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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 485 497 527
Rank change year-on-year +12 +30 +139
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 263 172 397
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.39% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.08% 0.92% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 185 106 282
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £38,828
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £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 24,421 18,779 34,744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.47% 42.58% 35.73%
Number of salaries quoted 13,812 9,156 23,028
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £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 £110,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -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 20 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 20 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 +34 236 £55,000 - 204
England +24 229 £55,000 - 221
Work from Home +18 75 £60,000 -0.83% 82
South East +8 75 £60,000 +9.09% 69
East of England +12 45 £61,500 +2.50% 42
Midlands -23 32 £55,000 +10.00% 17
North of England -27 31 £55,000 -9.84% 20
South West -41 27 £60,000 +26.32% 39
West Midlands -22 21 £55,000 +47.65% 11
London -15 17 £100,000 +63.27% 26
Scotland -3 15 £60,000 +26.32% 10
Yorkshire -37 15 £55,000 +19.57% 6
East Midlands -31 11 £55,000 +4.76% 6
Wales -17 10 £50,000 +41.84% 4
North East -34 9 £55,000 -9.84% 4
North West -1 7 £70,000 +27.27% 10
Northern Ireland -36 1 - - 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 3 (1.14%) Confluence
2 1 (0.38%) Kinematics
Applications
1 3 (1.14%) CANalyzer
1 3 (1.14%) Simulink
1 3 (1.14%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (0.38%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (2.28%) AWS
2 5 (1.90%) Azure
3 4 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (1.14%) Google Analytics
4 3 (1.14%) MailChimp
5 2 (0.76%) AWS CodePipeline
6 1 (0.38%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 26 (9.89%) Ethernet
2 21 (7.98%) Wireless
3 16 (6.08%) Bluetooth
4 8 (3.04%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (3.04%) ZigBee
5 7 (2.66%) RS-232
6 5 (1.90%) Modbus
6 5 (1.90%) MQTT
6 5 (1.90%) Profibus
6 5 (1.90%) RS-485
7 2 (0.76%) HTTP
7 2 (0.76%) RFID
7 2 (0.76%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.38%) LTE
8 1 (0.38%) SpaceWire
8 1 (0.38%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 17 (6.46%) Git
2 11 (4.18%) JIRA
3 8 (3.04%) Subversion
4 7 (2.66%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.90%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (1.52%) GDB
7 3 (1.14%) CANoe
7 3 (1.14%) GitLab
7 3 (1.14%) PetaLinux
7 3 (1.14%) Polyspace
7 3 (1.14%) Robot Framework
7 3 (1.14%) VectorCAST
7 3 (1.14%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.76%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.38%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.38%) GoogleTest
9 1 (0.38%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.38%) MLflow
9 1 (0.38%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 55 (20.91%) Electronics
2 30 (11.41%) Social Skills
3 29 (11.03%) Manufacturing
4 19 (7.22%) Aerospace
5 14 (5.32%) Automotive
6 12 (4.56%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (3.42%) Finance
8 6 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.28%) Games
8 6 (2.28%) Military
9 5 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.14%) Aviation
10 3 (1.14%) Marketing
10 3 (1.14%) Wearables
11 2 (0.76%) Advertising
11 2 (0.76%) Avionics
11 2 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.76%) Law
11 2 (0.76%) Retail
11 2 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 125 (47.53%) Embedded Engineer
2 93 (35.36%) Software Engineer
3 59 (22.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 58 (22.05%) Senior
5 57 (21.67%) Systems Engineer
6 34 (12.93%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 34 (12.93%) Senior Software Engineer
7 27 (10.27%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 25 (9.51%) Lead
