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

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	376	504	487
Rank change year-on-year	+128	-17	+20
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems	494	134	227
As % of all permanent jobs in England	0.46%	0.31%	0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	1.72%	0.78%	1.12%
Number of salaries quoted	339	84	92
10^th Percentile	£39,000	£39,084	£37,750
25^th Percentile	£50,000	£41,250	£43,438
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£62,500	£55,000	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+13.64%	-	-8.33%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£62,500	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£85,000	£79,250	£72,500
UK median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-	-8.33%

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 citing generic IT skills in England.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills	28,799	17,121	20,181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England	26.99%	39.87%	33.06%
Number of salaries quoted	18,377	9,310	9,800
10^th Percentile	£31,000	£28,000	£33,125
25^th Percentile	£40,750	£36,000	£46,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£53,750	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+2.33%	-10.42%	-4.00%
75^th Percentile	£80,000	£77,500	£85,000
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£105,000	£113,750
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£53,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+2.80%	-10.83%	-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 Salary Trend in England

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 October 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 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
South East	+28	156	£60,000	+9.09%	73
Midlands	+8	99	£67,500	+58.82%	22
East of England	+38	92	£70,000	-6.67%	49
West Midlands	+8	66	£70,000	+27.27%	12
South West	-40	66	£62,500	+47.06%	29
North of England	-35	57	£55,000	+10.00%	24
East Midlands	-21	33	£67,500	+68.75%	10
North East	-40	27	£51,000	-9.73%	4
London	-57	19	£60,000	-	21
North West	-29	16	£55,000	-16.98%	12
Yorkshire	-26	14	£55,000	+19.57%	8
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Embedded Systems Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 27 October 2026, job vacancies citing Embedded Systems also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region citing Embedded Systems.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Software Engineering	36.4%	180
2	C++	30.6%	151
3	C	30.2%	149
4	Firmware	23.3%	115
5	Linux	21.9%	108
6	Degree	20.9%	103
7	Python	17.4%	86
8	Security Cleared	14.8%	73
8	Validation	14.8%	73
10	Problem-Solving	14.4%	71
11	Embedded Firmware	12.6%	62
12	Continuous Improvement	11.5%	57
12	Embedded Linux	11.5%	57
14	Test Automation	10.9%	54
15	CI/CD	10.1%	50
16	Git	8.7%	43
17	Prototyping	8.5%	42
18	Computer Science	7.9%	39
18	SC Cleared	7.9%	39
18	Wireless	7.9%	39
21	Yocto	7.7%	38
22	EMC	7.5%	37
22	Signal Processing	7.5%	37
24	Embedded C	7.1%	35
25	Collaborative Culture	6.9%	34
26	AI	6.7%	33
27	Schematic Capture	6.5%	32
28	MATLAB	6.3%	31
28	Technical Leadership	6.3%	31
30	Collaborative Engineering	5.9%	29

Embedded Systems Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	FPGA	11.5%	57
2	IoT	10.9%	54
3	Algorithms	8.9%	44
4	Device Driver	7.5%	37
5	Analogue Electronics	5.9%	29
6	Robotics	5.3%	26
7	VHDL	4.5%	22
8	ARM Cortex	3.8%	19
8	Verilog	3.8%	19
10	Life Science	1.4%	7
11	Onboarding	1.2%	6
11	Operational Technology	1.2%	6
11	PCIe	1.2%	6
11	Raspberry Pi	1.2%	6
11	Self-Motivation	1.2%	6
16	Distributed Systems	1.0%	5
16	Legacy Systems	1.0%	5
16	Mobile App	1.0%	5
19	Acoustics	0.8%	4
19	Product Ownership	0.8%	4