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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 463 484 532
Rank change year-on-year +21 +48 +139
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 265 172 392
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.39% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.10% 0.94% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 179 110 278
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £39,298
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,938 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 23,995 18,304 34,688
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.55% 41.86% 35.89%
Number of salaries quoted 13,486 9,288 23,053
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,625 £41,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +49 239 £55,000 - 210
England +30 227 £56,500 +2.73% 225
Work from Home +20 84 £60,000 -1.64% 67
South East +16 73 £60,000 +9.09% 74
East of England +12 44 £61,500 +2.50% 36
North of England -21 34 £55,000 -9.84% 27
Midlands -22 32 £55,000 +10.00% 23
South West -25 27 £60,000 +26.32% 41
West Midlands -13 23 £55,000 +47.65% 12
Scotland -7 16 £60,000 +26.32% 9
Yorkshire -42 16 £55,000 +14.58% 6
London -16 15 £95,000 +52.00% 21
Wales -16 11 £50,000 +41.84% 1
North West -7 9 £70,000 +27.27% 15
North East -31 9 £56,500 -7.38% 6
East Midlands -33 9 £55,000 +4.76% 11
Northern Ireland -34 2 - - 1

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 2 (0.75%) Confluence
2 1 (0.38%) Kinematics
Applications
1 3 (1.13%) CANalyzer
1 3 (1.13%) Simulink
2 2 (0.75%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.38%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 4 (1.51%) AWS
2 3 (1.13%) Azure
2 3 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (1.13%) Google Analytics
2 3 (1.13%) MailChimp
3 2 (0.75%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 37 (13.96%) Ethernet
2 19 (7.17%) Wireless
3 14 (5.28%) Bluetooth
4 7 (2.64%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (2.26%) ZigBee
6 5 (1.89%) RS-232
7 4 (1.51%) Modbus
7 4 (1.51%) MQTT
7 4 (1.51%) Profibus
7 4 (1.51%) RS-485
8 2 (0.75%) HTTP
8 2 (0.75%) RFID
9 1 (0.38%) LTE
9 1 (0.38%) Software-Defined Radio
9 1 (0.38%) SpaceWire
9 1 (0.38%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 15 (5.66%) Git
2 10 (3.77%) JIRA
3 7 (2.64%) Subversion
4 6 (2.26%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.89%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (1.13%) CANoe
6 3 (1.13%) GDB
6 3 (1.13%) Polyspace
6 3 (1.13%) VectorCAST
6 3 (1.13%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.75%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.75%) GitLab
7 2 (0.75%) PetaLinux
7 2 (0.75%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.38%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.38%) GoogleTest
8 1 (0.38%) MLflow
8 1 (0.38%) Selenium
8 1 (0.38%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 51 (19.25%) Electronics
2 27 (10.19%) Social Skills
3 26 (9.81%) Manufacturing
4 18 (6.79%) Aerospace
5 14 (5.28%) Automotive
6 12 (4.53%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (3.40%) Finance
8 6 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.26%) Military
9 4 (1.51%) Games
9 4 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.13%) Aviation
10 3 (1.13%) Marketing
10 3 (1.13%) Wearables
11 2 (0.75%) Advertising
11 2 (0.75%) Avionics
11 2 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.75%) Law
11 2 (0.75%) Retail
11 2 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 117 (44.15%) Embedded Engineer
2 91 (34.34%) Software Engineer
3 57 (21.51%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 56 (21.13%) Senior
5 55 (20.75%) Systems Engineer
6 34 (12.83%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 34 (12.83%) Senior Software Engineer
7 28 (10.57%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 25 (9.43%) Lead
9 13 (4.91%) Lead Systems Engineer
10 12 (4.53%) Developer
10 12 (4.53%) Principal Engineer
