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 16 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 486 477 528
Rank change year-on-year -9 +51 +139
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 248 159 391
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.38% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.00% 0.97% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 165 110 281
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -13.73%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,500 £77,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 24,769 16,383 34,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.89% 39.50% 36.20%
Number of salaries quoted 12,698 9,112 22,964
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,739 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,725 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -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 16 April 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 16 April 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 +18 225 £57,500 +4.55% 263
England -6 204 £60,000 +7.14% 259
Work from Home +17 91 £60,000 -0.83% 60
South East -34 47 £65,000 +8.33% 88
East of England +2 45 £62,500 +7.76% 48
North of England -40 38 £56,500 -7.38% 29
Midlands -27 36 £55,000 +4.76% 35
West Midlands +5 30 £55,000 +23.60% 11
South West -40 25 £55,000 +10.00% 41
Scotland -29 17 £60,000 +26.32% 16
Yorkshire -41 16 £55,000 +4.76% 15
North West -24 14 £60,000 -7.69% 13
Wales -16 13 £50,000 +41.84% 7
London -11 11 £100,000 +60.00% 20
North East -29 8 £56,500 -7.38% 1
East Midlands -54 6 £55,000 +2.33% 24
Northern Ireland -40 4 - - 3

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 (0.40%) Confluence
1 1 (0.40%) Kinematics
Applications
1 3 (1.21%) CANalyzer
2 1 (0.40%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.40%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.81%) AWS
1 2 (0.81%) AWS CodePipeline
2 1 (0.40%) Azure
2 1 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 46 (18.55%) Ethernet
2 14 (5.65%) Wireless
3 11 (4.44%) Bluetooth
4 5 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.61%) HTTP
6 3 (1.21%) Modbus
6 3 (1.21%) Profibus
6 3 (1.21%) RS-232
6 3 (1.21%) RS-485
6 3 (1.21%) Software-Defined Radio
6 3 (1.21%) ZigBee
7 2 (0.81%) DNS
7 2 (0.81%) ICMP
7 2 (0.81%) MQTT
7 2 (0.81%) RFID
7 2 (0.81%) SpaceWire
7 2 (0.81%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.40%) 4G
8 1 (0.40%) LTE
8 1 (0.40%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 10 (4.03%) Git
2 9 (3.63%) JIRA
3 6 (2.42%) Subversion
4 4 (1.61%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.21%) CANoe
5 3 (1.21%) Polyspace
5 3 (1.21%) VectorCAST
5 3 (1.21%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.81%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.81%) IDA Disassembler
6 2 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.40%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.40%) GDB
7 1 (0.40%) GoogleTest
7 1 (0.40%) Selenium
7 1 (0.40%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.40%) Zephyr
General
1 41 (16.53%) Electronics
2 24 (9.68%) Social Skills
3 22 (8.87%) Manufacturing
4 13 (5.24%) Automotive
5 11 (4.44%) Aerospace
6 10 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.42%) Finance
8 4 (1.61%) Aviation
8 4 (1.61%) Games
8 4 (1.61%) Military
9 3 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.81%) Advertising
10 2 (0.81%) Avionics
10 2 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.81%) Law
10 2 (0.81%) Retail
10 2 (0.81%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.81%) Wearables
11 1 (0.40%) Cyber-Physical System
Job Titles
1 108 (43.55%) Embedded Engineer
2 74 (29.84%) Software Engineer
3 51 (20.56%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 45 (18.15%) Systems Engineer
5 44 (17.74%) Senior
6 29 (11.69%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 28 (11.29%) Senior Software Engineer
8 25 (10.08%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 17 (6.85%) Lead
10 10 (4.03%) Design Engineer
10 10 (4.03%) Firmware Engineer
10 10 (4.03%) Software Manager
10 10 (4.03%) Test Engineer
11 9 (3.63%) Development Engineer
11 9 (3.63%) Lead Systems Engineer
12 8 (3.23%) Developer
13 7 (2.82%) Linux Engineer
13 7 (2.82%) Principal Engineer
13 7 (2.82%) Senior Support Engineer
13 7 (2.82%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.23%) .NET
2 4 (1.61%) pytest
3 3 (1.21%) Qt
3 3 (1.21%) Yocto
4 2 (0.81%) OpenCV
4 2 (0.81%) PyTorch
4 2 (0.81%) React
4 2 (0.81%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.40%) HTML
5 1 (0.40%) HTML5
5 1 (0.40%) Next.js
5 1 (0.40%) Node.js
5 1 (0.40%) Playwright
5 1 (0.40%) React Native
5 1 (0.40%) Redux
5 1 (0.40%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.40%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 51 (20.56%) FPGA
2 13 (5.24%) IoT
3 11 (4.44%) CAN bus
3 11 (4.44%) Robotics
4 9 (3.63%) Acoustics
4 9 (3.63%) Algorithms
5 7 (2.82%) Device Driver
5 7 (2.82%) Raspberry Pi
6 6 (2.42%) Analogue Electronics
7 5 (2.02%) Digital Media
8 4 (1.61%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.21%) Arduino
9 3 (1.21%) ARM Cortex
9 3 (1.21%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.21%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.21%) Self-Driving Car
9 3 (1.21%) Smart Home
10 2 (0.81%) CUDA
10 2 (0.81%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.81%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 66 (26.61%) Linux
2 10 (4.03%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (2.42%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (1.21%) Robot Operating System
5 2 (0.81%) ThreadX
5 2 (0.81%) VxWorks
5 2 (0.81%) Windows
6 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (36.29%) Software Engineering
2 25 (10.08%) Embedded Software Development
3 21 (8.47%) Validation
4 20 (8.06%) Agile
4 20 (8.06%) Software Testing
5 19 (7.66%) SDLC
5 19 (7.66%) Test Automation
6 17 (6.85%) Systems Engineering
7 14 (5.65%) CI/CD
7 14 (5.65%) Computer Science
7 14 (5.65%) DevOps
7 14 (5.65%) Mentoring
8 13 (5.24%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (5.24%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (5.24%) Technical Leadership
9 12 (4.84%) Safety Engineering
10 11 (4.44%) Mathematics
11 10 (4.03%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (4.03%) Physics
11 10 (4.03%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 66 (26.61%) C++
2 55 (22.18%) C
3 26 (10.48%) Python
4 11 (4.44%) Embedded C
5 9 (3.63%) C#
6 8 (3.23%) Embedded C++
7 5 (2.02%) Rust
8 3 (1.21%) Bash
8 3 (1.21%) Java
8 3 (1.21%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.81%) Assembly Language
9 2 (0.81%) Go
9 2 (0.81%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.40%) PHP
10 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.40%) VB
10 1 (0.40%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.40%) VB6
Qualifications
1 26 (10.48%) Degree
2 21 (8.47%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.84%) DV Cleared
3 12 (4.84%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.23%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.61%) PhD
7 3 (1.21%) HNC
7 3 (1.21%) HND
8 2 (0.81%) CEH
8 2 (0.81%) OSCP
9 1 (0.40%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.40%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.65%) IEC 61508
2 12 (4.84%) MISRA
3 11 (4.44%) MISRA C
4 5 (2.02%) QA
5 3 (1.21%) Def Stans
5 3 (1.21%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.81%) ECSS
6 2 (0.81%) JTAG
System Software
1 39 (15.73%) Firmware
2 26 (10.48%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (6.05%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (1.61%) EMC
2 3 (1.21%) Atlassian
2 3 (1.21%) Google
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.81%) NVIDIA