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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 473 484 529
Rank change year-on-year +11 +45 +157
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 224 188 321
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.43% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.98% 1.10% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 154 95 238
10th Percentile £46,625 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £70,938 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,750 £73,250 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 22,926 17,031 30,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.93% 39.05% 36.22%
Number of salaries quoted 11,671 8,821 21,651
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,770 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 14 March 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 March 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 +23 209 £57,500 +4.55% 260
England -2 179 £56,500 +2.73% 249
Work from Home +39 92 £56,500 -5.83% 57
North of England -37 39 £56,500 -7.38% 42
South East +1 38 £65,000 +18.18% 79
East of England +7 36 £67,500 +12.50% 55
Midlands -6 34 £55,000 +10.00% 29
West Midlands +22 28 £55,000 +47.65% 13
South West -16 25 £55,000 -6.38% 40
Scotland -19 18 £60,000 +26.32% 15
Wales +2 15 £50,000 +41.84% 10
North West -17 15 £60,000 -7.69% 11
Yorkshire -31 14 £55,000 +4.76% 20
North East -14 10 £56,500 -7.38% 11
London -1 7 £100,000 +60.00% 17
East Midlands -35 6 £55,000 - 16
Northern Ireland -30 4 - - 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 1 (0.45%) Kinematics
Applications
1 1 (0.45%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.45%) CANalyzer
1 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.45%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 45 (20.09%) Ethernet
2 8 (3.57%) Bluetooth
2 8 (3.57%) Wireless
3 6 (2.68%) Software-Defined Radio
4 5 (2.23%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.79%) HTTP
6 2 (0.89%) DNS
6 2 (0.89%) ICMP
6 2 (0.89%) MQTT
6 2 (0.89%) RFID
6 2 (0.89%) SpaceWire
6 2 (0.89%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.45%) 2G
7 1 (0.45%) 4G
7 1 (0.45%) 5G
7 1 (0.45%) LTE
7 1 (0.45%) RS-232
7 1 (0.45%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 10 (4.46%) Git
2 7 (3.13%) JIRA
3 6 (2.68%) Subversion
4 2 (0.89%) IDA Disassembler
4 2 (0.89%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.89%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.45%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.45%) CANoe
General
1 54 (24.11%) Electronics
2 28 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 18 (8.04%) Manufacturing
4 17 (7.59%) Automotive
5 10 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (4.02%) Aerospace
7 7 (3.13%) Aviation
7 7 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.13%) Finance
8 3 (1.34%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.89%) Games
9 2 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.89%) Law
9 2 (0.89%) Military
9 2 (0.89%) Retail
9 2 (0.89%) Wearables
10 1 (0.45%) Aeronautics
10 1 (0.45%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.45%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 94 (41.96%) Embedded Engineer
2 56 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 44 (19.64%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 38 (16.96%) Systems Engineer
5 35 (15.63%) Senior
6 24 (10.71%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 20 (8.93%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 20 (8.93%) Senior Software Engineer
8 18 (8.04%) Firmware Engineer
9 13 (5.80%) Lead
10 10 (4.46%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
10 10 (4.46%) Software Manager
11 8 (3.57%) Electronics Engineer
12 7 (3.13%) Design Engineer
12 7 (3.13%) Development Engineer
12 7 (3.13%) Senior Support Engineer
12 7 (3.13%) Software Support Engineer
12 7 (3.13%) Support Engineer
13 6 (2.68%) Lead Systems Engineer
13 6 (2.68%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.13%) .NET
2 6 (2.68%) Flash
3 3 (1.34%) Qt
4 2 (0.89%) OpenCV
4 2 (0.89%) PyTorch
4 2 (0.89%) TensorFlow
4 2 (0.89%) Yocto
5 1 (0.45%) Next.js
5 1 (0.45%) Node.js
5 1 (0.45%) React
5 1 (0.45%) React Native
5 1 (0.45%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 54 (24.11%) FPGA
2 14 (6.25%) IoT
3 11 (4.91%) CAN bus
4 9 (4.02%) Algorithms
5 8 (3.57%) Robotics
6 7 (3.13%) Acoustics
7 6 (2.68%) Analogue Electronics
7 6 (2.68%) Raspberry Pi
8 5 (2.23%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.79%) Device Driver
9 4 (1.79%) Self-Driving Car
10 3 (1.34%) Arduino
10 3 (1.34%) ARM Cortex
10 3 (1.34%) Smart Home
11 2 (0.89%) CUDA
11 2 (0.89%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.89%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.89%) Lidar
11 2 (0.89%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.89%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 56 (25.00%) Linux
2 6 (2.68%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (1.34%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (1.34%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.89%) VxWorks
5 1 (0.45%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (34.38%) Software Engineering
2 25 (11.16%) Embedded Software Development
3 22 (9.82%) Systems Engineering
4 19 (8.48%) Agile
4 19 (8.48%) Software Testing
5 17 (7.59%) Mentoring
5 17 (7.59%) SDLC
6 15 (6.70%) Test Automation
7 14 (6.25%) Validation
8 12 (5.36%) DevOps
8 12 (5.36%) Mathematics
9 11 (4.91%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (4.91%) Physics
9 11 (4.91%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (4.91%) Safety Engineering
10 10 (4.46%) CI/CD
10 10 (4.46%) Collaborative Culture
10 10 (4.46%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (4.46%) Technical Leadership
11 9 (4.02%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 58 (25.89%) C++
2 57 (25.45%) C
3 15 (6.70%) Embedded C
4 13 (5.80%) Python
5 8 (3.57%) C#
6 6 (2.68%) Embedded C++
7 5 (2.23%) Rust
8 2 (0.89%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.89%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.45%) Java
9 1 (0.45%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.45%) PHP
9 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.45%) VB
9 1 (0.45%) VB6
Qualifications
1 23 (10.27%) Degree
2 22 (9.82%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.70%) DV Cleared
4 14 (6.25%) SC Cleared
5 11 (4.91%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.34%) PhD
7 1 (0.45%) HNC
7 1 (0.45%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.36%) MISRA
2 11 (4.91%) IEC 61508
2 11 (4.91%) MISRA C
3 6 (2.68%) QA
4 2 (0.89%) ECSS
4 2 (0.89%) JTAG
System Software
1 41 (18.30%) Firmware
2 31 (13.84%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (6.25%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (2.23%) EMC
2 2 (0.89%) Google
2 2 (0.89%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.89%) NVIDIA
3 1 (0.45%) Atlassian
3 1 (0.45%) SAP