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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 417 493 491
Rank change year-on-year +76 -2 +37
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 484 174 311
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.35% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.55% 0.86% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 323 106 144
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,281 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,000 £41,220
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,438 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,500 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +11.82% +5.77% -9.57%

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 31,179 20,283 24,617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.55% 40.97% 32.21%
Number of salaries quoted 19,338 10,179 12,548
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -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 £46,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.83% -11.43% -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 26 September 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 26 September 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 +72 455 £61,500 +11.82% 496
England +99 439 £61,500 +11.82% 603
South East +36 152 £60,000 +9.09% 138
Work from Home -20 103 £67,500 +22.73% 194
East of England +44 81 £75,000 - 125
Midlands -5 69 £67,500 +42.11% 50
South West -27 65 £62,500 +47.06% 83
North of England -30 48 £55,000 +19.57% 53
West Midlands -2 44 £40,000 -38.46% 30
East Midlands -21 25 £67,500 +58.82% 20
Scotland +19 23 £55,000 -42.11% 36
North East -45 19 £51,000 +5.70% 13
Yorkshire -36 16 £55,000 +19.57% 13
London -49 16 £60,000 - 104
North West -21 13 £55,000 -15.38% 27
Wales -56 13 £73,750 +13.46% 10
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 (1.03%) Confluence
2 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.62%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 22 (4.55%) Simulink
2 12 (2.48%) SOLIDWORKS
3 7 (1.45%) Solid Edge
4 4 (0.83%) Lightworks
4 4 (0.83%) OrCAD
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.21%) CANalyzer
6 1 (0.21%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.21%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 12 (2.48%) Azure
2 11 (2.27%) AWS
3 8 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (1.03%) GCP
4 5 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (0.83%) Google Analytics
5 4 (0.83%) MailChimp
5 4 (0.83%) SaaS
6 3 (0.62%) AWS IoT
6 3 (0.62%) Datadog
6 3 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.62%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.62%) GitHub
6 3 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (0.62%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.62%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.62%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.41%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.21%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 41 (8.47%) Wireless
2 23 (4.75%) Ethernet
3 21 (4.34%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (3.31%) Bluetooth
4 16 (3.31%) ZigBee
5 14 (2.89%) RS-232
6 13 (2.69%) RS-485
7 12 (2.48%) MQTT
8 9 (1.86%) Software-Defined Radio
9 8 (1.65%) Modbus
9 8 (1.65%) Profibus
10 7 (1.45%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.62%) 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 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.41%) MySQL
2 2 (0.41%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.21%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (8.68%) Git
2 12 (2.48%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.07%) JIRA
4 9 (1.86%) GitLab
4 9 (1.86%) PetaLinux
5 7 (1.45%) GDB
6 6 (1.24%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (1.03%) LabVIEW
8 4 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (0.83%) Robot Framework
9 3 (0.62%) Subversion
10 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.41%) MLflow
10 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.41%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.21%) CANoe
11 1 (0.21%) CMake
11 1 (0.21%) GoogleTest
11 1 (0.21%) Selenium
11 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
General
1 153 (31.61%) Electronics
2 90 (18.60%) Manufacturing
3 60 (12.40%) Social Skills
4 58 (11.98%) Aerospace
5 49 (10.12%) Automotive
6 20 (4.13%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.13%) Finance
7 12 (2.48%) Aviation
7 12 (2.48%) Military
8 8 (1.65%) Avionics
8 8 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.24%) Advertising
11 5 (1.03%) Marketing
12 4 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.83%) Legal
13 3 (0.62%) Games
13 3 (0.62%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.62%) Police
13 3 (0.62%) Retail
Job Titles
1 210 (43.39%) Embedded Engineer
2 142 (29.34%) Software Engineer
3 92 (19.01%) Systems Engineer
4 89 (18.39%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 79 (16.32%) Senior
6 54 (11.16%) Lead
