Embedded Software Development Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Embedded Software Development
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Embedded Software Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 - 102
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Software Development 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.31% - 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% - 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £77,500 - -
25th Percentile £79,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 - -
75th Percentile £94,375 - -
90th Percentile £95,500 - -
South West median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% +8.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

Embedded Software Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 491 599 827
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 75.42% 92.01% 88.35%
Number of salaries quoted 345 252 514
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -1.52%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,625 £81,100
South West median annual salary £50,000 £54,720 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.62% +4.23% +2.94%

Embedded Software Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Embedded Software Development relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Embedded Software Development job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Embedded Software Development
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Embedded Software Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Embedded Software Development

Embedded Software Development
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Software Development within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 8 January 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
Gloucester - 2 £87,500 -
Embedded Software Development
South West

Embedded Software Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) HTTP
1 1 (50.00%) ICMP
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (50.00%) Arduino
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (50.00%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Research
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Rapid Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared