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 2 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	372	504	478
Rank change year-on-year	+132	-26	+57
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems	577	167	271
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.47%	0.33%	0.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	1.71%	0.88%	1.23%
Number of salaries quoted	394	111	103
10^th Percentile	£39,000	£39,281	£40,000
25^th Percentile	£50,000	£43,000	£43,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£62,500	£55,000	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+13.64%	-	-8.33%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£73,250	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£86,750	£100,000	£72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£65,000	£55,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+18.18%	-	-7.95%

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 citing generic IT skills.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills	33,748	19,032	22,054
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	27.60%	37.93%	32.45%
Number of salaries quoted	20,325	10,402	10,714
10^th Percentile	£30,750	£28,000	£33,125
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£36,250	£45,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£53,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+2.80%	-10.83%	-4.00%
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£77,500	£83,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£101,250	£110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£51,359	£45,000	£54,000
% change year-on-year	+14.13%	-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 Salary Trend

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 2 November 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 2 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
UK excluding London	+107	540	£65,000	+18.18%	237
England	+148	516	£63,750	+15.91%	257
South East	+15	159	£60,000	+9.09%	80
Work from Home	-14	119	£67,500	+22.73%	93
Midlands	+17	106	£67,500	+50.00%	26
East of England	+33	97	£70,000	-6.67%	67
South West	-29	73	£62,500	+47.06%	28
West Midlands	+2	70	£62,500	+4.17%	17
North of England	-47	58	£52,500	-5.83%	25
East Midlands	-25	36	£67,500	+68.75%	9
Scotland	+7	30	£60,000	-36.84%	15
North East	-47	28	£51,000	-9.73%	1
London	-72	18	£60,000	-	43
North West	-44	16	£55,000	-8.33%	17
Yorkshire	-34	14	£50,000	+8.70%	7
Wales	-69	14	£70,000	+7.69%	5
Northern Ireland	-69	4	-	-

Embedded Systems Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 November 2026, job vacancies citing Embedded Systems also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads citing Embedded Systems.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Software Engineering	31.4%	181
2	C	28.8%	166
3	C++	28.6%	165
4	Firmware	25.0%	144
5	Degree	20.5%	118
6	Linux	19.8%	114
7	Python	16.1%	93
8	Problem-Solving	15.6%	90
8	Validation	15.6%	90
10	Security Cleared	14.4%	83
11	Embedded Firmware	13.2%	76
12	Continuous Improvement	12.3%	71
13	Embedded Linux	10.7%	62
14	Test Automation	9.5%	55
15	Prototyping	8.7%	50
16	Schematic Capture	8.5%	49
17	CI/CD	8.3%	48
18	SC Cleared	8.0%	46
19	EMC	7.8%	45
20	Git	7.3%	42
20	Signal Processing	7.3%	42
22	Computer Science	7.1%	41
22	Wireless	7.1%	41
24	Embedded C	6.9%	40
25	AI	6.8%	39
25	Technical Leadership	6.8%	39
25	Yocto	6.8%	39
28	Collaborative Culture	5.7%	33
28	Cybersecurity	5.7%	33
30	CAD	5.5%	32

Embedded Systems Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	FPGA	12.7%	73
2	IoT	9.7%	56
3	Algorithms	7.6%	44
4	Analogue Electronics	7.5%	43
5	Device Driver	6.8%	39
6	VHDL	5.2%	30
7	Robotics	4.7%	27
8	Verilog	4.3%	25
9	ARM Cortex	3.5%	20
10	PCIe	1.9%	11
11	Onboarding	1.7%	10
12	Life Science	1.2%	7
13	Operational Technology	1.0%	6
13	Raspberry Pi	1.0%	6
13	Self-Motivation	1.0%	6
16	Distributed Systems	0.9%	5
16	Legacy Systems	0.9%	5
16	Management Information System	0.9%	5
16	Mobile App	0.9%	5
20	Renewable Energy	0.7%	4