Embedded Systems Job Trends

Embedded Systems
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 6 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 491 510
Rank change year-on-year +12 +19 +157
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 236 148 371
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.36% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.98% 0.93% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 157 100 269
10th Percentile £47,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £44,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,000 £74,125 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% - -11.93%

All Generic Skills
UK

Embedded Systems falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 24,034 15,897 33,009
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.42% 38.78% 36.34%
Number of salaries quoted 12,338 9,007 22,482
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,750 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,979 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,884 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.90% +9.77% -9.09%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Embedded Systems relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Embedded Systems job vacancy trend in the UK

Embedded Systems
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Embedded Systems.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Embedded Systems

Embedded Systems
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Systems over the 6 months to 6 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Systems within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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 +31 214 £56,500 +2.73% 303
England +15 192 £60,000 +9.09% 295
Work from Home +24 89 £56,500 -5.83% 61
South East -28 42 £65,000 +18.18% 97
East of England -5 41 £67,500 +16.38% 66
North of England -45 37 £56,500 -7.38% 43
Midlands -14 36 £55,000 +10.00% 33
West Midlands +8 30 £55,000 +47.65% 11
South West -27 24 £55,000 -6.38% 47
Scotland -31 16 £60,000 +26.32% 16
Yorkshire -42 15 £55,000 +4.76% 23
Wales -14 14 £50,000 +41.84% 10
North West -24 14 £60,000 -7.69% 11
London -6 10 £100,000 +60.00% 19
North East -23 8 £56,500 -7.38% 9
East Midlands -47 6 £55,000 - 22
Northern Ireland -36 4 - - 4

