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 11 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 512 479
Rank change year-on-year +115 -33 +61
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 509 167 285
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.34% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.60% 0.83% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 342 106 108
10th Percentile £39,000 £39,281 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,688 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -8.33%

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 31,779 20,108 23,219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.89% 40.73% 32.12%
Number of salaries quoted 19,448 10,211 11,553
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £79,641 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £45,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +14.44% -15.09% -3.64%

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 11 October 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 11 October 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 +114 478 £62,500 +13.64% 476
England +117 462 £61,500 +17.14% 576
South East +30 152 £60,000 +9.09% 135
Work from Home -2 110 £67,500 +22.73% 198
East of England +37 85 £72,500 -3.33% 127
Midlands +12 83 £67,500 +50.00% 44
South West -25 67 £62,500 +47.06% 65
West Midlands -2 55 £62,500 +13.64% 24
North of England -35 52 £55,000 +19.57% 49
East Midlands -15 28 £67,500 +58.82% 20
Scotland +21 23 £55,000 -42.11% 36
North East -47 23 £51,000 -9.73% 13
London -38 18 £60,000 - 102
North West -16 15 £55,000 -24.14% 23
Yorkshire -38 14 £55,000 +19.57% 13
Wales -68 13 £73,750 +13.46% 17
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 13

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 5 (0.98%) Confluence
2 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.59%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 22 (4.32%) Simulink
2 12 (2.36%) SOLIDWORKS
3 9 (1.77%) OrCAD
4 7 (1.38%) Solid Edge
5 4 (0.79%) Lightworks
6 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (2.16%) AWS
1 11 (2.16%) Azure
2 7 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (1.38%) GitHub
2 7 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
3 5 (0.98%) GCP
3 5 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (0.79%) Google Analytics
4 4 (0.79%) MailChimp
4 4 (0.79%) SaaS
5 3 (0.59%) AWS IoT
5 3 (0.59%) Datadog
5 3 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (0.59%) Entra ID
5 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (0.59%) Power Automate
5 3 (0.59%) Power Platform
5 3 (0.59%) PowerApps
6 2 (0.39%) Dagster
6 2 (0.39%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 40 (7.86%) Wireless
2 23 (4.52%) Ethernet
2 23 (4.52%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (3.14%) Bluetooth
4 15 (2.95%) ZigBee
5 13 (2.55%) RS-232
6 12 (2.36%) MQTT
6 12 (2.36%) RS-485
7 9 (1.77%) Software-Defined Radio
8 8 (1.57%) TCP/IP
9 7 (1.38%) Modbus
9 7 (1.38%) Profibus
10 3 (0.59%) X.509
11 2 (0.39%) 5G
11 2 (0.39%) DNS
11 2 (0.39%) LoRaWAN
11 2 (0.39%) LTE
11 2 (0.39%) RS-422
11 2 (0.39%) UWB
11 2 (0.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (0.59%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.39%) MySQL
3 2 (0.39%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.20%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 47 (9.23%) Git
2 13 (2.55%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.36%) JIRA
4 11 (2.16%) GitLab
5 10 (1.96%) PetaLinux
6 6 (1.18%) GDB
6 6 (1.18%) LabVIEW
6 6 (1.18%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.79%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.79%) Robot Framework
7 4 (0.79%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.59%) Subversion
9 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.39%) MLflow
9 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.20%) CMake
10 1 (0.20%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.20%) GoogleTest
10 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
General
1 179 (35.17%) Electronics
2 100 (19.65%) Manufacturing
3 66 (12.97%) Social Skills
4 59 (11.59%) Aerospace
5 51 (10.02%) Automotive
6 25 (4.91%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (4.13%) Finance
8 11 (2.16%) Aviation
9 10 (1.96%) Military
10 9 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.38%) Avionics
13 5 (0.98%) Advertising
13 5 (0.98%) Marketing
14 4 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.79%) Legal
15 3 (0.59%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.59%) Police
15 3 (0.59%) Retail
16 2 (0.39%) Games
Job Titles
1 217 (42.63%) Embedded Engineer
2 135 (26.52%) Software Engineer
3 93 (18.27%) Systems Engineer
4 89 (17.49%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 86 (16.90%) Senior
6 56 (11.00%) Electronics Engineer
7 51 (10.02%) Lead
8 50 (9.82%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 36 (7.07%) Hardware Engineer
