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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 460 494 474
Rank change year-on-year +34 -20 +152
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 254 135 417
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.31% 0.34% 0.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.22% 0.79% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 184 83 286
10th Percentile £46,250 £29,450 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% - -18.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £116,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -15.38%

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 20,888 17,111 31,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.18% 43.28% 33.29%
Number of salaries quoted 13,714 8,217 21,247
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 15 June 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 15 June 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 +17 87 £60,000 +9.09% 61
East of England +24 56 £65,000 +4.00% 28
South West -33 33 £60,000 +9.09% 24
Midlands -20 31 £52,500 +23.53% 19
North of England -30 25 £55,000 - 19
West Midlands -4 23 £55,000 +83.33% 12
London -11 18 £100,000 +73.91% 11
North East -34 14 £51,000 -16.39% 2
East Midlands -28 8 £50,000 +11.11% 7
Yorkshire -31 8 £52,500 +14.13% 6
North West -12 3 £70,000 +7.69% 12
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 (1.18%) Confluence
2 1 (0.39%) Kinematics
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.57%) Simulink
1 4 (1.57%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (0.39%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.39%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (2.76%) AWS
1 7 (2.76%) Azure
2 5 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (1.18%) Google Analytics
3 3 (1.18%) MailChimp
4 2 (0.79%) AWS CodePipeline
4 2 (0.79%) GCP
4 2 (0.79%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.39%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (0.39%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.39%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.39%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.39%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.39%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.39%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (10.24%) Wireless
2 20 (7.87%) Bluetooth
3 12 (4.72%) RS-232
3 12 (4.72%) ZigBee
4 9 (3.54%) MQTT
4 9 (3.54%) RS-485
4 9 (3.54%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (3.15%) Ethernet
5 8 (3.15%) Modbus
5 8 (3.15%) Profibus
6 6 (2.36%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.79%) HTTP
7 2 (0.79%) RFID
7 2 (0.79%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.39%) LTE
8 1 (0.39%) SpaceWire
8 1 (0.39%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 23 (9.06%) Git
2 8 (3.15%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.76%) JIRA
4 5 (1.97%) GDB
4 5 (1.97%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (1.57%) GitLab
5 4 (1.57%) PetaLinux
5 4 (1.57%) Robot Framework
5 4 (1.57%) Subversion
5 4 (1.57%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.18%) Polyspace
6 3 (1.18%) VectorCAST
7 2 (0.79%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.79%) MLflow
8 1 (0.39%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.39%) GoogleTest
8 1 (0.39%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.39%) Selenium
8 1 (0.39%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.39%) Zephyr
General
1 62 (24.41%) Electronics
2 34 (13.39%) Manufacturing
3 27 (10.63%) Social Skills
4 22 (8.66%) Aerospace
5 21 (8.27%) Automotive
6 8 (3.15%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.36%) Military
8 5 (1.97%) Finance
9 4 (1.57%) Marketing
10 3 (1.18%) Aviation
10 3 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.18%) Wearables
11 2 (0.79%) Advertising
11 2 (0.79%) Avionics
11 2 (0.79%) Games
11 2 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.79%) Law
11 2 (0.79%) Retail
12 1 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 126 (49.61%) Embedded Engineer
2 98 (38.58%) Software Engineer
3 63 (24.80%) Systems Engineer
4 54 (21.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 52 (20.47%) Senior
6 29 (11.42%) Senior Software Engineer
7 26 (10.24%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 20 (7.87%) Lead
9 19 (7.48%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 16 (6.30%) Linux Engineer
