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 23 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 486 498 511
Rank change year-on-year +12 +13 +217
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 137 233 194
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.32% 0.38% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.79% 1.14% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 86 96 128
10th Percentile £39,140 £37,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -3.85%

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 17,380 20,398 19,559
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 40.58% 32.94% 39.44%
Number of salaries quoted 9,246 9,976 14,592
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -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 23 October 2025.

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 23 October 2025. 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 +33 62 £55,000 +15.79% 67
South West +30 23 £42,500 -5.56% 52
North of England +12 21 £50,000 -9.09% 50
Midlands +17 20 £42,500 -29.17% 30
East Midlands -7 12 £40,000 -33.33% 9
North West -21 9 £66,250 +20.45% 32
West Midlands +30 8 £55,000 -26.67% 21
Yorkshire +13 8 £46,000 +2.22% 17
North East +13 4 £56,500 - 1
East of England -55 4 £75,000 +15.38% 70
London +74 2 - - 18
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 2 (1.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.92%) Simulink
2 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.73%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.73%) Doxygen
3 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.73%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.46%) AWS
2 1 (0.73%) Azure
2 1 (0.73%) GCP
2 1 (0.73%) GitHub
2 1 (0.73%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 41 (29.93%) Wireless
2 39 (28.47%) Software-Defined Radio
3 10 (7.30%) Bluetooth
3 10 (7.30%) RS-485
4 8 (5.84%) Modbus
5 6 (4.38%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (2.19%) Ethernet
6 3 (2.19%) Internet
6 3 (2.19%) UWB
7 2 (1.46%) Broadband
7 2 (1.46%) DNS
7 2 (1.46%) HTTP
7 2 (1.46%) ICMP
7 2 (1.46%) RS-232
7 2 (1.46%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.73%) 2G
8 1 (0.73%) 4G
8 1 (0.73%) 5G
8 1 (0.73%) MQTT
8 1 (0.73%) Wideband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.73%) DynamoDB
1 1 (0.73%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (8.03%) JIRA
2 8 (5.84%) Git
3 4 (2.92%) KGDB
4 2 (1.46%) IDA Disassembler
4 2 (1.46%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.73%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.73%) CANoe
5 1 (0.73%) GitLab
5 1 (0.73%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.73%) Selenium
5 1 (0.73%) WebDriver
General
1 50 (36.50%) Electronics
2 37 (27.01%) Finance
3 35 (25.55%) Social Skills
4 15 (10.95%) Automotive
5 10 (7.30%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.92%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.92%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.19%) Marketing
7 3 (2.19%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.19%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.46%) Retail
9 1 (0.73%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (52.55%) Embedded Engineer
2 59 (43.07%) Software Engineer
3 51 (37.23%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 19 (13.87%) Firmware Engineer
5 17 (12.41%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 16 (11.68%) Senior
7 12 (8.76%) Electronics Engineer
8 10 (7.30%) Design Engineer
8 10 (7.30%) Systems Engineer
9 6 (4.38%) Electronics Design Engineer
9 6 (4.38%) FPGA Engineer
10 5 (3.65%) Developer
10 5 (3.65%) Lead
10 5 (3.65%) Product Manager
10 5 (3.65%) Products Support Manager
10 5 (3.65%) Support Manager
11 4 (2.92%) Hardware Engineer
12 3 (2.19%) Consultant
12 3 (2.19%) Hardware Design Engineer
12 3 (2.19%) Recruitment Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.30%) Flash
2 8 (5.84%) Qt
3 4 (2.92%) .NET
3 4 (2.92%) Yocto
4 3 (2.19%) Middleware
5 1 (0.73%) Django
5 1 (0.73%) Flask
5 1 (0.73%) HTML
5 1 (0.73%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 36 (26.28%) e-Learning
1 36 (26.28%) RISC-V
2 34 (24.82%) MicroBlaze
3 13 (9.49%) Analogue Electronics
4 11 (8.03%) FPGA
5 10 (7.30%) IoT
6 9 (6.57%) CAN bus
6 9 (6.57%) Raspberry Pi
7 7 (5.11%) Arduino
8 5 (3.65%) Algorithms
8 5 (3.65%) Verilog
8 5 (3.65%) VHDL
9 4 (2.92%) ARM Cortex
10 3 (2.19%) Device Driver
10 3 (2.19%) Driving Licence
10 3 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (1.46%) Renewable Energy
12 1 (0.73%) Infotainment
Operating Systems
1 67 (48.91%) Linux
2 49 (35.77%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (2.92%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.73%) Android
4 1 (0.73%) SafeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (53.28%) Software Engineering
2 48 (35.04%) Signal Processing
3 42 (30.66%) Agile
4 39 (28.47%) Digital Signal Processing
5 35 (25.55%) Innovative Thinking
6 19 (13.87%) Collaborative Culture
7 18 (13.14%) Mentoring
8 16 (11.68%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (9.49%) Software Testing
10 11 (8.03%) Mathematics
10 11 (8.03%) Systems Engineering
11 8 (5.84%) Business Development
11 8 (5.84%) FPGA Design
12 7 (5.11%) Embedded Software Development
12 7 (5.11%) Physics
12 7 (5.11%) Product Strategy
12 7 (5.11%) Roadmaps
12 7 (5.11%) Test Automation
12 7 (5.11%) Validation
13 6 (4.38%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 85 (62.04%) C
2 76 (55.47%) C++
3 23 (16.79%) Python
4 13 (9.49%) Embedded C
5 6 (4.38%) C#
5 6 (4.38%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.65%) Rust
7 4 (2.92%) Java
8 3 (2.19%) Go
8 3 (2.19%) SystemVerilog
9 2 (1.46%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.73%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.73%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.73%) SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (40.15%) Security Cleared
2 50 (36.50%) SC Cleared
3 26 (18.98%) Degree
4 12 (8.76%) DV Cleared
5 7 (5.11%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.19%) HND
7 1 (0.73%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.46%) IEC 62304
1 2 (1.46%) ISO 9000
1 2 (1.46%) JTAG
2 1 (0.73%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (0.73%) DO-178B
2 1 (0.73%) IEC 61508
2 1 (0.73%) ISO 26262
2 1 (0.73%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 70 (51.09%) Firmware
2 62 (45.26%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.73%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.73%) systemd
1 1 (0.73%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (4.38%) Xilinx
2 5 (3.65%) EMC
3 3 (2.19%) Atmel
3 3 (2.19%) Intel
3 3 (2.19%) Microsemi
4 2 (1.46%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.46%) SAP
5 1 (0.73%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.73%) QNX