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 20 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 467 516 525
Rank change year-on-year +49 +9 +123
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 290 162 438
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.36% 0.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.21% 0.84% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 205 96 304
10th Percentile £45,000 £31,875 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,438 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -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 24,018 19,262 36,593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.51% 42.92% 33.51%
Number of salaries quoted 15,300 9,143 23,648
10th Percentile £30,250 £29,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,125 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,359 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.72% - -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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +59 264 £57,500 +9.52% 144
England +39 263 £60,000 +9.09% 148
South East +14 93 £60,000 +9.09% 55
Work from Home -10 57 £60,000 +9.09% 64
East of England +32 55 £67,500 -1.82% 25
South West -31 36 £61,250 +11.36% 23
Midlands -22 32 £52,500 +23.53% 19
North of England -21 26 £53,000 -3.64% 18
West Midlands -3 24 £55,000 +83.33% 11
London -15 17 £100,000 +66.67% 13
North East -36 14 £51,000 -16.39% 1
Scotland +6 11 £60,000 +26.32% 2
Wales - 10 £50,000 - 5
Yorkshire -38 9 £50,000 +8.70% 5
East Midlands -42 8 £50,000 +11.11% 8
North West -5 3 £70,000 +7.69% 13
Northern Ireland -31 1 - - 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 3 (1.03%) Confluence
2 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.69%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.34%) Kinematics
Applications
1 8 (2.76%) Simulink
2 4 (1.38%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (1.03%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.34%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.34%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (2.41%) AWS
1 7 (2.41%) Azure
2 5 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (1.03%) Google Analytics
3 3 (1.03%) MailChimp
3 3 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (0.69%) AWS CodePipeline
4 2 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (0.69%) Entra ID
4 2 (0.69%) GCP
4 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (0.69%) Power Automate
4 2 (0.69%) Power Platform
4 2 (0.69%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.34%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (0.34%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (0.34%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (0.34%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (9.31%) Wireless
2 20 (6.90%) Bluetooth
3 12 (4.14%) RS-232
3 12 (4.14%) ZigBee
4 10 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (3.10%) Ethernet
5 9 (3.10%) MQTT
5 9 (3.10%) RS-485
6 8 (2.76%) Modbus
6 8 (2.76%) Profibus
7 6 (2.07%) Software-Defined Radio
8 2 (0.69%) HTTP
8 2 (0.69%) RFID
8 2 (0.69%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.34%) LTE
9 1 (0.34%) SpaceWire
9 1 (0.34%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 24 (8.28%) Git
2 9 (3.10%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.07%) JIRA
4 5 (1.72%) GDB
4 5 (1.72%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (1.38%) GitLab
5 4 (1.38%) PetaLinux
5 4 (1.38%) Robot Framework
5 4 (1.38%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.03%) CANoe
6 3 (1.03%) Polyspace
6 3 (1.03%) Subversion
6 3 (1.03%) VectorCAST
7 2 (0.69%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.69%) MLflow
8 1 (0.34%) CMake
8 1 (0.34%) GoogleTest
8 1 (0.34%) Selenium
8 1 (0.34%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.34%) Zephyr
General
1 66 (22.76%) Electronics
2 43 (14.83%) Manufacturing
3 31 (10.69%) Social Skills
4 25 (8.62%) Automotive
5 24 (8.28%) Aerospace
6 8 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.07%) Games
8 6 (2.07%) Military
9 5 (1.72%) Aviation
9 5 (1.72%) Finance
10 4 (1.38%) Advertising
10 4 (1.38%) Marketing
11 3 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.03%) Wearables
12 2 (0.69%) Avionics
12 2 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.69%) Law
12 2 (0.69%) Retail
13 1 (0.34%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 146 (50.34%) Embedded Engineer
2 114 (39.31%) Software Engineer
3 69 (23.79%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 66 (22.76%) Systems Engineer
5 60 (20.69%) Senior
6 36 (12.41%) Senior Software Engineer
7 33 (11.38%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 26 (8.97%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 25 (8.62%) Lead