10 16 (6.30%) Principal Engineer
11 14 (5.51%) Developer
11 14 (5.51%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 14 (5.51%) Lead Systems Engineer
12 13 (5.12%) Firmware Engineer
13 11 (4.33%) Development Engineer
14 10 (3.94%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
15 9 (3.54%) Embedded C++ Engineer
15 9 (3.54%) Embedded Developer
16 8 (3.15%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.12%) Yocto
2 10 (3.94%) .NET
3 8 (3.15%) pytest
4 7 (2.76%) TensorFlow
5 5 (1.97%) PyTorch
6 4 (1.57%) Unity DI Container
7 3 (1.18%) Qt
7 3 (1.18%) React
8 2 (0.79%) LangChain
8 2 (0.79%) Node.js
8 2 (0.79%) OpenCV
8 2 (0.79%) React Native
8 2 (0.79%) REST
8 2 (0.79%) WebSockets
9 1 (0.39%) GStreamer
9 1 (0.39%) Micronaut
9 1 (0.39%) ONNX
9 1 (0.39%) Playwright
9 1 (0.39%) Redux
9 1 (0.39%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 29 (11.42%) Algorithms
2 28 (11.02%) IoT
3 20 (7.87%) FPGA
4 17 (6.69%) Device Driver
4 17 (6.69%) Robotics
5 16 (6.30%) Acoustics
6 12 (4.72%) ARM Cortex
7 7 (2.76%) Raspberry Pi
8 6 (2.36%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.36%) Verilog
8 6 (2.36%) VHDL
9 5 (1.97%) Analogue Electronics
9 5 (1.97%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.97%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.18%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.18%) Self-Driving Car
10 3 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.18%) Smart Home
10 3 (1.18%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 56 (22.05%) Linux
2 30 (11.81%) Embedded Linux
3 12 (4.72%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (2.36%) Robot Operating System
5 5 (1.97%) Windows
6 3 (1.18%) Unix
7 2 (0.79%) ThreadX
8 1 (0.39%) Android
8 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.39%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (49.61%) Software Engineering
2 33 (12.99%) Validation
3 26 (10.24%) CI/CD
3 26 (10.24%) Computer Science
4 23 (9.06%) DevOps
5 22 (8.66%) Test Automation
6 21 (8.27%) Roadmaps
7 19 (7.48%) AI
7 19 (7.48%) Systems Engineering
7 19 (7.48%) Technical Leadership
8 18 (7.09%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (6.69%) Agile
10 16 (6.30%) Machine Learning
11 15 (5.91%) Prototyping
11 15 (5.91%) Signal Processing
12 14 (5.51%) Collaborative Culture
12 14 (5.51%) SDLC
12 14 (5.51%) Software Architecture
13 13 (5.12%) Mentoring
13 13 (5.12%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 80 (31.50%) C++
2 69 (27.17%) C
3 52 (20.47%) Python
4 19 (7.48%) C#
5 12 (4.72%) Embedded C
5 12 (4.72%) Embedded C++
6 11 (4.33%) MATLAB
7 8 (3.15%) Java
7 8 (3.15%) Rust
8 7 (2.76%) Bash
9 5 (1.97%) Go
10 3 (1.18%) Assembly Language
10 3 (1.18%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.39%) PHP
11 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.39%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.39%) VB
11 1 (0.39%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.39%) VB6
Qualifications
1 43 (16.93%) Degree
2 30 (11.81%) Security Cleared
3 27 (10.63%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.51%) Master's Degree
5 13 (5.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (4.33%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.97%) CEH
7 5 (1.97%) OSCP
8 4 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.57%) PhD
9 3 (1.18%) HND
10 1 (0.39%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.39%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.76%) QA
2 6 (2.36%) JTAG
3 5 (1.97%) Def Stans
4 4 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 3 (1.18%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.18%) IEC 61508
5 3 (1.18%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.79%) Automotive SPICE
6 2 (0.79%) ECSS
7 1 (0.39%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.39%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.39%) MISRA
System Software
1 71 (27.95%) Firmware
2 38 (14.96%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (2.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.18%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.79%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (2.36%) EMC
1 6 (2.36%) Google
1 6 (2.36%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.18%) HubSpot
2 3 (1.18%) YouTube
3 2 (0.79%) Adobe
3 2 (0.79%) Motorola
3 2 (0.79%) NVIDIA
3 2 (0.79%) Oracle
3 2 (0.79%) Salesforce
3 2 (0.79%) SAP
4 1 (0.39%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.39%) Xilinx