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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 408 473 545
Rank change year-on-year +65 +72 +11
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 325 209 363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.50% 0.43% 0.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.61% 1.09% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 213 114 117
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,250 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,813 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +6.80%
75th Percentile £61,250 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £85,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -

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 20,220 19,230 34,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.98% 39.94% 43.59%
Number of salaries quoted 11,541 10,409 17,070
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,970
UK median annual salary £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +35 108 £55,000 -20.00% 20
Midlands +15 61 £57,500 -3.36% 10
East of England +5 49 £50,000 -18.37% 17
South West +14 48 £50,000 -41.18% 11
North of England +34 46 £55,000 +4.96% 6
East Midlands +8 38 £60,000 +9.09% 4
North West 0 26 £55,000 +4.76% 3
West Midlands -3 23 £55,000 -9.84% 6
Yorkshire +76 20 £47,500 +35.71% 1
Scotland -38 12 £62,500 +25.00% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2
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 (1.23%) Confluence
2 2 (0.62%) nginx
3 1 (0.31%) Kinematics
Applications
1 39 (12.00%) Simulink
2 14 (4.31%) Stateflow
3 11 (3.38%) OrCAD
4 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.31%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 8 (2.46%) AWS
2 6 (1.85%) Azure
3 5 (1.54%) GCP
4 3 (0.92%) WhatsApp
5 1 (0.31%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.31%) GitHub
5 1 (0.31%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 31 (9.54%) Wireless
2 20 (6.15%) Ethernet
3 13 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (3.69%) Bluetooth
5 8 (2.46%) FlexRay
6 6 (1.85%) Modbus
6 6 (1.85%) MQTT
6 6 (1.85%) RS-232
6 6 (1.85%) ZigBee
7 5 (1.54%) J1939
7 5 (1.54%) Software-Defined Radio
7 5 (1.54%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.92%) 5G
8 3 (0.92%) VoIP
9 2 (0.62%) 4G
9 2 (0.62%) DECT
9 2 (0.62%) Firewall
9 2 (0.62%) LoRaWAN
9 2 (0.62%) NFC
9 2 (0.62%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.85%) MySQL
1 6 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (1.23%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.62%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 45 (13.85%) Git
2 21 (6.46%) JIRA
3 19 (5.85%) LabVIEW
4 6 (1.85%) GDB
4 6 (1.85%) Subversion
5 5 (1.54%) ClearCase
5 5 (1.54%) ClearQuest
5 5 (1.54%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.54%) Plastic SCM
5 5 (1.54%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.92%) TestRail
7 2 (0.62%) GNU Toolchain
8 1 (0.31%) Appium
8 1 (0.31%) CMake
8 1 (0.31%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.31%) GoogleTest
8 1 (0.31%) Selenium
8 1 (0.31%) UI Automator
8 1 (0.31%) VectorCAST
General
1 93 (28.62%) Electronics
2 65 (20.00%) Automotive
3 48 (14.77%) Manufacturing
4 47 (14.46%) Social Skills
5 24 (7.38%) Telecoms
6 22 (6.77%) Marketing
7 17 (5.23%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (4.62%) Finance
8 15 (4.62%) Legal
9 14 (4.31%) Public Sector
10 13 (4.00%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.23%) Retail
13 3 (0.92%) Aviation
14 1 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.31%) Multimedia
14 1 (0.31%) Music Industry
14 1 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.31%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 175 (53.85%) Embedded Engineer
2 149 (45.85%) Software Engineer
3 103 (31.69%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 79 (24.31%) Senior
5 74 (22.77%) Systems Engineer
6 46 (14.15%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 32 (9.85%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 26 (8.00%) Electronics Engineer
9 23 (7.08%) Developer
10 22 (6.77%) C++ Software Engineer
10 22 (6.77%) Senior Software Engineer
11 18 (5.54%) Embedded C++ Engineer
