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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 489 541
Rank change year-on-year +10 +52 +134
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 201 203 295
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.45% 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.89% 1.16% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 137 86 222
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.22% -13.46%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £67,188
90th Percentile £90,400 £73,750 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 22,565 17,526 28,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.66% 38.46% 36.30%
Number of salaries quoted 11,422 8,571 20,511
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,644 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.78% +12.08% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.82% +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 4 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 4 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 -1 188 £60,000 +9.09% 196
England -20 158 £60,000 +4.35% 197
Work from Home +32 90 £56,500 -6.61% 69
North of England -19 37 £56,500 -7.38% 30
South East -18 33 £65,000 +18.18% 53
East of England -5 30 £67,500 +8.00% 59
Midlands -1 28 £55,000 +7.32% 19
West Midlands +26 23 £55,000 +10.00% 12
South West -7 23 £55,000 -6.38% 31
Scotland -21 19 £60,000 +17.65% 11
Wales 0 14 £50,000 +41.84% 4
North West -10 14 £65,000 -13.33% 9
Yorkshire -24 14 £55,000 -6.38% 11
North East -11 9 £56,500 -7.38% 10
London +18 7 £100,000 +63.27% 15
East Midlands -34 5 £55,000 -4.35% 7
Northern Ireland -29 4 - - 1

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 (0.50%) Kinematics
Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.50%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 45 (22.39%) Ethernet
2 7 (3.48%) Bluetooth
2 7 (3.48%) Wireless
3 6 (2.99%) Software-Defined Radio
4 4 (1.99%) HTTP
4 4 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.00%) DNS
5 2 (1.00%) ICMP
5 2 (1.00%) MQTT
5 2 (1.00%) RFID
5 2 (1.00%) SpaceWire
5 2 (1.00%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.50%) 2G
6 1 (0.50%) 4G
6 1 (0.50%) 5G
6 1 (0.50%) RS-232
6 1 (0.50%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 8 (3.98%) Git
2 6 (2.99%) JIRA
2 6 (2.99%) Subversion
3 2 (1.00%) IDA Disassembler
3 2 (1.00%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.50%) Zephyr
General
1 51 (25.37%) Electronics
2 26 (12.94%) Social Skills
3 16 (7.96%) Manufacturing
4 15 (7.46%) Automotive
5 10 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.98%) Finance
7 7 (3.48%) Aerospace
8 6 (2.99%) Aviation
8 6 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.00%) Law
9 2 (1.00%) Retail
9 2 (1.00%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.50%) Advertising
10 1 (0.50%) Aeronautics
10 1 (0.50%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.50%) Military
10 1 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.50%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 82 (40.80%) Embedded Engineer
2 51 (25.37%) Software Engineer
3 42 (20.90%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 34 (16.92%) Senior
5 30 (14.93%) Systems Engineer
6 24 (11.94%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 20 (9.95%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 20 (9.95%) Senior Software Engineer
8 17 (8.46%) Firmware Engineer
9 11 (5.47%) Lead
10 10 (4.98%) Software Manager
11 9 (4.48%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
12 8 (3.98%) Electronics Engineer
13 7 (3.48%) Senior Support Engineer
13 7 (3.48%) Software Support Engineer
13 7 (3.48%) Support Engineer
14 6 (2.99%) Project Manager
14 6 (2.99%) Team Leader
15 5 (2.49%) Software Design Engineer
15 5 (2.49%) Systems Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.48%) .NET
2 6 (2.99%) Flash
3 3 (1.49%) Qt
4 2 (1.00%) OpenCV
4 2 (1.00%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.00%) TensorFlow
4 2 (1.00%) Yocto
5 1 (0.50%) Next.js
5 1 (0.50%) Node.js
5 1 (0.50%) React
5 1 (0.50%) React Native
5 1 (0.50%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 52 (25.87%) FPGA
2 12 (5.97%) IoT
3 11 (5.47%) CAN bus
4 9 (4.48%) Algorithms
5 6 (2.99%) Robotics
6 5 (2.49%) Acoustics
6 5 (2.49%) Analogue Electronics
6 5 (2.49%) Digital Media
6 5 (2.49%) Raspberry Pi
7 4 (1.99%) Self-Driving Car
8 3 (1.49%) Arduino
8 3 (1.49%) Smart Home
9 2 (1.00%) ARM Cortex
9 2 (1.00%) CUDA
9 2 (1.00%) Device Driver
9 2 (1.00%) Lidar
9 2 (1.00%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.00%) PCIe
9 2 (1.00%) Photography
10 1 (0.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 53 (26.37%) Linux
2 4 (1.99%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.49%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (1.00%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (35.32%) Software Engineering
2 24 (11.94%) Embedded Software Development
3 20 (9.95%) Systems Engineering
4 18 (8.96%) Agile
5 17 (8.46%) Mentoring
5 17 (8.46%) SDLC
6 15 (7.46%) Software Testing
7 12 (5.97%) DevOps
7 12 (5.97%) Mathematics
7 12 (5.97%) Test Automation
8 11 (5.47%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (5.47%) Physics
8 11 (5.47%) Safety Engineering
8 11 (5.47%) Validation
9 10 (4.98%) CI/CD
9 10 (4.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (4.98%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (4.48%) Actionable Insight
11 8 (3.98%) Technical Leadership
11 8 (3.98%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 53 (26.37%) C++
2 50 (24.88%) C
3 12 (5.97%) Embedded C
4 9 (4.48%) Python
5 8 (3.98%) C#
6 5 (2.49%) Embedded C++
6 5 (2.49%) Rust
7 2 (1.00%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.50%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.50%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (9.95%) Degree
2 19 (9.45%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.46%) DV Cleared
4 12 (5.97%) SC Cleared
5 10 (4.98%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.97%) MISRA
2 11 (5.47%) IEC 61508
2 11 (5.47%) MISRA C
3 5 (2.49%) QA
4 2 (1.00%) ECSS
4 2 (1.00%) JTAG
System Software
1 38 (18.91%) Firmware
2 30 (14.93%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (6.97%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (2.49%) EMC
2 2 (1.00%) Google
2 2 (1.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.00%) NVIDIA
3 1 (0.50%) SAP