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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 646 635 750
Rank change year-on-year -11 +115 +102
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Software Development 97 31 151
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.069% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.075% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 75 25 134
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.04% -8.80% +38.89%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £57,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +14.04% -8.80% +38.89%

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 68,493 41,477 89,117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.95% 92.48% 81.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,109 22,216 63,180
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 19 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Software Development in the UK

Embedded Software Development
Top 10 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 19 June 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 +2 96 £65,000 +14.04% 44
England -21 85 £65,000 +14.04% 45
South East +7 35 £60,000 +20.00% 15
South West - 29 £65,000 - 7
Work from Home +15 17 £62,500 +9.65% 23
East of England -16 12 £77,500 +35.96% 13
Midlands -13 9 £90,000 +60.00% 4
West Midlands - 9 £90,000 - 3
Scotland +15 8 £60,000 -
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 (1.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (6.19%) Simulink
2 3 (3.09%) CANalyzer
3 1 (1.03%) Lightworks
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.34%) Ethernet
2 4 (4.12%) Wireless
3 2 (2.06%) Modbus
4 1 (1.03%) MQTT
4 1 (1.03%) SpaceWire
Development Applications
1 22 (22.68%) Git
2 17 (17.53%) Visual Studio Code
3 16 (16.49%) GitLab
4 3 (3.09%) CANoe
4 3 (3.09%) LabVIEW
5 1 (1.03%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.03%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.03%) GoogleTest
5 1 (1.03%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.03%) JIRA
5 1 (1.03%) PetaLinux
5 1 (1.03%) Qt Creator
5 1 (1.03%) SonarQube
5 1 (1.03%) Subversion
General
1 16 (16.49%) Electronics
2 9 (9.28%) Manufacturing
2 9 (9.28%) Social Skills
3 7 (7.22%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.03%) Advertising
5 1 (1.03%) Aeronautics
5 1 (1.03%) Automotive
5 1 (1.03%) Aviation
5 1 (1.03%) Military
Job Titles
1 80 (82.47%) Software Engineer
2 44 (45.36%) Embedded Engineer
2 44 (45.36%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 40 (41.24%) Senior
3 40 (41.24%) Senior Software Engineer
4 12 (12.37%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 12 (12.37%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 6 (6.19%) Engineering Manager
6 5 (5.15%) Electronics Engineer
6 5 (5.15%) Operations Manager
7 4 (4.12%) FPGA Engineer
7 4 (4.12%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
8 3 (3.09%) Development Engineer
8 3 (3.09%) Electronics Test Engineer
8 3 (3.09%) Lead
8 3 (3.09%) Lead Electronics Engineer
8 3 (3.09%) Lead Test Engineer
8 3 (3.09%) Test Development Engineer
8 3 (3.09%) Test Engineer
9 2 (2.06%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.12%) WebSockets
2 3 (3.09%) Qt
3 1 (1.03%) Middleware
3 1 (1.03%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 20 (20.62%) Algorithms
2 18 (18.56%) Embedded Systems
3 8 (8.25%) CAN bus
4 6 (6.19%) FPGA
5 5 (5.15%) ARM Cortex
6 4 (4.12%) Management Information System
6 4 (4.12%) PCIe
6 4 (4.12%) Product Ownership
7 3 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (3.09%) Smart Home
8 1 (1.03%) IoT
8 1 (1.03%) Verilog
8 1 (1.03%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 14 (14.43%) Linux
2 4 (4.12%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (1.03%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.03%) ThreadX
3 1 (1.03%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (84.54%) Software Engineering
2 38 (39.18%) Agile
3 28 (28.87%) Computer Science
4 27 (27.84%) Software Testing
5 26 (26.80%) SDLC
6 23 (23.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (21.65%) Line Management
7 21 (21.65%) Software Architecture
8 16 (16.49%) Kanban
8 16 (16.49%) Scrum
9 13 (13.40%) CI/CD
10 9 (9.28%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (9.28%) Signal Processing
11 8 (8.25%) DevOps
11 8 (8.25%) Safety Engineering
11 8 (8.25%) Test Automation
11 8 (8.25%) Validation
12 6 (6.19%) Project Management
13 5 (5.15%) CMMI
13 5 (5.15%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (49.48%) C++
2 37 (38.14%) C
3 29 (29.90%) Python
4 21 (21.65%) C#
5 8 (8.25%) MATLAB
6 5 (5.15%) Embedded C
7 2 (2.06%) Embedded C++
7 2 (2.06%) Rust
8 1 (1.03%) Assembly Language
8 1 (1.03%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (41.24%) Degree
2 16 (16.49%) Security Cleared
3 15 (15.46%) Master's Degree
4 11 (11.34%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.12%) HND
5 4 (4.12%) PhD
6 3 (3.09%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.34%) MISRA
2 10 (10.31%) IEC 61508
2 10 (10.31%) MISRA C
3 6 (6.19%) Automotive SPICE
4 5 (5.15%) ISO 26262
4 5 (5.15%) ISO 9001
4 5 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.06%) ECSS
6 1 (1.03%) QA
System Software
1 21 (21.65%) Firmware
2 13 (13.40%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (8.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (11.34%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (4.12%) Altera
2 3 (3.09%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.03%) Google
3 1 (1.03%) Xilinx