Embedded Systems Job Trends in the Midlands

Embedded Systems
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 205 215
Rank change year-on-year -2 +10 +1
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 72 25 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.46% 0.45% 0.61%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.05% 1.06% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 31 19 39
10th Percentile £32,500 £24,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £39,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.11% -20.83% +0.84%
75th Percentile £74,738 £59,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,200 £89,500
England median annual salary £61,500 £53,750 £53,750
% change year-on-year +14.42% - -10.42%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,516 2,355 2,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.34% 42.03% 28.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,261 1,180 1,141
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,375 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,734 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.52% -14.29% -0.38%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £64,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -6.98%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Embedded Systems job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Embedded Systems
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Embedded Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Embedded Systems

Embedded Systems
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Systems in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Systems in the Midlands

Embedded Systems
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Systems within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 September 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
West Midlands +2 47 £40,000 -38.46% 30
East Midlands -27 25 £67,500 +58.82% 20
Embedded Systems
England

Embedded Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (2.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (6.94%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.72%) Azure
2 6 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (4.17%) AWS
3 3 (4.17%) AWS IoT
3 3 (4.17%) GCP
4 2 (2.78%) GitHub
4 2 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.39%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
1 16 (22.22%) Wireless
2 6 (8.33%) MQTT
2 6 (8.33%) ZigBee
3 5 (6.94%) Bluetooth
4 2 (2.78%) LoRaWAN
5 1 (1.39%) UWB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.39%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (26.39%) Git
2 8 (11.11%) GitLab
2 8 (11.11%) Jenkins
3 6 (8.33%) GDB
4 4 (5.56%) JIRA
4 4 (5.56%) Robot Framework
5 2 (2.78%) Subversion
5 2 (2.78%) Zephyr
General
1 19 (26.39%) Automotive
2 12 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 11 (15.28%) Electronics
4 6 (8.33%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.39%) Law
Job Titles
1 26 (36.11%) Embedded Engineer
2 19 (26.39%) Lead
3 12 (16.67%) Senior
4 9 (12.50%) Embedded Linux Engineer
4 9 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 9 (12.50%) Linux Engineer
4 9 (12.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 9 (12.50%) Senior Linux Engineer
4 9 (12.50%) Software Engineer
5 6 (8.33%) Architect
5 6 (8.33%) Developer
5 6 (8.33%) Electronics Engineer
5 6 (8.33%) Software Architect
6 5 (6.94%) Design Engineer
6 5 (6.94%) Electronics Design Engineer
6 5 (6.94%) Junior
6 5 (6.94%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (5.56%) Electrical Design Engineer
7 4 (5.56%) Electrical Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) Junior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (20.83%) Yocto
2 4 (5.56%) pytest
2 4 (5.56%) Unity DI Container
3 1 (1.39%) .NET
3 1 (1.39%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.39%) CSS
3 1 (1.39%) HTML
3 1 (1.39%) React
3 1 (1.39%) REST
3 1 (1.39%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 17 (23.61%) IoT
2 16 (22.22%) Device Driver
3 7 (9.72%) ARM Cortex
4 4 (5.56%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.39%) FPGA
5 1 (1.39%) PCIe
5 1 (1.39%) Raspberry Pi
5 1 (1.39%) Verilog
5 1 (1.39%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 20 (27.78%) Linux
2 11 (15.28%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (27.78%) Software Engineering
2 18 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 15 (20.83%) Validation
4 14 (19.44%) Collaborative Culture
5 12 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (13.89%) Test Automation
7 9 (12.50%) Collaborative Engineering
7 9 (12.50%) Device Driver Development
8 8 (11.11%) BDD
8 8 (11.11%) Computer Science
8 8 (11.11%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
9 7 (9.72%) CAD
9 7 (9.72%) DevOps
10 6 (8.33%) Edge Computing
10 6 (8.33%) Schematic Capture
10 6 (8.33%) Software Delivery
11 5 (6.94%) AI
11 5 (6.94%) Risk Management
11 5 (6.94%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (30.56%) C
2 21 (29.17%) C++
3 11 (15.28%) Python
4 9 (12.50%) Embedded C
5 4 (5.56%) Bash
6 3 (4.17%) Java
7 1 (1.39%) C#
7 1 (1.39%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 15 (20.83%) Degree
2 8 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (11.11%) Master's Degree
3 5 (6.94%) HNC
3 5 (6.94%) HND
4 2 (2.78%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.78%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.39%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.72%) JTAG
2 2 (2.78%) Automotive SPICE
2 2 (2.78%) QA
System Software
1 7 (9.72%) Firmware
2 4 (5.56%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (8.33%) EMC
2 5 (6.94%) Cadence
3 4 (5.56%) NVIDIA
4 3 (4.17%) Google
5 2 (2.78%) Adobe
6 1 (1.39%) Yahoo!