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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 469 498 518
Rank change year-on-year +29 +20 +135
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 281 161 437
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.36% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.20% 0.84% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 204 95 303
10th Percentile £45,375 £34,500 £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 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -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 23,343 19,092 36,350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.21% 43.13% 34.00%
Number of salaries quoted 14,822 8,957 23,473
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,211
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,524
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 £51,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -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 12 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Top 16 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 12 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
England +54 253 £57,500 +4.55% 136
UK excluding London +44 253 £56,500 +7.62% 135
South East +8 87 £60,000 +9.09% 55
Work from Home -20 57 £60,000 +9.09% 53
East of England +24 55 £66,250 +6.00% 22
South West -35 33 £60,000 +9.09% 22
Midlands -16 31 £53,750 +23.56% 16
North of England -28 25 £55,000 - 18
West Midlands -11 22 £55,000 +83.33% 9
London -14 18 £100,000 +73.91% 9
North East -26 14 £51,000 -16.39% 2
Scotland +6 12 £60,000 +26.32% 2
Wales - 10 £50,000 - 3
East Midlands -39 9 £50,000 +5.26% 7
Yorkshire -38 8 £52,500 +14.13% 6
North West +7 3 £70,000 +7.69% 11

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 (1.07%) Confluence
2 1 (0.36%) Kinematics
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.42%) Simulink
1 4 (1.42%) SOLIDWORKS
2 3 (1.07%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.36%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.36%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (2.49%) AWS
1 7 (2.49%) Azure
2 5 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (1.07%) Google Analytics
3 3 (1.07%) MailChimp
4 2 (0.71%) AWS CodePipeline
4 2 (0.71%) GCP
4 2 (0.71%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.36%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (0.36%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.36%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.36%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.36%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.36%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.36%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (9.25%) Wireless
2 20 (7.12%) Bluetooth
3 12 (4.27%) RS-232
3 12 (4.27%) ZigBee
4 9 (3.20%) Ethernet
4 9 (3.20%) MQTT
4 9 (3.20%) RS-485
4 9 (3.20%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (2.85%) Modbus
5 8 (2.85%) Profibus
6 6 (2.14%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.71%) HTTP
7 2 (0.71%) RFID
7 2 (0.71%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.36%) LTE
8 1 (0.36%) SpaceWire
8 1 (0.36%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 23 (8.19%) Git
2 8 (2.85%) Jenkins
2 8 (2.85%) JIRA
3 5 (1.78%) GDB
3 5 (1.78%) Subversion
3 5 (1.78%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (1.42%) GitLab
4 4 (1.42%) PetaLinux
4 4 (1.42%) Robot Framework
4 4 (1.42%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.07%) CANoe
5 3 (1.07%) Polyspace
5 3 (1.07%) VectorCAST
6 2 (0.71%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.71%) MLflow
7 1 (0.36%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.36%) GoogleTest
7 1 (0.36%) Selenium
7 1 (0.36%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.36%) Zephyr
General
1 63 (22.42%) Electronics
2 36 (12.81%) Manufacturing
3 31 (11.03%) Social Skills
4 23 (8.19%) Aerospace
5 20 (7.12%) Automotive
6 9 (3.20%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.14%) Games
8 6 (2.14%) Military
9 5 (1.78%) Aviation
9 5 (1.78%) Finance
10 4 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.42%) Marketing
11 3 (1.07%) Wearables
12 2 (0.71%) Advertising
12 2 (0.71%) Avionics
12 2 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.71%) Law
12 2 (0.71%) Retail
13 1 (0.36%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 143 (50.89%) Embedded Engineer
2 112 (39.86%) Software Engineer
3 68 (24.20%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 66 (23.49%) Systems Engineer
5 62 (22.06%) Senior
6 38 (13.52%) Senior Software Engineer
7 35 (12.46%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 28 (9.96%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 26 (9.25%) Lead
10 19 (6.76%) Principal Engineer
11 16 (5.69%) Linux Engineer
12 14 (4.98%) Embedded Linux Engineer
12 14 (4.98%) Firmware Engineer
12 14 (4.98%) Lead Systems Engineer
13 13 (4.63%) Developer
14 11 (3.91%) Development Engineer
14 11 (3.91%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
15 9 (3.20%) Embedded C++ Engineer
15 9 (3.20%) Embedded Developer
16 8 (2.85%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.63%) Yocto
2 10 (3.56%) .NET
3 8 (2.85%) pytest
4 7 (2.49%) TensorFlow
5 5 (1.78%) PyTorch
6 4 (1.42%) Unity DI Container
7 3 (1.07%) React
8 2 (0.71%) LangChain
8 2 (0.71%) Node.js
8 2 (0.71%) OpenCV
8 2 (0.71%) Qt
8 2 (0.71%) React Native
8 2 (0.71%) REST
8 2 (0.71%) WebSockets
9 1 (0.36%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 1 (0.36%) GStreamer
9 1 (0.36%) HTML5
9 1 (0.36%) iOS SDK
9 1 (0.36%) Spring
9 1 (0.36%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.96%) Algorithms
1 28 (9.96%) IoT
2 21 (7.47%) FPGA
3 17 (6.05%) Device Driver
3 17 (6.05%) Robotics
4 16 (5.69%) Acoustics
5 12 (4.27%) ARM Cortex
6 9 (3.20%) CAN bus
7 7 (2.49%) Raspberry Pi
8 6 (2.14%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.14%) Verilog
8 6 (2.14%) VHDL
9 5 (1.78%) Analogue Electronics
9 5 (1.78%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.78%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.42%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.07%) Self-Driving Car
11 3 (1.07%) Smart Home
11 3 (1.07%) Social Media
11 3 (1.07%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 56 (19.93%) Linux
2 29 (10.32%) Embedded Linux
3 12 (4.27%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (2.14%) Robot Operating System
5 5 (1.78%) Windows
6 3 (1.07%) Unix
7 2 (0.71%) Android
7 2 (0.71%) ThreadX
8 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.36%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (51.60%) Software Engineering
2 36 (12.81%) Validation
3 26 (9.25%) CI/CD
3 26 (9.25%) Computer Science
3 26 (9.25%) Test Automation
4 23 (8.19%) DevOps
4 23 (8.19%) SDLC
5 21 (7.47%) Roadmaps
6 20 (7.12%) Embedded Software Development
6 20 (7.12%) Technical Leadership
7 19 (6.76%) AI
7 19 (6.76%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (6.76%) Systems Engineering
8 18 (6.41%) Agile
8 18 (6.41%) Collaborative Culture
9 17 (6.05%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (6.05%) Software Testing
10 16 (5.69%) Machine Learning
11 15 (5.34%) Prototyping
11 15 (5.34%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 92 (32.74%) C++
2 81 (28.83%) C
3 55 (19.57%) Python
4 19 (6.76%) C#
5 16 (5.69%) Embedded C
6 13 (4.63%) Embedded C++
7 11 (3.91%) MATLAB
8 8 (2.85%) Java
8 8 (2.85%) Rust
9 7 (2.49%) Bash
10 5 (1.78%) Go
11 3 (1.07%) Assembly Language
11 3 (1.07%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.36%) PHP
12 1 (0.36%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.36%) VB
12 1 (0.36%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.36%) VB6
Qualifications
1 47 (16.73%) Degree
2 30 (10.68%) Security Cleared
3 27 (9.61%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.98%) Master's Degree
5 13 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (3.91%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.14%) CEH
7 6 (2.14%) HND
8 5 (1.78%) OSCP
9 4 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.42%) PhD
10 3 (1.07%) HNC
11 1 (0.36%) CISMP
11 1 (0.36%) CISSP
11 1 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.36%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.27%) IEC 61508
2 10 (3.56%) MISRA
3 9 (3.20%) MISRA C
4 6 (2.14%) JTAG
4 6 (2.14%) QA
5 5 (1.78%) Def Stans
6 4 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 4 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 3 (1.07%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.07%) ISO 26262
8 2 (0.71%) Automotive SPICE
8 2 (0.71%) ECSS
9 1 (0.36%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.36%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.36%) NIST
9 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
System Software
1 73 (25.98%) Firmware
2 38 (13.52%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (2.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (3.91%) Functional Safety
2 3 (1.07%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (2.14%) EMC
1 6 (2.14%) Google
1 6 (2.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.07%) Atlassian
2 3 (1.07%) HubSpot
2 3 (1.07%) YouTube
3 2 (0.71%) Adobe
3 2 (0.71%) Motorola
3 2 (0.71%) NVIDIA
3 2 (0.71%) Oracle
3 2 (0.71%) Salesforce
3 2 (0.71%) SAP
4 1 (0.36%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.36%) Xilinx