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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 474 488 508
Rank change year-on-year +14 +20 +166
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 250 160 388
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.38% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.00% 0.97% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 164 111 279
10th Percentile £49,125 £37,500 £39,906
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% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 24,986 16,529 34,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.75% 39.59% 36.16%
Number of salaries quoted 12,835 9,150 22,986
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,354 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,720 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,188 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 19 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 19 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 +28 227 £60,000 +9.09% 298
England +11 206 £60,000 +8.11% 291
Work from Home +20 91 £60,000 -0.83% 68
South East -38 52 £65,000 +8.33% 93
East of England -2 45 £62,500 +7.76% 51
North of England -45 37 £56,500 -7.38% 42
Midlands -24 36 £55,000 +4.76% 41
West Midlands -6 30 £55,000 +23.60% 14
South West -37 23 £55,000 +10.00% 45
Scotland -34 17 £60,000 +26.32% 20
Yorkshire -40 16 £55,000 +10.00% 20
North West -17 14 £60,000 -7.69% 16
Wales -14 13 £50,000 +41.84% 10
London -14 11 £100,000 +60.00% 21
North East -29 7 £56,500 -7.38% 6
East Midlands -58 6 £55,000 +2.33% 27
Northern Ireland -39 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 (1.20%) CANalyzer
2 2 (0.80%) Simulink
3 1 (0.40%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.80%) AWS
1 2 (0.80%) AWS CodePipeline
2 1 (0.40%) Azure
2 1 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 47 (18.80%) Ethernet
2 14 (5.60%) Wireless
3 11 (4.40%) Bluetooth
4 5 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.20%) HTTP
5 3 (1.20%) Modbus
5 3 (1.20%) Profibus
5 3 (1.20%) RS-232
5 3 (1.20%) RS-485
5 3 (1.20%) ZigBee
6 2 (0.80%) MQTT
6 2 (0.80%) RFID
6 2 (0.80%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (0.80%) SpaceWire
7 1 (0.40%) 4G
7 1 (0.40%) DNS
7 1 (0.40%) ICMP
7 1 (0.40%) LTE
7 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.40%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 10 (4.00%) Git
2 9 (3.60%) JIRA
3 6 (2.40%) Subversion
4 4 (1.60%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.20%) CANoe
5 3 (1.20%) Polyspace
5 3 (1.20%) VectorCAST
5 3 (1.20%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.80%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.40%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.40%) GDB
7 1 (0.40%) GoogleTest
7 1 (0.40%) IDA Disassembler
7 1 (0.40%) Selenium
7 1 (0.40%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.40%) Zephyr
General
1 40 (16.00%) Electronics
2 23 (9.20%) Manufacturing
3 20 (8.00%) Social Skills
4 14 (5.60%) Automotive
5 12 (4.80%) Aerospace
6 9 (3.60%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.40%) Finance
8 5 (2.00%) Military
9 4 (1.60%) Aviation
9 4 (1.60%) Games
10 3 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.80%) Advertising
11 2 (0.80%) Avionics
11 2 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.80%) Law
11 2 (0.80%) Retail
11 2 (0.80%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.80%) Wearables
12 1 (0.40%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 107 (42.80%) Embedded Engineer
2 75 (30.00%) Software Engineer
3 50 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 47 (18.80%) Systems Engineer
5 44 (17.60%) Senior
6 29 (11.60%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 28 (11.20%) Senior Software Engineer
8 25 (10.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 19 (7.60%) Lead
10 11 (4.40%) Development Engineer
10 11 (4.40%) Lead Systems Engineer
11 10 (4.00%) Design Engineer
11 10 (4.00%) Firmware Engineer
11 10 (4.00%) Software Manager
11 10 (4.00%) Test Engineer
12 8 (3.20%) Developer
12 8 (3.20%) Software Development Engineer
13 7 (2.80%) Principal Engineer
13 7 (2.80%) Senior Support Engineer
13 7 (2.80%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.20%) .NET
2 4 (1.60%) pytest
3 3 (1.20%) Qt
3 3 (1.20%) Yocto
4 2 (0.80%) OpenCV
4 2 (0.80%) PyTorch
4 2 (0.80%) React
4 2 (0.80%) 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 (20.40%) FPGA
2 13 (5.20%) IoT
3 11 (4.40%) Acoustics
3 11 (4.40%) CAN bus
3 11 (4.40%) Robotics
4 10 (4.00%) Algorithms
5 8 (3.20%) Device Driver
6 6 (2.40%) Analogue Electronics
6 6 (2.40%) Raspberry Pi
7 5 (2.00%) Digital Media
8 4 (1.60%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.60%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.20%) ARM Cortex
9 3 (1.20%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.20%) Self-Driving Car
9 3 (1.20%) Smart Home
10 2 (0.80%) CUDA
10 2 (0.80%) Lidar
10 2 (0.80%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.80%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 66 (26.40%) Linux
2 10 (4.00%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (2.40%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (1.20%) Robot Operating System
5 2 (0.80%) ThreadX
5 2 (0.80%) VxWorks
5 2 (0.80%) Windows
6 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (36.00%) Software Engineering
2 23 (9.20%) Embedded Software Development
3 22 (8.80%) Validation
4 20 (8.00%) Agile
5 19 (7.60%) SDLC
5 19 (7.60%) Software Testing
5 19 (7.60%) Test Automation
6 15 (6.00%) CI/CD
6 15 (6.00%) Systems Engineering
6 15 (6.00%) Technical Leadership
7 14 (5.60%) Computer Science
7 14 (5.60%) DevOps
8 13 (5.20%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (5.20%) Safety Engineering
9 12 (4.80%) Mentoring
9 12 (4.80%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (4.40%) Roadmaps
11 10 (4.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (4.00%) Mathematics
12 9 (3.60%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 64 (25.60%) C++
2 52 (20.80%) C
3 25 (10.00%) Python
4 11 (4.40%) Embedded C
5 9 (3.60%) C#
5 9 (3.60%) Embedded C++
6 4 (1.60%) MATLAB
6 4 (1.60%) Rust
7 3 (1.20%) Bash
7 3 (1.20%) Java
8 2 (0.80%) Assembly Language
8 2 (0.80%) Go
8 2 (0.80%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.40%) PHP
9 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.40%) VB
9 1 (0.40%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.40%) VB6
Qualifications
1 24 (9.60%) Degree
2 19 (7.60%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.40%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.60%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.80%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.60%) PhD
8 3 (1.20%) HNC
8 3 (1.20%) HND
9 2 (0.80%) CEH
9 2 (0.80%) OSCP
10 1 (0.40%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.40%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.60%) IEC 61508
2 12 (4.80%) MISRA
3 11 (4.40%) MISRA C
4 5 (2.00%) QA
5 4 (1.60%) Def Stans
6 3 (1.20%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.80%) ECSS
7 2 (0.80%) JTAG
System Software
1 40 (16.00%) Firmware
2 25 (10.00%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (6.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (1.60%) EMC
2 3 (1.20%) Atlassian
2 3 (1.20%) Google
3 2 (0.80%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.80%) NVIDIA