7 46 (9.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 40 (8.26%) Electronics Engineer
9 38 (7.85%) Senior Software Engineer
10 34 (7.02%) Hardware Engineer
11 33 (6.82%) Principal Engineer
12 27 (5.58%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 26 (5.37%) Linux Engineer
14 25 (5.17%) Embedded Linux Engineer
15 24 (4.96%) Design Engineer
16 23 (4.75%) Architect
17 19 (3.93%) Firmware Engineer
18 17 (3.51%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
19 16 (3.31%) Developer
20 14 (2.89%) Electronics Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (7.23%) Yocto
2 11 (2.27%) React
3 10 (2.07%) .NET
4 6 (1.24%) pytest
4 6 (1.24%) TensorFlow
4 6 (1.24%) Terraform
5 5 (1.03%) REST
6 4 (0.83%) Middleware
6 4 (0.83%) PyTorch
6 4 (0.83%) Qt
6 4 (0.83%) Unity DI Container
7 3 (0.62%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.62%) WebSockets
8 2 (0.41%) CSS
8 2 (0.41%) HTML
8 2 (0.41%) iOS SDK
8 2 (0.41%) JWT
8 2 (0.41%) LangChain
8 2 (0.41%) Node.js
8 2 (0.41%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.95%) IoT
2 48 (9.92%) FPGA
3 46 (9.50%) Algorithms
4 38 (7.85%) Device Driver
5 27 (5.58%) Analogue Electronics
6 25 (5.17%) Robotics
7 20 (4.13%) ARM Cortex
7 20 (4.13%) VHDL
8 19 (3.93%) Verilog
9 9 (1.86%) Acoustics
9 9 (1.86%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.65%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.45%) Life Science
12 6 (1.24%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.24%) Raspberry Pi
13 5 (1.03%) Driving Licence
13 5 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (1.03%) Mobile App
13 5 (1.03%) PCIe
13 5 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 110 (22.73%) Linux
2 55 (11.36%) Embedded Linux
3 17 (3.51%) FreeRTOS
4 11 (2.27%) Windows
5 6 (1.24%) Android
6 5 (1.03%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.03%) Unix
7 3 (0.62%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.41%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.41%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.21%) Debian
9 1 (0.21%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (39.05%) Software Engineering
2 70 (14.46%) Validation
3 64 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (11.36%) CI/CD
5 54 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 48 (9.92%) Test Automation
7 38 (7.85%) Computer Science
8 33 (6.82%) Collaborative Culture
8 33 (6.82%) Prototyping
9 32 (6.61%) Signal Processing
9 32 (6.61%) Technical Leadership
10 31 (6.40%) AI
10 31 (6.40%) DevOps
11 28 (5.79%) Software Testing
12 27 (5.58%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
12 27 (5.58%) Schematic Capture
13 25 (5.17%) Software Architecture
14 24 (4.96%) Collaborative Engineering
14 24 (4.96%) Cybersecurity
15 23 (4.75%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 148 (30.58%) C++
2 142 (29.34%) C
3 89 (18.39%) Python
4 33 (6.82%) Embedded C
5 29 (5.99%) MATLAB
6 26 (5.37%) Rust
7 25 (5.17%) Embedded C++
8 24 (4.96%) C#
9 17 (3.51%) Java
10 15 (3.10%) Go
11 12 (2.48%) JavaScript
12 7 (1.45%) Ada
12 7 (1.45%) SystemVerilog
13 6 (1.24%) Bash
14 5 (1.03%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.62%) Ada 95
15 3 (0.62%) PowerShell
16 2 (0.41%) Assembly Language
16 2 (0.41%) SQL
17 1 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 87 (17.98%) Degree
2 74 (15.29%) Security Cleared
3 43 (8.88%) SC Cleared
4 27 (5.58%) DV Cleared
5 20 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (3.72%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.48%) HND
8 9 (1.86%) CEH
9 8 (1.65%) OSCP
10 7 (1.45%) HNC
11 6 (1.24%) PhD
12 2 (0.41%) CISMP
12 2 (0.41%) CISSP
12 2 (0.41%) EMC Certification
13 1 (0.21%) CRISC
13 1 (0.21%) IISP
13 1 (0.21%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.21%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 1 (0.21%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.10%) QA
2 9 (1.86%) JTAG
3 5 (1.03%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.03%) Def Stans
4 4 (0.83%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.83%) ECSS
4 4 (0.83%) ISO 9001
4 4 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (0.83%) MIL-STD-1553
5 3 (0.62%) 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 (0.21%) DO-160
7 1 (0.21%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.21%) DO-254
7 1 (0.21%) GDPR
7 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 120 (24.79%) Firmware
2 57 (11.78%) Embedded Firmware
3 13 (2.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.45%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.83%) Grafana
2 4 (0.83%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.41%) Ansible
3 2 (0.41%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.21%) Consul
Vendors
1 24 (4.96%) EMC
2 13 (2.69%) Microsoft
2 13 (2.69%) Xilinx
3 9 (1.86%) Google
4 5 (1.03%) Intel
4 5 (1.03%) Microsemi
5 4 (0.83%) Cadence
5 4 (0.83%) HubSpot
5 4 (0.83%) Motorola
5 4 (0.83%) NVIDIA
5 4 (0.83%) YouTube
6 3 (0.62%) 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 (0.21%) Cisco
8 1 (0.21%) IBM
8 1 (0.21%) Lattice Semiconductor