Embedded Systems Jobs in the UK excluding London

Embedded Systems
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 411 425 469
Rank change year-on-year +14 +44 +49
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 148 371 289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.53% 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.31% 1.54% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 107 259 130
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £70,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +18.18%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,276 24,079 26,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.62% 34.25% 42.38%
Number of salaries quoted 5,978 15,233 11,409
10th Percentile £29,250 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,733 £35,000 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £86,250
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Embedded Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London

Embedded Systems
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London

Embedded Systems
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Embedded Systems in the UK excluding London

Embedded Systems
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Systems within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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 +40 54 £65,000 +9.24% 103
Scotland +145 22 £47,500 -26.92% 30
Midlands +48 22 £51,250 +2.50% 51
North of England +46 21 £61,000 +18.45% 64
East of England +4 15 £60,000 +20.00% 89
West Midlands +25 11 £37,250 -29.05% 37
North West +4 11 £55,000 - 27
East Midlands +40 10 £52,500 +23.53% 12
South West +62 7 £50,000 -1.48% 47
Yorkshire +60 5 £48,000 +1.05% 23
Northern Ireland +38 5 £50,000 - 2
North East - 4 £61,000 - 14
Wales +48 3 £65,000 - 5
Embedded Systems
UK

Embedded Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (2.70%) Confluence
2 2 (1.35%) TPMS
Applications
1 6 (4.05%) Simulink
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.05%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 19 (12.84%) Wireless
2 17 (11.49%) Bluetooth
3 10 (6.76%) TCP/IP
4 9 (6.08%) RS-232
4 9 (6.08%) RS-485
5 8 (5.41%) Modbus
6 7 (4.73%) Profibus
6 7 (4.73%) ZigBee
7 6 (4.05%) Software-Defined Radio
7 6 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (2.03%) WAN
9 2 (1.35%) Ethernet
9 2 (1.35%) MQTT
10 1 (0.68%) FlexRay
10 1 (0.68%) HTTP
10 1 (0.68%) LTE
10 1 (0.68%) Network Security
10 1 (0.68%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.35%) Scylla
2 1 (0.68%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 18 (12.16%) Git
2 6 (4.05%) JIRA
3 5 (3.38%) Eclipse
4 4 (2.70%) GitLab
4 4 (2.70%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.35%) Fiddler
5 2 (1.35%) GDB
5 2 (1.35%) IDA Disassembler
5 2 (1.35%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.68%) Appium
6 1 (0.68%) KGDB
6 1 (0.68%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.68%) Subversion
6 1 (0.68%) TestRail
General
1 54 (36.49%) Electronics
2 27 (18.24%) Social Skills
3 22 (14.86%) Aerospace
4 21 (14.19%) Manufacturing
5 11 (7.43%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (6.76%) Automotive
6 10 (6.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (5.41%) Finance
7 8 (5.41%) Law
7 8 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (4.05%) Marketing
8 6 (4.05%) Telecoms
9 5 (3.38%) Agriculture
10 4 (2.70%) Military
10 4 (2.70%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.03%) Wearables
12 2 (1.35%) Avionics
12 2 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.68%) Advertising
13 1 (0.68%) Legal
Job Titles
1 62 (41.89%) Software Engineer
2 58 (39.19%) Embedded Engineer
3 44 (29.73%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 34 (22.97%) Senior
5 19 (12.84%) Senior Software Engineer
6 18 (12.16%) Lead
6 18 (12.16%) Systems Engineer
7 15 (10.14%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 14 (9.46%) Software Team Leader
8 14 (9.46%) Team Leader
9 13 (8.78%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 11 (7.43%) Junior
10 11 (7.43%) Junior Embedded Engineer
11 10 (6.76%) Electronics Engineer
11 10 (6.76%) Junior Software Engineer
11 10 (6.76%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
12 7 (4.73%) Developer
12 7 (4.73%) Graduate
13 6 (4.05%) C++ Software Engineer
13 6 (4.05%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.46%) Qt
1 14 (9.46%) XML
2 5 (3.38%) REST
3 4 (2.70%) GStreamer
3 4 (2.70%) RabbitMQ
3 4 (2.70%) Web Services
4 2 (1.35%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.35%) HTML
4 2 (1.35%) HTML5
4 2 (1.35%) React
4 2 (1.35%) Redux
5 1 (0.68%) Google JAX
5 1 (0.68%) JAX
5 1 (0.68%) JSON
5 1 (0.68%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.68%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.76%) Algorithms
2 9 (6.08%) IoT
3 6 (4.05%) Analogue Electronics
4 5 (3.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.38%) Robotics
5 4 (2.70%) ARM Cortex
5 4 (2.70%) CUDA
5 4 (2.70%) EMV
5 4 (2.70%) Video\Live Streaming
6 3 (2.03%) FPGA
6 3 (2.03%) GNSS
6 3 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (2.03%) Legacy Code
6 3 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.03%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.35%) Device Driver
7 2 (1.35%) e-Learning
7 2 (1.35%) Self-Driving Car
8 1 (0.68%) CAN bus
8 1 (0.68%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 31 (20.95%) Linux
2 10 (6.76%) FreeRTOS
3 6 (4.05%) Android
4 5 (3.38%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (1.35%) Unix
6 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.68%) Debian
6 1 (0.68%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (60.81%) Software Engineering
2 22 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (14.86%) Test Automation
2 22 (14.86%) Validation
3 20 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (12.16%) OO
4 18 (12.16%) Software Testing
5 17 (11.49%) Customer Requirements
6 15 (10.14%) Embedded Software Development
7 14 (9.46%) Manual Testing
7 14 (9.46%) OOD
7 14 (9.46%) Project Planning
7 14 (9.46%) Quality Management
7 14 (9.46%) Regression Testing
7 14 (9.46%) SDLC
7 14 (9.46%) SysML
7 14 (9.46%) UML
7 14 (9.46%) Verification and Validation
8 13 (8.78%) Knowledge Transfer
9 12 (8.11%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 110 (74.32%) C
2 67 (45.27%) C++
3 31 (20.95%) Python
4 14 (9.46%) Ada
5 12 (8.11%) Embedded C
6 9 (6.08%) Embedded C++
7 8 (5.41%) C#
7 8 (5.41%) MATLAB
8 6 (4.05%) Java
9 5 (3.38%) Bash
10 3 (2.03%) Rust
11 2 (1.35%) SQL
12 1 (0.68%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.68%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.68%) MicroPython
12 1 (0.68%) Perl
12 1 (0.68%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.68%) R
12 1 (0.68%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (18.24%) Degree
2 14 (9.46%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (4.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (4.73%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.38%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.03%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.35%) CEH
6 2 (1.35%) CISM
6 2 (1.35%) CISSP
6 2 (1.35%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.68%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.41%) QA
2 5 (3.38%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.70%) MISRA
4 3 (2.03%) IEC 62304
4 3 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.35%) HAZOP
5 2 (1.35%) NIST
6 1 (0.68%) ECSS
6 1 (0.68%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.68%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.68%) JTAG
6 1 (0.68%) MISRA C
System Software
1 33 (22.30%) Firmware
2 18 (12.16%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (3.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (4.73%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.03%) Ansible
2 3 (2.03%) Prometheus
2 3 (2.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (4.05%) Xilinx
2 5 (3.38%) Cadence
3 4 (2.70%) NVIDIA
3 4 (2.70%) SAP
4 1 (0.68%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (0.68%) EMC
4 1 (0.68%) HubSpot
4 1 (0.68%) Intel
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.68%) Red Hat