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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 491 477
Rank change year-on-year +94 -14 +67
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 429 142 272
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 0.33% 0.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.61% 0.79% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 290 85 144
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,400 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,000 £41,220
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,250 £104,750 £69,925
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -12.50%

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 26,588 17,962 21,885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.96% 41.98% 32.36%
Number of salaries quoted 17,311 9,085 11,447
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,597 £31,345
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,925 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,950 £112,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -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 22 September 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 September 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 +32 151 £60,000 +9.09% 122
East of England +45 78 £73,750 -1.67% 101
Midlands -4 66 £67,500 +42.11% 44
South West -26 64 £62,500 +47.06% 65
North of England -41 47 £55,000 +19.57% 43
West Midlands -15 42 £47,500 -26.92% 28
East Midlands -20 24 £67,500 +58.82% 16
North East -47 19 £51,000 +5.70% 13
Yorkshire -37 16 £55,000 +19.57% 9
London -55 15 £60,000 - 88
North West -34 12 £53,750 -28.33% 21
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 (0.70%) Confluence
1 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (0.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (4.90%) Simulink
2 12 (2.80%) SOLIDWORKS
3 7 (1.63%) Solid Edge
4 4 (0.93%) Lightworks
5 3 (0.70%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.23%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (3.03%) AWS
2 12 (2.80%) Azure
3 8 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (1.17%) GCP
4 5 (1.17%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (0.93%) Google Analytics
5 4 (0.93%) MailChimp
5 4 (0.93%) SaaS
6 3 (0.70%) AWS IoT
6 3 (0.70%) Datadog
6 3 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.70%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.70%) GitHub
6 3 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (0.70%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.70%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.70%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.47%) AWS CodePipeline
7 2 (0.47%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 41 (9.56%) Wireless
2 20 (4.66%) Wi-Fi
3 19 (4.43%) Ethernet
4 17 (3.96%) Bluetooth
4 17 (3.96%) ZigBee
5 15 (3.50%) RS-232
6 13 (3.03%) RS-485
7 12 (2.80%) MQTT
8 9 (2.10%) Modbus
8 9 (2.10%) Profibus
8 9 (2.10%) Software-Defined Radio
9 7 (1.63%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.70%) X.509
11 2 (0.47%) 5G
11 2 (0.47%) DHCP
11 2 (0.47%) DNS
11 2 (0.47%) LoRaWAN
11 2 (0.47%) LTE
11 2 (0.47%) UWB
11 2 (0.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.23%) InfluxDB
2 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (9.79%) Git
2 14 (3.26%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.10%) GitLab
4 8 (1.86%) PetaLinux
5 7 (1.63%) GDB
5 7 (1.63%) JIRA
6 6 (1.40%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.93%) LabVIEW
7 4 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.93%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.70%) Polyspace
8 3 (0.70%) Subversion
8 3 (0.70%) VectorCAST
9 2 (0.47%) MLflow
9 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.47%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.23%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.23%) GoogleTest
10 1 (0.23%) Selenium
General
1 128 (29.84%) Electronics
2 82 (19.11%) Manufacturing
3 56 (13.05%) Social Skills
4 55 (12.82%) Aerospace
5 47 (10.96%) Automotive
6 13 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (2.80%) Finance
7 12 (2.80%) Military
8 9 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.63%) Avionics
10 6 (1.40%) Advertising
11 5 (1.17%) Aviation
11 5 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.17%) Marketing
12 4 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.93%) Legal
13 3 (0.70%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.70%) Police
13 3 (0.70%) Retail
14 2 (0.47%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 191 (44.52%) Embedded Engineer
2 137 (31.93%) Software Engineer
3 85 (19.81%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 79 (18.41%) Systems Engineer
5 73 (17.02%) Senior
6 53 (12.35%) Lead
7 45 (10.49%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 36 (8.39%) Senior Software Engineer
9 32 (7.46%) Principal Engineer
10 29 (6.76%) Electronics Engineer
11 28 (6.53%) Hardware Engineer
