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

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 460 479 529
Rank change year-on-year +19 +50 +176
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 199 277 183
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.45% 0.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.99% 1.27% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 121 107 130
10th Percentile £39,281 £40,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,000 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% -4.17% -3.85%
75th Percentile £72,750 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £73,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.74% -4.17% -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 20,104 21,861 19,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.65% 35.19% 38.16%
Number of salaries quoted 10,526 10,793 14,491
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,750 £33,210
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,877 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.21% -4.00% -0.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,750 £84,056
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 9 December 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 9 December 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 +30 189 £56,500 -1.74% 218
England +43 161 £55,000 -8.33% 195
Work from Home +89 94 £55,000 -8.33% 83
North of England +43 44 £56,500 +2.73% 27
South East +36 43 £55,000 +2.33% 58
South West +36 30 £42,500 +6.25% 36
Midlands +21 29 £55,000 -8.33% 23
West Midlands +33 21 £60,000 -5.14% 21
North West +38 18 £60,000 +9.09% 18
Yorkshire +10 18 £50,500 -14.04% 3
Scotland -13 14 £95,000 +73.52% 23
East of England -17 14 £80,000 +23.08% 54
Wales +1 11 £65,000 +84.40% 8
North East +11 8 £56,500 -7.38% 6
East Midlands +1 8 £55,000 -8.33% 2
Northern Ireland -6 4 - - 1
London +54 1 - - 12

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 (1.01%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (1.51%) Simulink
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.50%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.50%) Doxygen
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.50%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.50%) AWS
1 1 (0.50%) Azure
1 1 (0.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 45 (22.61%) Ethernet
2 22 (11.06%) Software-Defined Radio
3 20 (10.05%) Wireless
4 7 (3.52%) RS-485
5 6 (3.02%) Bluetooth
6 5 (2.51%) Modbus
7 3 (1.51%) UWB
8 2 (1.01%) DNS
8 2 (1.01%) HTTP
8 2 (1.01%) ICMP
8 2 (1.01%) RS-232
8 2 (1.01%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.50%) 2G
9 1 (0.50%) 4G
9 1 (0.50%) 5G
9 1 (0.50%) Internet
9 1 (0.50%) SpaceWire
9 1 (0.50%) Wideband
9 1 (0.50%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.50%) DynamoDB
1 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (6.03%) Git
1 12 (6.03%) JIRA
2 3 (1.51%) Subversion
3 2 (1.01%) IDA Disassembler
3 2 (1.01%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.50%) CANoe
4 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
General
1 69 (34.67%) Electronics
2 41 (20.60%) Social Skills
3 31 (15.58%) Finance
4 25 (12.56%) Automotive
5 13 (6.53%) Manufacturing
6 12 (6.03%) Aerospace
7 7 (3.52%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (2.51%) Aviation
9 4 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.51%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.51%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.01%) Marketing
12 1 (0.50%) Agriculture
12 1 (0.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.50%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 73 (36.68%) Embedded Engineer
2 60 (30.15%) Software Engineer
3 47 (23.62%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 19 (9.55%) Firmware Engineer
5 15 (7.54%) Senior
6 14 (7.04%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 14 (7.04%) Systems Engineer
7 11 (5.53%) Electronics Engineer
8 9 (4.52%) Design Engineer
8 9 (4.52%) Software Manager
9 7 (3.52%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 6 (3.02%) Developer
10 6 (3.02%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 6 (3.02%) Senior Software Engineer
11 5 (2.51%) Electronics Design Engineer
11 5 (2.51%) Product Manager
11 5 (2.51%) Products Support Manager
11 5 (2.51%) Project Manager
11 5 (2.51%) Support Manager
11 5 (2.51%) Technical Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.03%) Flash
2 7 (3.52%) Qt
3 3 (1.51%) .NET
4 2 (1.01%) Yocto
5 1 (0.50%) Django
5 1 (0.50%) Flask
5 1 (0.50%) Middleware
5 1 (0.50%) Next.js
5 1 (0.50%) Node.js
5 1 (0.50%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.50%) React
5 1 (0.50%) React Native
5 1 (0.50%) REST
5 1 (0.50%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.50%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 53 (26.63%) FPGA
2 19 (9.55%) e-Learning
2 19 (9.55%) RISC-V
3 17 (8.54%) MicroBlaze
4 11 (5.53%) IoT
5 10 (5.03%) Analogue Electronics
6 9 (4.52%) Raspberry Pi
7 7 (3.52%) Algorithms
7 7 (3.52%) Arduino
7 7 (3.52%) CAN bus
8 5 (2.51%) Digital Media
9 4 (2.01%) Verilog
9 4 (2.01%) VHDL
10 3 (1.51%) ARM Cortex
10 3 (1.51%) Device Driver
10 3 (1.51%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.01%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
12 1 (0.50%) Acoustics
Operating Systems
1 79 (39.70%) Linux
2 24 (12.06%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.51%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.50%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (35.18%) Software Engineering
2 32 (16.08%) Agile
3 30 (15.08%) Signal Processing
4 22 (11.06%) Digital Signal Processing
5 21 (10.55%) Software Testing
6 20 (10.05%) Mentoring
7 18 (9.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (9.05%) Innovative Thinking
7 18 (9.05%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (7.54%) Collaborative Culture
9 14 (7.04%) Test Automation
10 12 (6.03%) Business Development
11 11 (5.53%) Embedded Software Development
11 11 (5.53%) Validation
12 10 (5.03%) CI/CD
13 9 (4.52%) Mathematics
13 9 (4.52%) Physics
13 9 (4.52%) Project Management
13 9 (4.52%) Systems Engineering
14 8 (4.02%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 77 (38.69%) C
2 68 (34.17%) C++
3 17 (8.54%) Embedded C
4 15 (7.54%) Python
5 6 (3.02%) Embedded C++
6 5 (2.51%) C#
6 5 (2.51%) Rust
7 3 (1.51%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.51%) SystemVerilog
8 2 (1.01%) Java
9 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 38 (19.10%) Security Cleared
2 29 (14.57%) SC Cleared
3 27 (13.57%) Degree
4 16 (8.04%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.52%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.51%) HND
7 1 (0.50%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.51%) QA
2 4 (2.01%) AUTOSAR
3 3 (1.51%) Automotive SPICE
4 2 (1.01%) IEC 62304
4 2 (1.01%) ISO 9000
4 2 (1.01%) JTAG
5 1 (0.50%) ECSS
5 1 (0.50%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.50%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.50%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.50%) MISRA
5 1 (0.50%) MISRA C
System Software
1 64 (32.16%) Firmware
2 49 (24.62%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (3.02%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.50%) systemd
2 1 (0.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (2.01%) EMC
1 4 (2.01%) SAP
2 3 (1.51%) Intel
2 3 (1.51%) Microsemi
2 3 (1.51%) Xilinx
3 2 (1.01%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.50%) Altera
4 1 (0.50%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.50%) Atmel
4 1 (0.50%) NVIDIA
4 1 (0.50%) YouTube