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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 407 501 484
Rank change year-on-year +94 -17 +96
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 372 152 301
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.40% 0.35% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.53% 0.82% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 257 89 194
10th Percentile £37,950 £34,800 £40,000
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% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,250 £66,250
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 requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 24,252 18,512 23,655
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.84% 42.26% 32.73%
Number of salaries quoted 15,865 9,366 14,614
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -11.20%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 +34 135 £58,750 +6.82% 93
East of England +41 78 £70,000 -6.67% 91
Midlands -4 58 £55,000 +23.60% 29
South West -28 48 £62,500 +38.89% 48
West Midlands +2 38 £52,500 +75.00% 16
North of England -35 35 £51,000 +2.00% 44
East Midlands -21 20 £67,500 +42.11% 13
North East - 18 £51,000 - 11
London -51 13 £60,000 -7.69% 55
Yorkshire -42 9 £50,000 +8.70% 13
North West -14 8 £51,250 -6.82% 20
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 (0.81%) Confluence
1 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (0.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (4.03%) Simulink
2 12 (3.23%) SOLIDWORKS
3 7 (1.88%) Solid Edge
4 3 (0.81%) Lightworks
5 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.27%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (3.49%) AWS
2 11 (2.96%) Azure
3 8 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (1.34%) GCP
5 4 (1.08%) Google Analytics
5 4 (1.08%) MailChimp
5 4 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.08%) SaaS
6 3 (0.81%) AWS IoT
6 3 (0.81%) Datadog
6 3 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.81%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (0.81%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.81%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.81%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.54%) AWS CodePipeline
7 2 (0.54%) GitHub
7 2 (0.54%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.54%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 39 (10.48%) Wireless
2 23 (6.18%) Bluetooth
3 20 (5.38%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (4.57%) ZigBee
5 14 (3.76%) RS-232
6 13 (3.49%) Ethernet
7 11 (2.96%) MQTT
7 11 (2.96%) RS-485
8 9 (2.42%) Modbus
8 9 (2.42%) Profibus
9 6 (1.61%) TCP/IP
10 5 (1.34%) Software-Defined Radio
11 2 (0.54%) LoRaWAN
11 2 (0.54%) RFID
11 2 (0.54%) UWB
12 1 (0.27%) LTE
12 1 (0.27%) NFC
12 1 (0.27%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 39 (10.48%) Git
2 13 (3.49%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.15%) GitLab
4 7 (1.88%) GDB
4 7 (1.88%) JIRA
5 6 (1.61%) PetaLinux
5 6 (1.61%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (1.08%) Robot Framework
6 4 (1.08%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.81%) Polyspace
7 3 (0.81%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.81%) Subversion
7 3 (0.81%) VectorCAST
8 2 (0.54%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.54%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.54%) MLflow
8 2 (0.54%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.27%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.27%) Selenium
9 1 (0.27%) SonarQube
General
1 107 (28.76%) Electronics
2 66 (17.74%) Manufacturing
3 45 (12.10%) Aerospace
4 43 (11.56%) Social Skills
5 42 (11.29%) Automotive
6 12 (3.23%) Finance
7 9 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.15%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (2.15%) Military
9 5 (1.34%) Avionics
9 5 (1.34%) Marketing
10 4 (1.08%) Aviation
10 4 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.08%) Legal
11 3 (0.81%) Advertising
11 3 (0.81%) Law
11 3 (0.81%) Multimedia
11 3 (0.81%) Retail
11 3 (0.81%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 183 (49.19%) Embedded Engineer
2 129 (34.68%) Software Engineer
3 89 (23.92%) Systems Engineer
4 73 (19.62%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 61 (16.40%) Senior
6 45 (12.10%) Lead
7 35 (9.41%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 30 (8.06%) Senior Software Engineer
9 24 (6.45%) Hardware Engineer
9 24 (6.45%) Linux Engineer
9 24 (6.45%) Principal Engineer
10 22 (5.91%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 21 (5.65%) Developer
