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 have cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months to 30 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 545 724 739
Rank change year-on-year +179 +15 -119
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 182 392 376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.31% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.91% 0.71% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 128 125 203
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,000 £37,750
25th Percentile £48,438 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,400 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £80,625
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,400 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.86% +5.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

Embedded Systems is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 19,913 55,308 57,167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.98% 43.77% 44.16%
Number of salaries quoted 14,617 30,324 33,815
10th Percentile £33,500 £34,895 £33,713
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,868 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +6.45% -
75th Percentile £84,056 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,289 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Embedded Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Systems.

Salary trend for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Systems over the 6 months to 30 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Top 14 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 30 November 2023. 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
England +159 168 £60,000 -7.69% 193
UK excluding London +104 161 £60,000 -3.85% 183
Work from Home +188 80 £60,000 -4.00% 100
South East +82 52 £60,000 -0.83% 48
East of England +87 30 £55,000 -16.35% 44
North of England +172 26 £51,500 -6.36% 28
South West +73 25 £85,000 +36.00% 32
Midlands +84 23 £60,000 -14.29% 20
West Midlands +97 21 £60,000 -14.29% 14
North West +118 17 £55,000 - 12
London +253 12 £70,000 -9.68% 26
Yorkshire +96 9 £50,000 - 9
Scotland +57 5 £47,500 -17.39% 6
East Midlands +46 2 £50,000 -18.37% 6

