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 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 627 595 733
Rank change year-on-year -32 +138 +171
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Software Development 92 50 144
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.13% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 75 44 125
10th Percentile £45,750 £42,500 £40,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,313 £45,000
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 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,000 £83,750 £86,500
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 66,274 38,859 81,572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.13% 92.82% 85.77%
Number of salaries quoted 40,927 22,757 59,545
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 24 April 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 24 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
UK excluding London -29 91 £65,000 +14.04% 60
England -38 77 £70,000 +22.81% 58
Work from Home +1 30 £63,750 +6.25% 29
South East -18 27 £60,000 -4.00% 24
South West - 22 £65,000 - 14
East of England -34 18 £80,000 +40.35% 7
Scotland -17 11 £60,000 -4.00% 1
West Midlands -20 5 £90,000 +50.00%
North West -33 5 £46,500 -40.00% 3
Midlands -42 5 £90,000 +50.00%
North of England -68 5 £46,500 -25.60% 11
Wales - 3 £44,000 - 2

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 (1.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (4.35%) Simulink
2 3 (3.26%) CANalyzer
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.78%) Ethernet
2 3 (3.26%) Wireless
3 2 (2.17%) Modbus
3 2 (2.17%) SpaceWire
Development Applications
1 20 (21.74%) Git
2 15 (16.30%) Visual Studio Code
3 14 (15.22%) GitLab
4 3 (3.26%) CANoe
5 1 (1.09%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.09%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.09%) GoogleTest
5 1 (1.09%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.09%) JIRA
5 1 (1.09%) Qt Creator
5 1 (1.09%) SonarQube
5 1 (1.09%) Subversion
General
1 20 (21.74%) Electronics
2 7 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (6.52%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.35%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.09%) Aeronautics
5 1 (1.09%) Aviation
5 1 (1.09%) Military
Job Titles
1 70 (76.09%) Software Engineer
2 44 (47.83%) Senior
2 44 (47.83%) Senior Software Engineer
3 37 (40.22%) Embedded Engineer
4 32 (34.78%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 14 (15.22%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 14 (15.22%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 7 (7.61%) Electronics Engineer
7 6 (6.52%) Engineering Manager
8 5 (5.43%) Operations Manager
8 5 (5.43%) Project Manager
8 5 (5.43%) Software Manager
9 4 (4.35%) FPGA Engineer
9 4 (4.35%) Software Project Manager
10 3 (3.26%) Lead
10 3 (3.26%) Lead Embedded Software Engineer
10 3 (3.26%) Lead Software Engineer
10 3 (3.26%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
11 2 (2.17%) Principal Engineer
11 2 (2.17%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.35%) Qt
2 3 (3.26%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 22 (23.91%) Embedded Systems
2 18 (19.57%) Algorithms
3 11 (11.96%) CAN bus
4 5 (5.43%) FPGA
5 4 (4.35%) ARM Cortex
5 4 (4.35%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.35%) PCIe
6 3 (3.26%) Product Ownership
6 3 (3.26%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.87%) Linux
2 3 (3.26%) FreeRTOS
3 2 (2.17%) VxWorks
4 1 (1.09%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (78.26%) Software Engineering
2 34 (36.96%) Agile
3 27 (29.35%) SDLC
4 22 (23.91%) Software Testing
5 20 (21.74%) Computer Science
6 19 (20.65%) Line Management
7 18 (19.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (17.39%) Software Architecture
9 14 (15.22%) Kanban
9 14 (15.22%) Scrum
10 11 (11.96%) CI/CD
10 11 (11.96%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (11.96%) Safety Engineering
11 9 (9.78%) Signal Processing
12 7 (7.61%) DevOps
12 7 (7.61%) Validation
13 6 (6.52%) Test Automation
14 5 (5.43%) Capacity Planning
14 5 (5.43%) Operations Management
14 5 (5.43%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 54 (58.70%) C++
2 35 (38.04%) C
3 26 (28.26%) Python
4 19 (20.65%) C#
5 9 (9.78%) Embedded C
6 6 (6.52%) Embedded C++
6 6 (6.52%) MATLAB
7 2 (2.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (32.61%) Degree
2 15 (16.30%) Security Cleared
3 11 (11.96%) Master's Degree
4 9 (9.78%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.35%) HND
5 4 (4.35%) PhD
6 3 (3.26%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.22%) MISRA
2 13 (14.13%) IEC 61508
2 13 (14.13%) MISRA C
3 5 (5.43%) Automotive SPICE
3 5 (5.43%) ISO 26262
3 5 (5.43%) ISO 9001
3 5 (5.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.17%) ECSS
System Software
1 19 (20.65%) Firmware
2 12 (13.04%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (7.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (14.13%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (5.43%) EMC
2 4 (4.35%) Altera
3 3 (3.26%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.09%) Google