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 26 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 451 504 517
Rank change year-on-year +53 +13 +133
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 311 162 433
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.36% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.28% 0.84% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 217 94 301
10th Percentile £45,750 £31,625 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,313 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -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 24,389 19,338 35,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.68% 42.58% 33.71%
Number of salaries quoted 15,586 9,288 23,195
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -14.98%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £98,184
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -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 26 June 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 26 June 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 +69 285 £60,000 +20.00% 134
England +71 281 £60,000 +9.09% 140
South East +7 100 £60,000 +9.09% 45
Work from Home 0 65 £61,500 +11.82% 58
East of England +35 61 £67,500 -1.82% 27
South West -29 37 £62,500 +13.64% 22
Midlands -12 35 £55,000 +29.41% 19
North of England -29 27 £53,000 -3.64% 17
West Midlands -1 26 £55,000 +83.33% 8
London -21 17 £100,000 +66.67% 17
North East - 14 £51,000 - 2
Scotland +5 11 £60,000 +26.32% 5
Wales - 11 £50,000 - 4
East Midlands -30 9 £50,000 +11.11% 11
Yorkshire -39 9 £50,000 +8.70% 4
North West -3 4 £70,000 +27.27% 12
Northern Ireland -33 3 - - 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 3 (0.96%) Confluence
2 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.64%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.32%) Kinematics
Applications
1 10 (3.22%) Simulink
2 5 (1.61%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (0.96%) CANalyzer
4 2 (0.64%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.32%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (2.25%) AWS
1 7 (2.25%) Azure
2 5 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (0.96%) Google Analytics
3 3 (0.96%) MailChimp
3 3 (0.96%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (0.64%) AWS CodePipeline
4 2 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (0.64%) Entra ID
4 2 (0.64%) GCP
4 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (0.64%) Power Automate
4 2 (0.64%) Power Platform
4 2 (0.64%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.32%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (0.32%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (0.32%) GitHub
5 1 (0.32%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (0.32%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (0.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (9.97%) Wireless
2 22 (7.07%) Bluetooth
3 14 (4.50%) ZigBee
4 13 (4.18%) RS-232
5 12 (3.86%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (3.22%) Ethernet
6 10 (3.22%) MQTT
6 10 (3.22%) RS-485
7 9 (2.89%) Modbus
7 9 (2.89%) Profibus
8 6 (1.93%) Software-Defined Radio
9 4 (1.29%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.64%) HTTP
10 2 (0.64%) RFID
11 1 (0.32%) LTE
11 1 (0.32%) SpaceWire
11 1 (0.32%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 27 (8.68%) Git
2 10 (3.22%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.25%) JIRA
4 5 (1.61%) GDB
4 5 (1.61%) GitLab
4 5 (1.61%) PetaLinux
4 5 (1.61%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (1.29%) Robot Framework
5 4 (1.29%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.96%) CANoe
6 3 (0.96%) Polyspace
6 3 (0.96%) Subversion
6 3 (0.96%) VectorCAST
7 2 (0.64%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.64%) MLflow
7 2 (0.64%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.32%) CMake
8 1 (0.32%) GoogleTest
8 1 (0.32%) Selenium
8 1 (0.32%) SonarQube
General
1 73 (23.47%) Electronics
2 47 (15.11%) Manufacturing
3 33 (10.61%) Social Skills
4 26 (8.36%) Aerospace
4 26 (8.36%) Automotive
5 9 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (2.25%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (1.93%) Aviation
7 6 (1.93%) Games
7 6 (1.93%) Military
8 5 (1.61%) Finance
9 4 (1.29%) Advertising
9 4 (1.29%) Marketing
10 3 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.96%) Wearables
11 2 (0.64%) Avionics
11 2 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.64%) Law
11 2 (0.64%) Retail
12 1 (0.32%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 161 (51.77%) Embedded Engineer
2 118 (37.94%) Software Engineer
3 73 (23.47%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 72 (23.15%) Systems Engineer
5 65 (20.90%) Senior
