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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 500 550
Rank change year-on-year -11 +50 +254
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 169 318 215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.41% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.84% 1.27% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 99 160 136
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £104,750 £66,600 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.77% -9.57% -

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 20,227 25,063 24,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 40.98% 32.19% 40.95%
Number of salaries quoted 10,155 13,055 17,979
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,925 £43,116 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £103,750 £108,750 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +4.76%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Embedded Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Systems 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 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Top 16 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 17 September 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 -43 147 £55,000 +5.77% 184
England -23 142 £55,000 +4.76% 167
Work from Home +103 76 £55,000 -8.33% 72
South East +37 68 £55,000 +10.00% 47
Midlands +15 25 £47,500 -20.83% 19
North of England +16 20 £46,000 -16.36% 33
East Midlands +11 16 £42,500 -29.17% 2
Scotland +54 13 £95,000 +74.31% 12
South West +44 13 £42,500 -15.00% 26
Yorkshire +11 9 £46,000 -3.16% 6
West Midlands +32 8 £65,000 +2.77% 17
North West -1 8 £75,000 +36.36% 26
East of England -51 6 £75,000 +42.86% 33
Wales +9 3 £67,500 - 10
London +67 2 - - 12
North East +18 2 £48,250 - 1

Embedded Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.18%) Confluence
1 2 (1.18%) TPMS
Applications
1 4 (2.37%) Simulink
2 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.59%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.59%) Doxygen
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.37%) AWS
2 3 (1.78%) Azure
2 3 (1.78%) GCP
3 2 (1.18%) AWS IoT
3 2 (1.18%) GitHub
4 1 (0.59%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 48 (28.40%) Wireless
2 39 (23.08%) Software-Defined Radio
3 14 (8.28%) Bluetooth
4 11 (6.51%) Modbus
5 10 (5.92%) RS-485
6 8 (4.73%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (2.96%) WAN
8 4 (2.37%) Ethernet
8 4 (2.37%) MQTT
9 3 (1.78%) Internet
9 3 (1.78%) UWB
10 2 (1.18%) Broadband
10 2 (1.18%) LoRaWAN
11 1 (0.59%) RS-232
11 1 (0.59%) SpaceWire
11 1 (0.59%) Wideband
11 1 (0.59%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.59%) Big Data
1 1 (0.59%) DynamoDB
1 1 (0.59%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (11.24%) Git
2 12 (7.10%) JIRA
3 6 (3.55%) KGDB
4 2 (1.18%) GitLab
5 1 (0.59%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.59%) CANoe
5 1 (0.59%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.59%) Selenium
5 1 (0.59%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.59%) Zephyr
General
1 56 (33.14%) Electronics
2 50 (29.59%) Finance
3 35 (20.71%) Social Skills
4 17 (10.06%) Aerospace
5 16 (9.47%) Automotive
5 16 (9.47%) Manufacturing
6 9 (5.33%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (4.14%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.55%) Marketing
8 6 (3.55%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.37%) Agriculture
10 3 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.18%) Retail
12 1 (0.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 76 (44.97%) Embedded Engineer
2 65 (38.46%) Software Engineer
3 58 (34.32%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 20 (11.83%) Senior
5 18 (10.65%) Firmware Engineer
6 14 (8.28%) Electronics Engineer
6 14 (8.28%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 12 (7.10%) Design Engineer
8 8 (4.73%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 8 (4.73%) Lead
9 7 (4.14%) Systems Engineer
10 6 (3.55%) FPGA Engineer
11 5 (2.96%) Developer
11 5 (2.96%) Product Manager
11 5 (2.96%) Products Support Manager
11 5 (2.96%) Support Manager
11 5 (2.96%) Technical Director
12 4 (2.37%) Hardware Design Engineer
12 4 (2.37%) Hardware Engineer
12 4 (2.37%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.69%) Qt
2 6 (3.55%) Flash
3 4 (2.37%) Yocto
4 3 (1.78%) .NET
4 3 (1.78%) Middleware
4 3 (1.78%) PyTorch
4 3 (1.78%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.59%) Django
5 1 (0.59%) Flask
5 1 (0.59%) Google JAX
5 1 (0.59%) HTML
5 1 (0.59%) JAX
5 1 (0.59%) REST
5 1 (0.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (23.67%) e-Learning
1 40 (23.67%) RISC-V
2 38 (22.49%) MicroBlaze
3 16 (9.47%) Analogue Electronics
4 13 (7.69%) IoT
5 11 (6.51%) ARM Cortex
5 11 (6.51%) FPGA
6 10 (5.92%) CAN bus
7 8 (4.73%) Algorithms
8 7 (4.14%) Raspberry Pi
9 5 (2.96%) Arduino
9 5 (2.96%) Robotics
9 5 (2.96%) Verilog
9 5 (2.96%) VHDL
10 4 (2.37%) Device Driver
11 3 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (1.18%) Driving Licence
12 2 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
13 1 (0.59%) Augmented Reality
13 1 (0.59%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 76 (44.97%) Linux
2 55 (32.54%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.78%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.18%) Android
5 1 (0.59%) Debian
5 1 (0.59%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.59%) SafeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (49.70%) Software Engineering
2 49 (28.99%) Agile
2 49 (28.99%) Signal Processing
3 40 (23.67%) Digital Signal Processing
4 39 (23.08%) Innovative Thinking
5 25 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (10.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (10.65%) Software Testing
7 17 (10.06%) Collaborative Culture
8 14 (8.28%) Mentoring
8 14 (8.28%) Validation
9 12 (7.10%) Business Development
9 12 (7.10%) Test Automation
10 11 (6.51%) Artificial Intelligence
10 11 (6.51%) Computer Science
11 10 (5.92%) Roadmaps
12 9 (5.33%) Customer Engagement
12 9 (5.33%) Project Management
13 8 (4.73%) Mathematics
13 8 (4.73%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 103 (60.95%) C
2 91 (53.85%) C++
3 32 (18.93%) Python
4 9 (5.33%) Embedded C
5 6 (3.55%) C#
6 5 (2.96%) Java
6 5 (2.96%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.78%) Go
7 3 (1.78%) SystemVerilog
8 2 (1.18%) Bash
8 2 (1.18%) Embedded C++
9 1 (0.59%) Ada
9 1 (0.59%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.59%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.59%) Rust
9 1 (0.59%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (30.18%) Security Cleared
2 48 (28.40%) SC Cleared
3 29 (17.16%) Degree
4 5 (2.96%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.37%) PhD
6 3 (1.78%) HND
7 2 (1.18%) CEH
7 2 (1.18%) CISM
7 2 (1.18%) CISSP
7 2 (1.18%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.59%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.37%) AUTOSAR
1 4 (2.37%) JTAG
2 3 (1.78%) Automotive SPICE
2 3 (1.78%) IEC 62304
2 3 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.18%) ISO 9000
3 2 (1.18%) NIST
3 2 (1.18%) QA
4 1 (0.59%) DO-178B
4 1 (0.59%) ECSS
4 1 (0.59%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.59%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.59%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.59%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 85 (50.30%) Firmware
2 66 (39.05%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (1.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.78%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.59%) systemd
2 1 (0.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (4.14%) Xilinx
2 6 (3.55%) SAP
3 5 (2.96%) EMC
4 4 (2.37%) NVIDIA
5 3 (1.78%) Atmel
5 3 (1.78%) Intel
5 3 (1.78%) Microsemi
6 2 (1.18%) Altera
6 2 (1.18%) Google
6 2 (1.18%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.18%) YouTube
7 1 (0.59%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.59%) QNX
7 1 (0.59%) Red Hat