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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 416 508 496
Rank change year-on-year +92 -12 +45
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 489 173 306
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.35% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.56% 0.85% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 325 107 134
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,281 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +0.46% -8.75%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £70,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +13.64% +4.76% -8.70%

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 31,435 20,329 24,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.61% 40.99% 32.03%
Number of salaries quoted 19,419 10,189 12,169
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,063 £36,250 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
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 2 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 2 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 +93 460 £62,500 +13.64% 514
England +100 442 £61,500 +11.82% 614
South East +24 148 £60,000 +9.09% 138
Work from Home -8 106 £67,500 +22.73% 196
East of England +34 82 £73,750 -1.67% 131
Midlands -1 74 £67,500 +42.11% 56
South West -20 66 £62,500 +47.06% 79
North of England -36 50 £55,000 +14.58% 58
West Midlands -3 49 £55,000 -8.33% 29
East Midlands -29 25 £67,500 +58.82% 27
Scotland +18 23 £55,000 -42.11% 40
North East -43 22 £51,000 -9.73% 13
London -46 16 £60,000 - 105
Yorkshire -26 15 £55,000 +19.57% 17
North West -28 13 £55,000 -24.14% 28
Wales -67 13 £73,750 +13.46% 11
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 10

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 (1.02%) Confluence
2 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.61%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 22 (4.50%) Simulink
2 12 (2.45%) SOLIDWORKS
3 7 (1.43%) Solid Edge
4 6 (1.23%) OrCAD
5 4 (0.82%) Lightworks
6 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 12 (2.45%) Azure
2 11 (2.25%) AWS
3 8 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (1.02%) GCP
4 5 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (0.82%) GitHub
5 4 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (0.82%) Google Analytics
5 4 (0.82%) MailChimp
5 4 (0.82%) SaaS
6 3 (0.61%) AWS IoT
6 3 (0.61%) Datadog
6 3 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.61%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (0.61%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.61%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.61%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.41%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.20%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 40 (8.18%) Wireless
2 22 (4.50%) Ethernet
3 21 (4.29%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (3.27%) Bluetooth
4 16 (3.27%) ZigBee
5 14 (2.86%) RS-232
6 13 (2.66%) RS-485
7 12 (2.45%) MQTT
8 9 (1.84%) Software-Defined Radio
9 8 (1.64%) Modbus
9 8 (1.64%) Profibus
10 7 (1.43%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.61%) X.509
12 2 (0.41%) 5G
12 2 (0.41%) DHCP
12 2 (0.41%) DNS
12 2 (0.41%) LoRaWAN
12 2 (0.41%) RS-422
12 2 (0.41%) UWB
12 2 (0.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.41%) MySQL
2 2 (0.41%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.20%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 43 (8.79%) Git
2 13 (2.66%) Jenkins
3 11 (2.25%) JIRA
4 10 (2.04%) GitLab
5 9 (1.84%) PetaLinux
6 6 (1.23%) GDB
6 6 (1.23%) LabVIEW
6 6 (1.23%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.82%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.82%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.61%) Subversion
8 3 (0.61%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.41%) MLflow
9 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.20%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.20%) Polyspace
10 1 (0.20%) Selenium
10 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.20%) VectorCAST
General
1 162 (33.13%) Electronics
2 93 (19.02%) Manufacturing
3 60 (12.27%) Social Skills
4 56 (11.45%) Aerospace
5 50 (10.22%) Automotive
6 22 (4.50%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (4.09%) Finance
8 11 (2.25%) Aviation
8 11 (2.25%) Military
9 9 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.43%) Avionics
10 7 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.23%) Advertising
12 5 (1.02%) Marketing
13 4 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.82%) Legal
14 3 (0.61%) Games
14 3 (0.61%) Multimedia
14 3 (0.61%) Police
14 3 (0.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 212 (43.35%) Embedded Engineer
2 136 (27.81%) Software Engineer
3 92 (18.81%) Systems Engineer
4 87 (17.79%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 81 (16.56%) Senior
6 53 (10.84%) Lead
7 48 (9.82%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 44 (9.00%) Electronics Engineer
9 36 (7.36%) Senior Software Engineer
10 34 (6.95%) Hardware Engineer
10 34 (6.95%) Principal Engineer
