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 14 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 498 496
Rank change year-on-year +83 -2 +73
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 456 165 316
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.33% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.55% 0.81% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 306 95 166
10th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £39,141
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,625 £102,500 £66,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -8.70%

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 29,511 20,312 25,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.99% 41.08% 32.20%
Number of salaries quoted 18,432 10,178 13,299
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,925 £42,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 +102 427 £60,000 +9.09% 476
England +128 415 £60,000 +9.09% 574
South East +32 143 £60,000 +9.09% 148
Work from Home -15 98 £67,500 +22.73% 192
East of England +42 75 £71,250 -5.00% 144
Midlands -8 64 £67,500 +42.11% 43
South West -29 61 £62,500 +47.06% 63
North of England -28 48 £55,000 +14.58% 41
West Midlands -3 41 £55,000 -15.38% 23
East Midlands -24 23 £67,500 +58.82% 20
North East - 20 £51,000 - 8
Scotland +13 18 £57,500 -39.47% 27
Yorkshire -23 16 £55,000 +19.57% 10
London -39 16 £60,000 - 100
Wales -61 14 £70,000 +3.70% 12
North West -13 12 £53,750 -17.31% 23
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 7

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 5 (1.10%) Confluence
2 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.66%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.22%) IIS
Applications
1 19 (4.17%) Simulink
2 12 (2.63%) SOLIDWORKS
3 7 (1.54%) Solid Edge
4 3 (0.66%) Lightworks
5 2 (0.44%) CANalyzer
5 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.22%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (2.85%) AWS
2 12 (2.63%) Azure
3 8 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (1.10%) GCP
4 5 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (0.88%) Google Analytics
5 4 (0.88%) MailChimp
5 4 (0.88%) SaaS
6 3 (0.66%) AWS IoT
6 3 (0.66%) Datadog
6 3 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.66%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.66%) GitHub
6 3 (0.66%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (0.66%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.66%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.66%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.44%) AWS CodePipeline
7 2 (0.44%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 37 (8.11%) Wireless
2 19 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (3.73%) Bluetooth
3 17 (3.73%) ZigBee
4 16 (3.51%) Ethernet
5 15 (3.29%) RS-232
6 12 (2.63%) RS-485
7 11 (2.41%) MQTT
8 9 (1.97%) Modbus
8 9 (1.97%) Profibus
9 7 (1.54%) Software-Defined Radio
9 7 (1.54%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.66%) X.509
11 2 (0.44%) 5G
11 2 (0.44%) DHCP
11 2 (0.44%) DNS
11 2 (0.44%) LoRaWAN
11 2 (0.44%) LTE
11 2 (0.44%) UWB
11 2 (0.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.22%) InfluxDB
2 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 41 (8.99%) Git
2 14 (3.07%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.97%) GitLab
3 9 (1.97%) JIRA
4 7 (1.54%) GDB
5 6 (1.32%) PetaLinux
5 6 (1.32%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.88%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.88%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.66%) LabVIEW
7 3 (0.66%) Polyspace
7 3 (0.66%) Subversion
7 3 (0.66%) VectorCAST
8 2 (0.44%) CANoe
8 2 (0.44%) MLflow
8 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.44%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.22%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.22%) Selenium
9 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 133 (29.17%) Electronics
2 84 (18.42%) Manufacturing
3 58 (12.72%) Social Skills
4 55 (12.06%) Aerospace
5 50 (10.96%) Automotive
6 19 (4.17%) Finance
7 17 (3.73%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (2.41%) Aviation
8 11 (2.41%) Military
9 9 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.10%) Advertising
11 5 (1.10%) Avionics
11 5 (1.10%) Marketing
12 4 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.88%) Games
12 4 (0.88%) Legal
13 3 (0.66%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.66%) Retail
14 2 (0.44%) Law
Job Titles
1 204 (44.74%) Embedded Engineer
2 143 (31.36%) Software Engineer
3 91 (19.96%) Systems Engineer
4 87 (19.08%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 73 (16.01%) Senior
6 54 (11.84%) Lead
7 42 (9.21%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 38 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
9 32 (7.02%) Principal Engineer
10 30 (6.58%) Electronics Engineer
11 28 (6.14%) Hardware Engineer
12 26 (5.70%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 22 (4.82%) Linux Engineer
