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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 473 490 526
Rank change year-on-year +17 +36 +156
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 260 165 391
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.38% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.05% 0.91% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 176 111 279
10th Percentile £46,875 £37,500 £39,376
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 24,751 18,088 34,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.30% 41.57% 35.91%
Number of salaries quoted 13,411 9,290 23,040
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £42,000 £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 9 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 9 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 +33 235 £55,000 - 199
England +50 222 £57,000 +3.64% 214
Work from Home +27 82 £60,000 -1.64% 65
South East +7 70 £60,000 +9.09% 70
East of England +20 43 £61,500 +2.50% 36
Midlands -26 34 £55,000 +10.00% 23
North of England -50 32 £55,000 -9.84% 24
South West -28 27 £60,000 +20.00% 37
West Midlands -19 25 £55,000 +47.65% 12
Scotland -18 16 £60,000 +26.32% 10
Yorkshire -41 16 £55,000 +14.58% 6
London -26 14 £100,000 +60.00% 21
Wales -20 11 £50,000 +41.84% 1
North West -20 9 £70,000 +27.27% 12
East Midlands -26 9 £55,000 +4.76% 11
North East -42 7 £56,500 -7.38% 6
Northern Ireland -33 2 - - 1

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 (0.77%) Confluence
2 1 (0.38%) Kinematics
Applications
1 3 (1.15%) CANalyzer
1 3 (1.15%) Simulink
2 2 (0.77%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.38%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.54%) AWS
2 3 (1.15%) Azure
2 3 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (1.15%) Google Analytics
2 3 (1.15%) MailChimp
3 2 (0.77%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 37 (14.23%) Ethernet
2 19 (7.31%) Wireless
3 14 (5.38%) Bluetooth
4 7 (2.69%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (2.31%) ZigBee
6 5 (1.92%) RS-232
7 4 (1.54%) Modbus
7 4 (1.54%) MQTT
7 4 (1.54%) Profibus
7 4 (1.54%) RS-485
8 2 (0.77%) HTTP
8 2 (0.77%) RFID
9 1 (0.38%) LTE
9 1 (0.38%) Software-Defined Radio
9 1 (0.38%) SpaceWire
9 1 (0.38%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 15 (5.77%) Git
2 10 (3.85%) JIRA
3 7 (2.69%) Subversion
4 6 (2.31%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.92%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (1.15%) CANoe
6 3 (1.15%) GDB
6 3 (1.15%) Polyspace
6 3 (1.15%) VectorCAST
6 3 (1.15%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.77%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.77%) GitLab
7 2 (0.77%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.38%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.38%) GoogleTest
8 1 (0.38%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.38%) PetaLinux
8 1 (0.38%) Selenium
8 1 (0.38%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 49 (18.85%) Electronics
2 27 (10.38%) Social Skills
3 26 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 17 (6.54%) Aerospace
5 14 (5.38%) Automotive
6 12 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (3.46%) Finance
8 6 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.31%) Military
9 4 (1.54%) Games
9 4 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.15%) Aviation
10 3 (1.15%) Marketing
11 2 (0.77%) Advertising
11 2 (0.77%) Avionics
11 2 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.77%) Law
11 2 (0.77%) Retail
11 2 (0.77%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.77%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 115 (44.23%) Embedded Engineer
2 89 (34.23%) Software Engineer
3 56 (21.54%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 55 (21.15%) Senior
5 54 (20.77%) Systems Engineer
6 33 (12.69%) Senior Software Engineer
7 32 (12.31%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 27 (10.38%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 23 (8.85%) Lead
10 12 (4.62%) Lead Systems Engineer
10 12 (4.62%) Principal Engineer
11 11 (4.23%) Developer
11 11 (4.23%) Development Engineer
11 11 (4.23%) Test Engineer
12 10 (3.85%) Firmware Engineer
13 9 (3.46%) Design Engineer
13 9 (3.46%) Linux Engineer
14 8 (3.08%) Embedded Developer
14 8 (3.08%) Software Development Engineer
15 7 (2.69%) Embedded Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.69%) .NET
1 7 (2.69%) Yocto
2 6 (2.31%) pytest
3 4 (1.54%) PyTorch
3 4 (1.54%) TensorFlow
4 2 (0.77%) OpenCV
4 2 (0.77%) Qt
4 2 (0.77%) React
4 2 (0.77%) Unity DI Container
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 42 (16.15%) FPGA
2 21 (8.08%) Algorithms
3 15 (5.77%) IoT
4 14 (5.38%) Acoustics
5 13 (5.00%) Robotics
6 12 (4.62%) Device Driver
7 11 (4.23%) CAN bus
8 6 (2.31%) Analogue Electronics
8 6 (2.31%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.92%) ARM Cortex
9 5 (1.92%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.92%) Raspberry Pi
10 4 (1.54%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.54%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.15%) Self-Driving Car
11 3 (1.15%) Smart Home
11 3 (1.15%) Social Media
11 3 (1.15%) Web Conferencing
12 2 (0.77%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 64 (24.62%) Linux
2 14 (5.38%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (2.69%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (1.54%) Robot Operating System
5 3 (1.15%) Windows
6 2 (0.77%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.38%) Unix
7 1 (0.38%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (43.08%) Software Engineering
2 27 (10.38%) Validation
3 22 (8.46%) Agile
3 22 (8.46%) Computer Science
3 22 (8.46%) Test Automation
4 21 (8.08%) Embedded Software Development
4 21 (8.08%) SDLC
4 21 (8.08%) Software Testing
5 20 (7.69%) CI/CD
6 19 (7.31%) Systems Engineering
7 17 (6.54%) DevOps
8 16 (6.15%) Roadmaps
8 16 (6.15%) Technical Leadership
9 15 (5.77%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (5.77%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (5.38%) Safety Engineering
11 11 (4.23%) AI
11 11 (4.23%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (4.23%) Mentoring
11 11 (4.23%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 75 (28.85%) C++
2 62 (23.85%) C
3 34 (13.08%) Python
4 13 (5.00%) C#
5 12 (4.62%) Embedded C
6 11 (4.23%) Embedded C++
7 6 (2.31%) MATLAB
7 6 (2.31%) Rust
8 5 (1.92%) Bash
9 4 (1.54%) Go
10 3 (1.15%) Java
11 2 (0.77%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.38%) PHP
12 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.38%) VB
12 1 (0.38%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.38%) VB6
Qualifications
1 34 (13.08%) Degree
2 23 (8.85%) Security Cleared
3 18 (6.92%) SC Cleared
4 10 (3.85%) Master's Degree
5 9 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.08%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.54%) CEH
7 4 (1.54%) OSCP
7 4 (1.54%) PhD
8 3 (1.15%) HNC
8 3 (1.15%) HND
9 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.38%) IEC 61508
2 12 (4.62%) MISRA
3 11 (4.23%) MISRA C
4 5 (1.92%) Def Stans
4 5 (1.92%) QA
5 4 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 4 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 4 (1.54%) JTAG
6 3 (1.15%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.15%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.38%) ECSS
System Software
1 46 (17.69%) Firmware
2 27 (10.38%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (1.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (5.77%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (2.31%) Google
2 4 (1.54%) EMC
3 3 (1.15%) Atlassian
3 3 (1.15%) HubSpot
3 3 (1.15%) YouTube
4 2 (0.77%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.77%) NVIDIA
5 1 (0.38%) Adobe
5 1 (0.38%) Motorola