11 27 (5.52%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 26 (5.32%) Design Engineer
12 26 (5.32%) Linux Engineer
13 25 (5.11%) Embedded Linux Engineer
14 23 (4.70%) Architect
15 19 (3.89%) Firmware Engineer
16 17 (3.48%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
17 16 (3.27%) Developer
17 16 (3.27%) Electronics Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (7.16%) Yocto
2 10 (2.04%) .NET
2 10 (2.04%) React
3 6 (1.23%) pytest
3 6 (1.23%) TensorFlow
3 6 (1.23%) Terraform
4 5 (1.02%) REST
5 4 (0.82%) Middleware
5 4 (0.82%) PyTorch
5 4 (0.82%) Qt
5 4 (0.82%) Unity DI Container
6 3 (0.61%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 3 (0.61%) WebSockets
7 2 (0.41%) CSS
7 2 (0.41%) iOS SDK
7 2 (0.41%) JWT
7 2 (0.41%) LangChain
7 2 (0.41%) Node.js
7 2 (0.41%) React Native
8 1 (0.20%) ONNX
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.84%) IoT
2 47 (9.61%) FPGA
3 45 (9.20%) Algorithms
4 37 (7.57%) Device Driver
5 29 (5.93%) Analogue Electronics
6 25 (5.11%) Robotics
7 20 (4.09%) ARM Cortex
7 20 (4.09%) VHDL
8 19 (3.89%) Verilog
9 8 (1.64%) Acoustics
9 8 (1.64%) Operational Technology
9 8 (1.64%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.43%) Life Science
11 6 (1.23%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.02%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.02%) PCIe
12 5 (1.02%) Raspberry Pi
12 5 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.02%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 105 (21.47%) Linux
2 54 (11.04%) Embedded Linux
3 17 (3.48%) FreeRTOS
4 11 (2.25%) Windows
5 6 (1.23%) Android
6 5 (1.02%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.02%) Unix
7 3 (0.61%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.41%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.41%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.20%) Debian
9 1 (0.20%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (37.63%) Software Engineering
2 72 (14.72%) Validation
3 65 (13.29%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (11.25%) CI/CD
4 55 (11.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 48 (9.82%) Test Automation
6 37 (7.57%) Computer Science
7 35 (7.16%) Prototyping
8 34 (6.95%) Collaborative Culture
9 32 (6.54%) Technical Leadership
10 31 (6.34%) DevOps
10 31 (6.34%) Signal Processing
11 30 (6.13%) AI
12 29 (5.93%) Schematic Capture
13 28 (5.73%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
14 27 (5.52%) Software Testing
15 26 (5.32%) Cybersecurity
16 25 (5.11%) Collaborative Engineering
17 24 (4.91%) CAD
17 24 (4.91%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 148 (30.27%) C++
2 141 (28.83%) C
3 85 (17.38%) Python
4 32 (6.54%) Embedded C
5 29 (5.93%) MATLAB
6 25 (5.11%) Rust
7 24 (4.91%) C#
7 24 (4.91%) Embedded C++
8 16 (3.27%) Java
9 15 (3.07%) Go
10 12 (2.45%) JavaScript
11 7 (1.43%) Ada
11 7 (1.43%) SystemVerilog
12 6 (1.23%) Bash
13 5 (1.02%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.61%) Ada 95
14 3 (0.61%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.41%) SQL
16 1 (0.20%) Assembly Language
16 1 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 88 (18.00%) Degree
2 72 (14.72%) Security Cleared
3 41 (8.38%) SC Cleared
4 27 (5.52%) DV Cleared
5 20 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (3.89%) Master's Degree
7 18 (3.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (2.66%) HND
9 9 (1.84%) CEH
10 8 (1.64%) OSCP
11 7 (1.43%) HNC
12 5 (1.02%) PhD
13 2 (0.41%) CISMP
13 2 (0.41%) CISSP
13 2 (0.41%) EMC Certification
14 1 (0.20%) Chartered Engineer
14 1 (0.20%) CISA
14 1 (0.20%) CISM
14 1 (0.20%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.20%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.27%) QA
2 9 (1.84%) JTAG
3 5 (1.02%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.02%) Def Stans
4 4 (0.82%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.82%) ECSS
4 4 (0.82%) ISO 9001
4 4 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (0.82%) MIL-STD-1553
5 3 (0.61%) Automotive SPICE
6 2 (0.41%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.41%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.41%) MISRA
6 2 (0.41%) NIST
7 1 (0.20%) DO-160
7 1 (0.20%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.20%) DO-254
7 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 121 (24.74%) Firmware
2 59 (12.07%) Embedded Firmware
3 13 (2.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.43%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.82%) Grafana
2 4 (0.82%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.41%) Ansible
3 2 (0.41%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.20%) Consul
Vendors
1 27 (5.52%) EMC
2 13 (2.66%) Microsoft
2 13 (2.66%) Xilinx
3 9 (1.84%) Google
4 5 (1.02%) Cadence
4 5 (1.02%) Intel
4 5 (1.02%) Microsemi
4 5 (1.02%) Motorola
5 4 (0.82%) HubSpot
5 4 (0.82%) NVIDIA
5 4 (0.82%) YouTube
6 3 (0.61%) Altera
7 2 (0.41%) Adobe
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle
7 2 (0.41%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.41%) SAP
7 2 (0.41%) Yahoo!
8 1 (0.20%) Cisco
8 1 (0.20%) IBM
8 1 (0.20%) Lattice Semiconductor