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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 493 639
Rank change year-on-year +127 +146 +107
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 364 373 282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.74% 0.43% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.99% 1.25% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 98 263 138
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £78,250 £72,500 £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 18,282 29,848 39,029
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.16% 34.76% 43.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,839 20,843 20,948
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £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 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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
London +178 86 £61,250 -2.00% 72
South East +60 82 £65,000 +9.24% 88
East of England +16 42 £60,000 +20.00% 103
Midlands +37 28 £50,000 - 41
North of England +16 26 £61,000 +17.31% 43
East Midlands +25 14 £52,500 +23.53% 15
North West -19 14 £55,000 - 21
West Midlands +36 13 £37,250 -29.05% 25
South West +68 12 £47,500 -5.00% 43
Yorkshire +52 6 £46,000 -3.16% 14
North East - 5 £61,000 - 8
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 (0.55%) TPMS
Applications
1 5 (1.37%) Simulink
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (2.47%) GitHub
2 6 (1.65%) AWS
3 5 (1.37%) Amazon S3
3 5 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
3 5 (1.37%) Serverless
4 3 (0.82%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 215 (59.07%) Broadband
2 30 (8.24%) Wireless
3 24 (6.59%) Bluetooth
4 15 (4.12%) Software-Defined Radio
5 10 (2.75%) RS-232
5 10 (2.75%) RS-485
6 9 (2.47%) Modbus
7 8 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (2.20%) ZigBee
8 7 (1.92%) Profibus
9 3 (0.82%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.82%) MQTT
9 3 (0.82%) WAN
10 2 (0.55%) FlexRay
10 2 (0.55%) HTTP
11 1 (0.27%) LTE
11 1 (0.27%) Network Security
11 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.55%) Scylla
3 1 (0.27%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 216 (59.34%) JIRA
2 22 (6.04%) Git
3 4 (1.10%) KGDB
4 3 (0.82%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.55%) Fiddler
5 2 (0.55%) GDB
5 2 (0.55%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.27%) Appium
6 1 (0.27%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.27%) Subversion
6 1 (0.27%) TestRail
6 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 45 (12.36%) Electronics
2 35 (9.62%) Social Skills
3 22 (6.04%) Aerospace
4 20 (5.49%) Manufacturing
5 19 (5.22%) Finance
6 13 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (2.75%) Automotive
8 8 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.65%) Marketing
10 5 (1.37%) Agriculture
10 5 (1.37%) Games
10 5 (1.37%) Law
10 5 (1.37%) Legal
10 5 (1.37%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.10%) Public Sector
12 3 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.55%) Avionics
13 2 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.55%) Wearables
14 1 (0.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 267 (73.35%) Embedded Engineer
2 215 (59.07%) Release Engineer
3 57 (15.66%) Software Engineer
4 38 (10.44%) Senior
5 37 (10.16%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 23 (6.32%) Senior Software Engineer
7 22 (6.04%) Lead
8 18 (4.95%) Systems Engineer
9 15 (4.12%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 13 (3.57%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 12 (3.30%) Software Team Leader
11 12 (3.30%) Team Leader
12 11 (3.02%) Electronics Engineer
13 7 (1.92%) Design Engineer
13 7 (1.92%) Graduate
14 6 (1.65%) C++ Developer
14 6 (1.65%) Developer
14 6 (1.65%) Electronics Design Engineer
14 6 (1.65%) Graduate Software Engineer
14 6 (1.65%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (59.07%) Middleware
2 14 (3.85%) Qt
3 12 (3.30%) XML
4 7 (1.92%) HTML
5 5 (1.37%) CSS
5 5 (1.37%) Django
5 5 (1.37%) WebSockets
6 2 (0.55%) HTML5
6 2 (0.55%) React
6 2 (0.55%) Redux
7 1 (0.27%) .NET
7 1 (0.27%) Android NDK
7 1 (0.27%) Google JAX
7 1 (0.27%) JAX
7 1 (0.27%) JSON
7 1 (0.27%) OAuth
7 1 (0.27%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.27%) REST
7 1 (0.27%) SAML
7 1 (0.27%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.30%) IoT
2 11 (3.02%) Algorithms
2 11 (3.02%) e-Learning
3 9 (2.47%) Analogue Electronics
3 9 (2.47%) MicroBlaze
3 9 (2.47%) RISC-V
4 8 (2.20%) Robotics
5 6 (1.65%) FPGA
5 6 (1.65%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.37%) ARM Cortex
6 5 (1.37%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.10%) EMV
8 3 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.55%) CAN bus
9 2 (0.55%) Device Driver
9 2 (0.55%) Infotainment
9 2 (0.55%) Self-Driving Car
9 2 (0.55%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 48 (13.19%) Linux
2 19 (5.22%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (2.20%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (1.92%) Android
5 5 (1.37%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.55%) Unix
7 1 (0.27%) Debian
7 1 (0.27%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (62.09%) Agile
2 224 (61.54%) Roadmaps
3 221 (60.71%) Artificial Intelligence
4 215 (59.07%) CI/CD
4 215 (59.07%) Continuous Deployment
4 215 (59.07%) Release Automation
4 215 (59.07%) Software Delivery
4 215 (59.07%) Strategic Thinking
5 87 (23.90%) Software Engineering
6 27 (7.42%) Test Automation
7 26 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (7.14%) Validation
8 19 (5.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (5.22%) Verification and Validation
9 17 (4.67%) Customer Requirements
9 17 (4.67%) Software Testing
10 16 (4.40%) Signal Processing
11 15 (4.12%) Digital Signal Processing
11 15 (4.12%) UML
12 14 (3.85%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 96 (26.37%) C
2 76 (20.88%) C++
3 34 (9.34%) Python
4 12 (3.30%) Ada
5 10 (2.75%) Embedded C
5 10 (2.75%) Embedded C++
5 10 (2.75%) SQL
6 7 (1.92%) C#
7 6 (1.65%) MATLAB
8 5 (1.37%) Java
8 5 (1.37%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.37%) Ladder Logic
8 5 (1.37%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.82%) Go
9 3 (0.82%) Objective-C
9 3 (0.82%) Rust
10 2 (0.55%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.27%) R
11 1 (0.27%) Swift
Qualifications
1 31 (8.52%) Degree
2 16 (4.40%) Security Cleared
3 14 (3.85%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.65%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.10%) PhD
7 2 (0.55%) CEH
7 2 (0.55%) CISM
7 2 (0.55%) CISSP
7 2 (0.55%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.47%) QA
2 3 (0.82%) Accessibility
2 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.55%) JTAG
3 2 (0.55%) MISRA
3 2 (0.55%) NIST
4 1 (0.27%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.27%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.27%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.27%) MISRA C
System Software
1 43 (11.81%) Firmware
2 32 (8.79%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (1.92%) Xilinx
2 5 (1.37%) Siemens
3 4 (1.10%) SAP
4 3 (0.82%) Cadence
5 2 (0.55%) EMC
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.27%) Allen-Bradley
6 1 (0.27%) Google
6 1 (0.27%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.27%) Intel
6 1 (0.27%) Red Hat