12 27 (6.29%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 24 (5.59%) Linux Engineer
14 23 (5.36%) Embedded Linux Engineer
15 22 (5.13%) Architect
16 16 (3.73%) Design Engineer
16 16 (3.73%) Developer
17 15 (3.50%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
17 15 (3.50%) Firmware Engineer
18 14 (3.26%) Lead Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (7.46%) Yocto
2 10 (2.33%) React
3 8 (1.86%) .NET
3 8 (1.86%) pytest
4 6 (1.40%) TensorFlow
4 6 (1.40%) Terraform
5 5 (1.17%) REST
6 4 (0.93%) Middleware
6 4 (0.93%) PyTorch
6 4 (0.93%) Qt
6 4 (0.93%) Unity DI Container
7 3 (0.70%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.70%) WebSockets
8 2 (0.47%) CSS
8 2 (0.47%) HTML
8 2 (0.47%) JWT
8 2 (0.47%) LangChain
8 2 (0.47%) Node.js
8 2 (0.47%) React Native
9 1 (0.23%) ONNX
Miscellaneous
1 50 (11.66%) IoT
2 42 (9.79%) Algorithms
3 37 (8.62%) FPGA
4 34 (7.93%) Device Driver
5 25 (5.83%) Robotics
6 20 (4.66%) Analogue Electronics
7 18 (4.20%) ARM Cortex
8 15 (3.50%) VHDL
9 14 (3.26%) Verilog
10 10 (2.33%) Acoustics
11 9 (2.10%) Product Ownership
12 8 (1.86%) Operational Technology
13 7 (1.63%) Life Science
14 6 (1.40%) Onboarding
14 6 (1.40%) Raspberry Pi
15 5 (1.17%) Driving Licence
15 5 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (1.17%) Mobile App
15 5 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
15 5 (1.17%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 105 (24.48%) Linux
2 51 (11.89%) Embedded Linux
3 18 (4.20%) FreeRTOS
4 8 (1.86%) Windows
5 5 (1.17%) Unix
6 4 (0.93%) Android
7 3 (0.70%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.70%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.47%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.47%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.23%) Debian
9 1 (0.23%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (41.96%) Software Engineering
2 62 (14.45%) Validation
3 55 (12.82%) CI/CD
4 53 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (10.49%) Test Automation
6 43 (10.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (8.39%) Computer Science
8 30 (6.99%) AI
8 30 (6.99%) Collaborative Culture
8 30 (6.99%) DevOps
9 29 (6.76%) Signal Processing
10 28 (6.53%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
10 28 (6.53%) Prototyping
10 28 (6.53%) Technical Leadership
11 26 (6.06%) Software Testing
12 24 (5.59%) Software Architecture
13 23 (5.36%) Collaborative Engineering
14 21 (4.90%) Machine Learning
15 20 (4.66%) Embedded Software Development
15 20 (4.66%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 139 (32.40%) C++
2 130 (30.30%) C
3 85 (19.81%) Python
4 27 (6.29%) Embedded C
4 27 (6.29%) MATLAB
5 25 (5.83%) Rust
6 22 (5.13%) C#
7 20 (4.66%) Embedded C++
8 15 (3.50%) Java
9 14 (3.26%) Go
10 11 (2.56%) JavaScript
11 8 (1.86%) Bash
12 5 (1.17%) Ada
13 4 (0.93%) SystemVerilog
13 4 (0.93%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.70%) Ada 95
14 3 (0.70%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.47%) Assembly Language
16 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.23%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 79 (18.41%) Degree
2 67 (15.62%) Security Cleared
3 38 (8.86%) SC Cleared
4 25 (5.83%) DV Cleared
5 21 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (3.73%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (3.73%) Master's Degree
7 9 (2.10%) HND
8 8 (1.86%) CEH
8 8 (1.86%) OSCP
9 5 (1.17%) PhD
10 4 (0.93%) HNC
11 1 (0.23%) CISA
11 1 (0.23%) CISM
11 1 (0.23%) CISMP
11 1 (0.23%) CISSP
11 1 (0.23%) EMC Certification
11 1 (0.23%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.23%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.96%) QA
2 9 (2.10%) JTAG
3 6 (1.40%) Def Stans
4 4 (0.93%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.93%) ECSS
4 4 (0.93%) IEC 61508
4 4 (0.93%) ISO 26262
4 4 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (0.93%) MIL-STD-1553
5 3 (0.70%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.70%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (0.70%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.23%) DO-160
6 1 (0.23%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.23%) DO-254
6 1 (0.23%) GRC
6 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.23%) NIST
6 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 100 (23.31%) Firmware
2 51 (11.89%) Embedded Firmware
3 13 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.63%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.93%) Grafana
2 4 (0.93%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.70%) Functional Safety
4 2 (0.47%) Ansible
5 1 (0.23%) Consul
Vendors
1 19 (4.43%) EMC
2 10 (2.33%) Xilinx
3 9 (2.10%) Google
3 9 (2.10%) Microsoft
4 4 (0.93%) HubSpot
4 4 (0.93%) Intel
4 4 (0.93%) Microsemi
4 4 (0.93%) Motorola
4 4 (0.93%) NVIDIA
4 4 (0.93%) YouTube
5 3 (0.70%) Cadence
6 2 (0.47%) Adobe
6 2 (0.47%) Oracle
6 2 (0.47%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.47%) SAP
6 2 (0.47%) Yahoo!
7 1 (0.23%) Altera
7 1 (0.23%) Cisco
7 1 (0.23%) IBM
7 1 (0.23%) Xamarin