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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 428 472
Rank change year-on-year +53 +44 +33
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 214 371 271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.54% 0.52% 0.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.61% 1.54% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 101 260 126
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year - -10.20% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,813 £77,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £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 13,266 24,085 25,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.63% 33.95% 42.29%
Number of salaries quoted 6,113 15,187 11,130
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £40,124
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £85,000
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 16 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 16 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 +60 82 £65,000 +9.24% 90
East of England +16 42 £60,000 +20.00% 110
Midlands +37 28 £50,000 - 47
North of England +16 26 £61,000 +17.31% 51
Scotland +123 21 £47,500 -26.92% 26
East Midlands +25 14 £52,500 +23.53% 15
North West -19 14 £55,000 - 25
West Midlands +36 13 £37,250 -29.05% 31
South West +68 12 £47,500 -5.00% 44
Yorkshire +52 6 £46,000 -3.16% 17
North East - 5 £61,000 - 9
Wales +40 3 £65,000 - 7
Northern Ireland +39 1 £50,000 - 1
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 2 (0.93%) TPMS
Applications
1 6 (2.80%) Simulink
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.87%) GitHub
2 1 (0.47%) AWS
2 1 (0.47%) AWS IoT
2 1 (0.47%) Azure
2 1 (0.47%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 65 (30.37%) Broadband
2 27 (12.62%) Wireless
3 17 (7.94%) Bluetooth
4 15 (7.01%) Software-Defined Radio
5 10 (4.67%) Modbus
5 10 (4.67%) RS-485
6 9 (4.21%) RS-232
6 9 (4.21%) TCP/IP
7 7 (3.27%) Profibus
7 7 (3.27%) ZigBee
8 5 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (1.40%) Ethernet
9 3 (1.40%) MQTT
9 3 (1.40%) WAN
10 1 (0.47%) FlexRay
10 1 (0.47%) HTTP
10 1 (0.47%) LoRaWAN
10 1 (0.47%) LTE
10 1 (0.47%) Network Security
10 1 (0.47%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.93%) Scylla
2 1 (0.47%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 67 (31.31%) JIRA
2 19 (8.88%) Git
3 3 (1.40%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.93%) Fiddler
4 2 (0.93%) GDB
4 2 (0.93%) IDA Disassembler
5 1 (0.47%) Appium
5 1 (0.47%) GitLab
5 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.47%) KGDB
5 1 (0.47%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.47%) Subversion
5 1 (0.47%) TestRail
5 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 54 (25.23%) Electronics
2 29 (13.55%) Social Skills
3 23 (10.75%) Manufacturing
4 22 (10.28%) Aerospace
5 18 (8.41%) Finance
6 12 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (4.21%) Automotive
8 8 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.27%) Marketing
9 7 (3.27%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.80%) Agriculture
11 5 (2.34%) Law
11 5 (2.34%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.93%) Avionics
12 2 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.93%) Wearables
13 1 (0.47%) Advertising
13 1 (0.47%) Legal
13 1 (0.47%) Military
Job Titles
1 132 (61.68%) Embedded Engineer
2 67 (31.31%) Software Engineer
3 65 (30.37%) Release Engineer
4 52 (24.30%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 29 (13.55%) Senior
6 19 (8.88%) Senior Software Engineer
7 18 (8.41%) Lead
8 16 (7.48%) Systems Engineer
9 15 (7.01%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 14 (6.54%) Software Team Leader
10 14 (6.54%) Team Leader
11 13 (6.07%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 10 (4.67%) Electronics Engineer
12 10 (4.67%) Junior
12 10 (4.67%) Junior Embedded Engineer
13 9 (4.21%) Junior Software Engineer
13 9 (4.21%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
14 7 (3.27%) Design Engineer
14 7 (3.27%) Graduate
15 6 (2.80%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (30.37%) Middleware
2 14 (6.54%) Qt
2 14 (6.54%) XML
3 2 (0.93%) HTML
3 2 (0.93%) HTML5
3 2 (0.93%) React
3 2 (0.93%) Redux
4 1 (0.47%) .NET
4 1 (0.47%) Google JAX
4 1 (0.47%) JAX
4 1 (0.47%) JSON
4 1 (0.47%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.47%) REST
4 1 (0.47%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.14%) e-Learning
2 9 (4.21%) Analogue Electronics
2 9 (4.21%) IoT
2 9 (4.21%) MicroBlaze
2 9 (4.21%) RISC-V
3 7 (3.27%) Algorithms
4 5 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.34%) ARM Cortex
4 5 (2.34%) FPGA
4 5 (2.34%) Robotics
5 4 (1.87%) EMV
6 3 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.93%) CAN bus
7 2 (0.93%) Device Driver
7 2 (0.93%) GNSS
7 2 (0.93%) Legacy Code
7 2 (0.93%) Self-Driving Car
7 2 (0.93%) VHDL
7 2 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 38 (17.76%) Linux
2 16 (7.48%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (4.21%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (2.80%) Android
5 2 (0.93%) Unix
6 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.47%) Debian
6 1 (0.47%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (44.39%) Software Engineering
2 78 (36.45%) Agile
3 68 (31.78%) Artificial Intelligence
4 67 (31.31%) Roadmaps
5 66 (30.84%) CI/CD
6 65 (30.37%) Continuous Deployment
6 65 (30.37%) Release Automation
6 65 (30.37%) Software Delivery
6 65 (30.37%) Strategic Thinking
7 26 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (10.28%) Test Automation
9 21 (9.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (9.81%) Validation
10 18 (8.41%) Software Testing
11 17 (7.94%) Customer Requirements
12 16 (7.48%) Signal Processing
13 15 (7.01%) Digital Signal Processing
13 15 (7.01%) Embedded Software Development
13 15 (7.01%) SDLC
14 14 (6.54%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 106 (49.53%) C
2 72 (33.64%) C++
3 26 (12.15%) Python
4 14 (6.54%) Ada
5 11 (5.14%) Embedded C
6 7 (3.27%) Embedded C++
6 7 (3.27%) MATLAB
7 5 (2.34%) C#
8 3 (1.40%) Java
9 2 (0.93%) Bash
9 2 (0.93%) SQL
10 1 (0.47%) Go
10 1 (0.47%) MicroPython
10 1 (0.47%) Perl
10 1 (0.47%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.47%) R
10 1 (0.47%) Rust
10 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (10.75%) Degree
2 18 (8.41%) Security Cleared
3 16 (7.48%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.40%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.93%) CEH
7 2 (0.93%) CISM
7 2 (0.93%) CISSP
7 2 (0.93%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.47%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.74%) QA
2 3 (1.40%) Accessibility
2 3 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.40%) MISRA
3 2 (0.93%) IEC 62304
3 2 (0.93%) JTAG
3 2 (0.93%) NIST
4 1 (0.47%) ECSS
4 1 (0.47%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.47%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.47%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.47%) MISRA C
System Software
1 42 (19.63%) Firmware
2 31 (14.49%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.47%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (3.27%) Xilinx
2 5 (2.34%) SAP
3 3 (1.40%) Cadence
4 2 (0.93%) EMC
5 1 (0.47%) Allen-Bradley
5 1 (0.47%) Google
5 1 (0.47%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.47%) Intel
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.47%) NVIDIA
5 1 (0.47%) Red Hat