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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 488 500
Rank change year-on-year +95 +12 +34
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 504 169 300
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.34% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.60% 0.83% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 341 105 120
10th Percentile £39,000 £39,281 £38,625
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 £73,750 £63,125
90th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £71,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -6.38%

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 31,520 20,297 23,524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.77% 40.87% 32.10%
Number of salaries quoted 19,378 10,198 11,792
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,325 £32,008
25th Percentile £40,793 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.56% -14.29% -4.55%

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 8 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 8 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 +109 473 £62,500 +13.64% 479
England +127 457 £60,000 +9.09% 597
South East +27 152 £60,000 +9.09% 136
Work from Home -7 109 £67,500 +22.73% 207
East of England +45 82 £75,000 - 122
Midlands +16 80 £67,500 +42.11% 48
South West -22 67 £62,500 +47.06% 67
West Midlands +4 53 £47,500 -20.83% 27
North of England -34 52 £55,000 +19.57% 55
East Midlands -18 27 £67,500 +58.82% 21
Scotland +9 23 £55,000 -42.11% 36
North East -40 23 £51,000 -9.73% 16
London -48 18 £60,000 - 109
North West -15 15 £55,000 -24.14% 26
Yorkshire -29 14 £55,000 +19.57% 13
Wales -68 13 £73,750 +13.46% 13
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 11

