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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 683 659 687
Rank change year-on-year -24 +28 +57
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Software Development 126 17 106
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.034% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.039% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 93 10 86
10th Percentile £50,000 £45,550 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £45,750 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £47,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.30% -41.25% +28.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £56,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £65,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £47,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +38.30% -41.25% +34.45%

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 82,871 44,018 63,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.00% 88.61% 80.87%
Number of salaries quoted 57,674 24,857 36,941
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -3.67%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -10 121 £65,000 +38.30% 62
UK excluding London -12 120 £65,000 +38.30% 56
South West - 46 £65,000 - 12
South East -8 39 £61,250 +6.52% 18
Work from Home -21 20 £66,250 +42.47% 26
East of England -17 15 £72,500 - 15
Midlands -37 12 £70,150 +24.71% 10
West Midlands - 12 £70,150 - 1
London - 5 - - 5
North West -24 4 £30,000 -35.48% 3
North of England -43 4 £30,000 -35.48% 4
Wales - 3 £44,000 -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

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 (0.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (4.76%) Simulink
2 3 (2.38%) CANalyzer
2 3 (2.38%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.79%) Mathcad
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.79%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.59%) WhatsApp
2 1 (0.79%) Azure
2 1 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (0.79%) GitHub
2 1 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.32%) Wireless
2 9 (7.14%) Ethernet
3 4 (3.17%) Bluetooth
3 4 (3.17%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.38%) MQTT
4 3 (2.38%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.59%) Modbus
5 2 (1.59%) UWB
5 2 (1.59%) ZigBee
6 1 (0.79%) RS-422
6 1 (0.79%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 22 (17.46%) Git
2 14 (11.11%) GitLab
2 14 (11.11%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (2.38%) CANoe
3 3 (2.38%) JIRA
3 3 (2.38%) LabVIEW
3 3 (2.38%) PetaLinux
4 2 (1.59%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.79%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.79%) CMake
5 1 (0.79%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.79%) GDB
5 1 (0.79%) GoogleTest
5 1 (0.79%) SonarQube
General
1 21 (16.67%) Electronics
2 15 (11.90%) Social Skills
3 10 (7.94%) Manufacturing
4 9 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.97%) Automotive
6 3 (2.38%) Multimedia
6 3 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.59%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.59%) Law
8 1 (0.79%) Advertising
8 1 (0.79%) Military
8 1 (0.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 103 (81.75%) Software Engineer
2 71 (56.35%) Embedded Engineer
3 69 (54.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 39 (30.95%) Senior
5 36 (28.57%) Senior Software Engineer
6 9 (7.14%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 9 (7.14%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 8 (6.35%) Engineering Manager
8 6 (4.76%) Electronics Engineer
9 5 (3.97%) Operations Manager
9 5 (3.97%) Test Engineer
10 4 (3.17%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
11 3 (2.38%) Development Engineer
11 3 (2.38%) Lead
11 3 (2.38%) Principal Embedded Software Engineer
11 3 (2.38%) Principal Engineer
11 3 (2.38%) Principal Software Engineer
11 3 (2.38%) Software Engineering Manager
11 3 (2.38%) Software Manager
11 3 (2.38%) Test Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.97%) Yocto
2 4 (3.17%) Middleware
2 4 (3.17%) WebSockets
3 1 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.79%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (0.79%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 23 (18.25%) Embedded Systems
2 13 (10.32%) Algorithms
3 9 (7.14%) IoT
4 6 (4.76%) ARM Cortex
5 5 (3.97%) Device Driver
5 5 (3.97%) Product Ownership
6 4 (3.17%) FPGA
6 4 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.17%) VHDL
7 3 (2.38%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.38%) Media Streaming
7 3 (2.38%) Smart Home
7 3 (2.38%) Verilog
8 2 (1.59%) CAN bus
8 2 (1.59%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.59%) Raspberry Pi
9 1 (0.79%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (0.79%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.79%) Optoelectronics
9 1 (0.79%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 28 (22.22%) Linux
2 9 (7.14%) FreeRTOS
3 7 (5.56%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (2.38%) VxWorks
5 2 (1.59%) Windows
6 1 (0.79%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (91.27%) Software Engineering
2 43 (34.13%) Agile
3 34 (26.98%) Computer Science
4 26 (20.63%) Continuous Improvement
4 26 (20.63%) Software Testing
5 22 (17.46%) SDLC
6 21 (16.67%) CI/CD
7 20 (15.87%) Software Architecture
8 19 (15.08%) Line Management
9 13 (10.32%) Kanban
9 13 (10.32%) Scrum
9 13 (10.32%) Test Automation
10 12 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (7.14%) DevOps
11 9 (7.14%) Mentoring
11 9 (7.14%) Validation
12 7 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (5.56%) Technical Leadership
13 6 (4.76%) Collaborative Culture
13 6 (4.76%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 44 (34.92%) C++
2 43 (34.13%) C
3 31 (24.60%) Python
4 14 (11.11%) C#
5 11 (8.73%) Rust
6 9 (7.14%) Embedded C
7 8 (6.35%) MATLAB
8 4 (3.17%) Embedded C++
9 2 (1.59%) Ada
9 2 (1.59%) Bash
9 2 (1.59%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.79%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.79%) R
Qualifications
1 48 (38.10%) Degree
2 15 (11.90%) Security Cleared
3 13 (10.32%) Master's Degree
3 13 (10.32%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.38%) HNC
4 3 (2.38%) HND
5 2 (1.59%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.79%) PhD
6 1 (0.79%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.35%) Automotive SPICE
2 7 (5.56%) ISO 26262
3 5 (3.97%) ISO 9001
3 5 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.38%) ECSS
4 3 (2.38%) MISRA
4 3 (2.38%) QA
5 2 (1.59%) GDPR
5 2 (1.59%) IEC 61508
5 2 (1.59%) JTAG
5 2 (1.59%) MISRA C
System Software
1 20 (15.87%) Firmware
2 13 (10.32%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (6.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (3.97%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.79%) Ansible
2 1 (0.79%) Grafana
2 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.79%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (2.38%) Atlassian
1 3 (2.38%) Xilinx
2 2 (1.59%) Thales
2 2 (1.59%) Yahoo!
3 1 (0.79%) EMC
3 1 (0.79%) Google
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft