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 26 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 484 512
Rank change year-on-year +65 +28 +73
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 425 182 329
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.36% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.50% 0.88% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 281 107 202
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,000 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £102,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -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 28,271 20,584 27,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.95% 41.19% 32.45%
Number of salaries quoted 17,699 10,408 15,565
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,750 £30,868
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,925 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -8.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,055
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.10% -8.99%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 +81 400 £60,000 +14.29% 160
England +94 386 £60,000 +9.09% 159
South East +29 135 £60,000 +9.09% 44
Work from Home +8 94 £67,500 +35.00% 58
East of England +44 79 £70,000 -6.67% 36
Midlands -1 63 £55,000 +15.79% 21
South West -35 50 £62,500 +47.06% 32
West Midlands +3 41 £46,250 -15.53% 8
North of England -34 39 £51,750 +3.50% 24
East Midlands -17 22 £67,500 +42.11% 13
North East - 18 £51,000 - 9
Scotland +7 16 £57,500 -39.47% 5
Wales -48 14 £70,000 +3.70% 5
Yorkshire -36 13 £55,000 +19.57% 6
London -48 12 £60,000 -7.69% 10
North West -11 8 £51,250 -6.82% 9
Northern Ireland -78 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 5 (1.18%) Confluence
2 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (4.00%) Simulink
2 12 (2.82%) SOLIDWORKS
3 7 (1.65%) Solid Edge
4 3 (0.71%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.71%) Lightworks
5 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.24%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (3.06%) AWS
2 11 (2.59%) Azure
3 8 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (1.18%) GCP
5 4 (0.94%) Google Analytics
5 4 (0.94%) MailChimp
5 4 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (0.94%) SaaS
6 3 (0.71%) AWS IoT
6 3 (0.71%) Datadog
6 3 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.71%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.71%) GitHub
6 3 (0.71%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (0.71%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.71%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.71%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.47%) AWS CodePipeline
7 2 (0.47%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 35 (8.24%) Wireless
2 18 (4.24%) Bluetooth
2 18 (4.24%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (4.00%) ZigBee
4 14 (3.29%) Ethernet
4 14 (3.29%) RS-232
5 11 (2.59%) MQTT
5 11 (2.59%) RS-485
6 9 (2.12%) Modbus
6 9 (2.12%) Profibus
7 7 (1.65%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.18%) Software-Defined Radio
9 3 (0.71%) LTE
9 3 (0.71%) X.509
10 2 (0.47%) 5G
10 2 (0.47%) DHCP
10 2 (0.47%) DNS
10 2 (0.47%) LoRaWAN
10 2 (0.47%) UWB
10 2 (0.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.24%) InfluxDB
2 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 41 (9.65%) Git
2 14 (3.29%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.35%) JIRA
4 9 (2.12%) GitLab
5 7 (1.65%) GDB
6 6 (1.41%) PetaLinux
6 6 (1.41%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.94%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.94%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.71%) CANoe
8 3 (0.71%) Polyspace
8 3 (0.71%) Subversion
8 3 (0.71%) VectorCAST
8 3 (0.71%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.47%) LabVIEW
9 2 (0.47%) MLflow
9 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.24%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.24%) Selenium
General
1 115 (27.06%) Electronics
2 72 (16.94%) Manufacturing
3 52 (12.24%) Social Skills
4 51 (12.00%) Aerospace
5 47 (11.06%) Automotive
6 18 (4.24%) Finance
7 14 (3.29%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (2.82%) Aviation
9 9 (2.12%) Military
9 9 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.41%) Avionics
11 6 (1.41%) Games
12 5 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.18%) Marketing
13 4 (0.94%) Legal
14 3 (0.71%) Advertising
14 3 (0.71%) Multimedia
14 3 (0.71%) Wearables
15 2 (0.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 202 (47.53%) Embedded Engineer
2 140 (32.94%) Software Engineer
3 97 (22.82%) Systems Engineer
4 81 (19.06%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 66 (15.53%) Senior
6 51 (12.00%) Lead
7 37 (8.71%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 34 (8.00%) Senior Software Engineer
9 27 (6.35%) Principal Engineer
10 26 (6.12%) Hardware Engineer
11 23 (5.41%) Linux Engineer
