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 12 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 467 477 508
Rank change year-on-year +10 +31 +187
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 244 154 387
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.37% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.00% 0.96% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 161 106 280
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £44,438 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -13.73%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £78,775
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% - -11.86%

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 24,506 16,039 33,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.05% 39.02% 36.34%
Number of salaries quoted 12,576 9,075 22,749
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,358 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,446 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +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 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -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 12 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 12 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 +11 221 £56,500 +2.73% 303
England +5 200 £60,000 +8.11% 295
Work from Home +33 90 £60,000 -0.83% 61
South East -25 45 £65,000 +18.18% 97
East of England +4 44 £65,000 +12.07% 66
North of England -46 38 £56,500 -7.38% 43
Midlands -27 36 £55,000 +4.76% 33
West Midlands +4 30 £55,000 +23.60% 11
South West -25 24 £55,000 +10.00% 47
Scotland -21 17 £60,000 +26.32% 16
Yorkshire -43 16 £55,000 +4.76% 23
North West -29 14 £60,000 -7.69% 11
Wales -14 13 £50,000 +41.84% 10
London -23 11 £100,000 +60.00% 19
North East -27 8 £56,500 -7.38% 9
East Midlands -48 6 £55,000 - 22
Northern Ireland -40 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 (0.41%) Kinematics
Applications
1 3 (1.23%) CANalyzer
2 1 (0.41%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.41%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.82%) AWS
1 2 (0.82%) AWS CodePipeline
2 1 (0.41%) Azure
2 1 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 46 (18.85%) Ethernet
2 13 (5.33%) Wireless
3 10 (4.10%) Bluetooth
4 5 (2.05%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.64%) HTTP
6 3 (1.23%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.82%) DNS
7 2 (0.82%) ICMP
7 2 (0.82%) Modbus
7 2 (0.82%) MQTT
7 2 (0.82%) Profibus
7 2 (0.82%) RFID
7 2 (0.82%) RS-232
7 2 (0.82%) RS-485
7 2 (0.82%) SpaceWire
7 2 (0.82%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.82%) ZigBee
8 1 (0.41%) 2G
8 1 (0.41%) 4G
8 1 (0.41%) LTE
Development Applications
1 9 (3.69%) Git
2 8 (3.28%) JIRA
3 6 (2.46%) Subversion
4 3 (1.23%) CANoe
4 3 (1.23%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.23%) Polyspace
4 3 (1.23%) VectorCAST
4 3 (1.23%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.82%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.41%) GDB
6 1 (0.41%) Selenium
6 1 (0.41%) Zephyr
General
1 39 (15.98%) Electronics
2 21 (8.61%) Manufacturing
2 21 (8.61%) Social Skills
3 13 (5.33%) Automotive
4 10 (4.10%) Aerospace
5 9 (3.69%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.46%) Finance
7 4 (1.64%) Aviation
7 4 (1.64%) Games
7 4 (1.64%) Military
8 2 (0.82%) Advertising
8 2 (0.82%) Avionics
8 2 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.82%) Law
8 2 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.82%) Retail
8 2 (0.82%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.82%) Wearables
9 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 105 (43.03%) Embedded Engineer
2 70 (28.69%) Software Engineer
3 48 (19.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 45 (18.44%) Systems Engineer
5 41 (16.80%) Senior
6 26 (10.66%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 25 (10.25%) Senior Software Engineer
8 22 (9.02%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 17 (6.97%) Lead
10 10 (4.10%) Design Engineer
10 10 (4.10%) Firmware Engineer
10 10 (4.10%) Software Manager
10 10 (4.10%) Test Engineer
11 9 (3.69%) Development Engineer
11 9 (3.69%) Lead Systems Engineer
12 8 (3.28%) Developer
13 7 (2.87%) Linux Engineer
13 7 (2.87%) Principal Engineer
13 7 (2.87%) Senior Support Engineer
13 7 (2.87%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.28%) .NET
2 4 (1.64%) pytest
3 3 (1.23%) Qt
3 3 (1.23%) Yocto
4 2 (0.82%) OpenCV
4 2 (0.82%) PyTorch
4 2 (0.82%) React
4 2 (0.82%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.41%) HTML
5 1 (0.41%) HTML5
5 1 (0.41%) Next.js
5 1 (0.41%) Node.js
5 1 (0.41%) Playwright
5 1 (0.41%) React Native
5 1 (0.41%) Redux
5 1 (0.41%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.41%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 51 (20.90%) FPGA
2 13 (5.33%) IoT
3 11 (4.51%) CAN bus
3 11 (4.51%) Robotics
4 9 (3.69%) Acoustics
5 8 (3.28%) Algorithms
6 7 (2.87%) Device Driver
6 7 (2.87%) Raspberry Pi
7 6 (2.46%) Analogue Electronics
8 5 (2.05%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.64%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.23%) Arduino
10 3 (1.23%) ARM Cortex
10 3 (1.23%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.23%) Self-Driving Car
10 3 (1.23%) Smart Home
11 2 (0.82%) Lidar
11 2 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.82%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.82%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 64 (26.23%) Linux
2 9 (3.69%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (1.64%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (1.23%) Robot Operating System
5 2 (0.82%) VxWorks
5 2 (0.82%) Windows
6 1 (0.41%) ThreadX
6 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (35.25%) Software Engineering
2 24 (9.84%) Embedded Software Development
3 20 (8.20%) Software Testing
3 20 (8.20%) Validation
4 19 (7.79%) Agile
5 18 (7.38%) SDLC
5 18 (7.38%) Test Automation
6 17 (6.97%) Systems Engineering
7 14 (5.74%) Mentoring
8 13 (5.33%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (5.33%) DevOps
8 13 (5.33%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (5.33%) Technical Leadership
9 12 (4.92%) CI/CD
9 12 (4.92%) Computer Science
9 12 (4.92%) Safety Engineering
10 11 (4.51%) Mathematics
11 10 (4.10%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (4.10%) Physics
11 10 (4.10%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 62 (25.41%) C++
2 53 (21.72%) C
3 23 (9.43%) Python
4 10 (4.10%) Embedded C
5 8 (3.28%) C#
5 8 (3.28%) Embedded C++
6 5 (2.05%) Rust
7 3 (1.23%) Bash
7 3 (1.23%) Java
7 3 (1.23%) MATLAB
8 2 (0.82%) Assembly Language
8 2 (0.82%) Go
8 2 (0.82%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.41%) PHP
9 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.41%) VB
9 1 (0.41%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.41%) VB6
Qualifications
1 24 (9.84%) Degree
2 20 (8.20%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.92%) DV Cleared
4 11 (4.51%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.28%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.64%) PhD
8 3 (1.23%) HNC
8 3 (1.23%) HND
9 2 (0.82%) CEH
9 2 (0.82%) OSCP
10 1 (0.41%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.41%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.74%) IEC 61508
2 12 (4.92%) MISRA
3 11 (4.51%) MISRA C
4 5 (2.05%) QA
5 3 (1.23%) Def Stans
5 3 (1.23%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.82%) ECSS
6 2 (0.82%) JTAG
System Software
1 36 (14.75%) Firmware
2 23 (9.43%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (6.15%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (1.64%) EMC
2 3 (1.23%) Atlassian
3 2 (0.82%) Google
3 2 (0.82%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.82%) NVIDIA