Arduino Job Trends

Arduino
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Arduino in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Arduino over the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 666 683 716
Rank change year-on-year +17 +33 +250
Permanent jobs citing Arduino 8 15 74
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.031% 0.099%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.036% 0.081% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 25
10th Percentile £43,350 £41,400 £30,000
25th Percentile £46,500 £42,750 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% -9.09% +29.01%
75th Percentile £92,313 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £94,675 £61,000 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £71,250 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +42.50% -9.09% -8.33%

All Generic Skills
UK

Arduino 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 22,013 18,591 26,972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.23% 38.02% 36.24%
Number of salaries quoted 11,176 8,736 19,668
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £39,788
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,173
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.28% -15.12%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,979 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.73% +10.00% -9.09%

Arduino
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Arduino relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Arduino job vacancy trend in the UK

Arduino
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Arduino.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Arduino

Arduino
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Arduino over the 6 months to 19 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Arduino in the UK

Arduino
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Arduino within the UK over the 6 months to 19 February 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
England +13 8 £71,250 +42.50% 6
UK excluding London +2 7 £71,250 +42.50% 6
Work from Home +45 4 £92,500 +54.17% 2
South West -9 3 £91,000 -
East of England - 3 - - 2
South East +3 1 £51,500 -6.36% 1
London - 1 - -

Arduino
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (37.50%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) DNS
1 2 (25.00%) HTTP
1 2 (25.00%) ICMP
1 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) 2G
2 1 (12.50%) 4G
2 1 (12.50%) 5G
2 1 (12.50%) Bluetooth
2 1 (12.50%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) IDA Disassembler
2 1 (12.50%) Git
2 1 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) LabVIEW
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Aerospace
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Electronics
3 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Aeronautics
4 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (12.50%) Law
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) Data Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Development Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Product Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Products Support Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Support Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Raspberry Pi
2 4 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (37.50%) Algorithms
4 2 (25.00%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) AI
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
2 3 (37.50%) Innovative Thinking
2 3 (37.50%) Mathematical Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Mathematics
2 3 (37.50%) Physics
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Prototyping
2 3 (37.50%) Rapid Prototyping
3 2 (25.00%) Business Development
3 2 (25.00%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Reverse Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (25.00%) User Experience
3 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Research
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) C
1 6 (75.00%) Python
2 5 (62.50%) C++
3 3 (37.50%) Assembly Language
3 3 (37.50%) Java
3 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
3 3 (37.50%) MATLAB
3 3 (37.50%) Objective-C
3 3 (37.50%) Swift
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
4 1 (12.50%) PhD
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) EMC