Embedded Systems Job Trends in Surrey

Embedded Systems
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in permanent job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 91 127
Rank change year-on-year -19 +36 -18
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 9 6 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.41% 0.54% 0.67%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.71% 1.36% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 12
10th Percentile £42,475 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,938 £40,938 £46,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £59,938 £69,688 £66,250
90th Percentile £62,225 £73,125 -
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -21.43%

All Generic Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 525 441 1,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 24.08% 39.62% 43.89%
Number of salaries quoted 385 251 597
10th Percentile £34,300 £30,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -24.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -13.04%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Embedded Systems job vacancy trend in Surrey

Embedded Systems
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Embedded Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Embedded Systems

Embedded Systems
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Systems within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 18 July 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
Leatherhead - 3 - -
Woking - 2 - - 2
Godalming -3 1 £45,000 -40.00%
Guildford -22 1 £57,500 +53.33% 1
Staines - 1 - -
Embedded Systems
South East

Embedded Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
1 3 (33.33%) Power Automate
1 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 3 (33.33%) PowerApps
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) GitHub
2 1 (11.11%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) HTTP
1 1 (11.11%) MQTT
1 1 (11.11%) NFC
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Git
2 1 (11.11%) GitLab
2 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Electronics
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Automotive
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Administrator
1 3 (33.33%) Developer
1 3 (33.33%) IT Administrator
1 3 (33.33%) IT Systems Administrator
1 3 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
1 3 (33.33%) Systems Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Release Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Software Release Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Hardware Test Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) QA Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) QA Test Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 2 (22.22%) Yocto
3 1 (11.11%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (11.11%) GStreamer
3 1 (11.11%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) IoT
2 3 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 3 (33.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 1 (11.11%) Robotics
3 1 (11.11%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Prototyping
2 3 (33.33%) API Integration
2 3 (33.33%) Data Collection
2 3 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 3 (33.33%) SEO
2 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 3 (33.33%) Web Development
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) DevOps
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
3 2 (22.22%) Validation
4 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
4 1 (11.11%) DevSecOps
4 1 (11.11%) Digital Identity
4 1 (11.11%) Edge Computing
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (11.11%) Observability
4 1 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Python
2 4 (44.44%) C++
3 3 (33.33%) C
3 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
4 1 (11.11%) Bash
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) JTAG
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Firmware
2 1 (11.11%) Docker
2 1 (11.11%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Ansible
1 1 (11.11%) Grafana
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
1 1 (11.11%) Prometheus
1 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) NVIDIA