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

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 491 638
Rank change year-on-year +123 +147 +117
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 367 378 285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.74% 0.44% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.96% 1.26% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 99 267 141
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 £78,000 £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 18,725 29,975 38,875
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.65% 34.65% 43.91%
Number of salaries quoted 8,838 20,879 21,009
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,600
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,000 £46,686
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 20 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 20 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
South East +54 86 £65,000 +9.24% 99
London +189 85 £61,250 -2.00% 92
East of England +9 42 £60,000 +20.00% 117
Midlands +31 28 £50,000 - 57
North of England +13 26 £61,000 +16.19% 62
East Midlands +16 14 £52,500 +23.53% 21
North West -34 14 £55,000 - 30
West Midlands +39 13 £37,250 -29.05% 35
South West +61 12 £47,500 -5.00% 51
Yorkshire +55 6 £46,000 -3.16% 19
North East - 5 £61,000 - 13
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 5 (1.36%) Simulink
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (2.18%) GitHub
2 5 (1.36%) AWS
3 4 (1.09%) Amazon S3
3 4 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
3 4 (1.09%) Serverless
4 3 (0.82%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 215 (58.58%) Broadband
2 33 (8.99%) Wireless
3 23 (6.27%) Bluetooth
4 18 (4.90%) Software-Defined Radio
5 10 (2.72%) RS-232
5 10 (2.72%) RS-485
6 9 (2.45%) Modbus
7 8 (2.18%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (2.18%) ZigBee
8 7 (1.91%) Profibus
9 3 (0.82%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.82%) MQTT
9 3 (0.82%) WAN
10 2 (0.54%) FlexRay
10 2 (0.54%) HTTP
11 1 (0.27%) LTE
11 1 (0.27%) Network Security
11 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.54%) Scylla
3 1 (0.27%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 216 (58.86%) JIRA
2 21 (5.72%) Git
3 4 (1.09%) KGDB
4 3 (0.82%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.54%) Fiddler
5 2 (0.54%) GDB
5 2 (0.54%) 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 (12.26%) Electronics
2 34 (9.26%) Social Skills
3 22 (5.99%) Aerospace
3 22 (5.99%) Finance
4 20 (5.45%) Manufacturing
5 13 (3.54%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (2.72%) Automotive
7 8 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.63%) Marketing
9 5 (1.36%) Agriculture
9 5 (1.36%) Law
9 5 (1.36%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.09%) Games
10 4 (1.09%) Legal
10 4 (1.09%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.54%) Avionics
12 2 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.54%) Retail
12 2 (0.54%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 270 (73.57%) Embedded Engineer
2 215 (58.58%) Release Engineer
3 59 (16.08%) Software Engineer
4 40 (10.90%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 38 (10.35%) Senior
6 22 (5.99%) Lead
6 22 (5.99%) Senior Software Engineer
7 18 (4.90%) Systems Engineer
8 15 (4.09%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 13 (3.54%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 12 (3.27%) Software Team Leader
10 12 (3.27%) Team Leader
11 11 (3.00%) Electronics Engineer
12 7 (1.91%) Design Engineer
12 7 (1.91%) Graduate
13 6 (1.63%) C++ Developer
13 6 (1.63%) Developer
13 6 (1.63%) Firmware Engineer
13 6 (1.63%) Graduate Software Engineer
13 6 (1.63%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (58.58%) Middleware
2 14 (3.81%) Qt
3 12 (3.27%) XML
4 6 (1.63%) HTML
5 4 (1.09%) CSS
5 4 (1.09%) Django
5 4 (1.09%) WebSockets
6 2 (0.54%) HTML5
6 2 (0.54%) React
6 2 (0.54%) 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 14 (3.81%) e-Learning
2 12 (3.27%) MicroBlaze
2 12 (3.27%) RISC-V
3 11 (3.00%) IoT
4 10 (2.72%) Algorithms
5 9 (2.45%) Analogue Electronics
6 8 (2.18%) Robotics
7 6 (1.63%) FPGA
8 5 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.36%) ARM Cortex
8 5 (1.36%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.09%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.09%) EMV
10 3 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.54%) CAN bus
11 2 (0.54%) Device Driver
11 2 (0.54%) Infotainment
11 2 (0.54%) Self-Driving Car
11 2 (0.54%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 50 (13.62%) Linux
2 22 (5.99%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (2.18%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (1.91%) Android
5 4 (1.09%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.54%) Unix
7 1 (0.27%) Debian
7 1 (0.27%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (62.40%) Agile
2 223 (60.76%) Roadmaps
3 221 (60.22%) Artificial Intelligence
4 215 (58.58%) CI/CD
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 89 (24.25%) Software Engineering
6 26 (7.08%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (7.08%) Test Automation
7 25 (6.81%) Validation
8 19 (5.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (5.18%) Signal Processing
9 18 (4.90%) Digital Signal Processing
9 18 (4.90%) Verification and Validation
10 17 (4.63%) Customer Requirements
10 17 (4.63%) Software Testing
11 15 (4.09%) UML
12 14 (3.81%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 99 (26.98%) C
2 78 (21.25%) C++
3 33 (8.99%) Python
4 12 (3.27%) Ada
5 10 (2.72%) Embedded C
5 10 (2.72%) Embedded C++
6 9 (2.45%) SQL
7 7 (1.91%) C#
8 6 (1.63%) MATLAB
9 5 (1.36%) Java
10 4 (1.09%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.09%) Ladder Logic
10 4 (1.09%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.82%) Go
11 3 (0.82%) Objective-C
11 3 (0.82%) Rust
12 2 (0.54%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.27%) R
13 1 (0.27%) Swift
Qualifications
1 30 (8.17%) Degree
2 19 (5.18%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.63%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.63%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.09%) PhD
8 2 (0.54%) CEH
8 2 (0.54%) CISM
8 2 (0.54%) CISSP
8 2 (0.54%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.45%) QA
2 3 (0.82%) Accessibility
2 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.54%) JTAG
3 2 (0.54%) MISRA
3 2 (0.54%) 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 47 (12.81%) Firmware
2 36 (9.81%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (1.91%) Xilinx
2 4 (1.09%) SAP
2 4 (1.09%) Siemens
3 3 (0.82%) Cadence
4 2 (0.54%) EMC
4 2 (0.54%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.27%) Allen-Bradley
5 1 (0.27%) Google
5 1 (0.27%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.27%) Intel
5 1 (0.27%) Red Hat