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 (0.99%) Confluence
2 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 23 (4.56%) Simulink
2 12 (2.38%) SOLIDWORKS
3 9 (1.79%) OrCAD
4 7 (1.39%) Solid Edge
5 4 (0.79%) Lightworks
6 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (2.18%) AWS
1 11 (2.18%) Azure
2 7 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (0.99%) GCP
3 5 (0.99%) GitHub
3 5 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
3 5 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (0.79%) Google Analytics
4 4 (0.79%) MailChimp
4 4 (0.79%) SaaS
5 3 (0.60%) AWS IoT
5 3 (0.60%) Datadog
5 3 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (0.60%) Entra ID
5 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (0.60%) Power Automate
5 3 (0.60%) Power Platform
5 3 (0.60%) PowerApps
6 2 (0.40%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.20%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 40 (7.94%) Wireless
2 23 (4.56%) Ethernet
2 23 (4.56%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (3.17%) Bluetooth
4 15 (2.98%) ZigBee
5 13 (2.58%) RS-232
6 12 (2.38%) MQTT
6 12 (2.38%) RS-485
7 9 (1.79%) Software-Defined Radio
8 8 (1.59%) TCP/IP
9 7 (1.39%) Modbus
9 7 (1.39%) Profibus
10 3 (0.60%) X.509
11 2 (0.40%) 5G
11 2 (0.40%) DHCP
11 2 (0.40%) DNS
11 2 (0.40%) LoRaWAN
11 2 (0.40%) RS-422
11 2 (0.40%) UWB
11 2 (0.40%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.40%) MySQL
2 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.40%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.20%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 44 (8.73%) Git
2 12 (2.38%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.98%) GitLab
3 10 (1.98%) JIRA
4 9 (1.79%) PetaLinux
5 6 (1.19%) GDB
5 6 (1.19%) LabVIEW
5 6 (1.19%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.79%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.79%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.60%) Subversion
7 3 (0.60%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.40%) MLflow
8 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.20%) CMake
9 1 (0.20%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.20%) GoogleTest
9 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.20%) VectorCAST
General
1 176 (34.92%) Electronics
2 100 (19.84%) Manufacturing
3 63 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 60 (11.90%) Aerospace
5 52 (10.32%) Automotive
6 24 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (4.17%) Finance
8 11 (2.18%) Aviation
8 11 (2.18%) Military
9 8 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.39%) Avionics
11 5 (0.99%) Advertising
11 5 (0.99%) Marketing
12 4 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.79%) Legal
13 3 (0.60%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.60%) Police
13 3 (0.60%) Retail
14 2 (0.40%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 216 (42.86%) Embedded Engineer
2 133 (26.39%) Software Engineer
3 95 (18.85%) Systems Engineer
4 86 (17.06%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 84 (16.67%) Senior
6 53 (10.52%) Electronics Engineer
7 51 (10.12%) Lead
8 49 (9.72%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 36 (7.14%) Hardware Engineer
10 35 (6.94%) Senior Software Engineer
11 33 (6.55%) Principal Engineer
12 31 (6.15%) Design Engineer
13 26 (5.16%) Linux Engineer
13 26 (5.16%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
14 25 (4.96%) Embedded Linux Engineer
15 23 (4.56%) Architect
16 21 (4.17%) Electronics Design Engineer
17 17 (3.37%) Firmware Engineer
18 16 (3.17%) Developer
19 15 (2.98%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (7.14%) Yocto
2 11 (2.18%) React
3 9 (1.79%) .NET
4 6 (1.19%) pytest
4 6 (1.19%) REST
4 6 (1.19%) TensorFlow
4 6 (1.19%) Terraform
5 4 (0.79%) Middleware
5 4 (0.79%) PyTorch
5 4 (0.79%) Qt
5 4 (0.79%) Unity DI Container
6 3 (0.60%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 3 (0.60%) WebSockets
7 2 (0.40%) CSS
7 2 (0.40%) GraphQL
7 2 (0.40%) iOS SDK
7 2 (0.40%) JWT
7 2 (0.40%) LangChain
7 2 (0.40%) Node.js
7 2 (0.40%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.52%) FPGA
1 53 (10.52%) IoT
2 47 (9.33%) Algorithms
3 37 (7.34%) Device Driver
4 33 (6.55%) Analogue Electronics
5 24 (4.76%) Robotics
6 22 (4.37%) VHDL
7 20 (3.97%) ARM Cortex
7 20 (3.97%) Verilog
8 8 (1.59%) Operational Technology
9 7 (1.39%) Acoustics
9 7 (1.39%) Life Science
9 7 (1.39%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.19%) Onboarding
11 5 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.99%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.99%) PCIe
11 5 (0.99%) Raspberry Pi
11 5 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.99%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 107 (21.23%) Linux
2 55 (10.91%) Embedded Linux
3 16 (3.17%) FreeRTOS
4 10 (1.98%) Windows
5 6 (1.19%) Android
6 5 (0.99%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.99%) Unix
7 3 (0.60%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.40%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.40%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.20%) Debian
9 1 (0.20%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (35.91%) Software Engineering
2 75 (14.88%) Validation
3 71 (14.09%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (11.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 56 (11.11%) CI/CD
6 46 (9.13%) Test Automation
7 39 (7.74%) Computer Science
7 39 (7.74%) Prototyping
8 35 (6.94%) Schematic Capture
9 34 (6.75%) Collaborative Culture
10 33 (6.55%) Technical Leadership
11 31 (6.15%) AI
11 31 (6.15%) Signal Processing
12 30 (5.95%) DevOps
13 28 (5.56%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
14 27 (5.36%) Collaborative Engineering
14 27 (5.36%) Cybersecurity
15 26 (5.16%) CAD
16 25 (4.96%) Software Testing
17 24 (4.76%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 153 (30.36%) C++
2 146 (28.97%) C
3 88 (17.46%) Python
4 35 (6.94%) Embedded C
5 31 (6.15%) MATLAB
6 26 (5.16%) Embedded C++
6 26 (5.16%) Rust
7 24 (4.76%) C#
8 16 (3.17%) Go
8 16 (3.17%) Java
9 13 (2.58%) JavaScript
10 8 (1.59%) SystemVerilog
11 7 (1.39%) Ada
12 6 (1.19%) Bash
12 6 (1.19%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.60%) Ada 95
13 3 (0.60%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.60%) SQL
14 1 (0.20%) Assembly Language
14 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 97 (19.25%) Degree
2 74 (14.68%) Security Cleared
3 41 (8.13%) SC Cleared
4 28 (5.56%) DV Cleared
5 21 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (3.97%) Master's Degree
7 18 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (3.17%) HND
9 10 (1.98%) HNC
10 9 (1.79%) CEH
11 8 (1.59%) OSCP
12 7 (1.39%) PhD
13 2 (0.40%) CISMP
13 2 (0.40%) CISSP
13 2 (0.40%) EMC Certification
14 1 (0.20%) Chartered Engineer
14 1 (0.20%) CISA
14 1 (0.20%) CISM
14 1 (0.20%) CRISC
14 1 (0.20%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.98%) QA
2 9 (1.79%) JTAG
3 6 (1.19%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.99%) Def Stans
5 4 (0.79%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.79%) ECSS
5 4 (0.79%) ISO 9001
5 4 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 4 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 4 (0.79%) MIL-STD-1553
6 3 (0.60%) Automotive SPICE
7 2 (0.40%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.40%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.40%) MISRA
7 2 (0.40%) NIST
8 1 (0.20%) DO-160
8 1 (0.20%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.20%) DO-254
8 1 (0.20%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 125 (24.80%) Firmware
2 63 (12.50%) Embedded Firmware
3 14 (2.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (1.59%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.79%) Grafana
2 4 (0.79%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.40%) Ansible
3 2 (0.40%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.20%) Consul
Vendors
1 33 (6.55%) EMC
2 15 (2.98%) Xilinx
3 14 (2.78%) Microsoft
4 9 (1.79%) Google
5 7 (1.39%) Cadence
6 6 (1.19%) Intel
6 6 (1.19%) Microsemi
7 5 (0.99%) Motorola
8 4 (0.79%) Altera
8 4 (0.79%) HubSpot
8 4 (0.79%) NVIDIA
8 4 (0.79%) YouTube
9 3 (0.60%) Oracle
9 3 (0.60%) SAP
10 2 (0.40%) Adobe
10 2 (0.40%) Lattice Semiconductor
10 2 (0.40%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.40%) Yahoo!
11 1 (0.20%) Cisco
11 1 (0.20%) Xamarin