9 36 (7.07%) Senior Software Engineer
10 33 (6.48%) Principal Engineer
11 32 (6.29%) Design Engineer
12 27 (5.30%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 26 (5.11%) Linux Engineer
14 25 (4.91%) Embedded Linux Engineer
15 23 (4.52%) Architect
16 22 (4.32%) Electronics Design Engineer
17 17 (3.34%) Firmware Engineer
18 16 (3.14%) Developer
19 15 (2.95%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (7.27%) Yocto
2 11 (2.16%) React
3 9 (1.77%) .NET
4 7 (1.38%) REST
5 6 (1.18%) pytest
5 6 (1.18%) TensorFlow
5 6 (1.18%) Terraform
6 4 (0.79%) Middleware
6 4 (0.79%) PyTorch
6 4 (0.79%) Qt
6 4 (0.79%) Unity DI Container
7 3 (0.59%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.59%) GraphQL
7 3 (0.59%) WebSockets
8 2 (0.39%) CSS
8 2 (0.39%) iOS SDK
8 2 (0.39%) JWT
8 2 (0.39%) LangChain
8 2 (0.39%) Node.js
8 2 (0.39%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 57 (11.20%) FPGA
2 53 (10.41%) IoT
3 49 (9.63%) Algorithms
4 38 (7.47%) Device Driver
5 35 (6.88%) Analogue Electronics
6 25 (4.91%) Robotics
7 23 (4.52%) VHDL
8 21 (4.13%) Verilog
9 20 (3.93%) ARM Cortex
10 8 (1.57%) Acoustics
11 7 (1.38%) Life Science
11 7 (1.38%) PCIe
11 7 (1.38%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.18%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.18%) Operational Technology
13 5 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.98%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.98%) Raspberry Pi
13 5 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.98%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 109 (21.41%) Linux
2 57 (11.20%) Embedded Linux
3 17 (3.34%) FreeRTOS
4 10 (1.96%) Windows
5 6 (1.18%) Android
6 5 (0.98%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.98%) Unix
7 4 (0.79%) Robot Operating System
8 3 (0.59%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.39%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.20%) Debian
10 1 (0.20%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (36.35%) Software Engineering
2 75 (14.73%) Validation
3 72 (14.15%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (11.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 56 (11.00%) CI/CD
6 49 (9.63%) Test Automation
7 43 (8.45%) Prototyping
8 42 (8.25%) Computer Science
9 37 (7.27%) Schematic Capture
10 35 (6.88%) Collaborative Culture
11 34 (6.68%) Signal Processing
11 34 (6.68%) Technical Leadership
12 32 (6.29%) AI
13 30 (5.89%) DevOps
14 28 (5.50%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
15 27 (5.30%) Collaborative Engineering
16 26 (5.11%) CAD
17 25 (4.91%) Cybersecurity
17 25 (4.91%) Mentoring
17 25 (4.91%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 155 (30.45%) C++
2 150 (29.47%) C
3 90 (17.68%) Python
4 37 (7.27%) Embedded C
5 32 (6.29%) MATLAB
6 27 (5.30%) Embedded C++
7 24 (4.72%) C#
7 24 (4.72%) Rust
8 17 (3.34%) Java
9 14 (2.75%) Go
10 13 (2.55%) JavaScript
11 8 (1.57%) SystemVerilog
12 7 (1.38%) Ada
13 6 (1.18%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.98%) Bash
15 4 (0.79%) SQL
16 3 (0.59%) Ada 95
16 3 (0.59%) PowerShell
17 1 (0.20%) Assembly Language
17 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 102 (20.04%) Degree
2 73 (14.34%) Security Cleared
3 40 (7.86%) SC Cleared
4 26 (5.11%) DV Cleared
5 22 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (4.32%) Master's Degree
6 18 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (3.34%) HND
8 10 (1.96%) HNC
9 8 (1.57%) PhD
10 7 (1.38%) CEH
11 6 (1.18%) OSCP
12 2 (0.39%) CISMP
12 2 (0.39%) CISSP
12 2 (0.39%) EMC Certification
13 1 (0.20%) Chartered Engineer
13 1 (0.20%) CISA
13 1 (0.20%) CISM
13 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.20%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.14%) QA
2 10 (1.96%) JTAG
3 6 (1.18%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.79%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.79%) Def Stans
4 4 (0.79%) ECSS
4 4 (0.79%) ISO 9001
4 4 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (0.79%) MIL-STD-1553
5 3 (0.59%) Automotive SPICE
6 2 (0.39%) MISRA
6 2 (0.39%) NIST
7 1 (0.20%) GDPR
7 1 (0.20%) GRC
7 1 (0.20%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.20%) ISO 31000
7 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 128 (25.15%) Firmware
2 64 (12.57%) Embedded Firmware
3 15 (2.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (1.77%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.79%) Grafana
2 4 (0.79%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.39%) Ansible
3 2 (0.39%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.20%) Consul
Vendors
1 34 (6.68%) EMC
2 15 (2.95%) Xilinx
3 14 (2.75%) Microsoft
4 9 (1.77%) Google
5 7 (1.38%) Cadence
6 6 (1.18%) Intel
6 6 (1.18%) Microsemi
7 5 (0.98%) Motorola
8 4 (0.79%) Altera
8 4 (0.79%) HubSpot
8 4 (0.79%) NVIDIA
8 4 (0.79%) YouTube
9 3 (0.59%) Oracle
9 3 (0.59%) SAP
10 2 (0.39%) Adobe
10 2 (0.39%) Lattice Semiconductor
10 2 (0.39%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.39%) Yahoo!
11 1 (0.20%) Cisco
11 1 (0.20%) Xamarin