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

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	381	511	494
Rank change year-on-year	+130	-17	+34
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems	550	163	273
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.45%	0.33%	0.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	1.66%	0.83%	1.22%
Number of salaries quoted	372	103	104
10^th Percentile	£39,000	£39,281	£38,250
25^th Percentile	£50,000	£43,000	£43,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£55,000	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+9.09%	-	-8.33%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£74,375	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£101,250	£72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£63,750	£55,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+15.91%	-	-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 citing generic IT skills.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills	33,145	19,580	22,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	27.41%	39.61%	32.44%
Number of salaries quoted	20,124	10,254	10,997
10^th Percentile	£30,750	£28,000	£32,750
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£36,250	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£54,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+1.85%	-10.00%	-4.00%
75^th Percentile	£78,750	£77,500	£83,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£102,500	£110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£51,356	£45,000	£54,000
% change year-on-year	+14.12%	-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 24 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 24 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
UK excluding London	+119	515	£63,750	+15.91%	481
England	+125	493	£61,250	+11.36%	578
South East	+21	156	£60,000	+9.09%	129
Work from Home	-21	115	£67,500	+22.73%	208
Midlands	+11	98	£67,500	+58.82%	55
East of England	+36	90	£70,000	-6.67%	127
South West	-36	67	£65,000	+52.94%	62
West Midlands	+11	65	£62,500	+13.64%	31
North of England	-29	58	£55,000	+10.00%	53
East Midlands	-23	33	£67,500	+68.75%	24
Scotland	+22	29	£60,000	-36.84%	38
North East	-48	28	£60,500	+7.08%	12
London	-57	19	£60,000	-	103
North West	-30	16	£55,000	-16.98%	26
Yorkshire	-29	14	£55,000	+19.57%	15
Wales	-66	14	£70,000	+7.69%	13
Northern Ireland	-74	4	-	-	12

Embedded Systems Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 October 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	33.3%	183
2	C	28.2%	155
3	C++	27.8%	153
4	Firmware	24.4%	134
5	Degree	19.8%	109
6	Linux	19.3%	106
7	Python	16.0%	88
8	Validation	15.1%	83
9	Problem-Solving	14.9%	82
10	Security Cleared	13.8%	76
11	Continuous Improvement	12.2%	67
11	Embedded Firmware	12.2%	67
13	Embedded Linux	10.0%	55
14	Test Automation	9.5%	52
15	CI/CD	9.3%	51
16	Prototyping	8.5%	47
17	Git	8.2%	45
18	Schematic Capture	8.0%	44
19	SC Cleared	7.6%	42
20	Computer Science	7.5%	41
20	EMC	7.5%	41
22	Wireless	7.1%	39
23	Embedded C	6.7%	37
23	Signal Processing	6.7%	37
23	Yocto	6.7%	37
26	AI	6.5%	36
27	Technical Leadership	6.4%	35
28	Collaborative Culture	6.0%	33
29	MATLAB	5.8%	32
30	CAD	5.3%	29

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	11.5%	63
2	IoT	9.6%	53
3	Algorithms	8.2%	45
4	Analogue Electronics	7.1%	39
5	Device Driver	6.7%	37
6	Robotics	4.7%	26
6	VHDL	4.7%	26
8	Verilog	4.2%	23
9	ARM Cortex	3.6%	20
10	PCIe	1.6%	9
11	Life Science	1.3%	7
12	Onboarding	1.1%	6
12	Operational Technology	1.1%	6
12	Self-Motivation	1.1%	6
15	Acoustics	0.9%	5
15	Legacy Systems	0.9%	5
15	Mobile App	0.9%	5
15	Product Ownership	0.9%	5
15	Raspberry Pi	0.9%	5
20	Distributed Systems	0.7%	4