ARM Cortex
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term ARM Cortex in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited ARM Cortex over the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 705 628 821
Rank change year-on-year -77 +193 +128
Permanent jobs citing ARM Cortex 14 10 59
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.016% 0.024% 0.062%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.056% 0.060% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 13 9 24
10th Percentile £49,000 £47,100 £46,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,500 £56,250 £63,438
90th Percentile - £60,500 £70,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,250 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +26.19% -8.70% -8.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

ARM Cortex 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 25,032 16,537 34,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.68% 39.54% 36.09%
Number of salaries quoted 12,873 9,175 22,879
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,773 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,100 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

ARM Cortex
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ARM Cortex job vacancy trend in the UK

ARM Cortex
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ARM Cortex.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ARM Cortex

ARM Cortex
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ARM Cortex over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for ARM Cortex in the UK

ARM Cortex
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ARM Cortex within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
England -73 14 £67,500 +28.57% 37
UK excluding London -83 13 £66,250 +26.19% 37
South East -36 5 £78,500 +42.73% 5
South West -44 4 £55,000 +4.76% 2
Work from Home +9 2 £56,250 - 14
Midlands -36 2 £67,500 +28.57% 15
West Midlands - 2 £67,500 - 3
London -1 1 £115,000 +64.29% 3
North of England -56 1 £65,000 +44.44% 5
North West - 1 £65,000 - 3
East of England - 1 £50,000 - 7

ARM Cortex
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 1 (7.14%) Kinematics
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) AWS
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
1 4 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Ethernet
2 2 (14.29%) Modbus
3 1 (7.14%) 2G
3 1 (7.14%) 4G
3 1 (7.14%) 5G
3 1 (7.14%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Git
2 1 (7.14%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 5 (35.71%) Electronics
2 1 (7.14%) Advertising
2 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Automotive
2 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Senior
2 6 (42.86%) Embedded Engineer
3 5 (35.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 5 (35.71%) Software Engineer
4 4 (28.57%) Security Engineer
4 4 (28.57%) Senior Security Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Design Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Electronics Design Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Electronics Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Firmware Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Hardware Design Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Hardware Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Senior Design Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Senior Firmware Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) ARM Templates
2 1 (7.14%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (28.57%) Onboarding
1 4 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (21.43%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (14.29%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (7.14%) Algorithms
4 1 (7.14%) IoT
4 1 (7.14%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (7.14%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) FreeRTOS
2 2 (14.29%) SafeRTOS
3 1 (7.14%) Linux
3 1 (7.14%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (35.71%) Embedded Software Development
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (35.71%) Software Engineering
3 4 (28.57%) Analytics
3 4 (28.57%) Client Onboarding
3 4 (28.57%) Cloud Security
3 4 (28.57%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (28.57%) ITSM
3 4 (28.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 4 (28.57%) Process Improvement
3 4 (28.57%) Security Operations
3 4 (28.57%) SIEM
3 4 (28.57%) SOAR
3 4 (28.57%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 4 (28.57%) Threat Detection
3 4 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
3 4 (28.57%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) C
1 8 (57.14%) Python
2 7 (50.00%) C++
3 4 (28.57%) Bicep
3 4 (28.57%) Kusto Query Language
3 4 (28.57%) PowerShell
4 3 (21.43%) Embedded C
4 3 (21.43%) Embedded C++
5 2 (14.29%) MATLAB
6 1 (7.14%) R
6 1 (7.14%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
1 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) IEC 61508
2 2 (14.29%) MISRA
2 2 (14.29%) MISRA C
3 1 (7.14%) DO-254
3 1 (7.14%) HAZOP
3 1 (7.14%) IEC 62304
3 1 (7.14%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) Firmware
2 3 (21.43%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Terraform
2 2 (14.29%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) CrowdStrike
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 4 (28.57%) ServiceNow
1 4 (28.57%) Splunk
2 1 (7.14%) EMC