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

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 430 506
Rank change year-on-year +63 +76 +5
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 210 384 265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.54% 0.52% 0.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.58% 1.58% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 92 273 122
10th Percentile £37,875 £38,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £74,625 £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 13,271 24,318 24,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.13% 33.02% 42.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,777 15,252 11,013
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £40,625
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 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £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 28 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 28 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 +51 89 £62,500 +10.62% 174
East of England +12 39 £61,250 +22.50% 160
Midlands +29 27 £44,500 -11.00% 109
North of England +2 23 £55,000 +4.76% 130
Scotland +133 18 £47,500 -26.92% 73
East Midlands +30 15 £47,500 +8.57% 46
North West -26 13 £65,000 +18.18% 55
South West +76 12 £55,000 +10.00% 96
West Midlands +41 11 £30,000 -42.86% 58
Yorkshire +46 6 £46,000 -3.16% 52
North East - 3 £61,000 - 23
Wales +48 2 £65,000 - 24
Northern Ireland +42 1 £50,000 - 19
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 (0.95%) TPMS
Applications
1 4 (1.90%) Simulink
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.43%) GitHub
2 1 (0.48%) AWS
2 1 (0.48%) AWS IoT
2 1 (0.48%) Azure
2 1 (0.48%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 65 (30.95%) Broadband
2 31 (14.76%) Wireless
3 22 (10.48%) Software-Defined Radio
4 12 (5.71%) Bluetooth
5 10 (4.76%) Modbus
5 10 (4.76%) RS-485
6 8 (3.81%) RS-232
6 8 (3.81%) TCP/IP
7 6 (2.86%) Profibus
7 6 (2.86%) ZigBee
8 3 (1.43%) Ethernet
8 3 (1.43%) MQTT
8 3 (1.43%) WAN
8 3 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.48%) FlexRay
9 1 (0.48%) HTTP
9 1 (0.48%) Internet
9 1 (0.48%) LTE
9 1 (0.48%) Network Security
9 1 (0.48%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.95%) Scylla
2 1 (0.48%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 67 (31.90%) JIRA
2 19 (9.05%) Git
3 2 (0.95%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.95%) Fiddler
3 2 (0.95%) GDB
3 2 (0.95%) GitLab
3 2 (0.95%) IDA Disassembler
4 1 (0.48%) Appium
4 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.48%) KGDB
4 1 (0.48%) Subversion
4 1 (0.48%) TestRail
General
1 45 (21.43%) Electronics
2 27 (12.86%) Social Skills
3 25 (11.90%) Finance
4 21 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 20 (9.52%) Aerospace
6 12 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.33%) Marketing
7 7 (3.33%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.38%) Automotive
9 5 (2.38%) Law
9 5 (2.38%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.90%) Agriculture
11 2 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.95%) Retail
12 1 (0.48%) Advertising
12 1 (0.48%) Military
Job Titles
1 130 (61.90%) Embedded Engineer
2 65 (30.95%) Release Engineer
2 65 (30.95%) Software Engineer
3 52 (24.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 26 (12.38%) Senior
5 18 (8.57%) Lead
6 16 (7.62%) Senior Software Engineer
7 14 (6.67%) Software Team Leader
7 14 (6.67%) Team Leader
8 12 (5.71%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 10 (4.76%) Electronics Engineer
9 10 (4.76%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 9 (4.29%) Junior
10 9 (4.29%) Junior Embedded Engineer
10 9 (4.29%) Systems Engineer
11 8 (3.81%) Design Engineer
11 8 (3.81%) Junior Software Engineer
11 8 (3.81%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
12 7 (3.33%) Electronics Design Engineer
12 7 (3.33%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (30.95%) Middleware
2 14 (6.67%) XML
3 13 (6.19%) Qt
4 3 (1.43%) .NET
5 2 (0.95%) HTML
5 2 (0.95%) HTML5
5 2 (0.95%) React
5 2 (0.95%) Redux
6 1 (0.48%) Google JAX
6 1 (0.48%) JAX
6 1 (0.48%) JSON
6 1 (0.48%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.48%) REST
6 1 (0.48%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.48%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.57%) e-Learning
2 16 (7.62%) MicroBlaze
2 16 (7.62%) RISC-V
3 11 (5.24%) Analogue Electronics
4 8 (3.81%) IoT
5 7 (3.33%) Algorithms
6 6 (2.86%) ARM Cortex
6 6 (2.86%) FPGA
7 5 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.38%) Robotics
8 4 (1.90%) EMV
9 3 (1.43%) CAN bus
9 3 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.95%) Infotainment
10 2 (0.95%) Self-Driving Car
11 1 (0.48%) Distributed Architecture
11 1 (0.48%) Lidar
11 1 (0.48%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 44 (20.95%) Linux
2 26 (12.38%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (3.33%) Android
3 7 (3.33%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.95%) Unix
5 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.48%) Debian
5 1 (0.48%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.48%) SafeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (43.33%) Software Engineering
2 86 (40.95%) Agile
3 68 (32.38%) Artificial Intelligence
4 66 (31.43%) CI/CD
5 65 (30.95%) Continuous Deployment
5 65 (30.95%) Release Automation
5 65 (30.95%) Roadmaps
5 65 (30.95%) Software Delivery
5 65 (30.95%) Strategic Thinking
6 23 (10.95%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (10.95%) Signal Processing
7 22 (10.48%) Digital Signal Processing
8 18 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (8.57%) Test Automation
8 18 (8.57%) Validation
9 16 (7.62%) Innovative Thinking
9 16 (7.62%) Software Testing
10 15 (7.14%) Customer Requirements
10 15 (7.14%) SDLC
10 15 (7.14%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 101 (48.10%) C
2 74 (35.24%) C++
3 28 (13.33%) Python
4 14 (6.67%) Ada
5 5 (2.38%) C#
6 4 (1.90%) Java
6 4 (1.90%) MATLAB
7 3 (1.43%) Embedded C++
7 3 (1.43%) Go
8 2 (0.95%) Bash
8 2 (0.95%) Embedded C
8 2 (0.95%) SQL
9 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.48%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.48%) MicroPython
9 1 (0.48%) Perl
9 1 (0.48%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 26 (12.38%) Security Cleared
2 25 (11.90%) SC Cleared
3 21 (10.00%) Degree
4 14 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.43%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.95%) CEH
7 2 (0.95%) CISM
7 2 (0.95%) CISSP
8 1 (0.48%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.48%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.86%) QA
2 3 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.95%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.95%) IEC 61508
3 2 (0.95%) JTAG
3 2 (0.95%) NIST
4 1 (0.48%) DO-178B
4 1 (0.48%) ECSS
4 1 (0.48%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.48%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.48%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 46 (21.90%) Firmware
2 37 (17.62%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.48%) Docker
Vendors
1 9 (4.29%) Xilinx
2 5 (2.38%) SAP
3 2 (0.95%) Cadence
3 2 (0.95%) EMC
4 1 (0.48%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (0.48%) Atmel
4 1 (0.48%) Google
4 1 (0.48%) HubSpot
4 1 (0.48%) Intel
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.48%) NVIDIA
4 1 (0.48%) QNX
4 1 (0.48%) Red Hat