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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 423 509 473
Rank change year-on-year +86 -36 +131
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 322 147 375
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.36% 0.34% 0.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.42% 0.81% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 230 87 255
10th Percentile £44,750 £30,350 £39,063
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% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,875 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £96,500 £68,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -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 22,631 18,114 27,997
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.55% 41.67% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 14,994 9,105 18,398
10th Percentile £31,163 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -15.10%

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 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 20 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 +24 111 £60,000 +9.09% 55
East of England +44 70 £70,000 +1.82% 30
Midlands -13 44 £53,750 +23.56% 22
South West -26 44 £62,500 +13.64% 12
North of England -15 33 £51,000 +2.00% 14
West Midlands 0 27 £55,000 +83.33% 14
East Midlands -22 17 £50,000 +5.26% 8
North East - 16 £51,000 - 4
London -15 15 £60,000 -7.69% 15
Yorkshire -27 9 £50,000 +8.70% 3
North West -10 8 £55,000 - 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 (0.93%) Confluence
1 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (0.93%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.31%) Kinematics
Applications
1 14 (4.35%) Simulink
2 5 (1.55%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (0.93%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.31%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (3.42%) Azure
2 10 (3.11%) AWS
3 8 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (1.55%) GCP
5 4 (1.24%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (0.93%) AWS IoT
6 3 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.93%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.93%) Google Analytics
6 3 (0.93%) MailChimp
6 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (0.93%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.93%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.93%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.62%) AWS CodePipeline
7 2 (0.62%) GitHub
7 2 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.62%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.31%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 1 (0.31%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (12.42%) Wireless
2 25 (7.76%) Bluetooth
3 20 (6.21%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (5.28%) ZigBee
5 13 (4.04%) RS-232
6 12 (3.73%) MQTT
7 11 (3.42%) Ethernet
8 10 (3.11%) RS-485
9 9 (2.80%) Modbus
9 9 (2.80%) Profibus
10 6 (1.86%) Software-Defined Radio
11 5 (1.55%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.62%) LoRaWAN
12 2 (0.62%) RFID
12 2 (0.62%) UWB
13 1 (0.31%) HTTP
13 1 (0.31%) LTE
13 1 (0.31%) NFC
13 1 (0.31%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (11.80%) Git
2 13 (4.04%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.48%) GitLab
3 8 (2.48%) JIRA
4 7 (2.17%) GDB
5 6 (1.86%) PetaLinux
5 6 (1.86%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (1.24%) Robot Framework
6 4 (1.24%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.93%) Polyspace
7 3 (0.93%) Subversion
7 3 (0.93%) VectorCAST
8 2 (0.62%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.62%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.62%) MLflow
8 2 (0.62%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.31%) CMake
9 1 (0.31%) GoogleTest
9 1 (0.31%) Selenium
9 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
General
1 86 (26.71%) Electronics
2 51 (15.84%) Manufacturing
3 35 (10.87%) Social Skills
4 30 (9.32%) Aerospace
5 28 (8.70%) Automotive
6 9 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.17%) Military
8 5 (1.55%) Finance
9 4 (1.24%) Advertising
9 4 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.24%) Law
9 4 (1.24%) Marketing
9 4 (1.24%) Retail
10 3 (0.93%) Aviation
10 3 (0.93%) Avionics
10 3 (0.93%) Multimedia
10 3 (0.93%) Wearables
11 2 (0.62%) Games
11 2 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 173 (53.73%) Embedded Engineer
2 126 (39.13%) Software Engineer
3 80 (24.84%) Systems Engineer
4 74 (22.98%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 60 (18.63%) Senior
6 34 (10.56%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 31 (9.63%) Senior Software Engineer
8 30 (9.32%) Lead
9 23 (7.14%) Linux Engineer
9 23 (7.14%) Principal Engineer
10 21 (6.52%) Embedded Linux Engineer
10 21 (6.52%) Firmware Engineer
10 21 (6.52%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 20 (6.21%) Developer
12 18 (5.59%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
12 18 (5.59%) Lead Systems Engineer
13 17 (5.28%) Hardware Engineer
14 12 (3.73%) Principal Software Engineer
15 11 (3.42%) Development Engineer
15 11 (3.42%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.76%) Yocto
2 9 (2.80%) .NET
3 8 (2.48%) pytest
4 7 (2.17%) TensorFlow
5 5 (1.55%) PyTorch
5 5 (1.55%) React
6 4 (1.24%) Middleware
6 4 (1.24%) Qt
6 4 (1.24%) Unity DI Container
7 3 (0.93%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.93%) REST
8 2 (0.62%) HTML
8 2 (0.62%) LangChain
8 2 (0.62%) Node.js
8 2 (0.62%) OpenCV
8 2 (0.62%) React Native
8 2 (0.62%) WebSockets
9 1 (0.31%) CSS
9 1 (0.31%) Spring
9 1 (0.31%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 45 (13.98%) IoT
2 39 (12.11%) Algorithms
3 32 (9.94%) Device Driver
4 30 (9.32%) FPGA
5 18 (5.59%) Robotics
6 16 (4.97%) Acoustics
6 16 (4.97%) ARM Cortex
7 13 (4.04%) Verilog
7 13 (4.04%) VHDL
8 9 (2.80%) Raspberry Pi
9 8 (2.48%) Operational Technology
9 8 (2.48%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.55%) Analogue Electronics
10 5 (1.55%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.55%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.55%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.24%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.93%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 83 (25.78%) Linux
2 46 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
3 19 (5.90%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (1.86%) Windows
5 5 (1.55%) Robot Operating System
6 3 (0.93%) Unix
7 2 (0.62%) Android
7 2 (0.62%) ThreadX
8 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (50.93%) Software Engineering
2 44 (13.66%) Validation
3 43 (13.35%) CI/CD
4 34 (10.56%) Computer Science
5 31 (9.63%) Test Automation
6 30 (9.32%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (9.01%) DevOps
8 27 (8.39%) Technical Leadership
9 25 (7.76%) Software Testing
10 24 (7.45%) Collaborative Culture
10 24 (7.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (6.52%) AI
11 21 (6.52%) Roadmaps
11 21 (6.52%) Software Architecture
12 20 (6.21%) Agile
12 20 (6.21%) Signal Processing
13 18 (5.59%) Machine Learning
13 18 (5.59%) SDLC
14 17 (5.28%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
14 17 (5.28%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 113 (35.09%) C++
2 104 (32.30%) C
3 70 (21.74%) Python
4 21 (6.52%) Embedded C
5 19 (5.90%) C#
6 18 (5.59%) Rust
7 17 (5.28%) Embedded C++
7 17 (5.28%) MATLAB
8 10 (3.11%) Java
9 8 (2.48%) Bash
9 8 (2.48%) Go
10 7 (2.17%) JavaScript
11 4 (1.24%) SystemVerilog
12 3 (0.93%) Assembly Language
12 3 (0.93%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.31%) PHP
13 1 (0.31%) VB
13 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.31%) VB6
Qualifications
1 62 (19.25%) Degree
2 41 (12.73%) Security Cleared
3 34 (10.56%) SC Cleared
4 20 (6.21%) DV Cleared
5 18 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (5.59%) Master's Degree
6 9 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.48%) CEH
7 8 (2.48%) OSCP
8 5 (1.55%) HND
9 3 (0.93%) PhD
10 1 (0.31%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.31%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.73%) QA
2 9 (2.80%) JTAG
3 5 (1.55%) Def Stans
4 4 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 3 (0.93%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (0.93%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.93%) ECSS
5 3 (0.93%) IEC 61508
5 3 (0.93%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.31%) DO-160
6 1 (0.31%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.31%) DO-254
6 1 (0.31%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.31%) MIL-STD-1553
6 1 (0.31%) MISRA
System Software
1 89 (27.64%) Firmware
2 50 (15.53%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (2.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.24%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.62%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.31%) Ansible
3 1 (0.31%) Grafana
3 1 (0.31%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (2.48%) Google
2 7 (2.17%) EMC
2 7 (2.17%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.17%) Xilinx
3 4 (1.24%) Intel
3 4 (1.24%) Microsemi
4 3 (0.93%) HubSpot
4 3 (0.93%) YouTube
5 2 (0.62%) Adobe
5 2 (0.62%) Motorola
5 2 (0.62%) Oracle
5 2 (0.62%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.62%) SAP
5 2 (0.62%) Yahoo!
6 1 (0.31%) IBM
6 1 (0.31%) NVIDIA
6 1 (0.31%) Xamarin