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 22 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 449 484 522
Rank change year-on-year +35 +38 +198
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 189 287 190
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.42% 0.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.98% 1.27% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 120 114 130
10th Percentile £39,281 £40,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £74,063 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £72,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% -3.85%

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 19,213 22,684 20,125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.05% 33.11% 38.52%
Number of salaries quoted 10,737 11,141 15,022
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £84,042
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% -

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 22 November 2025.

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 22 November 2025. 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 -5 179 £56,500 +2.73% 270
England +37 156 £55,000 -2.22% 275
Work from Home +105 84 £55,000 -8.33% 123
South East +26 47 £55,000 +10.00% 75
North of England +52 39 £56,500 +2.73% 33
Midlands +48 27 £55,000 -8.33% 26
South West +34 27 £42,500 +6.25% 49
West Midlands +54 18 £60,000 -20.00% 24
North West +39 16 £60,000 +9.09% 15
Yorkshire +24 16 £46,000 -21.70% 9
Scotland -5 13 £95,000 +72.73% 27
East of England -25 13 £80,000 +28.00% 67
Wales +7 10 £65,000 +84.40% 3
East Midlands +13 9 £24,000 -60.00% 2
North East +22 7 £56,500 - 9
Northern Ireland +2 3 - - 1
London +59 1 - - 32

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 (1.06%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.12%) Simulink
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.53%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.53%) Doxygen
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.53%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.59%) AWS
2 2 (1.06%) Azure
2 2 (1.06%) GCP
3 1 (0.53%) AWS IoT
3 1 (0.53%) GitHub
3 1 (0.53%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 34 (17.99%) Ethernet
2 26 (13.76%) Software-Defined Radio
2 26 (13.76%) Wireless
3 9 (4.76%) Bluetooth
3 9 (4.76%) RS-485
4 8 (4.23%) Modbus
5 4 (2.12%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.59%) UWB
7 2 (1.06%) DNS
7 2 (1.06%) HTTP
7 2 (1.06%) ICMP
7 2 (1.06%) Internet
7 2 (1.06%) RS-232
7 2 (1.06%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.53%) 2G
8 1 (0.53%) 4G
8 1 (0.53%) MQTT
8 1 (0.53%) SpaceWire
8 1 (0.53%) Wideband
8 1 (0.53%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.53%) DynamoDB
1 1 (0.53%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (6.88%) Git
2 9 (4.76%) JIRA
3 2 (1.06%) IDA Disassembler
3 2 (1.06%) KGDB
3 2 (1.06%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.53%) CANoe
4 1 (0.53%) GitLab
4 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.53%) Selenium
4 1 (0.53%) WebDriver
General
1 67 (35.45%) Electronics
2 41 (21.69%) Social Skills
3 34 (17.99%) Finance
4 25 (13.23%) Automotive
5 12 (6.35%) Aerospace
5 12 (6.35%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.65%) Aviation
7 4 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.12%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.12%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.59%) Marketing
9 2 (1.06%) Agriculture
9 2 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Retail
Job Titles
1 71 (37.57%) Embedded Engineer
2 61 (32.28%) Software Engineer
3 48 (25.40%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 22 (11.64%) Firmware Engineer
5 17 (8.99%) Senior
6 16 (8.47%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 11 (5.82%) Systems Engineer
8 10 (5.29%) Electronics Engineer
9 8 (4.23%) Design Engineer
9 8 (4.23%) Software Manager
10 6 (3.17%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 5 (2.65%) Developer
11 5 (2.65%) Product Manager
11 5 (2.65%) Products Support Manager
11 5 (2.65%) Project Manager
11 5 (2.65%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 5 (2.65%) Senior Software Engineer
11 5 (2.65%) Support Manager
11 5 (2.65%) Technical Director
12 4 (2.12%) FPGA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.29%) Flash
2 7 (3.70%) Qt
3 4 (2.12%) .NET
4 3 (1.59%) Yocto
5 1 (0.53%) Django
5 1 (0.53%) Flask
5 1 (0.53%) HTML
5 1 (0.53%) Middleware
5 1 (0.53%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.53%) REST
5 1 (0.53%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 42 (22.22%) FPGA
2 23 (12.17%) e-Learning
2 23 (12.17%) RISC-V
3 21 (11.11%) MicroBlaze
4 11 (5.82%) Analogue Electronics
5 10 (5.29%) IoT
6 9 (4.76%) Raspberry Pi
7 8 (4.23%) CAN bus
8 7 (3.70%) Algorithms
8 7 (3.70%) Arduino
9 5 (2.65%) ARM Cortex
10 4 (2.12%) Digital Media
10 4 (2.12%) Verilog
10 4 (2.12%) VHDL
11 3 (1.59%) Device Driver
11 3 (1.59%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
13 1 (0.53%) Acoustics
Operating Systems
1 79 (41.80%) Linux
2 32 (16.93%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (2.12%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.53%) Android
4 1 (0.53%) SafeRTOS
4 1 (0.53%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (38.62%) Software Engineering
2 34 (17.99%) Agile
2 34 (17.99%) Signal Processing
3 26 (13.76%) Digital Signal Processing
4 22 (11.64%) Innovative Thinking
5 20 (10.58%) Mentoring
6 18 (9.52%) Collaborative Culture
7 17 (8.99%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (8.99%) Software Testing
8 16 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (7.41%) Business Development
10 11 (5.82%) Embedded Software Development
10 11 (5.82%) Mathematics
10 11 (5.82%) Test Automation
10 11 (5.82%) Validation
11 10 (5.29%) CI/CD
11 10 (5.29%) Systems Engineering
12 9 (4.76%) Physics
12 9 (4.76%) Project Management
13 8 (4.23%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 84 (44.44%) C
2 74 (39.15%) C++
3 20 (10.58%) Python
4 15 (7.94%) Embedded C
5 6 (3.17%) C#
6 5 (2.65%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.65%) Rust
7 4 (2.12%) Embedded C++
8 3 (1.59%) Java
8 3 (1.59%) SystemVerilog
9 1 (0.53%) Bash
9 1 (0.53%) Go
9 1 (0.53%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.53%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (22.75%) Security Cleared
2 34 (17.99%) SC Cleared
3 30 (15.87%) Degree
4 16 (8.47%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.70%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.59%) HND
7 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.53%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.65%) QA
2 4 (2.12%) AUTOSAR
3 3 (1.59%) Automotive SPICE
3 3 (1.59%) IEC 62304
3 3 (1.59%) JTAG
4 2 (1.06%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.53%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.53%) ECSS
5 1 (0.53%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.53%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.53%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.53%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 69 (36.51%) Firmware
2 55 (29.10%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.59%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.53%) systemd
2 1 (0.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (2.65%) SAP
2 4 (2.12%) EMC
2 4 (2.12%) Xilinx
3 3 (1.59%) Intel
3 3 (1.59%) Microsemi
4 2 (1.06%) Atmel
4 2 (1.06%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.06%) NVIDIA
5 1 (0.53%) Altera
5 1 (0.53%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.53%) Google
5 1 (0.53%) QNX
5 1 (0.53%) YouTube