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 25 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 412 512 485
Rank change year-on-year +100 -27 +69
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 478 173 313
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.35% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.54% 0.85% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 318 105 148
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,000 £42,180
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.82% +4.76% -8.70%

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 30,987 20,257 24,766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.44% 41.01% 32.21%
Number of salaries quoted 19,214 10,163 12,637
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,307
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.47% -9.52% -4.55%

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 25 September 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 25 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
UK excluding London +77 449 £61,500 +11.82% 456
England +105 435 £60,000 +9.09% 561
South East +21 152 £60,000 +9.09% 126
Work from Home -20 101 £67,500 +22.73% 172
East of England +52 80 £73,750 -1.67% 111
Midlands -1 67 £67,500 +42.11% 49
South West -26 64 £62,500 +47.06% 82
North of England -39 48 £55,000 +19.57% 46
West Midlands -10 43 £47,500 -26.92% 29
East Midlands -24 24 £67,500 +58.82% 20
Scotland +16 21 £55,000 -42.11% 31
North East -53 19 £51,000 +5.70% 12
Yorkshire -28 16 £55,000 +19.57% 11
London -36 16 £60,000 - 98
North West -23 13 £55,000 -26.67% 23
Wales -61 13 £73,750 +13.46% 11
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 10

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 5 (1.05%) Confluence
2 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.63%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (4.39%) Simulink
2 12 (2.51%) SOLIDWORKS
3 7 (1.46%) Solid Edge
4 4 (0.84%) Lightworks
5 3 (0.63%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.21%) CANalyzer
7 1 (0.21%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.21%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (2.72%) AWS
2 12 (2.51%) Azure
3 8 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (1.05%) GCP
4 5 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (0.84%) Google Analytics
5 4 (0.84%) MailChimp
5 4 (0.84%) SaaS
6 3 (0.63%) AWS IoT
6 3 (0.63%) Datadog
6 3 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.63%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.63%) GitHub
6 3 (0.63%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (0.63%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.63%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.63%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.42%) AWS CodePipeline
7 2 (0.42%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 40 (8.37%) Wireless
2 20 (4.18%) Ethernet
2 20 (4.18%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (3.35%) Bluetooth
3 16 (3.35%) ZigBee
4 14 (2.93%) RS-232
5 12 (2.51%) MQTT
5 12 (2.51%) RS-485
6 9 (1.88%) Software-Defined Radio
7 8 (1.67%) Modbus
7 8 (1.67%) Profibus
8 7 (1.46%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.63%) X.509
10 2 (0.42%) 5G
10 2 (0.42%) DHCP
10 2 (0.42%) DNS
10 2 (0.42%) LoRaWAN
10 2 (0.42%) LTE
10 2 (0.42%) UWB
10 2 (0.42%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.42%) MySQL
2 2 (0.42%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.21%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 43 (9.00%) Git
2 14 (2.93%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.88%) GitLab
3 9 (1.88%) JIRA
3 9 (1.88%) PetaLinux
4 7 (1.46%) GDB
5 6 (1.26%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.84%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.84%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.84%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.63%) Polyspace
7 3 (0.63%) Subversion
7 3 (0.63%) VectorCAST
8 2 (0.42%) MLflow
8 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.42%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.21%) CMake
9 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.21%) GoogleTest
9 1 (0.21%) Selenium
General
1 146 (30.54%) Electronics
2 89 (18.62%) Manufacturing
3 59 (12.34%) Aerospace
3 59 (12.34%) Social Skills
4 50 (10.46%) Automotive
5 19 (3.97%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (3.97%) Finance
6 12 (2.51%) Aviation
6 12 (2.51%) Military
7 8 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (1.46%) Avionics
8 7 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.26%) Advertising
10 5 (1.05%) Marketing
11 4 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.84%) Legal
12 3 (0.63%) Games
12 3 (0.63%) Multimedia
12 3 (0.63%) Police
12 3 (0.63%) Retail
Job Titles
1 210 (43.93%) Embedded Engineer
2 143 (29.92%) Software Engineer
3 92 (19.25%) Systems Engineer
4 89 (18.62%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 76 (15.90%) Senior
6 54 (11.30%) Lead
7 45 (9.41%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 38 (7.95%) Senior Software Engineer
9 37 (7.74%) Electronics Engineer
10 33 (6.90%) Principal Engineer
11 32 (6.69%) Hardware Engineer
12 27 (5.65%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 25 (5.23%) Linux Engineer
14 24 (5.02%) Embedded Linux Engineer
15 23 (4.81%) Architect
16 21 (4.39%) Design Engineer
17 19 (3.97%) Firmware Engineer
18 17 (3.56%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
19 16 (3.35%) Developer
20 13 (2.72%) Lead Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (7.11%) Yocto
2 10 (2.09%) .NET
2 10 (2.09%) React
3 8 (1.67%) pytest
4 6 (1.26%) TensorFlow
4 6 (1.26%) Terraform
5 5 (1.05%) REST
6 4 (0.84%) Middleware
6 4 (0.84%) PyTorch
6 4 (0.84%) Qt
6 4 (0.84%) Unity DI Container
7 3 (0.63%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.63%) WebSockets
8 2 (0.42%) CSS
8 2 (0.42%) HTML
8 2 (0.42%) iOS SDK
8 2 (0.42%) JWT
8 2 (0.42%) LangChain
8 2 (0.42%) Node.js
8 2 (0.42%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 51 (10.67%) IoT
2 44 (9.21%) Algorithms
2 44 (9.21%) FPGA
3 37 (7.74%) Device Driver
4 27 (5.65%) Robotics
5 26 (5.44%) Analogue Electronics
6 19 (3.97%) ARM Cortex
7 18 (3.77%) VHDL
8 17 (3.56%) Verilog
9 9 (1.88%) Acoustics
9 9 (1.88%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.67%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.46%) Life Science
12 6 (1.26%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.26%) Raspberry Pi
13 5 (1.05%) Driving Licence
13 5 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (1.05%) Mobile App
13 5 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.05%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 108 (22.59%) Linux
2 53 (11.09%) Embedded Linux
3 17 (3.56%) FreeRTOS
4 11 (2.30%) Windows
5 6 (1.26%) Android
6 5 (1.05%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.05%) Unix
7 3 (0.63%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.42%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.42%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.21%) Debian
9 1 (0.21%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (39.33%) Software Engineering
2 69 (14.44%) Validation
3 62 (12.97%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (11.72%) CI/CD
5 51 (10.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 47 (9.83%) Test Automation
7 39 (8.16%) Computer Science
8 33 (6.90%) AI
9 32 (6.69%) Collaborative Culture
9 32 (6.69%) Prototyping
10 31 (6.49%) DevOps
10 31 (6.49%) Technical Leadership
11 30 (6.28%) Signal Processing
12 28 (5.86%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
12 28 (5.86%) Software Testing
13 25 (5.23%) Software Architecture
14 24 (5.02%) Cybersecurity
15 23 (4.81%) Collaborative Engineering
15 23 (4.81%) Schematic Capture
16 22 (4.60%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 146 (30.54%) C++
2 141 (29.50%) C
3 90 (18.83%) Python
4 32 (6.69%) Embedded C
5 28 (5.86%) MATLAB
6 26 (5.44%) Rust
7 24 (5.02%) C#
7 24 (5.02%) Embedded C++
8 17 (3.56%) Java
9 14 (2.93%) Go
10 11 (2.30%) JavaScript
11 8 (1.67%) Bash
12 7 (1.46%) Ada
13 6 (1.26%) SystemVerilog
14 4 (0.84%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.63%) Ada 95
15 3 (0.63%) PowerShell
16 2 (0.42%) Assembly Language
16 2 (0.42%) SQL
17 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 84 (17.57%) Degree
2 70 (14.64%) Security Cleared
3 40 (8.37%) SC Cleared
4 27 (5.65%) DV Cleared
5 22 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (3.56%) Master's Degree
8 10 (2.09%) HND
9 9 (1.88%) CEH
10 8 (1.67%) OSCP
11 5 (1.05%) HNC
11 5 (1.05%) PhD
12 2 (0.42%) CISMP
12 2 (0.42%) CISSP
13 1 (0.21%) CISA
13 1 (0.21%) CISM
13 1 (0.21%) EMC Certification
13 1 (0.21%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.21%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.56%) QA
2 9 (1.88%) JTAG
3 6 (1.26%) Def Stans
4 5 (1.05%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.84%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.84%) ECSS
5 4 (0.84%) IEC 61508
5 4 (0.84%) ISO 26262
5 4 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 4 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 4 (0.84%) MIL-STD-1553
6 3 (0.63%) Automotive SPICE
6 3 (0.63%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.42%) MISRA
7 2 (0.42%) NIST
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.21%) NIST 800
System Software
1 117 (24.48%) Firmware
2 56 (11.72%) Embedded Firmware
3 13 (2.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.46%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.84%) Grafana
2 4 (0.84%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.63%) Functional Safety
4 2 (0.42%) Ansible
5 1 (0.21%) Consul
Vendors
1 21 (4.39%) EMC
2 12 (2.51%) Microsoft
3 11 (2.30%) Xilinx
4 9 (1.88%) Google
5 4 (0.84%) HubSpot
5 4 (0.84%) Intel
5 4 (0.84%) Microsemi
5 4 (0.84%) Motorola
5 4 (0.84%) NVIDIA
5 4 (0.84%) YouTube
6 3 (0.63%) Cadence
7 2 (0.42%) Adobe
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle
7 2 (0.42%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.42%) SAP
7 2 (0.42%) Yahoo!
8 1 (0.21%) Altera
8 1 (0.21%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.21%) Cisco
8 1 (0.21%) IBM