Embedded Systems
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 (0.42%) Kinematics
Applications
1 3 (1.27%) CANalyzer
2 1 (0.42%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.85%) AWS
1 2 (0.85%) AWS CodePipeline
2 1 (0.42%) Azure
2 1 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 45 (19.07%) Ethernet
2 11 (4.66%) Wireless
3 9 (3.81%) Bluetooth
4 5 (2.12%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.69%) HTTP
5 4 (1.69%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (0.85%) DNS
6 2 (0.85%) ICMP
6 2 (0.85%) MQTT
6 2 (0.85%) RFID
6 2 (0.85%) SpaceWire
6 2 (0.85%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.42%) 2G
7 1 (0.42%) 4G
7 1 (0.42%) 5G
7 1 (0.42%) LTE
7 1 (0.42%) Modbus
7 1 (0.42%) RS-232
7 1 (0.42%) RS-485
7 1 (0.42%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 10 (4.24%) Git
2 8 (3.39%) JIRA
3 6 (2.54%) Subversion
4 3 (1.27%) CANoe
4 3 (1.27%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.85%) IDA Disassembler
5 2 (0.85%) Polyspace
5 2 (0.85%) VectorCAST
5 2 (0.85%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.42%) GDB
6 1 (0.42%) Selenium
6 1 (0.42%) Zephyr
General
1 39 (16.53%) Electronics
2 22 (9.32%) Social Skills
3 19 (8.05%) Manufacturing
4 14 (5.93%) Automotive
5 10 (4.24%) Aerospace
6 9 (3.81%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.54%) Finance
8 5 (2.12%) Aviation
9 4 (1.69%) Games
10 3 (1.27%) Military
11 2 (0.85%) Advertising
11 2 (0.85%) Avionics
11 2 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.85%) Law
11 2 (0.85%) Retail
11 2 (0.85%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.85%) Wearables
12 1 (0.42%) Aeronautics
12 1 (0.42%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 101 (42.80%) Embedded Engineer
2 65 (27.54%) Software Engineer
3 46 (19.49%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 43 (18.22%) Systems Engineer
5 40 (16.95%) Senior
6 25 (10.59%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 24 (10.17%) Senior Software Engineer
8 21 (8.90%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 16 (6.78%) Lead
10 11 (4.66%) Firmware Engineer
11 10 (4.24%) Design Engineer
11 10 (4.24%) Software Manager
11 10 (4.24%) Test Engineer
12 9 (3.81%) Development Engineer
13 8 (3.39%) Lead Systems Engineer
14 7 (2.97%) Developer
14 7 (2.97%) Electronics Engineer
14 7 (2.97%) Senior Support Engineer
14 7 (2.97%) Software Support Engineer
14 7 (2.97%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.39%) .NET
2 3 (1.27%) pytest
2 3 (1.27%) Qt
3 2 (0.85%) OpenCV
3 2 (0.85%) PyTorch
3 2 (0.85%) React
3 2 (0.85%) TensorFlow
3 2 (0.85%) Yocto
4 1 (0.42%) Flash
4 1 (0.42%) HTML
4 1 (0.42%) HTML5
4 1 (0.42%) Next.js
4 1 (0.42%) Node.js
4 1 (0.42%) Playwright
4 1 (0.42%) React Native
4 1 (0.42%) Redux
4 1 (0.42%) WebSockets
4 1 (0.42%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 52 (22.03%) FPGA
2 13 (5.51%) IoT
3 11 (4.66%) CAN bus
3 11 (4.66%) Robotics
4 9 (3.81%) Algorithms
5 8 (3.39%) Acoustics
6 7 (2.97%) Raspberry Pi
7 6 (2.54%) Analogue Electronics
7 6 (2.54%) Device Driver
8 5 (2.12%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.69%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.27%) Arduino
10 3 (1.27%) ARM Cortex
10 3 (1.27%) Self-Driving Car
10 3 (1.27%) Smart Home
11 2 (0.85%) CUDA
11 2 (0.85%) Lidar
11 2 (0.85%) PCIe
11 2 (0.85%) Photography
11 2 (0.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 62 (26.27%) Linux
2 8 (3.39%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.27%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (1.27%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.85%) VxWorks
5 1 (0.42%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.42%) Unix
5 1 (0.42%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (34.32%) Software Engineering
2 25 (10.59%) Embedded Software Development
3 20 (8.47%) Agile
3 20 (8.47%) Software Testing
4 19 (8.05%) Systems Engineering
4 19 (8.05%) Test Automation
4 19 (8.05%) Validation
5 18 (7.63%) SDLC
6 14 (5.93%) Mentoring
7 13 (5.51%) DevOps
7 13 (5.51%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (5.08%) Technical Leadership
9 11 (4.66%) CI/CD
9 11 (4.66%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (4.66%) Mathematics
9 11 (4.66%) Safety Engineering
10 10 (4.24%) Computer Science
10 10 (4.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (4.24%) Physics
11 9 (3.81%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 58 (24.58%) C++
2 53 (22.46%) C
3 20 (8.47%) Python
4 11 (4.66%) Embedded C
5 7 (2.97%) C#
5 7 (2.97%) Embedded C++
6 4 (1.69%) Rust
7 3 (1.27%) Java
8 2 (0.85%) Assembly Language
8 2 (0.85%) Bash
8 2 (0.85%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.42%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.42%) PHP
9 1 (0.42%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.42%) VB
9 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.42%) VB6
Qualifications
1 23 (9.75%) Degree
2 19 (8.05%) Security Cleared
3 12 (5.08%) DV Cleared
4 10 (4.24%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.39%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.69%) PhD
7 3 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.27%) HNC
7 3 (1.27%) HND
8 1 (0.42%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.42%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.51%) IEC 61508
2 12 (5.08%) MISRA
3 11 (4.66%) MISRA C
4 6 (2.54%) QA
5 2 (0.85%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.85%) ECSS
5 2 (0.85%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.85%) JTAG
System Software
1 35 (14.83%) Firmware
2 23 (9.75%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (6.36%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (1.69%) EMC
2 3 (1.27%) Atlassian
3 2 (0.85%) Google
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.85%) NVIDIA