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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 466 464 503
Rank change year-on-year -2 +39 +147
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 179 148 304
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.27% 0.38% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.87% 0.97% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 128 72 225
10th Percentile £39,281 £34,125 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% - -18.52%
75th Percentile £71,250 £66,563 £66,250
90th Percentile £84,750 £73,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -11.54%

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 20,608 15,296 26,518
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.43% 39.09% 35.75%
Number of salaries quoted 10,640 8,001 19,631
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £28,290
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% +10.91% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% +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 14 March 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 14 March 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
North of England -37 39 £56,500 -7.38% 42
South East +1 38 £65,000 +18.18% 79
East of England +7 36 £67,500 +12.50% 55
Midlands -6 34 £55,000 +10.00% 29
West Midlands +22 28 £55,000 +47.65% 13
South West -16 25 £55,000 -6.38% 40
North West -17 15 £60,000 -7.69% 11
Yorkshire -31 14 £55,000 +4.76% 20
North East -14 10 £56,500 -7.38% 11
London -1 7 £100,000 +60.00% 17
East Midlands -35 6 £55,000 - 16
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 (0.56%) Kinematics
Applications
1 1 (0.56%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.56%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 29 (16.20%) Ethernet
2 8 (4.47%) Bluetooth
2 8 (4.47%) Wireless
3 6 (3.35%) Software-Defined Radio
4 5 (2.79%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (2.23%) HTTP
6 2 (1.12%) DNS
6 2 (1.12%) ICMP
6 2 (1.12%) MQTT
6 2 (1.12%) RFID
6 2 (1.12%) SpaceWire
6 2 (1.12%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.56%) 2G
7 1 (0.56%) 4G
7 1 (0.56%) 5G
7 1 (0.56%) LTE
7 1 (0.56%) RS-232
7 1 (0.56%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 7 (3.91%) JIRA
2 6 (3.35%) Subversion
3 5 (2.79%) Git
4 2 (1.12%) IDA Disassembler
4 2 (1.12%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.12%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
General
1 46 (25.70%) Electronics
2 26 (14.53%) Social Skills
3 16 (8.94%) Manufacturing
4 12 (6.70%) Automotive
5 10 (5.59%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.79%) Finance
8 4 (2.23%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.68%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.12%) Aviation
10 2 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.12%) Law
10 2 (1.12%) Military
10 2 (1.12%) Retail
10 2 (1.12%) Wearables
11 1 (0.56%) Advertising
11 1 (0.56%) Aeronautics
11 1 (0.56%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.56%) Avionics
11 1 (0.56%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 82 (45.81%) Embedded Engineer
2 43 (24.02%) Software Engineer
3 38 (21.23%) Systems Engineer
4 32 (17.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 23 (12.85%) Senior
6 13 (7.26%) Firmware Engineer
6 13 (7.26%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 10 (5.59%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 10 (5.59%) Software Manager
8 9 (5.03%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 9 (5.03%) Senior Software Engineer
9 8 (4.47%) Electronics Engineer
10 7 (3.91%) Development Engineer
10 7 (3.91%) Lead
10 7 (3.91%) Senior Support Engineer
10 7 (3.91%) Software Support Engineer
10 7 (3.91%) Support Engineer
11 6 (3.35%) Developer
11 6 (3.35%) Lead Systems Engineer
11 6 (3.35%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.91%) .NET
2 6 (3.35%) Flash
3 3 (1.68%) Qt
4 2 (1.12%) OpenCV
4 2 (1.12%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.12%) TensorFlow
4 2 (1.12%) Yocto
5 1 (0.56%) Next.js
5 1 (0.56%) Node.js
5 1 (0.56%) React
5 1 (0.56%) React Native
5 1 (0.56%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 33 (18.44%) FPGA
2 14 (7.82%) IoT
3 9 (5.03%) Algorithms
4 8 (4.47%) Robotics
5 7 (3.91%) Acoustics
6 6 (3.35%) Analogue Electronics
6 6 (3.35%) Raspberry Pi
7 5 (2.79%) Digital Media
8 4 (2.23%) Device Driver
8 4 (2.23%) Self-Driving Car
9 3 (1.68%) Arduino
9 3 (1.68%) ARM Cortex
9 3 (1.68%) Smart Home
10 2 (1.12%) CUDA
10 2 (1.12%) Driving Licence
10 2 (1.12%) Lidar
10 2 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.12%) PCIe
10 2 (1.12%) Photography
11 1 (0.56%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 40 (22.35%) Linux
2 6 (3.35%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.68%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (1.68%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (1.12%) VxWorks
5 1 (0.56%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (32.40%) Software Engineering
2 22 (12.29%) Systems Engineering
3 18 (10.06%) Software Testing
4 17 (9.50%) Mentoring
5 14 (7.82%) Agile
6 13 (7.26%) Embedded Software Development
7 12 (6.70%) DevOps
7 12 (6.70%) Mathematics
8 11 (6.15%) Physics
9 10 (5.59%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (5.59%) Technical Leadership
10 9 (5.03%) Actionable Insight
10 9 (5.03%) Test Automation
11 8 (4.47%) Collaborative Culture
11 8 (4.47%) Validation
12 7 (3.91%) Collaborative Engineering
12 7 (3.91%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (3.91%) Presales
12 7 (3.91%) Test Scripting
13 6 (3.35%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 41 (22.91%) C++
2 40 (22.35%) C
3 14 (7.82%) Embedded C
4 12 (6.70%) Python
5 8 (4.47%) C#
6 6 (3.35%) Embedded C++
7 5 (2.79%) Rust
8 2 (1.12%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.12%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.56%) Java
9 1 (0.56%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.56%) PHP
9 1 (0.56%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.56%) VB
9 1 (0.56%) VB6
Qualifications
1 22 (12.29%) Degree
1 22 (12.29%) Security Cleared
2 15 (8.38%) DV Cleared
3 14 (7.82%) SC Cleared
4 11 (6.15%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.68%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.12%) ECSS
1 2 (1.12%) JTAG
2 1 (0.56%) MISRA
2 1 (0.56%) QA
System Software
1 34 (18.99%) Firmware
2 26 (14.53%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (1.68%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (2.79%) EMC
2 2 (1.12%) Google
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.12%) NVIDIA