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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 505 478
Rank change year-on-year +113 -27 +54
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 507 165 287
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.33% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.60% 0.82% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 341 104 109
10th Percentile £39,000 £39,281 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -6.38%

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 31,691 20,193 23,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.84% 40.85% 32.16%
Number of salaries quoted 19,414 10,199 11,622
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,250 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £79,856 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £45,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +14.44% -15.09% -3.64%

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 10 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 10 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 +107 476 £62,500 +13.64% 513
England +121 460 £61,500 +20.00% 619
South East +24 153 £60,000 +9.09% 147
Work from Home -18 109 £67,500 +22.73% 216
East of England +43 84 £73,750 -1.67% 142
Midlands +17 81 £67,500 +50.00% 43
South West -28 66 £65,000 +52.94% 68
West Midlands 0 54 £55,000 - 23
North of England -26 52 £55,000 +19.57% 57
East Midlands -22 27 £67,500 +58.82% 20
Scotland +20 23 £55,000 -42.11% 39
North East -51 23 £51,000 -9.73% 16
London -32 18 £60,000 - 107
North West -15 15 £55,000 -24.14% 27
Yorkshire -25 14 £55,000 +19.57% 14
Wales -70 13 £73,750 +13.46% 14
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 13

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 (0.99%) Confluence
2 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.59%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 23 (4.54%) Simulink
2 12 (2.37%) SOLIDWORKS
3 9 (1.78%) OrCAD
4 7 (1.38%) Solid Edge
5 4 (0.79%) Lightworks
6 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (2.17%) AWS
1 11 (2.17%) Azure
2 7 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (1.18%) GitHub
3 6 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
4 5 (0.99%) GCP
4 5 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (0.79%) Google Analytics
5 4 (0.79%) MailChimp
5 4 (0.79%) SaaS
6 3 (0.59%) AWS IoT
6 3 (0.59%) Datadog
6 3 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.59%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (0.59%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.59%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.59%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.39%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.20%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (7.89%) Wireless
2 23 (4.54%) Ethernet
2 23 (4.54%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (3.16%) Bluetooth
4 15 (2.96%) ZigBee
5 13 (2.56%) RS-232
6 12 (2.37%) MQTT
6 12 (2.37%) RS-485
7 9 (1.78%) Software-Defined Radio
8 8 (1.58%) TCP/IP
9 7 (1.38%) Modbus
9 7 (1.38%) Profibus
10 3 (0.59%) X.509
11 2 (0.39%) 5G
11 2 (0.39%) DHCP
11 2 (0.39%) DNS
11 2 (0.39%) LoRaWAN
11 2 (0.39%) RS-422
11 2 (0.39%) UWB
11 2 (0.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.39%) MySQL
2 2 (0.39%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.39%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.20%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 46 (9.07%) Git
2 13 (2.56%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.37%) JIRA
4 11 (2.17%) GitLab
5 10 (1.97%) PetaLinux
6 6 (1.18%) GDB
6 6 (1.18%) LabVIEW
6 6 (1.18%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.79%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.79%) Robot Framework
7 4 (0.79%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.59%) Subversion
9 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.39%) MLflow
9 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.20%) CMake
10 1 (0.20%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.20%) GoogleTest
10 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
General
1 177 (34.91%) Electronics
2 99 (19.53%) Manufacturing
3 64 (12.62%) Social Skills
4 59 (11.64%) Aerospace
5 51 (10.06%) Automotive
6 24 (4.73%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (4.14%) Finance
8 11 (2.17%) Aviation
8 11 (2.17%) Military
9 8 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.38%) Avionics
11 5 (0.99%) Advertising
11 5 (0.99%) Marketing
12 4 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.79%) Legal
13 3 (0.59%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.59%) Police
13 3 (0.59%) Retail
14 2 (0.39%) Games
Job Titles
1 218 (43.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 136 (26.82%) Software Engineer
3 95 (18.74%) Systems Engineer
4 89 (17.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 85 (16.77%) Senior
6 53 (10.45%) Electronics Engineer
7 51 (10.06%) Lead
8 50 (9.86%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 36 (7.10%) Hardware Engineer
