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 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 646 638 755
Rank change year-on-year -8 +117 +92
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Software Development 104 33 147
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.070% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.077% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 76 26 132
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,125 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -10.20% +22.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £57,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,125 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +26.32%

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 71,140 43,093 86,602
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.59% 91.19% 82.11%
Number of salaries quoted 49,140 23,729 61,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,688 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.38% - -9.09%

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 3 July 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 3 July 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
UK excluding London +8 103 £65,000 +18.18% 61
England +4 95 £65,000 +18.18% 69
South East +9 38 £60,000 +20.00% 16
South West - 31 £65,000 - 9
Work from Home +8 17 £65,000 +14.04% 31
East of England -6 16 £77,500 +35.96% 19
Midlands -16 9 £90,000 +60.00% 7
West Midlands - 9 £90,000 - 2
Scotland +16 5 £60,000 - 1
Wales - 3 £44,000 -
North West -16 1 - - 3
North of England -45 1 - - 11

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 (0.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (7.69%) Simulink
2 3 (2.88%) CANalyzer
2 3 (2.88%) Lightworks
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.96%) Azure
1 1 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (0.96%) GitHub
1 1 (0.96%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 13 (12.50%) Ethernet
2 7 (6.73%) Wireless
3 3 (2.88%) MQTT
4 2 (1.92%) Modbus
5 1 (0.96%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.96%) SpaceWire
5 1 (0.96%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.96%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 25 (24.04%) Git
2 17 (16.35%) GitLab
2 17 (16.35%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (2.88%) CANoe
3 3 (2.88%) LabVIEW
3 3 (2.88%) PetaLinux
4 2 (1.92%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.96%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.96%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.96%) GoogleTest
5 1 (0.96%) JIRA
5 1 (0.96%) Qt Creator
5 1 (0.96%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.96%) Subversion
General
1 20 (19.23%) Electronics
2 10 (9.62%) Social Skills
3 9 (8.65%) Manufacturing
4 7 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.96%) Advertising
6 1 (0.96%) Aeronautics
6 1 (0.96%) Automotive
6 1 (0.96%) Aviation
6 1 (0.96%) Military
6 1 (0.96%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 86 (82.69%) Software Engineer
2 51 (49.04%) Embedded Engineer
3 50 (48.08%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 40 (38.46%) Senior
4 40 (38.46%) Senior Software Engineer
5 12 (11.54%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 12 (11.54%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 6 (5.77%) Engineering Manager
7 5 (4.81%) Electronics Engineer
7 5 (4.81%) Operations Manager
8 4 (3.85%) FPGA Engineer
8 4 (3.85%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
9 3 (2.88%) Development Engineer
9 3 (2.88%) Electronics Test Engineer
9 3 (2.88%) Lead
9 3 (2.88%) Lead Electronics Engineer
9 3 (2.88%) Lead Test Engineer
9 3 (2.88%) Test Development Engineer
9 3 (2.88%) Test Engineer
10 2 (1.92%) Principal Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.85%) WebSockets
1 4 (3.85%) Yocto
2 3 (2.88%) Qt
3 2 (1.92%) Middleware
4 1 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.96%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 20 (19.23%) Algorithms
1 20 (19.23%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (7.69%) FPGA
3 5 (4.81%) ARM Cortex
3 5 (4.81%) CAN bus
3 5 (4.81%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.85%) IoT
4 4 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.85%) PCIe
5 3 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.88%) Smart Home
5 3 (2.88%) Verilog
5 3 (2.88%) VHDL
6 1 (0.96%) Device Driver
6 1 (0.96%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 21 (20.19%) Linux
2 7 (6.73%) FreeRTOS
3 5 (4.81%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.96%) ThreadX
4 1 (0.96%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (85.58%) Software Engineering
2 40 (38.46%) Agile
3 32 (30.77%) Computer Science
4 29 (27.88%) Software Testing
5 25 (24.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (23.08%) SDLC
7 23 (22.12%) Line Management
8 22 (21.15%) Software Architecture
9 17 (16.35%) CI/CD
10 16 (15.38%) Kanban
10 16 (15.38%) Scrum
11 11 (10.58%) Test Automation
12 10 (9.62%) DevOps
13 9 (8.65%) Signal Processing
13 9 (8.65%) Validation
14 7 (6.73%) Cybersecurity
15 6 (5.77%) Integration Testing
15 6 (5.77%) Problem-Solving
15 6 (5.77%) Project Management
16 5 (4.81%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (47.12%) C++
2 40 (38.46%) C
3 33 (31.73%) Python
4 21 (20.19%) C#
5 10 (9.62%) MATLAB
6 7 (6.73%) Rust
7 5 (4.81%) Embedded C
8 2 (1.92%) Embedded C++
9 1 (0.96%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.96%) Bash
9 1 (0.96%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 44 (42.31%) Degree
2 15 (14.42%) Master's Degree
3 14 (13.46%) Security Cleared
4 11 (10.58%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.85%) HND
5 4 (3.85%) PhD
6 3 (2.88%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.69%) MISRA
2 7 (6.73%) IEC 61508
2 7 (6.73%) MISRA C
3 6 (5.77%) Automotive SPICE
4 5 (4.81%) ISO 26262
4 5 (4.81%) ISO 9001
4 5 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (3.85%) ECSS
6 2 (1.92%) QA
System Software
1 23 (22.12%) Firmware
2 14 (13.46%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (8.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (7.69%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.96%) Ansible
2 1 (0.96%) Grafana
2 1 (0.96%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.96%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (3.85%) Altera
2 3 (2.88%) Atlassian
2 3 (2.88%) Xilinx
3 1 (0.96%) Google