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 1 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 468 495 526
Rank change year-on-year +27 +31 +146
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 264 163 393
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.39% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.04% 0.96% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 174 111 278
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 £39,298
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% - -12.00%

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 25,354 17,003 34,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.19% 40.20% 36.10%
Number of salaries quoted 13,145 9,203 23,039
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +26 240 £56,500 +2.73% 205
England +20 222 £58,750 +6.82% 215
Work from Home +24 94 £60,000 -0.83% 68
South East -4 65 £65,000 +18.18% 69
East of England +8 46 £61,500 +2.50% 37
Midlands -24 36 £55,000 +7.32% 28
North of England -46 36 £55,000 -9.84% 26
West Midlands -11 29 £55,000 +47.65% 13
South West -36 25 £55,000 +10.00% 37
Scotland -32 17 £60,000 +26.32% 10
Yorkshire -47 17 £55,000 +14.58% 9
Wales -17 12 £50,000 +41.84% 2
London -34 12 £100,000 +60.00% 19
North West -26 11 £70,000 +27.27% 10
North East -32 8 £56,500 -7.38% 7
East Midlands -48 7 £55,000 +4.76% 15
Northern Ireland -40 3 - -

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 2 (0.76%) Confluence
2 1 (0.38%) Kinematics
Applications
1 3 (1.14%) CANalyzer
1 3 (1.14%) Simulink
2 1 (0.38%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.76%) AWS
1 2 (0.76%) AWS CodePipeline
1 2 (0.76%) Google Analytics
1 2 (0.76%) MailChimp
2 1 (0.38%) Azure
2 1 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 48 (18.18%) Ethernet
2 17 (6.44%) Wireless
3 12 (4.55%) Bluetooth
4 5 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.52%) Modbus
5 4 (1.52%) Profibus
5 4 (1.52%) RS-232
5 4 (1.52%) RS-485
5 4 (1.52%) ZigBee
6 2 (0.76%) HTTP
6 2 (0.76%) MQTT
6 2 (0.76%) RFID
6 2 (0.76%) SpaceWire
7 1 (0.38%) LTE
7 1 (0.38%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.38%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 12 (4.55%) Git
2 10 (3.79%) JIRA
3 7 (2.65%) Subversion
4 4 (1.52%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.52%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (1.14%) CANoe
5 3 (1.14%) Polyspace
5 3 (1.14%) VectorCAST
5 3 (1.14%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.76%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.38%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.38%) GDB
7 1 (0.38%) GoogleTest
7 1 (0.38%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.38%) Selenium
7 1 (0.38%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 44 (16.67%) Electronics
2 26 (9.85%) Manufacturing
3 24 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 15 (5.68%) Aerospace
5 14 (5.30%) Automotive
6 11 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.65%) Finance
8 6 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.27%) Military
9 4 (1.52%) Games
9 4 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.14%) Aviation
11 2 (0.76%) Advertising
11 2 (0.76%) Avionics
11 2 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.76%) Law
11 2 (0.76%) Marketing
11 2 (0.76%) Retail
11 2 (0.76%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.76%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 109 (41.29%) Embedded Engineer
2 84 (31.82%) Software Engineer
3 54 (20.45%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 52 (19.70%) Senior
5 49 (18.56%) Systems Engineer
6 33 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
7 31 (11.74%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 27 (10.23%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 22 (8.33%) Lead
10 12 (4.55%) Lead Systems Engineer
11 11 (4.17%) Development Engineer
11 11 (4.17%) Test Engineer
12 10 (3.79%) Principal Engineer
12 10 (3.79%) Software Manager
13 9 (3.41%) Design Engineer
13 9 (3.41%) Developer
13 9 (3.41%) Firmware Engineer
14 8 (3.03%) Software Development Engineer
15 7 (2.65%) Linux Engineer
16 6 (2.27%) Embedded Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.65%) .NET
2 4 (1.52%) pytest
3 3 (1.14%) Qt
3 3 (1.14%) Yocto
4 2 (0.76%) OpenCV
4 2 (0.76%) PyTorch
4 2 (0.76%) React
4 2 (0.76%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.38%) HTML
5 1 (0.38%) HTML5
5 1 (0.38%) Next.js
5 1 (0.38%) Node.js
5 1 (0.38%) Playwright
5 1 (0.38%) React Native
5 1 (0.38%) Redux
5 1 (0.38%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.38%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 50 (18.94%) FPGA
2 16 (6.06%) Algorithms
3 13 (4.92%) Acoustics
3 13 (4.92%) IoT
4 11 (4.17%) CAN bus
4 11 (4.17%) Robotics
5 9 (3.41%) Device Driver
6 5 (1.89%) Analogue Electronics
6 5 (1.89%) Digital Media
6 5 (1.89%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.89%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.89%) Raspberry Pi
7 4 (1.52%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.14%) ARM Cortex
8 3 (1.14%) Self-Driving Car
8 3 (1.14%) Smart Home
9 2 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.76%) Lidar
9 2 (0.76%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.76%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 70 (26.52%) Linux
2 11 (4.17%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (2.65%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (1.14%) Robot Operating System
4 3 (1.14%) Windows
5 2 (0.76%) ThreadX
5 2 (0.76%) VxWorks
6 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (38.64%) Software Engineering
2 23 (8.71%) Validation
3 22 (8.33%) Embedded Software Development
4 21 (7.95%) SDLC
4 21 (7.95%) Software Testing
5 20 (7.58%) Agile
5 20 (7.58%) Test Automation
6 18 (6.82%) CI/CD
6 18 (6.82%) Computer Science
7 17 (6.44%) Systems Engineering
8 16 (6.06%) DevOps
8 16 (6.06%) Technical Leadership
9 14 (5.30%) Safety Engineering
10 13 (4.92%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (4.92%) Roadmaps
11 12 (4.55%) Mentoring
11 12 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
12 11 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
13 10 (3.79%) Software Architecture
14 9 (3.41%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 67 (25.38%) C++
2 54 (20.45%) C
3 28 (10.61%) Python
4 11 (4.17%) C#
5 10 (3.79%) Embedded C
6 9 (3.41%) Embedded C++
7 5 (1.89%) MATLAB
8 4 (1.52%) Rust
9 3 (1.14%) Bash
9 3 (1.14%) Java
10 2 (0.76%) Assembly Language
10 2 (0.76%) Go
10 2 (0.76%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.38%) PHP
11 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.38%) VB
11 1 (0.38%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.38%) VB6
Qualifications
1 28 (10.61%) Degree
2 20 (7.58%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.30%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.65%) DV Cleared
4 7 (2.65%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.52%) PhD
7 3 (1.14%) HNC
7 3 (1.14%) HND
8 2 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.76%) CEH
8 2 (0.76%) OSCP
9 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.30%) IEC 61508
2 12 (4.55%) MISRA
3 11 (4.17%) MISRA C
4 5 (1.89%) Def Stans
4 5 (1.89%) QA
5 3 (1.14%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.76%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.76%) ECSS
6 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (0.76%) JTAG
System Software
1 43 (16.29%) Firmware
2 25 (9.47%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (5.68%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (1.89%) Google
2 4 (1.52%) EMC
3 3 (1.14%) Atlassian
4 2 (0.76%) HubSpot
4 2 (0.76%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.76%) NVIDIA
4 2 (0.76%) YouTube
5 1 (0.38%) Adobe