%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (2.10%) Finance
8 7 (2.10%) Military
9 5 (1.50%) Marketing
10 4 (1.20%) Advertising
10 4 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.90%) Aviation
11 3 (0.90%) Avionics
11 3 (0.90%) Law
11 3 (0.90%) Multimedia
11 3 (0.90%) Retail
11 3 (0.90%) Wearables
12 2 (0.60%) Games
12 2 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 178 (53.45%) Embedded Engineer
2 126 (37.84%) Software Engineer
3 83 (24.92%) Systems Engineer
4 73 (21.92%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 60 (18.02%) Senior
6 36 (10.81%) Lead
7 35 (10.51%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 30 (9.01%) Senior Software Engineer
9 24 (7.21%) Linux Engineer
10 23 (6.91%) Principal Engineer
11 22 (6.61%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 22 (6.61%) Firmware Engineer
12 21 (6.31%) Developer
13 20 (6.01%) Hardware Engineer
13 20 (6.01%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
14 19 (5.71%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
14 19 (5.71%) Lead Systems Engineer
15 12 (3.60%) Principal Software Engineer
16 11 (3.30%) Junior
16 11 (3.30%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.81%) Yocto
2 8 (2.40%) .NET
2 8 (2.40%) pytest
3 6 (1.80%) React
3 6 (1.80%) TensorFlow
4 4 (1.20%) Middleware
4 4 (1.20%) PyTorch
4 4 (1.20%) Qt
4 4 (1.20%) Unity DI Container
5 3 (0.90%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 3 (0.90%) REST
6 2 (0.60%) HTML
6 2 (0.60%) LangChain
6 2 (0.60%) Node.js
6 2 (0.60%) React Native
6 2 (0.60%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.30%) CSS
7 1 (0.30%) ONNX
7 1 (0.30%) Spring
7 1 (0.30%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 46 (13.81%) IoT
2 38 (11.41%) Algorithms
3 33 (9.91%) Device Driver
4 29 (8.71%) FPGA
5 18 (5.41%) Robotics
6 17 (5.11%) ARM Cortex
7 16 (4.80%) Acoustics
8 13 (3.90%) Verilog
8 13 (3.90%) VHDL
9 9 (2.70%) Raspberry Pi
10 8 (2.40%) Operational Technology
10 8 (2.40%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.80%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.50%) Analogue Electronics
12 5 (1.50%) Driving Licence
12 5 (1.50%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.50%) Social Media
13 4 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (1.20%) Data Structures
13 4 (1.20%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 90 (27.03%) Linux
2 47 (14.11%) Embedded Linux
3 19 (5.71%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (2.10%) Windows
5 4 (1.20%) Robot Operating System
6 3 (0.90%) Android
6 3 (0.90%) Unix
7 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.60%) ThreadX
8 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.30%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (49.55%) Software Engineering
2 47 (14.11%) CI/CD
3 44 (13.21%) Validation
4 33 (9.91%) Computer Science
5 32 (9.61%) Test Automation
6 31 (9.31%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (8.71%) DevOps
7 29 (8.71%) Technical Leadership
8 26 (7.81%) Collaborative Culture
8 26 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (7.81%) Software Testing
9 22 (6.61%) Software Architecture
10 21 (6.31%) Agile
11 20 (6.01%) AI
12 19 (5.71%) Roadmaps
12 19 (5.71%) SDLC
12 19 (5.71%) Signal Processing
13 17 (5.11%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
13 17 (5.11%) Machine Learning
13 17 (5.11%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 114 (34.23%) C++
2 107 (32.13%) C
3 71 (21.32%) Python
4 22 (6.61%) Embedded C
5 19 (5.71%) Rust
6 18 (5.41%) C#
7 17 (5.11%) Embedded C++
8 16 (4.80%) MATLAB
9 11 (3.30%) Java
10 9 (2.70%) Go
11 8 (2.40%) Bash
11 8 (2.40%) JavaScript
12 4 (1.20%) SystemVerilog
13 3 (0.90%) Assembly Language
13 3 (0.90%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.30%) Ada
14 1 (0.30%) PHP
14 1 (0.30%) VB
14 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.30%) VB6
Qualifications
1 60 (18.02%) Degree
2 44 (13.21%) Security Cleared
3 34 (10.21%) SC Cleared
4 21 (6.31%) DV Cleared
5 19 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (4.80%) Master's Degree
7 9 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.40%) CEH
8 8 (2.40%) OSCP
9 5 (1.50%) HND
10 2 (0.60%) PhD
11 1 (0.30%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.30%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.90%) QA
2 9 (2.70%) JTAG
3 5 (1.50%) Def Stans
4 4 (1.20%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 3 (0.90%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (0.90%) ECSS
5 3 (0.90%) IEC 61508
5 3 (0.90%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.30%) DO-160
6 1 (0.30%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.30%) DO-254
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.30%) MIL-STD-1553
6 1 (0.30%) MISRA
System Software
1 90 (27.03%) Firmware
2 51 (15.32%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (3.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.50%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.60%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.60%) Grafana
2 2 (0.60%) Prometheus
2 2 (0.60%) Terraform
3 1 (0.30%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (2.70%) Google
2 7 (2.10%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.10%) Xilinx
3 6 (1.80%) EMC
4 4 (1.20%) HubSpot
4 4 (1.20%) Intel
4 4 (1.20%) Microsemi
4 4 (1.20%) YouTube
5 2 (0.60%) Adobe
5 2 (0.60%) Motorola
5 2 (0.60%) Oracle
5 2 (0.60%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.60%) SAP
5 2 (0.60%) Yahoo!
6 1 (0.30%) IBM
6 1 (0.30%) NVIDIA
6 1 (0.30%) Xamarin