9 13 (4.94%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 13 (4.94%) Principal Engineer
10 12 (4.56%) Developer
10 12 (4.56%) Linux Engineer
11 11 (4.18%) Development Engineer
11 11 (4.18%) Firmware Engineer
11 11 (4.18%) Test Engineer
12 10 (3.80%) Embedded Linux Engineer
13 9 (3.42%) Design Engineer
13 9 (3.42%) Embedded Developer
14 8 (3.04%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.18%) Yocto
2 8 (3.04%) .NET
3 7 (2.66%) pytest
4 6 (2.28%) TensorFlow
5 5 (1.90%) PyTorch
6 3 (1.14%) React
6 3 (1.14%) Unity DI Container
7 2 (0.76%) Node.js
7 2 (0.76%) OpenCV
7 2 (0.76%) Qt
7 2 (0.76%) React Native
8 1 (0.38%) HTML
8 1 (0.38%) HTML5
8 1 (0.38%) LangChain
8 1 (0.38%) Next.js
8 1 (0.38%) Playwright
8 1 (0.38%) Redux
8 1 (0.38%) WebSockets
8 1 (0.38%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 35 (13.31%) FPGA
2 25 (9.51%) Algorithms
3 20 (7.60%) IoT
4 16 (6.08%) Robotics
5 15 (5.70%) Acoustics
6 14 (5.32%) Device Driver
7 11 (4.18%) CAN bus
8 7 (2.66%) ARM Cortex
9 6 (2.28%) Analogue Electronics
9 6 (2.28%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.28%) Raspberry Pi
10 5 (1.90%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.90%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.52%) Data Centre
12 3 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.14%) Self-Driving Car
12 3 (1.14%) Smart Home
12 3 (1.14%) Social Media
12 3 (1.14%) Web Conferencing
13 2 (0.76%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 63 (23.95%) Linux
2 21 (7.98%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (3.04%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (2.28%) Robot Operating System
5 5 (1.90%) Windows
6 2 (0.76%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.38%) Unix
7 1 (0.38%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (46.01%) Software Engineering
2 30 (11.41%) Validation
3 24 (9.13%) Computer Science
3 24 (9.13%) Test Automation
4 23 (8.75%) Agile
5 22 (8.37%) CI/CD
6 21 (7.98%) SDLC
7 20 (7.60%) Software Testing
8 19 (7.22%) Embedded Software Development
8 19 (7.22%) Systems Engineering
9 18 (6.84%) DevOps
9 18 (6.84%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (6.84%) Roadmaps
10 17 (6.46%) Cybersecurity
10 17 (6.46%) Technical Leadership
11 14 (5.32%) AI
11 14 (5.32%) Safety Engineering
12 12 (4.56%) Collaborative Culture
12 12 (4.56%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (4.56%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 85 (32.32%) C++
2 72 (27.38%) C
3 45 (17.11%) Python
4 16 (6.08%) C#
5 15 (5.70%) Embedded C
6 13 (4.94%) Embedded C++
7 8 (3.04%) MATLAB
8 7 (2.66%) Rust
9 6 (2.28%) Bash
10 5 (1.90%) Go
11 4 (1.52%) Java
12 2 (0.76%) Assembly Language
13 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
13 1 (0.38%) PHP
13 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.38%) VB
13 1 (0.38%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.38%) VB6
Qualifications
1 38 (14.45%) Degree
2 24 (9.13%) Security Cleared
3 21 (7.98%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.56%) Master's Degree
5 11 (4.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.04%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.90%) CEH
7 5 (1.90%) OSCP
8 4 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.52%) PhD
9 3 (1.14%) HNC
9 3 (1.14%) HND
10 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.32%) IEC 61508
2 12 (4.56%) MISRA
3 11 (4.18%) MISRA C
4 5 (1.90%) Def Stans
4 5 (1.90%) JTAG
4 5 (1.90%) QA
5 4 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 4 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (1.14%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.14%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.38%) ECSS
System Software
1 55 (20.91%) Firmware
2 32 (12.17%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (1.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (5.70%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (2.28%) Google
2 5 (1.90%) EMC
3 3 (1.14%) Atlassian
3 3 (1.14%) HubSpot
3 3 (1.14%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.14%) YouTube
4 2 (0.76%) Adobe
4 2 (0.76%) NVIDIA
5 1 (0.38%) Motorola
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle
5 1 (0.38%) SAP