6 38 (12.22%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 37 (11.90%) Senior Software Engineer
8 29 (9.32%) Lead
9 27 (8.68%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 21 (6.75%) Principal Engineer
11 20 (6.43%) Firmware Engineer
12 19 (6.11%) Linux Engineer
13 17 (5.47%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
13 17 (5.47%) Embedded Linux Engineer
14 16 (5.14%) Developer
15 15 (4.82%) Lead Systems Engineer
16 11 (3.54%) Development Engineer
17 10 (3.22%) Embedded C++ Engineer
18 9 (2.89%) Embedded Developer
18 9 (2.89%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.79%) Yocto
2 10 (3.22%) .NET
3 8 (2.57%) pytest
3 8 (2.57%) TensorFlow
4 6 (1.93%) PyTorch
5 4 (1.29%) Qt
5 4 (1.29%) React
5 4 (1.29%) Unity DI Container
6 3 (0.96%) OpenCV
7 2 (0.64%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 2 (0.64%) iOS SDK
7 2 (0.64%) LangChain
7 2 (0.64%) Node.js
7 2 (0.64%) React Native
7 2 (0.64%) REST
7 2 (0.64%) WebSockets
8 1 (0.32%) GStreamer
8 1 (0.32%) HTML5
8 1 (0.32%) ONNX
8 1 (0.32%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.58%) Algorithms
2 33 (10.61%) IoT
3 26 (8.36%) FPGA
4 21 (6.75%) Device Driver
5 18 (5.79%) Robotics
6 16 (5.14%) Acoustics
7 12 (3.86%) ARM Cortex
8 11 (3.54%) Verilog
8 11 (3.54%) VHDL
9 7 (2.25%) CAN bus
9 7 (2.25%) Raspberry Pi
10 6 (1.93%) Analogue Electronics
10 6 (1.93%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.61%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.61%) Operational Technology
12 4 (1.29%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.29%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.96%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 66 (21.22%) Linux
2 37 (11.90%) Embedded Linux
3 15 (4.82%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (1.93%) Robot Operating System
4 6 (1.93%) Windows
5 4 (1.29%) Android
6 3 (0.96%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.96%) Unix
7 2 (0.64%) ThreadX
8 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.32%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (48.87%) Software Engineering
2 42 (13.50%) Validation
3 34 (10.93%) CI/CD
4 30 (9.65%) Computer Science
5 28 (9.00%) Test Automation
6 25 (8.04%) DevOps
7 24 (7.72%) Technical Leadership
8 22 (7.07%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (6.75%) Collaborative Culture
9 21 (6.75%) Roadmaps
9 21 (6.75%) SDLC
9 21 (6.75%) Software Testing
10 20 (6.43%) AI
10 20 (6.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (6.43%) Cybersecurity
11 19 (6.11%) Embedded Software Development
11 19 (6.11%) Signal Processing
12 17 (5.47%) Machine Learning
12 17 (5.47%) Mentoring
12 17 (5.47%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 107 (34.41%) C++
2 96 (30.87%) C
3 63 (20.26%) Python
4 22 (7.07%) Embedded C
5 19 (6.11%) C#
6 18 (5.79%) Embedded C++
7 14 (4.50%) MATLAB
8 9 (2.89%) Java
8 9 (2.89%) Rust
9 7 (2.25%) Bash
10 5 (1.61%) Go
10 5 (1.61%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.96%) Assembly Language
11 3 (0.96%) SystemVerilog
12 2 (0.64%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.32%) PHP
13 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.32%) VB
13 1 (0.32%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.32%) VB6
Qualifications
1 56 (18.01%) Degree
2 34 (10.93%) Security Cleared
3 28 (9.00%) SC Cleared
4 16 (5.14%) Master's Degree
5 15 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (4.50%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (2.25%) HND
8 6 (1.93%) CEH
9 5 (1.61%) OSCP
10 4 (1.29%) PhD
11 3 (0.96%) HNC
12 1 (0.32%) CISMP
12 1 (0.32%) CISSP
12 1 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.32%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.32%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.22%) IEC 61508
2 9 (2.89%) QA
3 8 (2.57%) MISRA
4 7 (2.25%) MISRA C
5 6 (1.93%) JTAG
6 5 (1.61%) Def Stans
7 4 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 4 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.96%) Automotive SPICE
8 3 (0.96%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.96%) ECSS
8 3 (0.96%) ISO 26262
9 1 (0.32%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.32%) NIST
9 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
System Software
1 86 (27.65%) Firmware
2 50 (16.08%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (2.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (2.89%) Functional Safety
2 3 (0.96%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (2.57%) EMC
2 7 (2.25%) Microsoft
3 6 (1.93%) Google
4 5 (1.61%) Xilinx
5 3 (0.96%) Atlassian
5 3 (0.96%) HubSpot
5 3 (0.96%) Intel
5 3 (0.96%) Microsemi
5 3 (0.96%) YouTube
6 2 (0.64%) Adobe
6 2 (0.64%) Motorola
6 2 (0.64%) NVIDIA
6 2 (0.64%) Oracle
6 2 (0.64%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.64%) SAP
7 1 (0.32%) Xamarin