9 36 (7.10%) Senior Software Engineer
10 33 (6.51%) Principal Engineer
11 31 (6.11%) Design Engineer
12 27 (5.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 26 (5.13%) Linux Engineer
14 25 (4.93%) Embedded Linux Engineer
15 23 (4.54%) Architect
16 21 (4.14%) Electronics Design Engineer
17 17 (3.35%) Firmware Engineer
18 16 (3.16%) Developer
19 15 (2.96%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (7.30%) Yocto
2 11 (2.17%) React
3 9 (1.78%) .NET
4 6 (1.18%) REST
4 6 (1.18%) TensorFlow
4 6 (1.18%) Terraform
5 5 (0.99%) pytest
6 4 (0.79%) Middleware
6 4 (0.79%) PyTorch
6 4 (0.79%) Qt
6 4 (0.79%) Unity DI Container
7 3 (0.59%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.59%) WebSockets
8 2 (0.39%) CSS
8 2 (0.39%) GraphQL
8 2 (0.39%) iOS SDK
8 2 (0.39%) JWT
8 2 (0.39%) LangChain
8 2 (0.39%) Node.js
8 2 (0.39%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.85%) FPGA
2 53 (10.45%) IoT
3 49 (9.66%) Algorithms
4 38 (7.50%) Device Driver
5 33 (6.51%) Analogue Electronics
6 24 (4.73%) Robotics
7 22 (4.34%) VHDL
8 20 (3.94%) ARM Cortex
8 20 (3.94%) Verilog
9 8 (1.58%) Acoustics
10 7 (1.38%) Life Science
10 7 (1.38%) Operational Technology
10 7 (1.38%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.18%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.18%) PCIe
12 5 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.99%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.99%) Raspberry Pi
12 5 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (0.99%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 108 (21.30%) Linux
2 57 (11.24%) Embedded Linux
3 17 (3.35%) FreeRTOS
4 10 (1.97%) Windows
5 6 (1.18%) Android
6 5 (0.99%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.99%) Unix
7 3 (0.59%) Robot Operating System
7 3 (0.59%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.39%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.20%) Debian
9 1 (0.20%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (36.29%) Software Engineering
2 74 (14.60%) Validation
3 71 (14.00%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (11.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 55 (10.85%) CI/CD
6 48 (9.47%) Test Automation
7 41 (8.09%) Computer Science
8 40 (7.89%) Prototyping
9 35 (6.90%) Collaborative Culture
9 35 (6.90%) Schematic Capture
10 34 (6.71%) Technical Leadership
11 33 (6.51%) Signal Processing
12 31 (6.11%) AI
13 30 (5.92%) DevOps
14 28 (5.52%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
15 27 (5.33%) Collaborative Engineering
16 26 (5.13%) CAD
16 26 (5.13%) Cybersecurity
17 25 (4.93%) Software Testing
18 24 (4.73%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 156 (30.77%) C++
2 150 (29.59%) C
3 89 (17.55%) Python
4 37 (7.30%) Embedded C
5 33 (6.51%) MATLAB
6 27 (5.33%) Embedded C++
7 25 (4.93%) Rust
8 24 (4.73%) C#
9 17 (3.35%) Java
10 15 (2.96%) Go
11 13 (2.56%) JavaScript
12 8 (1.58%) SystemVerilog
13 7 (1.38%) Ada
14 6 (1.18%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.99%) Bash
16 3 (0.59%) Ada 95
16 3 (0.59%) PowerShell
16 3 (0.59%) SQL
17 1 (0.20%) Assembly Language
17 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 99 (19.53%) Degree
2 74 (14.60%) Security Cleared
3 41 (8.09%) SC Cleared
4 27 (5.33%) DV Cleared
5 22 (4.34%) Master's Degree
6 21 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (3.55%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (3.16%) HND
9 10 (1.97%) HNC
10 8 (1.58%) CEH
10 8 (1.58%) PhD
11 7 (1.38%) OSCP
12 2 (0.39%) CISMP
12 2 (0.39%) CISSP
12 2 (0.39%) EMC Certification
13 1 (0.20%) Chartered Engineer
13 1 (0.20%) CISA
13 1 (0.20%) CISM
13 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.20%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.16%) QA
2 10 (1.97%) JTAG
3 6 (1.18%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.99%) Def Stans
5 4 (0.79%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.79%) ECSS
5 4 (0.79%) ISO 9001
5 4 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 4 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 4 (0.79%) MIL-STD-1553
6 3 (0.59%) Automotive SPICE
7 2 (0.39%) MISRA
7 2 (0.39%) NIST
8 1 (0.20%) GDPR
8 1 (0.20%) GRC
8 1 (0.20%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.20%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 127 (25.05%) Firmware
2 64 (12.62%) Embedded Firmware
3 14 (2.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (1.58%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.79%) Grafana
2 4 (0.79%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.39%) Ansible
3 2 (0.39%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.20%) Consul
Vendors
1 33 (6.51%) EMC
2 15 (2.96%) Xilinx
3 14 (2.76%) Microsoft
4 9 (1.78%) Google
5 7 (1.38%) Cadence
6 6 (1.18%) Intel
6 6 (1.18%) Microsemi
7 5 (0.99%) Motorola
8 4 (0.79%) Altera
8 4 (0.79%) HubSpot
8 4 (0.79%) NVIDIA
8 4 (0.79%) YouTube
9 3 (0.59%) Oracle
9 3 (0.59%) SAP
10 2 (0.39%) Adobe
10 2 (0.39%) Lattice Semiconductor
10 2 (0.39%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.39%) Yahoo!
11 1 (0.20%) Cisco
11 1 (0.20%) Xamarin