12 20 (5.38%) Firmware Engineer
12 20 (5.38%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 19 (5.11%) Lead Systems Engineer
14 18 (4.84%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
15 12 (3.23%) Design Engineer
15 12 (3.23%) Principal Software Engineer
16 11 (2.96%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.72%) Yocto
2 8 (2.15%) .NET
2 8 (2.15%) pytest
2 8 (2.15%) React
3 6 (1.61%) TensorFlow
4 4 (1.08%) Middleware
4 4 (1.08%) PyTorch
4 4 (1.08%) Unity DI Container
5 3 (0.81%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 3 (0.81%) Qt
5 3 (0.81%) REST
6 2 (0.54%) HTML
6 2 (0.54%) LangChain
6 2 (0.54%) Node.js
6 2 (0.54%) React Native
6 2 (0.54%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.27%) CSS
7 1 (0.27%) ONNX
7 1 (0.27%) Spring
7 1 (0.27%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 49 (13.17%) IoT
2 37 (9.95%) Algorithms
3 33 (8.87%) Device Driver
4 30 (8.06%) FPGA
5 21 (5.65%) Robotics
6 18 (4.84%) ARM Cortex
7 15 (4.03%) Acoustics
8 14 (3.76%) VHDL
9 13 (3.49%) Verilog
10 9 (2.42%) Analogue Electronics
10 9 (2.42%) Raspberry Pi
11 8 (2.15%) Operational Technology
11 8 (2.15%) Product Ownership
12 7 (1.88%) Life Science
13 6 (1.61%) Driving Licence
13 6 (1.61%) Onboarding
14 5 (1.34%) Mobile App
14 5 (1.34%) Social Media
15 4 (1.08%) Data Structures
15 4 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 97 (26.08%) Linux
2 48 (12.90%) Embedded Linux
3 18 (4.84%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (1.88%) Windows
5 5 (1.34%) Unix
6 4 (1.08%) Android
7 3 (0.81%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.81%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.54%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.27%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (45.43%) Software Engineering
2 50 (13.44%) Validation
3 48 (12.90%) CI/CD
4 36 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 36 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (8.87%) Test Automation
6 32 (8.60%) Computer Science
7 31 (8.33%) DevOps
7 31 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
8 27 (7.26%) Software Testing
9 26 (6.99%) Collaborative Culture
9 26 (6.99%) Prototyping
10 23 (6.18%) AI
11 22 (5.91%) Software Architecture
12 21 (5.65%) SDLC
13 20 (5.38%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
13 20 (5.38%) Signal Processing
14 18 (4.84%) Collaborative Engineering
14 18 (4.84%) Machine Learning
14 18 (4.84%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 115 (30.91%) C++
2 109 (29.30%) C
3 74 (19.89%) Python
4 23 (6.18%) Embedded C
5 21 (5.65%) Rust
6 20 (5.38%) C#
7 17 (4.57%) Embedded C++
7 17 (4.57%) MATLAB
8 14 (3.76%) Java
9 11 (2.96%) Go
10 9 (2.42%) JavaScript
11 8 (2.15%) Bash
12 4 (1.08%) SystemVerilog
13 3 (0.81%) Ada
13 3 (0.81%) Assembly Language
13 3 (0.81%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.81%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.54%) Ada 95
15 1 (0.27%) PHP
15 1 (0.27%) VB6
Qualifications
1 67 (18.01%) Degree
2 54 (14.52%) Security Cleared
3 36 (9.68%) SC Cleared
4 24 (6.45%) DV Cleared
5 19 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (4.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (4.30%) Master's Degree
7 8 (2.15%) CEH
7 8 (2.15%) OSCP
8 5 (1.34%) HND
9 3 (0.81%) PhD
10 1 (0.27%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.27%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.76%) QA
2 8 (2.15%) JTAG
3 5 (1.34%) Def Stans
4 4 (1.08%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 3 (0.81%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (0.81%) ECSS
5 3 (0.81%) IEC 61508
5 3 (0.81%) ISO 26262
5 3 (0.81%) MIL-STD-1553
6 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.27%) DO-160
7 1 (0.27%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.27%) DO-254
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 89 (23.92%) Firmware
2 49 (13.17%) Embedded Firmware
3 12 (3.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.88%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.08%) Grafana
2 4 (1.08%) Prometheus
2 4 (1.08%) Terraform
3 2 (0.54%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.27%) Ansible
Vendors
1 12 (3.23%) EMC
2 8 (2.15%) Google
2 8 (2.15%) Xilinx
3 6 (1.61%) Microsoft
4 4 (1.08%) HubSpot
4 4 (1.08%) Intel
4 4 (1.08%) Microsemi
4 4 (1.08%) YouTube
5 2 (0.54%) Adobe
5 2 (0.54%) Motorola
5 2 (0.54%) NVIDIA
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle
5 2 (0.54%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.54%) SAP
5 2 (0.54%) Yahoo!
6 1 (0.27%) IBM
6 1 (0.27%) Lattice Semiconductor
6 1 (0.27%) Xamarin