Embedded Systems Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Embedded Systems
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in permanent job vacancies in Gloucestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 - 95
Rank change year-on-year - - +41
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 1 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.16% - 0.81%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.58% - 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £57,650
25th Percentile £88,750 - £57,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 - £73,750
75th Percentile £96,250 - £95,250
90th Percentile - - £97,950
South West median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -52.94% +36.00%

All Generic Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 171 302 354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 27.63% 37.19% 41.11%
Number of salaries quoted 120 108 185
10th Percentile £31,950 £28,500 £29,440
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,250 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £58,780 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.83% +8.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,813 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £79,125 £78,650
South West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +7.32%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Embedded Systems job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Embedded Systems
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Embedded Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Embedded Systems

Embedded Systems
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 Systems within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 10 December 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
Gloucester - 1 £92,500 - 1
Embedded Systems
South West

Embedded Systems
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 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) ICMP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Arduino
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (100.00%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared