Embedded Software Development Job Trends

Embedded Software Development
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Embedded Software Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 681 650 699
Rank change year-on-year -31 +49 +44
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Software Development 121 28 113
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.056% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.063% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 86 18 99
10th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £49,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £48,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -30.36% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £57,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £65,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £48,750 £70,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -30.36% +16.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Embedded Software Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 79,979 44,380 67,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.09% 88.78% 80.65%
Number of salaries quoted 55,459 25,207 42,110
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,055
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.10% -8.99%

Embedded Software Development
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Embedded Software Development job vacancy trend in the UK

Embedded Software Development
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Embedded Software Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Embedded Software Development

Embedded Software Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Software Development over the 6 months to 28 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Software Development in the UK

Embedded Software Development
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Software Development within the UK over the 6 months to 28 August 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 0 117 £65,000 +33.33% 74
UK excluding London -5 115 £65,000 +33.33% 71
South West - 43 £65,000 - 14
South East -9 39 £61,250 +6.52% 16
Work from Home -22 18 £66,250 +42.47% 30
East of England -17 14 £75,000 +50.00% 18
Midlands -21 12 £70,150 +24.71% 12
West Midlands - 12 £70,150 - 4
London - 5 - - 7
North West -26 4 £30,000 -35.48% 7
North of England -54 4 £30,000 -35.48% 11
Wales - 3 £44,000 -

Embedded Software Development
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 (0.83%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (4.96%) Simulink
2 3 (2.48%) CANalyzer
2 3 (2.48%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.83%) Mathcad
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.83%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.65%) WhatsApp
2 1 (0.83%) Azure
2 1 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (0.83%) GitHub
2 1 (0.83%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.74%) Wireless
2 9 (7.44%) Ethernet
3 4 (3.31%) Bluetooth
3 4 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.48%) MQTT
4 3 (2.48%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.65%) Modbus
5 2 (1.65%) UWB
5 2 (1.65%) ZigBee
6 1 (0.83%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 22 (18.18%) Git
2 14 (11.57%) GitLab
2 14 (11.57%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (2.48%) CANoe
3 3 (2.48%) JIRA
3 3 (2.48%) LabVIEW
3 3 (2.48%) PetaLinux
4 2 (1.65%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.83%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.83%) CMake
5 1 (0.83%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.83%) GDB
5 1 (0.83%) GoogleTest
5 1 (0.83%) SonarQube
General
1 18 (14.88%) Electronics
2 13 (10.74%) Social Skills
3 10 (8.26%) Manufacturing
4 9 (7.44%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.13%) Automotive
6 3 (2.48%) Multimedia
6 3 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.65%) Law
8 1 (0.83%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 100 (82.64%) Software Engineer
2 64 (52.89%) Embedded Engineer
3 63 (52.07%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 41 (33.88%) Senior
5 39 (32.23%) Senior Software Engineer
6 9 (7.44%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 9 (7.44%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 8 (6.61%) Engineering Manager
8 5 (4.13%) Electronics Engineer
8 5 (4.13%) Operations Manager
8 5 (4.13%) Test Engineer
9 4 (3.31%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
10 3 (2.48%) Development Engineer
10 3 (2.48%) Electronics Test Engineer
10 3 (2.48%) Lead Electronics Engineer
10 3 (2.48%) Lead Test Engineer
10 3 (2.48%) Principal Embedded Software Engineer
10 3 (2.48%) Principal Engineer
10 3 (2.48%) Software Engineering Manager
10 3 (2.48%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.13%) Yocto
2 4 (3.31%) Middleware
2 4 (3.31%) WebSockets
3 1 (0.83%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.83%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (0.83%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.18%) Embedded Systems
2 13 (10.74%) Algorithms
3 9 (7.44%) IoT
4 6 (4.96%) ARM Cortex
5 5 (4.13%) Device Driver
5 5 (4.13%) Product Ownership
6 4 (3.31%) FPGA
6 4 (3.31%) VHDL
7 3 (2.48%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.48%) Media Streaming
7 3 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.48%) Smart Home
7 3 (2.48%) Verilog
8 2 (1.65%) CAN bus
8 2 (1.65%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.65%) Raspberry Pi
9 1 (0.83%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (0.83%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.83%) Optoelectronics
Operating Systems
1 27 (22.31%) Linux
2 8 (6.61%) FreeRTOS
3 7 (5.79%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (1.65%) VxWorks
4 2 (1.65%) Windows
5 1 (0.83%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (91.74%) Software Engineering
2 45 (37.19%) Agile
3 33 (27.27%) Computer Science
4 27 (22.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 26 (21.49%) Software Testing
6 21 (17.36%) SDLC
7 20 (16.53%) CI/CD
7 20 (16.53%) Line Management
7 20 (16.53%) Software Architecture
8 13 (10.74%) Kanban
8 13 (10.74%) Scrum
8 13 (10.74%) Test Automation
9 11 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (7.44%) DevOps
10 9 (7.44%) Mentoring
10 9 (7.44%) Validation
11 7 (5.79%) Cybersecurity
12 6 (4.96%) Integration Testing
12 6 (4.96%) Multithreading
12 6 (4.96%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (34.71%) C++
2 40 (33.06%) C
3 31 (25.62%) Python
4 14 (11.57%) C#
5 11 (9.09%) Rust
6 8 (6.61%) Embedded C
6 8 (6.61%) MATLAB
7 4 (3.31%) Embedded C++
8 2 (1.65%) Ada
8 2 (1.65%) Bash
8 2 (1.65%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.83%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 46 (38.02%) Degree
2 13 (10.74%) Security Cleared
3 12 (9.92%) Master's Degree
4 11 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.48%) HNC
5 3 (2.48%) HND
6 2 (1.65%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.61%) Automotive SPICE
2 7 (5.79%) ISO 26262
3 5 (4.13%) ISO 9001
3 5 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.48%) ECSS
4 3 (2.48%) QA
5 2 (1.65%) GDPR
5 2 (1.65%) IEC 61508
5 2 (1.65%) JTAG
5 2 (1.65%) MISRA
5 2 (1.65%) MISRA C
System Software
1 20 (16.53%) Firmware
2 13 (10.74%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (6.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.13%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.83%) Ansible
2 1 (0.83%) Grafana
2 1 (0.83%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.83%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (2.48%) Atlassian
1 3 (2.48%) Xilinx
2 2 (1.65%) Yahoo!
3 1 (0.83%) EMC
3 1 (0.83%) Google
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft