Embedded Systems Jobs

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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 533 683
Rank change year-on-year +22 +150 +84
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 175 392 316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.40% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.97% 1.12% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 124 278 152
10th Percentile £42,650 £39,298 £47,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -15.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £74,625 £78,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +19.05%

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 18,032 35,027 45,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.57% 35.62% 43.58%
Number of salaries quoted 9,839 23,030 23,975
10th Percentile £31,500 £28,000 £35,271
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Systems.

Salary trend for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Systems over the 6 months to 30 April 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 30 April 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 +15 147 £55,000 - 245
England -10 143 £60,000 +9.09% 276
Work from Home +130 69 £60,500 +10.00% 147
South East +44 54 £65,000 +9.24% 65
Midlands +27 22 £51,250 +2.50% 34
Scotland +140 21 £47,500 -26.92% 21
London +110 21 £62,500 - 51
North of England +45 21 £61,000 +18.45% 43
East of England +5 15 £60,000 +20.00% 53
West Midlands +26 11 £37,250 -29.05% 29
North West +5 11 £55,000 - 17
East Midlands +39 10 £52,500 +23.53% 5
South West +71 7 £50,000 -1.48% 28
Yorkshire +54 5 £48,000 +1.05% 18
Northern Ireland +39 5 £50,000 - 1
North East - 4 £61,000 - 9
Wales +42 3 £65,000 - 3

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 4 (2.29%) Confluence
2 2 (1.14%) TPMS
Applications
1 6 (3.43%) Simulink
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (6.86%) GitHub
2 7 (4.00%) AWS
3 6 (3.43%) Amazon S3
3 6 (3.43%) AWS Lambda
3 6 (3.43%) Serverless
4 3 (1.71%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 25 (14.29%) Bluetooth
2 21 (12.00%) Wireless
3 11 (6.29%) TCP/IP
4 10 (5.71%) RS-232
5 9 (5.14%) RS-485
6 8 (4.57%) Modbus
6 8 (4.57%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (4.57%) ZigBee
7 7 (4.00%) Profibus
8 6 (3.43%) Software-Defined Radio
9 5 (2.86%) WAN
10 3 (1.71%) Ethernet
10 3 (1.71%) MQTT
11 2 (1.14%) FlexRay
11 2 (1.14%) HTTP
12 1 (0.57%) LTE
12 1 (0.57%) Network Security
12 1 (0.57%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.43%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.14%) Scylla
3 1 (0.57%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 24 (13.71%) Git
2 6 (3.43%) JIRA
3 5 (2.86%) Eclipse
4 4 (2.29%) GitLab
4 4 (2.29%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.14%) Fiddler
5 2 (1.14%) GDB
5 2 (1.14%) IDA Disassembler
5 2 (1.14%) KGDB
5 2 (1.14%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.57%) Appium
6 1 (0.57%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.57%) Subversion
6 1 (0.57%) TestRail
General
1 62 (35.43%) Electronics
2 38 (21.71%) Social Skills
3 22 (12.57%) Aerospace
3 22 (12.57%) Manufacturing
4 14 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.29%) Automotive
6 10 (5.71%) Finance
6 10 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (4.57%) Law
7 8 (4.57%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (4.00%) Legal
9 6 (3.43%) Games
9 6 (3.43%) Marketing
9 6 (3.43%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.86%) Agriculture
11 4 (2.29%) Military
11 4 (2.29%) Public Sector
11 4 (2.29%) Wearables
12 2 (1.14%) Avionics
12 2 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (40.57%) Software Engineer
2 59 (33.71%) Embedded Engineer
3 45 (25.71%) Senior
4 43 (24.57%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 25 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
6 24 (13.71%) Lead
7 22 (12.57%) Systems Engineer
8 16 (9.14%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 14 (8.00%) Software Team Leader
9 14 (8.00%) Team Leader
10 13 (7.43%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 11 (6.29%) Electronics Engineer
11 11 (6.29%) Junior
11 11 (6.29%) Junior Embedded Engineer
12 10 (5.71%) Developer
12 10 (5.71%) Junior Software Engineer
12 10 (5.71%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
13 7 (4.00%) C++ Software Engineer
13 7 (4.00%) Graduate
14 6 (3.43%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.00%) Qt
1 14 (8.00%) XML
2 8 (4.57%) HTML
3 6 (3.43%) CSS
3 6 (3.43%) Django
3 6 (3.43%) WebSockets
4 5 (2.86%) REST
5 4 (2.29%) GStreamer
5 4 (2.29%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (2.29%) Web Services
6 2 (1.14%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.14%) HTML5
6 2 (1.14%) PyTorch
6 2 (1.14%) React
6 2 (1.14%) Redux
6 2 (1.14%) TensorFlow
7 1 (0.57%) Android NDK
7 1 (0.57%) Google JAX
7 1 (0.57%) JAX
7 1 (0.57%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.71%) Algorithms
2 16 (9.14%) IoT
3 8 (4.57%) Robotics
4 7 (4.00%) ARM Cortex
4 7 (4.00%) Mobile App
5 6 (3.43%) Analogue Electronics
5 6 (3.43%) Client/Server
6 5 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.29%) CUDA
7 4 (2.29%) EMV
7 4 (2.29%) FPGA
7 4 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (2.29%) Video\Live Streaming
8 3 (1.71%) GNSS
8 3 (1.71%) Legacy Code
8 3 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.71%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.14%) Device Driver
9 2 (1.14%) e-Learning
9 2 (1.14%) Infotainment
Operating Systems
1 46 (26.29%) Linux
2 10 (5.71%) FreeRTOS
3 8 (4.57%) Embedded Linux
4 7 (4.00%) Android
5 6 (3.43%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.14%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.14%) Unix
7 1 (0.57%) Debian
7 1 (0.57%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (59.43%) Software Engineering
2 29 (16.57%) Test Automation
3 28 (16.00%) Validation
4 27 (15.43%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (13.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (11.43%) Computer Science
6 20 (11.43%) Customer Requirements
6 20 (11.43%) Verification and Validation
7 18 (10.29%) OO
7 18 (10.29%) Software Testing
8 17 (9.71%) UML
9 15 (8.57%) Embedded Software Development
9 15 (8.57%) SDLC
10 14 (8.00%) Manual Testing
10 14 (8.00%) OOD
10 14 (8.00%) Project Planning
10 14 (8.00%) Quality Management
10 14 (8.00%) Regression Testing
10 14 (8.00%) SysML
11 13 (7.43%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 123 (70.29%) C
2 82 (46.86%) C++
3 44 (25.14%) Python
4 14 (8.00%) Ada
5 13 (7.43%) Embedded C
5 13 (7.43%) Embedded C++
6 11 (6.29%) SQL
7 10 (5.71%) C#
8 9 (5.14%) Java
9 8 (4.57%) MATLAB
10 7 (4.00%) JavaScript
11 6 (3.43%) Ladder Logic
11 6 (3.43%) TypeScript
12 5 (2.86%) Bash
12 5 (2.86%) Rust
13 3 (1.71%) Objective-C
14 2 (1.14%) Go
14 2 (1.14%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.57%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.57%) Swift
Qualifications
1 39 (22.29%) Degree
2 14 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 12 (6.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (3.43%) Master's Degree
4 6 (3.43%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.29%) PhD
5 4 (2.29%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.14%) CEH
6 2 (1.14%) CISM
6 2 (1.14%) CISSP
6 2 (1.14%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.29%) QA
2 5 (2.86%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.29%) MISRA
4 3 (1.71%) IEC 62304
4 3 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.14%) HAZOP
5 2 (1.14%) JTAG
5 2 (1.14%) NIST
6 1 (0.57%) ECSS
6 1 (0.57%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.57%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.57%) MISRA C
System Software
1 37 (21.14%) Firmware
2 22 (12.57%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (2.86%) Docker
4 1 (0.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.71%) Ansible
2 3 (1.71%) Prometheus
2 3 (1.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (3.43%) Siemens
1 6 (3.43%) Xilinx
2 5 (2.86%) Cadence
2 5 (2.86%) NVIDIA
3 4 (2.29%) SAP
4 2 (1.14%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.57%) Allen-Bradley
5 1 (0.57%) Altera
5 1 (0.57%) EMC
5 1 (0.57%) Google
5 1 (0.57%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.57%) Intel
5 1 (0.57%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.57%) YouTube