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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 481 488 478
Rank change year-on-year +7 -10 +177
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 192 117 345
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.27% 0.32% 0.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.90% 0.83% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 135 75 251
10th Percentile £47,500 £35,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £71,250 £66,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -15.38%

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 21,435 14,150 27,867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 30.26% 38.71% 35.51%
Number of salaries quoted 11,113 8,056 20,308
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 2 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 2 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 42 £65,000 +18.18% 97
East of England 0 41 £67,500 +20.54% 66
North of England -48 37 £56,500 -7.38% 43
Midlands -16 36 £55,000 +10.00% 33
West Midlands +2 30 £55,000 +47.65% 11
South West -16 24 £55,000 -6.38% 47
Yorkshire -41 15 £55,000 +4.76% 23
North West -21 14 £60,000 -7.69% 11
London -17 10 £100,000 +60.00% 19
North East -21 8 £56,500 -7.38% 9
East Midlands -48 6 £55,000 - 22
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 (0.52%) Kinematics
Applications
1 1 (0.52%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.52%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.04%) AWS
1 2 (1.04%) AWS CodePipeline
2 1 (0.52%) Azure
2 1 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 30 (15.63%) Ethernet
2 11 (5.73%) Wireless
3 9 (4.69%) Bluetooth
4 5 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (2.08%) HTTP
5 4 (2.08%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (1.04%) DNS
6 2 (1.04%) ICMP
6 2 (1.04%) MQTT
6 2 (1.04%) RFID
6 2 (1.04%) RS-232
6 2 (1.04%) RS-485
6 2 (1.04%) SpaceWire
6 2 (1.04%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.52%) 2G
7 1 (0.52%) 4G
7 1 (0.52%) 5G
7 1 (0.52%) Modbus
7 1 (0.52%) VoIP
7 1 (0.52%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 8 (4.17%) JIRA
2 7 (3.65%) Git
3 6 (3.13%) Subversion
4 3 (1.56%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.04%) IDA Disassembler
5 2 (1.04%) Polyspace
5 2 (1.04%) VectorCAST
5 2 (1.04%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.52%) GDB
6 1 (0.52%) Selenium
6 1 (0.52%) Zephyr
General
1 38 (19.79%) Electronics
2 20 (10.42%) Social Skills
3 16 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 12 (6.25%) Automotive
5 10 (5.21%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.17%) Aerospace
7 6 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.13%) Finance
8 3 (1.56%) Aviation
8 3 (1.56%) Military
9 2 (1.04%) Advertising
9 2 (1.04%) Avionics
9 2 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.04%) Law
9 2 (1.04%) Retail
9 2 (1.04%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.04%) Wearables
10 1 (0.52%) Aeronautics
10 1 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (44.79%) Embedded Engineer
2 48 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 43 (22.40%) Systems Engineer
4 31 (16.15%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 28 (14.58%) Senior
6 14 (7.29%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 13 (6.77%) Senior Software Engineer
8 10 (5.21%) Lead
8 10 (5.21%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 10 (5.21%) Software Manager
8 10 (5.21%) Test Engineer
9 9 (4.69%) Development Engineer
10 8 (4.17%) Firmware Engineer
10 8 (4.17%) Lead Systems Engineer
11 7 (3.65%) Developer
11 7 (3.65%) Electronics Engineer
11 7 (3.65%) Senior Support Engineer
11 7 (3.65%) Software Support Engineer
11 7 (3.65%) Support Engineer
12 6 (3.13%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.65%) .NET
2 3 (1.56%) pytest
2 3 (1.56%) Qt
3 2 (1.04%) OpenCV
3 2 (1.04%) PyTorch
3 2 (1.04%) React
3 2 (1.04%) TensorFlow
3 2 (1.04%) Yocto
4 1 (0.52%) Flash
4 1 (0.52%) HTML
4 1 (0.52%) HTML5
4 1 (0.52%) Next.js
4 1 (0.52%) Node.js
4 1 (0.52%) Playwright
4 1 (0.52%) React Native
4 1 (0.52%) Redux
4 1 (0.52%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 34 (17.71%) FPGA
2 13 (6.77%) IoT
3 12 (6.25%) Robotics
4 9 (4.69%) Acoustics
4 9 (4.69%) Algorithms
5 7 (3.65%) Raspberry Pi
6 6 (3.13%) Analogue Electronics
6 6 (3.13%) Device Driver
7 5 (2.60%) Digital Media
8 4 (2.08%) Self-Driving Car
9 3 (1.56%) Arduino
9 3 (1.56%) ARM Cortex
9 3 (1.56%) Smart Home
10 2 (1.04%) CUDA
10 2 (1.04%) Driving Licence
10 2 (1.04%) Lidar
10 2 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.04%) PCIe
10 2 (1.04%) Photography
10 2 (1.04%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 46 (23.96%) Linux
2 8 (4.17%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.56%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (1.56%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (1.04%) VxWorks
5 1 (0.52%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (30.73%) Software Engineering
2 19 (9.90%) Systems Engineering
3 17 (8.85%) Agile
3 17 (8.85%) Software Testing
4 14 (7.29%) Mentoring
4 14 (7.29%) Validation
5 13 (6.77%) DevOps
5 13 (6.77%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (6.77%) Test Automation
6 12 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
7 11 (5.73%) Embedded Software Development
8 10 (5.21%) Computer Science
8 10 (5.21%) Mathematics
8 10 (5.21%) Physics
9 9 (4.69%) CI/CD
9 9 (4.69%) Roadmaps
10 8 (4.17%) AI
11 7 (3.65%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (3.65%) Presales
11 7 (3.65%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 41 (21.35%) C++
2 37 (19.27%) C
3 17 (8.85%) Python
4 8 (4.17%) Embedded C
5 7 (3.65%) C#
5 7 (3.65%) Embedded C++
6 4 (2.08%) Rust
7 3 (1.56%) Java
8 2 (1.04%) Assembly Language
8 2 (1.04%) Bash
8 2 (1.04%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.52%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.52%) PHP
9 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.52%) VB
9 1 (0.52%) VB6
Qualifications
1 20 (10.42%) Degree
1 20 (10.42%) Security Cleared
2 12 (6.25%) DV Cleared
3 11 (5.73%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.69%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.08%) PhD
6 3 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.52%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.52%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.08%) QA
2 2 (1.04%) Def Stans
2 2 (1.04%) ECSS
2 2 (1.04%) IEC 61508
2 2 (1.04%) ISO 26262
2 2 (1.04%) JTAG
3 1 (0.52%) MISRA
System Software
1 32 (16.67%) Firmware
2 21 (10.94%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.08%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (2.60%) EMC
2 2 (1.04%) Google
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.04%) NVIDIA