12 17 (5.23%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
13 15 (4.62%) Senior Electronics Engineer
13 15 (4.62%) Test Engineer
14 14 (4.31%) Embedded C Engineer
15 13 (4.00%) C Software Engineer
15 13 (4.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
15 13 (4.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
15 13 (4.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.08%) Yocto
2 6 (1.85%) HTML
2 6 (1.85%) HTML5
2 6 (1.85%) Qt
2 6 (1.85%) React
2 6 (1.85%) Redux
3 5 (1.54%) FFmpeg
3 5 (1.54%) GStreamer
3 5 (1.54%) OpenEmbedded
4 4 (1.23%) Gherkin
5 3 (0.92%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 3 (0.92%) Node.js
6 2 (0.62%) .NET
6 2 (0.62%) Middleware
6 2 (0.62%) POSIX
6 2 (0.62%) PyQt
6 2 (0.62%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.62%) QML
6 2 (0.62%) scikit-learn
6 2 (0.62%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 41 (12.62%) Algorithms
2 28 (8.62%) IoT
3 21 (6.46%) FPGA
4 15 (4.62%) Analogue Electronics
5 14 (4.31%) Acoustics
6 11 (3.38%) Device Driver
7 10 (3.08%) Robotics
8 7 (2.15%) Hackathon
8 7 (2.15%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (2.15%) SCADA
8 7 (2.15%) VHDL
9 6 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.54%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.23%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.23%) PMI
11 4 (1.23%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.23%) Verilog
12 3 (0.92%) CAN bus
12 3 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 76 (23.38%) Linux
2 23 (7.08%) Embedded Linux
3 19 (5.85%) Windows
4 18 (5.54%) FreeRTOS
5 10 (3.08%) Android
6 3 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.92%) Unix
6 3 (0.92%) Windows Embedded Compact
7 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.31%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.31%) Solaris
7 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (56.31%) Software Engineering
2 48 (14.77%) Agile
3 41 (12.62%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (11.38%) Computer Science
5 33 (10.15%) Test Automation
6 30 (9.23%) Software Testing
7 25 (7.69%) Mentoring
8 23 (7.08%) Multithreading
9 18 (5.54%) Code Quality
9 18 (5.54%) TDD
10 17 (5.23%) FPGA Design
11 16 (4.92%) Collaborative Working
11 16 (4.92%) Continuous Integration
11 16 (4.92%) Schematic Capture
11 16 (4.92%) Software Architecture
12 15 (4.62%) Business Intelligence
13 14 (4.31%) Digital Marketing
13 14 (4.31%) Programme Management
13 14 (4.31%) Unit Testing
13 14 (4.31%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 160 (49.23%) C
2 132 (40.62%) C++
3 70 (21.54%) Python
4 40 (12.31%) Embedded C
5 35 (10.77%) MATLAB
6 31 (9.54%) C#
7 19 (5.85%) Java
8 12 (3.69%) Embedded C++
9 8 (2.46%) SQL
10 6 (1.85%) Rust
11 5 (1.54%) JavaScript
12 4 (1.23%) Bash
13 3 (0.92%) Assembly Language
13 3 (0.92%) Groovy
14 2 (0.62%) Ada
14 2 (0.62%) R
14 2 (0.62%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.31%) Perl
15 1 (0.31%) Tcl
15 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 100 (30.77%) Degree
2 25 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 17 (5.23%) Master's Degree
4 14 (4.31%) SC Cleared
5 12 (3.69%) PhD
6 8 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.54%) HND
8 4 (1.23%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.92%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.62%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.31%) EMC Certification
11 1 (0.31%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.08%) MISRA
2 7 (2.15%) Automotive SPICE
2 7 (2.15%) ISO 26262
3 5 (1.54%) Def Stans
3 5 (1.54%) IEC 61508
3 5 (1.54%) MISRA C
3 5 (1.54%) QA
4 3 (0.92%) AUTOSAR
4 3 (0.92%) JTAG
5 1 (0.31%) DO-178B
System Software
1 77 (23.69%) Firmware
2 41 (12.62%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (1.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (3.08%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.62%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.31%) SELinux
Vendors
1 14 (4.31%) SAP
2 10 (3.08%) Microsoft
3 8 (2.46%) Lauterbach
4 5 (1.54%) EMC
4 5 (1.54%) Google
4 5 (1.54%) IBM
5 3 (0.92%) Atmel
5 3 (0.92%) Facebook
5 3 (0.92%) Instagram
5 3 (0.92%) NVIDIA
5 3 (0.92%) Samsung
6 2 (0.62%) Freescale
6 2 (0.62%) Intel
6 2 (0.62%) Xilinx
7 1 (0.31%) F5