11 11 (4.15%) Development Engineer
11 11 (4.15%) Test Engineer
12 10 (3.77%) Firmware Engineer
12 10 (3.77%) Linux Engineer
13 9 (3.40%) Design Engineer
13 9 (3.40%) Embedded Developer
14 8 (3.02%) Embedded Linux Engineer
14 8 (3.02%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.40%) Yocto
2 6 (2.26%) .NET
2 6 (2.26%) pytest
3 5 (1.89%) TensorFlow
4 4 (1.51%) PyTorch
5 3 (1.13%) React
6 2 (0.75%) Node.js
6 2 (0.75%) OpenCV
6 2 (0.75%) Qt
6 2 (0.75%) React Native
6 2 (0.75%) Unity DI Container
7 1 (0.38%) HTML
7 1 (0.38%) HTML5
7 1 (0.38%) LangChain
7 1 (0.38%) Next.js
7 1 (0.38%) Playwright
7 1 (0.38%) Redux
7 1 (0.38%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.38%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 43 (16.23%) FPGA
2 23 (8.68%) Algorithms
3 16 (6.04%) IoT
4 15 (5.66%) Acoustics
4 15 (5.66%) Robotics
5 13 (4.91%) Device Driver
6 11 (4.15%) CAN bus
7 6 (2.26%) Analogue Electronics
7 6 (2.26%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.26%) Raspberry Pi
8 5 (1.89%) ARM Cortex
8 5 (1.89%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.89%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.51%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.13%) Self-Driving Car
10 3 (1.13%) Smart Home
10 3 (1.13%) Social Media
10 3 (1.13%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (0.75%) Lidar
Operating Systems
1 67 (25.28%) Linux
2 17 (6.42%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (2.64%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (1.89%) Robot Operating System
5 3 (1.13%) Windows
6 2 (0.75%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.38%) Unix
7 1 (0.38%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (43.77%) Software Engineering
2 27 (10.19%) Validation
3 23 (8.68%) Computer Science
4 22 (8.30%) Agile
4 22 (8.30%) Test Automation
5 21 (7.92%) Embedded Software Development
5 21 (7.92%) SDLC
5 21 (7.92%) Software Testing
6 20 (7.55%) CI/CD
7 19 (7.17%) Systems Engineering
8 17 (6.42%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (6.42%) Technical Leadership
9 16 (6.04%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (6.04%) DevOps
9 16 (6.04%) Roadmaps
10 14 (5.28%) Safety Engineering
11 12 (4.53%) AI
12 11 (4.15%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (4.15%) Mentoring
12 11 (4.15%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 78 (29.43%) C++
2 64 (24.15%) C
3 38 (14.34%) Python
4 13 (4.91%) C#
4 13 (4.91%) Embedded C
5 12 (4.53%) Embedded C++
6 7 (2.64%) MATLAB
6 7 (2.64%) Rust
7 5 (1.89%) Bash
7 5 (1.89%) Go
8 3 (1.13%) Java
9 2 (0.75%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.38%) PHP
10 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.38%) VB
10 1 (0.38%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.38%) VB6
Qualifications
1 35 (13.21%) Degree
2 23 (8.68%) Security Cleared
3 19 (7.17%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.15%) Master's Degree
5 10 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.02%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.89%) CEH
7 5 (1.89%) OSCP
8 4 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.51%) PhD
9 3 (1.13%) HNC
9 3 (1.13%) HND
10 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.28%) IEC 61508
2 12 (4.53%) MISRA
3 11 (4.15%) MISRA C
4 5 (1.89%) Def Stans
4 5 (1.89%) QA
5 4 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 4 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 4 (1.51%) JTAG
6 3 (1.13%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.13%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.38%) ECSS
System Software
1 48 (18.11%) Firmware
2 28 (10.57%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (1.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (5.66%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 6 (2.26%) Google
2 4 (1.51%) EMC
3 3 (1.13%) Atlassian
3 3 (1.13%) HubSpot
3 3 (1.13%) YouTube
4 2 (0.75%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.75%) NVIDIA
5 1 (0.38%) Adobe
5 1 (0.38%) Motorola