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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 455 488 478
Rank change year-on-year +33 -10 +160
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 235 140 376
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.29% 0.36% 0.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.08% 0.83% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 164 87 265
10th Percentile £46,325 £36,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £71,563 £66,875 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,750 £86,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% - -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 21,837 16,926 29,549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.74% 42.97% 34.96%
Number of salaries quoted 12,507 8,308 20,853
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,785 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 17 May 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 17 May 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 +9 73 £60,000 +9.09% 73
East of England +8 46 £61,500 +2.50% 37
North of England -25 36 £55,000 -9.84% 22
Midlands -21 34 £55,000 +10.00% 17
South West -25 27 £60,000 +26.32% 46
West Midlands -17 23 £55,000 +47.65% 8
London -32 17 £100,000 +63.27% 25
Yorkshire -38 17 £55,000 +19.57% 3
East Midlands -34 11 £55,000 +4.76% 9
North East -32 10 £55,750 -8.61% 6
North West +3 9 £70,000 +27.27% 13
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 (1.28%) Confluence
2 1 (0.43%) Kinematics
Applications
1 3 (1.28%) Simulink
1 3 (1.28%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (0.43%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (2.55%) AWS
2 5 (2.13%) Azure
3 4 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (1.28%) Google Analytics
4 3 (1.28%) MailChimp
5 2 (0.85%) AWS CodePipeline
6 1 (0.43%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.64%) Ethernet
2 21 (8.94%) Wireless
3 16 (6.81%) Bluetooth
4 8 (3.40%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (3.40%) ZigBee
5 6 (2.55%) RS-232
6 5 (2.13%) Modbus
6 5 (2.13%) MQTT
6 5 (2.13%) Profibus
6 5 (2.13%) RS-485
7 2 (0.85%) HTTP
7 2 (0.85%) RFID
8 1 (0.43%) LTE
8 1 (0.43%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.43%) SpaceWire
8 1 (0.43%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 16 (6.81%) Git
2 11 (4.68%) JIRA
3 8 (3.40%) Subversion
4 7 (2.98%) Jenkins
5 5 (2.13%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (1.70%) GDB
7 3 (1.28%) GitLab
7 3 (1.28%) Polyspace
7 3 (1.28%) Robot Framework
7 3 (1.28%) VectorCAST
7 3 (1.28%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.85%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.85%) PetaLinux
9 1 (0.43%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.43%) GoogleTest
9 1 (0.43%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.43%) MLflow
9 1 (0.43%) Selenium
9 1 (0.43%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.43%) Zephyr
General
1 55 (23.40%) Electronics
2 27 (11.49%) Social Skills
3 26 (11.06%) Manufacturing
4 18 (7.66%) Aerospace
5 14 (5.96%) Automotive
6 12 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (3.83%) Finance
8 6 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.55%) Military
9 5 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.28%) Aviation
10 3 (1.28%) Marketing
10 3 (1.28%) Wearables
11 2 (0.85%) Advertising
11 2 (0.85%) Avionics
11 2 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.85%) Law
11 2 (0.85%) Retail
11 2 (0.85%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 106 (45.11%) Embedded Engineer
2 78 (33.19%) Software Engineer
3 57 (24.26%) Systems Engineer
4 45 (19.15%) Senior
5 43 (18.30%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 23 (9.79%) Senior Software Engineer
7 22 (9.36%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 19 (8.09%) Lead
9 16 (6.81%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 13 (5.53%) Lead Systems Engineer
11 12 (5.11%) Developer
12 11 (4.68%) Development Engineer
12 11 (4.68%) Linux Engineer
12 11 (4.68%) Test Engineer
13 10 (4.26%) Principal Engineer
14 9 (3.83%) Embedded Developer
14 9 (3.83%) Embedded Linux Engineer
15 8 (3.40%) Firmware Engineer
15 8 (3.40%) Software Development Engineer
16 7 (2.98%) Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.26%) Yocto
2 7 (2.98%) .NET
2 7 (2.98%) pytest
3 6 (2.55%) TensorFlow
4 5 (2.13%) PyTorch
5 3 (1.28%) React
5 3 (1.28%) Unity DI Container
6 2 (0.85%) Node.js
6 2 (0.85%) OpenCV
6 2 (0.85%) Qt
6 2 (0.85%) React Native
7 1 (0.43%) HTML
7 1 (0.43%) HTML5
7 1 (0.43%) LangChain
7 1 (0.43%) Next.js
7 1 (0.43%) Playwright
7 1 (0.43%) Redux
7 1 (0.43%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.43%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.62%) FPGA
2 24 (10.21%) Algorithms
3 20 (8.51%) IoT
4 15 (6.38%) Acoustics
4 15 (6.38%) Robotics
5 14 (5.96%) Device Driver
6 7 (2.98%) ARM Cortex
7 6 (2.55%) Analogue Electronics
7 6 (2.55%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.55%) Raspberry Pi
8 5 (2.13%) Driving Licence
8 5 (2.13%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.28%) Self-Driving Car
9 3 (1.28%) Smart Home
9 3 (1.28%) Social Media
9 3 (1.28%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (0.85%) CUDA
10 2 (0.85%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.85%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 58 (24.68%) Linux
2 18 (7.66%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (3.40%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (2.13%) Robot Operating System
5 4 (1.70%) Windows
6 2 (0.85%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.43%) Unix
7 1 (0.43%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (42.13%) Software Engineering
2 26 (11.06%) Validation
3 24 (10.21%) Computer Science
4 22 (9.36%) Agile
4 22 (9.36%) CI/CD
5 20 (8.51%) Test Automation
6 19 (8.09%) Systems Engineering
7 18 (7.66%) DevOps
7 18 (7.66%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (7.66%) Roadmaps
7 18 (7.66%) Software Testing
8 17 (7.23%) Technical Leadership
9 14 (5.96%) AI
10 12 (5.11%) Machine Learning
10 12 (5.11%) Mentoring
11 11 (4.68%) Software Architecture
12 10 (4.26%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
12 10 (4.26%) SDLC
13 9 (3.83%) Prototyping
13 9 (3.83%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 68 (28.94%) C++
2 56 (23.83%) C
3 39 (16.60%) Python
4 14 (5.96%) C#
5 12 (5.11%) Embedded C++
6 11 (4.68%) Embedded C
7 7 (2.98%) MATLAB
7 7 (2.98%) Rust
8 6 (2.55%) Bash
9 5 (2.13%) Go
10 4 (1.70%) Java
11 2 (0.85%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.43%) PHP
12 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.43%) VB
12 1 (0.43%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.43%) VB6
Qualifications
1 35 (14.89%) Degree
2 23 (9.79%) Security Cleared
3 19 (8.09%) SC Cleared
4 12 (5.11%) Master's Degree
5 11 (4.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.40%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.13%) CEH
7 5 (2.13%) OSCP
8 4 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.70%) PhD
9 1 (0.43%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.13%) Def Stans
1 5 (2.13%) JTAG
1 5 (2.13%) QA
2 4 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 4 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 3 (1.28%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.28%) IEC 61508
3 3 (1.28%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.43%) ECSS
4 1 (0.43%) MISRA
System Software
1 51 (21.70%) Firmware
2 31 (13.19%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (2.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.70%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (2.55%) Google
2 5 (2.13%) EMC
3 3 (1.28%) HubSpot
3 3 (1.28%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.28%) YouTube
4 2 (0.85%) Adobe
4 2 (0.85%) NVIDIA
5 1 (0.43%) Motorola
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle
5 1 (0.43%) SAP