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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 463 485 520
Rank change year-on-year +22 +35 +146
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 260 162 392
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.38% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.03% 0.97% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 172 112 279
10th Percentile £47,625 £38,000 £39,376
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £70,313 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,250 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 25,303 16,741 34,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.33% 39.74% 36.03%
Number of salaries quoted 13,067 9,218 22,954
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +16 237 £57,500 +4.55% 182
England +12 218 £60,000 +8.11% 185
Work from Home +36 94 £60,000 - 114
South East -9 61 £65,000 +18.18% 63
East of England -5 45 £61,500 +2.50% 34
North of England -37 38 £55,750 -8.61% 27
Midlands -35 37 £55,000 +7.32% 23
West Midlands -5 30 £55,000 +47.65% 13
South West -31 24 £55,000 +10.00% 27
Scotland -24 17 £60,000 +26.32% 8
Yorkshire -44 17 £55,000 +14.58% 9
North West -26 13 £60,000 -7.69% 12
Wales -18 12 £50,000 +41.84% 1
London -28 11 £100,000 +60.00% 13
North East -38 8 £56,500 -7.38% 6
East Midlands -53 7 £55,000 +4.76% 10
Northern Ireland -41 3 - - 3

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 (0.77%) Confluence
2 1 (0.38%) Kinematics
Applications
1 3 (1.15%) CANalyzer
1 3 (1.15%) Simulink
2 1 (0.38%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.77%) AWS
1 2 (0.77%) AWS CodePipeline
2 1 (0.38%) Azure
2 1 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (0.38%) Google Analytics
2 1 (0.38%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 48 (18.46%) Ethernet
2 16 (6.15%) Wireless
3 12 (4.62%) Bluetooth
4 5 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.54%) Modbus
5 4 (1.54%) Profibus
5 4 (1.54%) RS-232
5 4 (1.54%) RS-485
5 4 (1.54%) ZigBee
6 2 (0.77%) HTTP
6 2 (0.77%) MQTT
6 2 (0.77%) RFID
6 2 (0.77%) SpaceWire
7 1 (0.38%) LTE
7 1 (0.38%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.38%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 11 (4.23%) Git
2 10 (3.85%) JIRA
3 7 (2.69%) Subversion
4 4 (1.54%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.54%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (1.15%) CANoe
5 3 (1.15%) Polyspace
5 3 (1.15%) VectorCAST
5 3 (1.15%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.77%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.38%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.38%) GDB
7 1 (0.38%) GoogleTest
7 1 (0.38%) Selenium
7 1 (0.38%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 43 (16.54%) Electronics
2 26 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 23 (8.85%) Social Skills
4 14 (5.38%) Automotive
5 13 (5.00%) Aerospace
6 9 (3.46%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.31%) Finance
7 6 (2.31%) Military
8 4 (1.54%) Games
8 4 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.15%) Aviation
10 2 (0.77%) Advertising
10 2 (0.77%) Avionics
10 2 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.77%) Law
10 2 (0.77%) Retail
10 2 (0.77%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.77%) Wearables
11 1 (0.38%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 111 (42.69%) Embedded Engineer
2 83 (31.92%) Software Engineer
3 55 (21.15%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 48 (18.46%) Senior
4 48 (18.46%) Systems Engineer
5 31 (11.92%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 31 (11.92%) Senior Software Engineer
6 27 (10.38%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 21 (8.08%) Lead
8 12 (4.62%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 11 (4.23%) Development Engineer
10 10 (3.85%) Design Engineer
10 10 (3.85%) Software Manager
10 10 (3.85%) Test Engineer
11 9 (3.46%) Developer
11 9 (3.46%) Firmware Engineer
11 9 (3.46%) Principal Engineer
12 8 (3.08%) Software Development Engineer
13 7 (2.69%) Electronics Engineer
13 7 (2.69%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.69%) .NET
2 4 (1.54%) pytest
3 3 (1.15%) Qt
3 3 (1.15%) Yocto
4 2 (0.77%) OpenCV
4 2 (0.77%) PyTorch
4 2 (0.77%) React
4 2 (0.77%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.38%) HTML
5 1 (0.38%) HTML5
5 1 (0.38%) Next.js
5 1 (0.38%) Node.js
5 1 (0.38%) Playwright
5 1 (0.38%) React Native
5 1 (0.38%) Redux
5 1 (0.38%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.38%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 50 (19.23%) FPGA
2 13 (5.00%) Acoustics
2 13 (5.00%) Algorithms
2 13 (5.00%) IoT
3 11 (4.23%) CAN bus
3 11 (4.23%) Robotics
4 9 (3.46%) Device Driver
5 6 (2.31%) Analogue Electronics
6 5 (1.92%) Digital Media
6 5 (1.92%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.92%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.92%) Raspberry Pi
7 4 (1.54%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.15%) ARM Cortex
8 3 (1.15%) Self-Driving Car
8 3 (1.15%) Smart Home
9 2 (0.77%) Lidar
9 2 (0.77%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.77%) PCIe
9 2 (0.77%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 69 (26.54%) Linux
2 11 (4.23%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (2.69%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (1.15%) Robot Operating System
5 2 (0.77%) ThreadX
5 2 (0.77%) VxWorks
5 2 (0.77%) Windows
6 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (37.69%) Software Engineering
2 22 (8.46%) Embedded Software Development
2 22 (8.46%) Validation
3 21 (8.08%) Agile
4 20 (7.69%) SDLC
4 20 (7.69%) Software Testing
5 18 (6.92%) Test Automation
6 17 (6.54%) CI/CD
7 16 (6.15%) Computer Science
7 16 (6.15%) DevOps
7 16 (6.15%) Technical Leadership
8 15 (5.77%) Systems Engineering
9 14 (5.38%) Safety Engineering
10 13 (5.00%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (5.00%) Roadmaps
11 12 (4.62%) Mentoring
12 11 (4.23%) Problem-Solving
13 10 (3.85%) Continuous Improvement
13 10 (3.85%) Software Architecture
14 9 (3.46%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 67 (25.77%) C++
2 53 (20.38%) C
3 27 (10.38%) Python
4 11 (4.23%) Embedded C
5 10 (3.85%) C#
5 10 (3.85%) Embedded C++
6 5 (1.92%) MATLAB
7 4 (1.54%) Rust
8 3 (1.15%) Bash
8 3 (1.15%) Java
9 2 (0.77%) Assembly Language
9 2 (0.77%) Go
9 2 (0.77%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.38%) PHP
10 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.38%) VB
10 1 (0.38%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.38%) VB6
Qualifications
1 26 (10.00%) Degree
2 21 (8.08%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.38%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.08%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.69%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.54%) PhD
8 3 (1.15%) HNC
8 3 (1.15%) HND
9 2 (0.77%) CEH
9 2 (0.77%) OSCP
10 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.38%) IEC 61508
2 12 (4.62%) MISRA
3 11 (4.23%) MISRA C
4 5 (1.92%) Def Stans
5 4 (1.54%) QA
6 3 (1.15%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.77%) ECSS
7 2 (0.77%) JTAG
8 1 (0.38%) Data Quality
System Software
1 43 (16.54%) Firmware
2 27 (10.38%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (5.77%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (1.54%) EMC
1 4 (1.54%) Google
2 3 (1.15%) Atlassian
3 2 (0.77%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.77%) NVIDIA
4 1 (0.38%) Adobe
4 1 (0.38%) HubSpot
4 1 (0.38%) YouTube