10 19 (6.55%) Principal Engineer
11 17 (5.86%) Firmware Engineer
11 17 (5.86%) Linux Engineer
12 16 (5.52%) Developer
13 15 (5.17%) Embedded Linux Engineer
14 14 (4.83%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
14 14 (4.83%) Lead Systems Engineer
15 11 (3.79%) Development Engineer
16 10 (3.45%) Embedded C++ Engineer
17 9 (3.10%) Embedded Developer
18 8 (2.76%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.17%) Yocto
2 10 (3.45%) .NET
3 8 (2.76%) pytest
3 8 (2.76%) TensorFlow
4 6 (2.07%) PyTorch
5 4 (1.38%) React
5 4 (1.38%) Unity DI Container
6 3 (1.03%) OpenCV
6 3 (1.03%) Qt
7 2 (0.69%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 2 (0.69%) iOS SDK
7 2 (0.69%) LangChain
7 2 (0.69%) Node.js
7 2 (0.69%) React Native
7 2 (0.69%) REST
7 2 (0.69%) WebSockets
8 1 (0.34%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.34%) ONNX
8 1 (0.34%) Playwright
8 1 (0.34%) Torch
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.03%) Algorithms
2 30 (10.34%) IoT
3 23 (7.93%) FPGA
4 19 (6.55%) Device Driver
5 17 (5.86%) Robotics
6 16 (5.52%) Acoustics
7 12 (4.14%) ARM Cortex
8 9 (3.10%) Verilog
8 9 (3.10%) VHDL
9 7 (2.41%) CAN bus
9 7 (2.41%) Raspberry Pi
10 6 (2.07%) Analogue Electronics
10 6 (2.07%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.72%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.72%) Operational Technology
12 4 (1.38%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.38%) Onboarding
13 3 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (1.03%) PCIe
13 3 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 59 (20.34%) Linux
2 32 (11.03%) Embedded Linux
3 12 (4.14%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (2.07%) Robot Operating System
5 5 (1.72%) Windows
6 4 (1.38%) Android
7 3 (1.03%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.03%) Unix
8 2 (0.69%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.34%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (50.69%) Software Engineering
2 40 (13.79%) Validation
3 30 (10.34%) CI/CD
4 27 (9.31%) Computer Science
5 26 (8.97%) Test Automation
6 24 (8.28%) DevOps
7 21 (7.24%) Roadmaps
7 21 (7.24%) SDLC
7 21 (7.24%) Technical Leadership
8 20 (6.90%) AI
8 20 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (6.90%) Software Testing
9 19 (6.55%) Collaborative Culture
10 18 (6.21%) Signal Processing
11 17 (5.86%) Cybersecurity
11 17 (5.86%) Embedded Software Development
11 17 (5.86%) Machine Learning
12 16 (5.52%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (5.52%) Mentoring
12 16 (5.52%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 99 (34.14%) C++
2 87 (30.00%) C
3 59 (20.34%) Python
4 20 (6.90%) Embedded C
5 19 (6.55%) C#
6 17 (5.86%) Embedded C++
7 13 (4.48%) MATLAB
8 8 (2.76%) Java
8 8 (2.76%) Rust
9 7 (2.41%) Bash
10 5 (1.72%) Go
10 5 (1.72%) JavaScript
11 3 (1.03%) Assembly Language
12 2 (0.69%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.69%) SystemVerilog
13 1 (0.34%) PHP
13 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.34%) VB
13 1 (0.34%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.34%) VB6
Qualifications
1 50 (17.24%) Degree
2 33 (11.38%) Security Cleared
3 28 (9.66%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.83%) Master's Degree
5 13 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (4.48%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.41%) HND
7 6 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.07%) CEH
8 5 (1.72%) OSCP
9 4 (1.38%) PhD
10 3 (1.03%) HNC
11 1 (0.34%) CISMP
11 1 (0.34%) CISSP
11 1 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.34%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.45%) IEC 61508
2 8 (2.76%) MISRA
3 7 (2.41%) MISRA C
3 7 (2.41%) QA
4 6 (2.07%) JTAG
5 5 (1.72%) Def Stans
6 4 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 4 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 3 (1.03%) Automotive SPICE
7 3 (1.03%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.03%) ISO 26262
8 2 (0.69%) ECSS
9 1 (0.34%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.34%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.34%) NIST
9 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
System Software
1 79 (27.24%) Firmware
2 44 (15.17%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (2.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (3.10%) Functional Safety
2 3 (1.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (2.41%) EMC
1 7 (2.41%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.07%) Google
3 3 (1.03%) Atlassian
3 3 (1.03%) HubSpot
3 3 (1.03%) Xilinx
3 3 (1.03%) YouTube
4 2 (0.69%) Adobe
4 2 (0.69%) Intel
4 2 (0.69%) Microsemi
4 2 (0.69%) Motorola
4 2 (0.69%) NVIDIA
4 2 (0.69%) Oracle
4 2 (0.69%) Salesforce
4 2 (0.69%) SAP
5 1 (0.34%) Xamarin