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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 462 482 479
Rank change year-on-year +20 -3 +173
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 222 132 374
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.28% 0.35% 0.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.97% 0.87% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 154 90 263
10th Percentile £47,875 £37,125 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,188 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,750 £77,500 £76,500
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 22,843 15,216 29,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.57% 40.23% 35.26%
Number of salaries quoted 11,971 8,297 20,869
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £98,950
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 1 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 1 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 -4 65 £65,000 +18.18% 69
East of England +8 46 £61,500 +2.50% 33
Midlands -24 36 £55,000 +7.32% 21
North of England -46 36 £55,000 -9.84% 26
West Midlands -11 29 £55,000 +47.65% 12
South West -36 25 £55,000 +10.00% 33
Yorkshire -47 17 £55,000 +14.58% 10
London -34 12 £100,000 +60.00% 18
North West -26 11 £70,000 +27.27% 10
North East -32 8 £56,500 -7.38% 6
East Midlands -48 7 £55,000 +4.76% 9
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 2 (0.90%) Confluence
2 1 (0.45%) Kinematics
Applications
1 3 (1.35%) Simulink
2 1 (0.45%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.90%) AWS
1 2 (0.90%) AWS CodePipeline
1 2 (0.90%) Google Analytics
1 2 (0.90%) MailChimp
2 1 (0.45%) Azure
2 1 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (14.41%) Ethernet
2 17 (7.66%) Wireless
3 12 (5.41%) Bluetooth
4 5 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.80%) Modbus
5 4 (1.80%) Profibus
5 4 (1.80%) RS-232
5 4 (1.80%) RS-485
5 4 (1.80%) ZigBee
6 2 (0.90%) HTTP
6 2 (0.90%) MQTT
6 2 (0.90%) RFID
6 2 (0.90%) SpaceWire
7 1 (0.45%) LTE
7 1 (0.45%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.45%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 12 (5.41%) Git
2 10 (4.50%) JIRA
3 7 (3.15%) Subversion
4 4 (1.80%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.80%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (1.35%) Polyspace
5 3 (1.35%) VectorCAST
5 3 (1.35%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.90%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.45%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.45%) GDB
7 1 (0.45%) GoogleTest
7 1 (0.45%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.45%) Selenium
7 1 (0.45%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.45%) Zephyr
General
1 44 (19.82%) Electronics
2 23 (10.36%) Manufacturing
3 21 (9.46%) Social Skills
4 15 (6.76%) Aerospace
5 14 (6.31%) Automotive
6 11 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (3.15%) Finance
8 6 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.70%) Military
9 4 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.35%) Aviation
11 2 (0.90%) Advertising
11 2 (0.90%) Avionics
11 2 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.90%) Law
11 2 (0.90%) Marketing
11 2 (0.90%) Retail
11 2 (0.90%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.90%) Wearables
12 1 (0.45%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 93 (41.89%) Embedded Engineer
2 68 (30.63%) Software Engineer
3 49 (22.07%) Systems Engineer
4 40 (18.02%) Senior
5 38 (17.12%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 22 (9.91%) Senior Software Engineer
7 20 (9.01%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 16 (7.21%) Lead
8 16 (7.21%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 12 (5.41%) Lead Systems Engineer
10 11 (4.95%) Development Engineer
10 11 (4.95%) Test Engineer
11 10 (4.50%) Software Manager
12 9 (4.05%) Developer
13 8 (3.60%) Software Development Engineer
14 7 (3.15%) Firmware Engineer
14 7 (3.15%) Linux Engineer
14 7 (3.15%) Principal Engineer
15 6 (2.70%) Electronics Engineer
15 6 (2.70%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.15%) .NET
2 4 (1.80%) pytest
3 3 (1.35%) Qt
3 3 (1.35%) Yocto
4 2 (0.90%) OpenCV
4 2 (0.90%) PyTorch
4 2 (0.90%) React
4 2 (0.90%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.45%) HTML
5 1 (0.45%) HTML5
5 1 (0.45%) Next.js
5 1 (0.45%) Node.js
5 1 (0.45%) Playwright
5 1 (0.45%) React Native
5 1 (0.45%) Redux
5 1 (0.45%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.45%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 34 (15.32%) FPGA
2 16 (7.21%) Algorithms
3 13 (5.86%) Acoustics
3 13 (5.86%) IoT
4 11 (4.95%) Robotics
5 9 (4.05%) Device Driver
6 5 (2.25%) Analogue Electronics
6 5 (2.25%) Digital Media
6 5 (2.25%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.25%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.25%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (1.35%) ARM Cortex
7 3 (1.35%) Self-Driving Car
7 3 (1.35%) Smart Home
8 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.90%) Lidar
8 2 (0.90%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.90%) PCIe
8 2 (0.90%) Photography
8 2 (0.90%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 54 (24.32%) Linux
2 11 (4.95%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (3.15%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (1.35%) Robot Operating System
4 3 (1.35%) Windows
5 2 (0.90%) ThreadX
5 2 (0.90%) VxWorks
6 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (36.04%) Software Engineering
2 20 (9.01%) Agile
2 20 (9.01%) Validation
3 18 (8.11%) CI/CD
3 18 (8.11%) Computer Science
3 18 (8.11%) Software Testing
4 17 (7.66%) Systems Engineering
4 17 (7.66%) Test Automation
5 16 (7.21%) DevOps
5 16 (7.21%) Technical Leadership
6 13 (5.86%) Roadmaps
7 12 (5.41%) Mentoring
7 12 (5.41%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (4.50%) SDLC
8 10 (4.50%) Software Architecture
9 9 (4.05%) AI
9 9 (4.05%) Mathematics
10 8 (3.60%) Embedded Software Development
10 8 (3.60%) Physics
10 8 (3.60%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 53 (23.87%) C++
2 40 (18.02%) C
3 25 (11.26%) Python
4 11 (4.95%) C#
5 9 (4.05%) Embedded C++
6 7 (3.15%) Embedded C
7 5 (2.25%) MATLAB
8 4 (1.80%) Rust
9 3 (1.35%) Bash
9 3 (1.35%) Java
10 2 (0.90%) Assembly Language
10 2 (0.90%) Go
10 2 (0.90%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.45%) PHP
11 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.45%) VB
11 1 (0.45%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.45%) VB6
Qualifications
1 25 (11.26%) Degree
2 20 (9.01%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.31%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.15%) DV Cleared
4 7 (3.15%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.80%) PhD
7 2 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.90%) CEH
7 2 (0.90%) OSCP
8 1 (0.45%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.25%) Def Stans
1 5 (2.25%) QA
2 3 (1.35%) IEC 61508
2 3 (1.35%) ISO 26262
3 2 (0.90%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.90%) ECSS
3 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 2 (0.90%) JTAG
4 1 (0.45%) MISRA
System Software
1 41 (18.47%) Firmware
2 25 (11.26%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.80%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (2.25%) Google
2 4 (1.80%) EMC
3 2 (0.90%) HubSpot
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.90%) NVIDIA
3 2 (0.90%) YouTube
4 1 (0.45%) Adobe