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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 654 645 743
Rank change year-on-year -9 +98 +75
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Software Development 108 35 136
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.071% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.079% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 77 26 127
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,125 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,188 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -12.00% +6.84%
75th Percentile £82,500 £57,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £70,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +22.73% -12.00% +8.70%

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 72,896 44,261 80,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.68% 90.09% 82.12%
Number of salaries quoted 50,426 24,863 55,989
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 17 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Software Development in the UK

Embedded Software Development
Top 13 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 17 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 0 105 £67,500 +22.73% 43
England -8 102 £67,500 +22.73% 51
South East +13 40 £60,000 +20.00% 13
South West - 32 £65,000 - 11
East of England -9 16 £75,000 +31.58% 8
Work from Home -15 15 £67,500 +18.42% 24
Midlands -23 10 £90,000 +60.00% 6
West Midlands - 10 £90,000 - 2
Wales - 3 £44,000 -
Scotland +4 2 £67,500 -
North West -13 2 - - 3
North of England -38 2 - - 7
London - 2 - - 9

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 (0.93%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (6.48%) Simulink
2 3 (2.78%) CANalyzer
2 3 (2.78%) Lightworks
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.85%) WhatsApp
2 1 (0.93%) Azure
2 1 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (0.93%) GitHub
2 1 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.11%) Ethernet
1 12 (11.11%) Wireless
2 4 (3.70%) Bluetooth
2 4 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (2.78%) MQTT
4 2 (1.85%) Modbus
4 2 (1.85%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.85%) UWB
4 2 (1.85%) ZigBee
5 1 (0.93%) SpaceWire
Development Applications
1 27 (25.00%) Git
2 17 (15.74%) GitLab
2 17 (15.74%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (2.78%) CANoe
3 3 (2.78%) LabVIEW
3 3 (2.78%) PetaLinux
4 2 (1.85%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.93%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.93%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.93%) GoogleTest
5 1 (0.93%) JIRA
5 1 (0.93%) Qt Creator
5 1 (0.93%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.93%) Subversion
General
1 20 (18.52%) Electronics
2 10 (9.26%) Social Skills
3 9 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 7 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.78%) Multimedia
5 3 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.85%) Law
7 1 (0.93%) Advertising
7 1 (0.93%) Aeronautics
7 1 (0.93%) Automotive
7 1 (0.93%) Aviation
7 1 (0.93%) Military
Job Titles
1 88 (81.48%) Software Engineer
2 52 (48.15%) Embedded Engineer
3 51 (47.22%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 42 (38.89%) Senior
5 40 (37.04%) Senior Software Engineer
6 11 (10.19%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 11 (10.19%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 8 (7.41%) Engineering Manager
8 5 (4.63%) Electronics Engineer
8 5 (4.63%) Operations Manager
9 4 (3.70%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
10 3 (2.78%) Development Engineer
10 3 (2.78%) FPGA Engineer
10 3 (2.78%) Lead
10 3 (2.78%) Principal Embedded Software Engineer
10 3 (2.78%) Principal Engineer
10 3 (2.78%) Principal Software Engineer
10 3 (2.78%) Software Engineering Manager
10 3 (2.78%) Software Manager
10 3 (2.78%) Test Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.70%) Middleware
1 4 (3.70%) WebSockets
1 4 (3.70%) Yocto
2 3 (2.78%) Qt
3 1 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.93%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 21 (19.44%) Embedded Systems
2 19 (17.59%) Algorithms
3 7 (6.48%) ARM Cortex
3 7 (6.48%) FPGA
4 6 (5.56%) IoT
5 5 (4.63%) Device Driver
5 5 (4.63%) Product Ownership
6 4 (3.70%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.78%) Media Streaming
7 3 (2.78%) PCIe
7 3 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.78%) Smart Home
7 3 (2.78%) Verilog
7 3 (2.78%) VHDL
8 2 (1.85%) CAN bus
8 2 (1.85%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 26 (24.07%) Linux
2 8 (7.41%) FreeRTOS
3 6 (5.56%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.93%) ThreadX
4 1 (0.93%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (87.96%) Software Engineering
2 44 (40.74%) Agile
3 35 (32.41%) Computer Science
4 31 (28.70%) Software Testing
5 29 (26.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (22.22%) Line Management
7 23 (21.30%) SDLC
7 23 (21.30%) Software Architecture
8 20 (18.52%) CI/CD
9 16 (14.81%) Kanban
9 16 (14.81%) Scrum
10 11 (10.19%) DevOps
10 11 (10.19%) Test Automation
11 9 (8.33%) Validation
12 8 (7.41%) Signal Processing
13 7 (6.48%) Cybersecurity
13 7 (6.48%) Mentoring
14 6 (5.56%) Integration Testing
14 6 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
14 6 (5.56%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (44.44%) C++
2 41 (37.96%) C
3 35 (32.41%) Python
4 20 (18.52%) C#
5 11 (10.19%) Rust
6 9 (8.33%) MATLAB
7 5 (4.63%) Embedded C
8 2 (1.85%) Embedded C++
9 1 (0.93%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.93%) Bash
9 1 (0.93%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 48 (44.44%) Degree
2 15 (13.89%) Master's Degree
3 14 (12.96%) Security Cleared
4 13 (12.04%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.70%) HND
6 3 (2.78%) HNC
6 3 (2.78%) PhD
7 2 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.56%) Automotive SPICE
2 5 (4.63%) ISO 26262
2 5 (4.63%) ISO 9001
2 5 (4.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.63%) MISRA
3 4 (3.70%) ECSS
3 4 (3.70%) IEC 61508
3 4 (3.70%) MISRA C
4 2 (1.85%) JTAG
4 2 (1.85%) QA
System Software
1 22 (20.37%) Firmware
2 14 (12.96%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.63%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.93%) Ansible
2 1 (0.93%) Grafana
2 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.93%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (2.78%) Altera
1 3 (2.78%) Atlassian
1 3 (2.78%) Xilinx
2 2 (1.85%) Yahoo!
3 1 (0.93%) Google