Embedded Systems Jobs 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 481 637
Rank change year-on-year +110 +156 +131
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 367 413 233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.71% 0.44% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.89% 1.34% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 97 288 119
10th Percentile £32,000 £38,375 £44,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £45,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -18.52% +17.39%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £70,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +18.18%

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 19,415 30,851 33,900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.30% 33.12% 43.06%
Number of salaries quoted 9,261 20,544 19,800
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £35,722
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £64,029
% change year-on-year +5.45% -14.10% +2.45%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Embedded Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Systems in England

Embedded Systems
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Systems in England.

Salary trend for Embedded Systems in England

Embedded Systems
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Systems in England over the 6 months to 5 July 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 5 July 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 +25 95 £65,000 +18.18% 134
London +159 72 £62,500 - 186
East of England -4 36 £68,750 +37.50% 110
Midlands +58 33 £42,500 -22.73% 66
North of England +10 27 £50,000 -6.98% 57
East Midlands +27 21 £45,000 -25.00% 24
South West +56 14 £60,000 +20.00% 65
North West -26 14 £55,000 - 23
West Midlands +48 11 £30,000 -44.19% 41
Yorkshire +33 11 £46,000 -3.16% 29
North East - 1 - - 5
Embedded Systems
UK

Embedded Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.54%) TPMS
Applications
1 4 (1.09%) Simulink
2 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.27%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.54%) AWS
1 2 (0.54%) Azure
1 2 (0.54%) GitHub
2 1 (0.27%) GCP
2 1 (0.27%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 215 (58.58%) Broadband
2 38 (10.35%) Wireless
3 26 (7.08%) Software-Defined Radio
4 12 (3.27%) Bluetooth
4 12 (3.27%) RS-485
5 11 (3.00%) Modbus
6 9 (2.45%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.36%) RS-232
8 4 (1.09%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.82%) Internet
9 3 (0.82%) Profibus
9 3 (0.82%) WAN
9 3 (0.82%) ZigBee
10 2 (0.54%) MQTT
11 1 (0.27%) FlexRay
11 1 (0.27%) HTTP
11 1 (0.27%) LTE
11 1 (0.27%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.54%) Scylla
2 1 (0.27%) Big Data
2 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 218 (59.40%) JIRA
2 18 (4.90%) Git
3 6 (1.63%) KGDB
4 2 (0.54%) Fiddler
4 2 (0.54%) GDB
4 2 (0.54%) IDA Disassembler
5 1 (0.27%) Appium
5 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.27%) CANoe
5 1 (0.27%) GitLab
5 1 (0.27%) Selenium
5 1 (0.27%) Subversion
5 1 (0.27%) TestRail
5 1 (0.27%) WebDriver
General
1 39 (10.63%) Electronics
2 32 (8.72%) Finance
3 31 (8.45%) Social Skills
4 21 (5.72%) Aerospace
5 18 (4.90%) Manufacturing
6 11 (3.00%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (2.18%) Automotive
8 7 (1.91%) Marketing
9 6 (1.63%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.36%) Law
10 5 (1.36%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.82%) Agriculture
12 3 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.54%) Retail
14 1 (0.27%) Advertising
14 1 (0.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 274 (74.66%) Embedded Engineer
2 215 (58.58%) Release Engineer
3 57 (15.53%) Software Engineer
4 42 (11.44%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 26 (7.08%) Senior
6 21 (5.72%) Lead
7 13 (3.54%) Electronics Engineer
8 12 (3.27%) Software Team Leader
8 12 (3.27%) Team Leader
9 10 (2.72%) Firmware Engineer
