Embedded Systems Job Trends 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 11 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 365 416
Rank change year-on-year +17 +51 +65
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 219 125 364
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.48% 0.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.36% 1.37% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 152 88 262
10th Percentile £47,500 £36,375 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% - -11.93%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £64,688
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -15.38%

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 16,083 9,153 22,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.68% 35.33% 34.90%
Number of salaries quoted 7,788 5,198 15,002
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,325 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,446 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.59% +9.09% -15.38%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Embedded Systems job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Embedded Systems
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Embedded Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Embedded Systems

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 11 April 2026.

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 11 April 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
South East -33 45 £65,000 +18.18% 97
East of England -3 42 £67,500 +16.38% 66
North of England -46 38 £56,500 -7.38% 43
Midlands -29 36 £55,000 +4.76% 33
West Midlands +4 30 £55,000 +23.60% 11
South West -32 24 £55,000 -6.38% 47
Scotland -22 17 £60,000 +26.32% 16
Yorkshire -44 16 £55,000 +4.76% 23
North West -27 14 £60,000 -7.69% 11
Wales -18 13 £50,000 +41.84% 10
North East -23 8 £56,500 -7.38% 9
East Midlands -52 6 £55,000 - 22
Northern Ireland -40 4 - - 4
Embedded Systems
UK

Embedded Systems
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 3 (1.37%) CANalyzer
2 1 (0.46%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.46%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.91%) AWS
1 2 (0.91%) AWS CodePipeline
2 1 (0.46%) Azure
2 1 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (17.81%) Ethernet
2 10 (4.57%) Wireless
3 8 (3.65%) Bluetooth
4 4 (1.83%) HTTP
5 3 (1.37%) Software-Defined Radio
5 3 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.91%) DNS
6 2 (0.91%) ICMP
6 2 (0.91%) Modbus
6 2 (0.91%) MQTT
6 2 (0.91%) Profibus
6 2 (0.91%) RFID
6 2 (0.91%) RS-232
6 2 (0.91%) RS-485
6 2 (0.91%) SpaceWire
6 2 (0.91%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.91%) ZigBee
7 1 (0.46%) 2G
7 1 (0.46%) 4G
7 1 (0.46%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 9 (4.11%) Git
2 8 (3.65%) JIRA
3 6 (2.74%) Subversion
4 3 (1.37%) CANoe
4 3 (1.37%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.37%) Polyspace
4 3 (1.37%) VectorCAST
5 2 (0.91%) IDA Disassembler
5 2 (0.91%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.46%) Selenium
6 1 (0.46%) Zephyr
General
1 35 (15.98%) Electronics
2 21 (9.59%) Social Skills
3 19 (8.68%) Manufacturing
4 12 (5.48%) Automotive
5 9 (4.11%) Aerospace
6 8 (3.65%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.74%) Finance
8 4 (1.83%) Aviation
8 4 (1.83%) Military
9 2 (0.91%) Avionics
9 2 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.91%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.91%) Wearables
10 1 (0.46%) Advertising
10 1 (0.46%) Aeronautics
10 1 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.46%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 98 (44.75%) Embedded Engineer
2 65 (29.68%) Software Engineer
3 47 (21.46%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 41 (18.72%) Systems Engineer
5 32 (14.61%) Senior
6 22 (10.05%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 22 (10.05%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 22 (10.05%) Senior Software Engineer
7 17 (7.76%) Lead
8 10 (4.57%) Software Manager
8 10 (4.57%) Test Engineer
9 9 (4.11%) Firmware Engineer
9 9 (4.11%) Lead Systems Engineer
10 7 (3.20%) Developer
10 7 (3.20%) Development Engineer
10 7 (3.20%) Senior Support Engineer
10 7 (3.20%) Software Support Engineer
10 7 (3.20%) Support Engineer
11 6 (2.74%) Project Manager
11 6 (2.74%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.65%) .NET
2 4 (1.83%) pytest
3 3 (1.37%) Qt
4 2 (0.91%) OpenCV
4 2 (0.91%) PyTorch
4 2 (0.91%) TensorFlow
4 2 (0.91%) Yocto
5 1 (0.46%) Next.js
5 1 (0.46%) Node.js
5 1 (0.46%) Playwright
5 1 (0.46%) React
5 1 (0.46%) React Native
5 1 (0.46%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.46%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 45 (20.55%) FPGA
2 13 (5.94%) IoT
3 11 (5.02%) CAN bus
4 9 (4.11%) Acoustics
4 9 (4.11%) Robotics
5 7 (3.20%) Device Driver
6 6 (2.74%) Analogue Electronics
6 6 (2.74%) Raspberry Pi
7 5 (2.28%) Algorithms
7 5 (2.28%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.37%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.37%) Smart Home
9 2 (0.91%) Arduino
9 2 (0.91%) ARM Cortex
9 2 (0.91%) CUDA
9 2 (0.91%) Lidar
9 2 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.91%) PCIe
9 2 (0.91%) Photography
9 2 (0.91%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 55 (25.11%) Linux
2 7 (3.20%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.37%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.91%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.91%) VxWorks
5 1 (0.46%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.46%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.46%) Unix
5 1 (0.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (36.53%) Software Engineering
2 24 (10.96%) Embedded Software Development
3 20 (9.13%) Software Testing
3 20 (9.13%) Validation
4 18 (8.22%) SDLC
4 18 (8.22%) Test Automation
5 17 (7.76%) Agile
6 15 (6.85%) Systems Engineering
7 13 (5.94%) DevOps
8 12 (5.48%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (5.48%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (5.48%) Safety Engineering
8 12 (5.48%) Technical Leadership
9 11 (5.02%) CI/CD
10 10 (4.57%) Computer Science
10 10 (4.57%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (4.57%) Mentoring
11 9 (4.11%) Mathematics
11 9 (4.11%) Verification and Validation
12 8 (3.65%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 55 (25.11%) C++
2 47 (21.46%) C
3 20 (9.13%) Python
4 10 (4.57%) Embedded C
5 8 (3.65%) Embedded C++
6 7 (3.20%) C#
7 3 (1.37%) Bash
8 2 (0.91%) Java
8 2 (0.91%) MATLAB
8 2 (0.91%) Rust
8 2 (0.91%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.46%) Go
9 1 (0.46%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.46%) PHP
9 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.46%) VB
9 1 (0.46%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.46%) VB6
Qualifications
1 19 (8.68%) Degree
2 18 (8.22%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.02%) DV Cleared
4 9 (4.11%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.28%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.37%) HNC
7 3 (1.37%) HND
7 3 (1.37%) PhD
8 1 (0.46%) CEH
8 1 (0.46%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.46%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (0.46%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.39%) IEC 61508
2 12 (5.48%) MISRA
3 11 (5.02%) MISRA C
4 5 (2.28%) QA
5 3 (1.37%) Def Stans
5 3 (1.37%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.91%) ECSS
6 2 (0.91%) JTAG
System Software
1 33 (15.07%) Firmware
2 22 (10.05%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (6.85%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (1.37%) Atlassian
2 2 (0.91%) Google
2 2 (0.91%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.91%) NVIDIA
3 1 (0.46%) EMC