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 25 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 478 481 519
Rank change year-on-year +3 +38 +154
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 225 163 344
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.40% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.96% 1.02% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 151 94 252
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,625 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £70,625 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £83,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.82% - -12.00%

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 23,373 16,024 31,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.38% 38.94% 36.36%
Number of salaries quoted 11,861 8,881 22,055
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £44,956 £38,572
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,800 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 25 March 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 25 March 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 +6 207 £58,750 +6.82% 303
England -1 183 £60,000 +9.09% 295
Work from Home +16 90 £56,500 -5.83% 61
East of England -3 39 £67,500 +16.38% 66
North of England -44 38 £56,500 -7.38% 43
Midlands -17 36 £55,000 +10.00% 33
South East -23 36 £66,250 +20.45% 97
West Midlands +17 30 £55,000 +47.65% 11
South West -22 25 £55,000 -6.38% 47
Scotland -28 15 £60,000 +26.32% 16
North West -32 15 £60,000 +9.09% 11
Wales -6 14 £50,000 +41.84% 10
Yorkshire -31 14 £55,000 +4.76% 23
London -19 9 £100,000 +60.00% 19
North East -20 9 £56,500 -7.38% 9
East Midlands -43 6 £55,000 - 22
Northern Ireland -34 4 - - 4

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 1 (0.44%) Kinematics
Applications
1 2 (0.89%) CANalyzer
2 1 (0.44%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.44%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 45 (20.00%) Ethernet
2 9 (4.00%) Bluetooth
2 9 (4.00%) Wireless
3 6 (2.67%) Software-Defined Radio
4 5 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.78%) HTTP
6 2 (0.89%) DNS
6 2 (0.89%) ICMP
6 2 (0.89%) MQTT
6 2 (0.89%) RFID
6 2 (0.89%) RS-232
6 2 (0.89%) RS-485
6 2 (0.89%) SpaceWire
6 2 (0.89%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.44%) 2G
7 1 (0.44%) 4G
7 1 (0.44%) 5G
7 1 (0.44%) LTE
7 1 (0.44%) Modbus
7 1 (0.44%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 8 (3.56%) Git
2 7 (3.11%) JIRA
3 6 (2.67%) Subversion
4 2 (0.89%) CANoe
4 2 (0.89%) IDA Disassembler
4 2 (0.89%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.44%) Zephyr
General
1 46 (20.44%) Electronics
2 27 (12.00%) Social Skills
3 17 (7.56%) Manufacturing
4 12 (5.33%) Automotive
5 10 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.11%) Aerospace
7 6 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.67%) Finance
8 5 (2.22%) Aviation
9 3 (1.33%) Games
9 3 (1.33%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.89%) Law
10 2 (0.89%) Military
10 2 (0.89%) Retail
10 2 (0.89%) Wearables
11 1 (0.44%) Advertising
11 1 (0.44%) Aeronautics
11 1 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 96 (42.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 59 (26.22%) Software Engineer
3 45 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 42 (18.67%) Systems Engineer
5 38 (16.89%) Senior
6 25 (11.11%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 22 (9.78%) Senior Software Engineer
8 21 (9.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 14 (6.22%) Lead
10 12 (5.33%) Firmware Engineer
11 10 (4.44%) Software Manager
12 9 (4.00%) Design Engineer
13 8 (3.56%) Development Engineer
14 7 (3.11%) Developer
14 7 (3.11%) Electronics Engineer
14 7 (3.11%) Lead Systems Engineer
14 7 (3.11%) Senior Support Engineer
14 7 (3.11%) Software Support Engineer
14 7 (3.11%) Support Engineer
15 6 (2.67%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.11%) .NET
2 3 (1.33%) Qt
3 2 (0.89%) Flash
3 2 (0.89%) OpenCV
3 2 (0.89%) PyTorch
3 2 (0.89%) TensorFlow
3 2 (0.89%) Yocto
4 1 (0.44%) Next.js
4 1 (0.44%) Node.js
4 1 (0.44%) React
4 1 (0.44%) React Native
4 1 (0.44%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 52 (23.11%) FPGA
2 13 (5.78%) IoT
3 11 (4.89%) CAN bus
4 10 (4.44%) Algorithms
5 9 (4.00%) Robotics
6 8 (3.56%) Acoustics
7 6 (2.67%) Analogue Electronics
7 6 (2.67%) Raspberry Pi
8 5 (2.22%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.78%) Device Driver
9 4 (1.78%) Self-Driving Car
10 3 (1.33%) Arduino
10 3 (1.33%) ARM Cortex
10 3 (1.33%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.33%) Smart Home
11 2 (0.89%) CUDA
11 2 (0.89%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.89%) Lidar
11 2 (0.89%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.89%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 56 (24.89%) Linux
2 6 (2.67%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.33%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (1.33%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.89%) VxWorks
5 1 (0.44%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (34.67%) Software Engineering
2 26 (11.56%) Embedded Software Development
3 23 (10.22%) Systems Engineering
4 18 (8.00%) SDLC
4 18 (8.00%) Software Testing
5 17 (7.56%) Agile
6 15 (6.67%) Mentoring
7 14 (6.22%) Test Automation
7 14 (6.22%) Validation
8 12 (5.33%) DevOps
9 11 (4.89%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (4.89%) Mathematics
9 11 (4.89%) Physics
9 11 (4.89%) Safety Engineering
9 11 (4.89%) Technical Leadership
10 10 (4.44%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (4.00%) Actionable Insight
12 8 (3.56%) CI/CD
12 8 (3.56%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (3.56%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 56 (24.89%) C++
2 53 (23.56%) C
3 13 (5.78%) Python
4 11 (4.89%) Embedded C
5 7 (3.11%) C#
6 6 (2.67%) Embedded C++
7 5 (2.22%) Rust
8 2 (0.89%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.44%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.44%) Java
9 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.44%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.44%) PHP
9 1 (0.44%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.44%) VB
9 1 (0.44%) VB6
Qualifications
1 24 (10.67%) Degree
2 22 (9.78%) Security Cleared
3 16 (7.11%) DV Cleared
4 13 (5.78%) SC Cleared
5 11 (4.89%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.33%) PhD
7 2 (0.89%) HNC
7 2 (0.89%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.33%) MISRA
2 11 (4.89%) IEC 61508
2 11 (4.89%) MISRA C
3 4 (1.78%) QA
4 2 (0.89%) ECSS
4 2 (0.89%) JTAG
System Software
1 34 (15.11%) Firmware
2 25 (11.11%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (6.22%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (2.22%) EMC
2 2 (0.89%) Atlassian
2 2 (0.89%) Google
2 2 (0.89%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.89%) NVIDIA