Embedded Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 28 (15.38%) Simulink
2 15 (8.24%) OrCAD
3 11 (6.04%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.20%) CANalyzer
4 4 (2.20%) Stateflow
5 2 (1.10%) Mathcad
Cloud Services
1 10 (5.49%) Azure
2 8 (4.40%) AWS
3 5 (2.75%) GitHub
4 1 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.55%) Serverless
4 1 (0.55%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 29 (15.93%) Software-Defined Radio
2 26 (14.29%) Wireless
3 11 (6.04%) Modbus
4 9 (4.95%) Ethernet
5 7 (3.85%) 4G
5 7 (3.85%) Internet
5 7 (3.85%) J1939
6 6 (3.30%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.75%) 5G
7 5 (2.75%) Bluetooth
7 5 (2.75%) LTE
8 4 (2.20%) 3G
8 4 (2.20%) 3GPP
8 4 (2.20%) 5G NR
9 3 (1.65%) 2G
9 3 (1.65%) GSM
9 3 (1.65%) RS-232
9 3 (1.65%) UMTS
10 2 (1.10%) Multicast
10 2 (1.10%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.65%) MySQL
2 1 (0.55%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (12.09%) Git
2 14 (7.69%) JIRA
3 8 (4.40%) Subversion
4 6 (3.30%) GDB
4 6 (3.30%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (2.20%) Burp Suite
5 4 (2.20%) Jenkins
5 4 (2.20%) TeamCity
6 2 (1.10%) CMake
6 2 (1.10%) IDA Disassembler
6 2 (1.10%) Metasploit
6 2 (1.10%) SoapUI
6 2 (1.10%) yacc
7 1 (0.55%) Appium
7 1 (0.55%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.55%) GoogleTest
7 1 (0.55%) JMeter
7 1 (0.55%) JUnit
7 1 (0.55%) Spock
7 1 (0.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 59 (32.42%) Electronics
2 52 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 32 (17.58%) Manufacturing
4 28 (15.38%) Automotive
5 26 (14.29%) Marketing
6 24 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (10.99%) Telecoms
8 19 (10.44%) Public Sector
9 17 (9.34%) Finance
10 13 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (6.59%) Military
12 10 (5.49%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (3.30%) Aerospace
13 6 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (2.75%) Local Government
15 4 (2.20%) Games
15 4 (2.20%) Norwegian Language
16 2 (1.10%) Aeronautics
16 2 (1.10%) Legal
Job Titles
1 71 (39.01%) Senior
2 50 (27.47%) Embedded Engineer
3 42 (23.08%) Software Engineer
4 37 (20.33%) Systems Engineer
5 26 (14.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 24 (13.19%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 21 (11.54%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 17 (9.34%) Electronics Engineer
9 16 (8.79%) Developer
10 13 (7.14%) Architect
10 13 (7.14%) Design Engineer
10 13 (7.14%) Principal Architect
10 13 (7.14%) Senior Architect
10 13 (7.14%) Senior Software Architect
10 13 (7.14%) Software Architect
11 12 (6.59%) Lead
12 11 (6.04%) Hardware Engineer
13 10 (5.49%) Senior Design Engineer
13 10 (5.49%) Senior Software Engineer
14 9 (4.95%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.24%) HTML
2 7 (3.85%) HTML5
2 7 (3.85%) React
3 6 (3.30%) Redux
3 6 (3.30%) WPF
4 5 (2.75%) .NET
4 5 (2.75%) CSS
5 4 (2.20%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.65%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 3 (1.65%) Yocto
7 2 (1.10%) Entity Framework
7 2 (1.10%) NumPy
7 2 (1.10%) STL
7 2 (1.10%) Web Services
8 1 (0.55%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.55%) JSON
8 1 (0.55%) Middleware
8 1 (0.55%) OpenGL
8 1 (0.55%) REST
8 1 (0.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (17.58%) FPGA
2 27 (14.84%) VHDL
3 22 (12.09%) Algorithms
4 19 (10.44%) IoT
5 18 (9.89%) Mali
6 15 (8.24%) CAN bus
7 11 (6.04%) Device Driver
8 10 (5.49%) Operational Technology
9 9 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (4.95%) Verilog
10 8 (4.40%) Onboarding
10 8 (4.40%) SCADA
11 6 (3.30%) Mobile App
12 4 (2.20%) Data Structures
12 4 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (2.20%) Smartphone
13 3 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
14 2 (1.10%) 3D Printing
14 2 (1.10%) Arduino
14 2 (1.10%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 75 (41.21%) Linux
2 17 (9.34%) Android
3 15 (8.24%) Windows
4 9 (4.95%) FreeRTOS
5 6 (3.30%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (1.10%) Kali Linux
6 2 (1.10%) Mac OS X
6 2 (1.10%) Unix
6 2 (1.10%) VxWorks
7 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.55%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (45.60%) Software Engineering
2 52 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (20.33%) Agile
4 31 (17.03%) Mentoring
5 26 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 25 (13.74%) Validation
7 24 (13.19%) Signal Processing
7 24 (13.19%) Use Case
8 23 (12.64%) Coaching
9 22 (12.09%) Digital Signal Processing
9 22 (12.09%) Requirements Analysis
10 21 (11.54%) Technical Leadership
11 20 (10.99%) Mathematics
12 19 (10.44%) Cybersecurity
13 18 (9.89%) FPGA Design
13 18 (9.89%) Software Architecture
13 18 (9.89%) UML
14 17 (9.34%) Schematic Capture
14 17 (9.34%) Stakeholder Management
15 16 (8.79%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 100 (54.95%) C++
2 98 (53.85%) C
3 66 (36.26%) Python
4 46 (25.27%) MATLAB
5 15 (8.24%) C#
6 12 (6.59%) Java
7 8 (4.40%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.20%) Bash
8 4 (2.20%) Embedded C
8 4 (2.20%) Go
8 4 (2.20%) PHP
8 4 (2.20%) SQL
9 3 (1.65%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.65%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.55%) Ada
10 1 (0.55%) ANSI C
10 1 (0.55%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.55%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.55%) Rust
10 1 (0.55%) XAML
Qualifications
1 71 (39.01%) Degree
2 42 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 34 (18.68%) SC Cleared
4 16 (8.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (6.04%) Master's Degree
6 10 (5.49%) PhD
7 8 (4.40%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.20%) CHECK Team Member
8 4 (2.20%) CREST Certified
9 3 (1.65%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.10%) CHECK Team Leader
10 2 (1.10%) HND
10 2 (1.10%) OSCP
10 2 (1.10%) SANS
11 1 (0.55%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.55%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.59%) QA
2 10 (5.49%) NIST
3 9 (4.95%) Automotive SPICE
4 8 (4.40%) NIST 800
5 7 (3.85%) ISO 26262
6 6 (3.30%) MISRA
7 3 (1.65%) MISRA C
8 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (1.10%) JTAG
9 1 (0.55%) IEC 62304
9 1 (0.55%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 54 (29.67%) Firmware
2 29 (15.93%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (3.85%) Docker
4 1 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (3.30%) Terraform
2 2 (1.10%) Nmap
3 1 (0.55%) Consul
3 1 (0.55%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.55%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.55%) Packer
Vendors
1 21 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.69%) SAP
3 13 (7.14%) Xilinx
4 10 (5.49%) EMC
5 6 (3.30%) Cadence
6 4 (2.20%) QNX
7 2 (1.10%) Apple
8 1 (0.55%) Google
8 1 (0.55%) Samsung
8 1 (0.55%) VMware