10 9 (2.45%) Senior Software Engineer
11 8 (2.18%) Design Engineer
11 8 (2.18%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
12 7 (1.91%) Electronics Design Engineer
12 7 (1.91%) Graduate
12 7 (1.91%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 7 (1.91%) Systems Engineer
13 6 (1.63%) Graduate Software Engineer
14 5 (1.36%) Developer
14 5 (1.36%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 216 (58.86%) Middleware
2 13 (3.54%) Qt
3 12 (3.27%) XML
4 4 (1.09%) Yocto
5 3 (0.82%) .NET
5 3 (0.82%) HTML
6 2 (0.54%) HTML5
6 2 (0.54%) React
6 2 (0.54%) Redux
6 2 (0.54%) REST
7 1 (0.27%) Android NDK
7 1 (0.27%) Django
7 1 (0.27%) Flash
7 1 (0.27%) Flask
7 1 (0.27%) Google JAX
7 1 (0.27%) JAX
7 1 (0.27%) JSON
7 1 (0.27%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.27%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.54%) e-Learning
2 22 (5.99%) MicroBlaze
2 22 (5.99%) RISC-V
3 16 (4.36%) Analogue Electronics
4 10 (2.72%) IoT
5 9 (2.45%) CAN bus
6 8 (2.18%) Robotics
7 6 (1.63%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.63%) FPGA
8 5 (1.36%) ARM Cortex
9 4 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.09%) EMV
9 4 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.54%) Device Driver
11 2 (0.54%) Infotainment
11 2 (0.54%) Self-Driving Car
12 1 (0.27%) Raspberry Pi
12 1 (0.27%) Verilog
12 1 (0.27%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 61 (16.62%) Linux
2 41 (11.17%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (2.18%) Android
4 4 (1.09%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (0.54%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.54%) Unix
6 1 (0.27%) Debian
6 1 (0.27%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.27%) SafeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (66.76%) Agile
2 221 (60.22%) Artificial Intelligence
3 218 (59.40%) CI/CD
3 218 (59.40%) Roadmaps
4 215 (58.58%) Continuous Deployment
4 215 (58.58%) Release Automation
4 215 (58.58%) Software Delivery
4 215 (58.58%) Strategic Thinking
5 90 (24.52%) Software Engineering
6 30 (8.17%) Signal Processing
7 27 (7.36%) Digital Signal Processing
8 23 (6.27%) Innovative Thinking
9 20 (5.45%) Problem-Solving
10 19 (5.18%) Validation
11 17 (4.63%) Test Automation
12 16 (4.36%) Software Testing
13 15 (4.09%) Manual Testing
14 14 (3.81%) Regression Testing
14 14 (3.81%) UML
14 14 (3.81%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 93 (25.34%) C
2 80 (21.80%) C++
3 33 (8.99%) Python
4 12 (3.27%) Ada
5 8 (2.18%) C#
6 7 (1.91%) Java
7 4 (1.09%) Go
7 4 (1.09%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.09%) MATLAB
7 4 (1.09%) SQL
8 3 (0.82%) Embedded C
8 3 (0.82%) Embedded C++
8 3 (0.82%) Rust
9 2 (0.54%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.54%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.27%) Bash
10 1 (0.27%) MicroPython
10 1 (0.27%) Perl
10 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.27%) Swift
Qualifications
1 32 (8.72%) Security Cleared
2 30 (8.17%) SC Cleared
3 22 (5.99%) Degree
4 12 (3.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (1.91%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.09%) PhD
7 2 (0.54%) CEH
7 2 (0.54%) CISM
7 2 (0.54%) CISSP
7 2 (0.54%) HND
8 1 (0.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.27%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (0.82%) QA
2 2 (0.54%) IEC 61508
2 2 (0.54%) NIST
3 1 (0.27%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (0.27%) DO-178B
3 1 (0.27%) IEC 62304
3 1 (0.27%) ISO 26262
3 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.27%) JTAG
System Software
1 50 (13.62%) Firmware
2 43 (11.72%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.27%) systemd
1 1 (0.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (1.91%) Xilinx
2 5 (1.36%) SAP
3 3 (0.82%) Atmel
3 3 (0.82%) EMC
4 2 (0.54%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.27%) Allen-Bradley
5 1 (0.27%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.27%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.27%) QNX
5 1 (0.27%) Red Hat