12 22 (5.18%) Embedded Linux Engineer
12 22 (5.18%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 21 (4.94%) Developer
14 18 (4.24%) Design Engineer
14 18 (4.24%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
14 18 (4.24%) Firmware Engineer
15 17 (4.00%) Lead Systems Engineer
16 15 (3.53%) Architect
16 15 (3.53%) Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (6.12%) Yocto
2 9 (2.12%) React
3 8 (1.88%) .NET
3 8 (1.88%) pytest
4 6 (1.41%) TensorFlow
4 6 (1.41%) Terraform
5 5 (1.18%) REST
6 4 (0.94%) Middleware
6 4 (0.94%) PyTorch
6 4 (0.94%) Unity DI Container
7 3 (0.71%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.71%) Qt
7 3 (0.71%) WebSockets
8 2 (0.47%) CSS
8 2 (0.47%) HTML
8 2 (0.47%) iOS SDK
8 2 (0.47%) JWT
8 2 (0.47%) LangChain
8 2 (0.47%) Node.js
8 2 (0.47%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 47 (11.06%) IoT
2 37 (8.71%) Algorithms
3 34 (8.00%) Device Driver
4 31 (7.29%) FPGA
5 23 (5.41%) Robotics
6 19 (4.47%) ARM Cortex
7 17 (4.00%) VHDL
8 16 (3.76%) Verilog
9 15 (3.53%) Analogue Electronics
10 13 (3.06%) Acoustics
11 8 (1.88%) Operational Technology
11 8 (1.88%) Product Ownership
12 7 (1.65%) Life Science
13 6 (1.41%) Driving Licence
13 6 (1.41%) Onboarding
13 6 (1.41%) Raspberry Pi
14 5 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (1.18%) Mobile App
14 5 (1.18%) Social Media
15 4 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 99 (23.29%) Linux
2 48 (11.29%) Embedded Linux
3 18 (4.24%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (1.65%) Windows
5 6 (1.41%) Android
5 6 (1.41%) Unix
6 5 (1.18%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.71%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.47%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.47%) ThreadX
8 2 (0.47%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.24%) Debian
9 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (42.59%) Software Engineering
2 60 (14.12%) Validation
3 50 (11.76%) CI/CD
4 43 (10.12%) Continuous Improvement
4 43 (10.12%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (9.41%) Test Automation
6 35 (8.24%) Computer Science
7 31 (7.29%) Collaborative Culture
7 31 (7.29%) Software Testing
8 29 (6.82%) DevOps
8 29 (6.82%) Technical Leadership
9 28 (6.59%) AI
10 26 (6.12%) Prototyping
11 24 (5.65%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
12 22 (5.18%) Cybersecurity
12 22 (5.18%) Embedded Software Development
12 22 (5.18%) SDLC
12 22 (5.18%) Signal Processing
12 22 (5.18%) Software Architecture
13 20 (4.71%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 124 (29.18%) C++
2 120 (28.24%) C
3 79 (18.59%) Python
4 28 (6.59%) Embedded C
5 23 (5.41%) Rust
6 22 (5.18%) C#
7 19 (4.47%) Embedded C++
7 19 (4.47%) MATLAB
8 18 (4.24%) Java
9 13 (3.06%) Go
10 11 (2.59%) JavaScript
11 8 (1.88%) Bash
12 7 (1.65%) Ada
13 6 (1.41%) SystemVerilog
14 3 (0.71%) Ada 95
14 3 (0.71%) Assembly Language
14 3 (0.71%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.71%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.24%) PHP
15 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 73 (17.18%) Degree
2 63 (14.82%) Security Cleared
3 39 (9.18%) SC Cleared
4 27 (6.35%) DV Cleared
5 20 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (4.24%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (3.76%) Master's Degree
8 9 (2.12%) CEH
9 8 (1.88%) HND
9 8 (1.88%) OSCP
10 5 (1.18%) PhD
11 3 (0.71%) HNC
12 1 (0.24%) CISMP
12 1 (0.24%) CISSP
12 1 (0.24%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.24%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.00%) QA
2 9 (2.12%) JTAG
3 5 (1.18%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.18%) Def Stans
4 4 (0.94%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (0.94%) MIL-STD-1553
5 3 (0.71%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (0.71%) ECSS
5 3 (0.71%) IEC 61508
5 3 (0.71%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.24%) DO-160
6 1 (0.24%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.24%) DO-254
6 1 (0.24%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.24%) NIST
6 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
System Software
1 103 (24.24%) Firmware
2 52 (12.24%) Embedded Firmware
3 13 (3.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.65%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.94%) Grafana
2 4 (0.94%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.47%) Ansible
3 2 (0.47%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.24%) Consul
Vendors
1 12 (2.82%) EMC
2 9 (2.12%) Google
2 9 (2.12%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.12%) Xilinx
3 4 (0.94%) HubSpot
3 4 (0.94%) Intel
3 4 (0.94%) Microsemi
3 4 (0.94%) NVIDIA
3 4 (0.94%) YouTube
4 3 (0.71%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.47%) Adobe
5 2 (0.47%) Motorola
5 2 (0.47%) Oracle
5 2 (0.47%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.47%) SAP
5 2 (0.47%) Yahoo!
6 1 (0.24%) Cisco
6 1 (0.24%) IBM
6 1 (0.24%) Lattice Semiconductor
6 1 (0.24%) Xamarin