14 21 (4.61%) Architect
14 21 (4.61%) Embedded Linux Engineer
15 20 (4.39%) Design Engineer
16 17 (3.73%) Developer
16 17 (3.73%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
16 17 (3.73%) Firmware Engineer
17 14 (3.07%) Lead Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.92%) Yocto
2 9 (1.97%) React
3 8 (1.75%) .NET
3 8 (1.75%) pytest
4 6 (1.32%) TensorFlow
4 6 (1.32%) Terraform
5 5 (1.10%) REST
6 4 (0.88%) Middleware
6 4 (0.88%) PyTorch
6 4 (0.88%) Qt
6 4 (0.88%) Unity DI Container
7 3 (0.66%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.66%) WebSockets
8 2 (0.44%) CSS
8 2 (0.44%) HTML
8 2 (0.44%) iOS SDK
8 2 (0.44%) JWT
8 2 (0.44%) LangChain
8 2 (0.44%) Node.js
8 2 (0.44%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 47 (10.31%) IoT
2 39 (8.55%) Algorithms
3 34 (7.46%) FPGA
4 31 (6.80%) Device Driver
5 25 (5.48%) Robotics
6 24 (5.26%) Analogue Electronics
7 19 (4.17%) ARM Cortex
8 17 (3.73%) VHDL
9 16 (3.51%) Verilog
10 10 (2.19%) Acoustics
11 9 (1.97%) Product Ownership
12 8 (1.75%) Operational Technology
13 7 (1.54%) Life Science
14 6 (1.32%) Onboarding
14 6 (1.32%) Raspberry Pi
15 5 (1.10%) Driving Licence
15 5 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (1.10%) Mobile App
15 5 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
15 5 (1.10%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 98 (21.49%) Linux
2 46 (10.09%) Embedded Linux
3 17 (3.73%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (1.54%) Windows
5 6 (1.32%) Android
6 5 (1.10%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.10%) Unix
7 3 (0.66%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.44%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.44%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.22%) Debian
9 1 (0.22%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (39.91%) Software Engineering
2 65 (14.25%) Validation
3 52 (11.40%) CI/CD
4 51 (11.18%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 43 (9.43%) Test Automation
7 35 (7.68%) Computer Science
8 31 (6.80%) Prototyping
9 29 (6.36%) AI
9 29 (6.36%) Collaborative Culture
9 29 (6.36%) DevOps
9 29 (6.36%) Technical Leadership
10 28 (6.14%) Software Testing
11 26 (5.70%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
11 26 (5.70%) Signal Processing
12 24 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
13 23 (5.04%) Software Architecture
14 22 (4.82%) Collaborative Engineering
14 22 (4.82%) Embedded Software Development
14 22 (4.82%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 136 (29.82%) C++
2 132 (28.95%) C
3 81 (17.76%) Python
4 28 (6.14%) Embedded C
5 23 (5.04%) MATLAB
5 23 (5.04%) Rust
6 22 (4.82%) C#
7 19 (4.17%) Embedded C++
8 17 (3.73%) Java
9 13 (2.85%) Go
10 10 (2.19%) JavaScript
11 8 (1.75%) Bash
12 7 (1.54%) Ada
13 6 (1.32%) SystemVerilog
14 3 (0.66%) Ada 95
14 3 (0.66%) Assembly Language
14 3 (0.66%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.66%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.22%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 75 (16.45%) Degree
2 64 (14.04%) Security Cleared
3 38 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 27 (5.92%) DV Cleared
5 20 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (3.29%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.97%) CEH
9 8 (1.75%) HND
9 8 (1.75%) OSCP
10 5 (1.10%) PhD
11 3 (0.66%) HNC
12 2 (0.44%) CISMP
12 2 (0.44%) CISSP
13 1 (0.22%) CISA
13 1 (0.22%) CISM
13 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.22%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.22%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.73%) QA
2 9 (1.97%) JTAG
3 5 (1.10%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.10%) Def Stans
4 4 (0.88%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (0.88%) MIL-STD-1553
5 3 (0.66%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (0.66%) ECSS
5 3 (0.66%) IEC 61508
5 3 (0.66%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.44%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.44%) NIST
7 1 (0.22%) DO-160
7 1 (0.22%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.22%) DO-254
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 110 (24.12%) Firmware
2 53 (11.62%) Embedded Firmware
3 13 (2.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.54%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.88%) Grafana
2 4 (0.88%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.44%) Ansible
3 2 (0.44%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.22%) Consul
Vendors
1 18 (3.95%) EMC
2 12 (2.63%) Microsoft
3 9 (1.97%) Google
3 9 (1.97%) Xilinx
4 4 (0.88%) HubSpot
4 4 (0.88%) Intel
4 4 (0.88%) Microsemi
4 4 (0.88%) NVIDIA
4 4 (0.88%) YouTube
5 3 (0.66%) Motorola
6 2 (0.44%) Adobe
6 2 (0.44%) Atlassian
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle
6 2 (0.44%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.44%) SAP
6 2 (0.44%) Yahoo!
7 1 (0.22%) Cisco
7 1 (0.22%) IBM
7 1 (0.22%) Lattice Semiconductor
7 1 (0.22%) Xamarin