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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 446 515 517
Rank change year-on-year +69 +2 +116
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 358 176 340
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.36% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.37% 0.87% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 243 101 226
10th Percentile £41,100 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £66,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -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 26,213 20,324 29,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.93% 41.22% 33.64%
Number of salaries quoted 16,641 10,179 18,395
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +3.64% -14.06%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,470 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 26 July 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 July 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 +63 334 £60,000 +20.00% 171
England +73 330 £60,000 +9.09% 178
South East +22 116 £60,000 +9.09% 71
Work from Home -18 81 £67,500 +35.00% 74
East of England +47 72 £70,000 +1.82% 36
Midlands -19 46 £52,500 +17.98% 26
South West -31 45 £62,500 +25.00% 14
North of England -28 32 £51,000 +2.00% 18
West Midlands -1 29 £53,750 +79.17% 15
East Midlands -34 17 £50,000 +5.26% 11
North East - 16 £51,000 - 5
London -19 14 £60,000 -7.69% 19
Wales -48 11 £70,000 +3.70% 6
Yorkshire -40 9 £50,000 +8.70% 7
Scotland +16 8 £60,000 +26.32% 4
North West -4 7 £50,000 -9.09% 6
Northern Ireland -63 4 - - 2

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 4 (1.12%) Confluence
2 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.84%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.28%) Kinematics
Applications
1 14 (3.91%) Simulink
2 5 (1.40%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (0.84%) CANalyzer
3 3 (0.84%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.28%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (3.07%) AWS
1 11 (3.07%) Azure
2 8 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (1.40%) GCP
4 4 (1.12%) Google Analytics
4 4 (1.12%) MailChimp
4 4 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (0.84%) AWS IoT
5 3 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (0.84%) Entra ID
5 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (0.84%) Power Automate
5 3 (0.84%) Power Platform
5 3 (0.84%) PowerApps
6 2 (0.56%) AWS CodePipeline
6 2 (0.56%) GitHub
6 2 (0.56%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (0.56%) SaaS
6 2 (0.56%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.28%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 39 (10.89%) Wireless
2 24 (6.70%) Bluetooth
3 19 (5.31%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (4.75%) ZigBee
5 13 (3.63%) RS-232
6 12 (3.35%) MQTT
7 11 (3.07%) Ethernet
8 10 (2.79%) RS-485
9 9 (2.51%) Modbus
9 9 (2.51%) Profibus
10 5 (1.40%) Software-Defined Radio
10 5 (1.40%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.56%) LoRaWAN
11 2 (0.56%) RFID
11 2 (0.56%) UWB
12 1 (0.28%) HTTP
12 1 (0.28%) LTE
12 1 (0.28%) NFC
12 1 (0.28%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 40 (11.17%) Git
2 13 (3.63%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.51%) JIRA
4 8 (2.23%) GitLab
5 7 (1.96%) GDB
6 6 (1.68%) PetaLinux
6 6 (1.68%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (1.12%) Robot Framework
7 4 (1.12%) Subversion
7 4 (1.12%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.84%) CANoe
8 3 (0.84%) Polyspace
8 3 (0.84%) VectorCAST
9 2 (0.56%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.56%) LabVIEW
9 2 (0.56%) MLflow
9 2 (0.56%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.28%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.28%) GoogleTest
10 1 (0.28%) Selenium
General
1 92 (25.70%) Electronics
2 58 (16.20%) Manufacturing
3 41 (11.45%) Social Skills
4 33 (9.22%) Aerospace
5 30 (8.38%) Automotive
6 9 (2.51%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (2.23%) Finance
8 7 (1.96%) Aviation
8 7 (1.96%) Military
9 6 (1.68%) Games
10 5 (1.40%) Marketing
11 4 (1.12%) Advertising
11 4 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.84%) Avionics
12 3 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.84%) Law
12 3 (0.84%) Multimedia
12 3 (0.84%) Retail
12 3 (0.84%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 190 (53.07%) Embedded Engineer
2 133 (37.15%) Software Engineer
3 91 (25.42%) Systems Engineer
4 79 (22.07%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 61 (17.04%) Senior
6 36 (10.06%) Lead
7 34 (9.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 32 (8.94%) Senior Software Engineer
9 26 (7.26%) Principal Engineer
10 23 (6.42%) Firmware Engineer
10 23 (6.42%) Linux Engineer
11 21 (5.87%) Developer
11 21 (5.87%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 21 (5.87%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 20 (5.59%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
12 20 (5.59%) Hardware Engineer
13 19 (5.31%) Lead Systems Engineer
14 12 (3.35%) Principal Software Engineer
15 11 (3.07%) Design Engineer
15 11 (3.07%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.98%) Yocto
2 8 (2.23%) .NET
2 8 (2.23%) pytest
3 6 (1.68%) React
3 6 (1.68%) TensorFlow
4 4 (1.12%) Middleware
4 4 (1.12%) PyTorch
4 4 (1.12%) Qt
4 4 (1.12%) Unity DI Container
5 3 (0.84%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 3 (0.84%) REST
6 2 (0.56%) HTML
6 2 (0.56%) iOS SDK
6 2 (0.56%) LangChain
6 2 (0.56%) Node.js
6 2 (0.56%) React Native
6 2 (0.56%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.28%) GStreamer
7 1 (0.28%) HTML5
7 1 (0.28%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 45 (12.57%) IoT
2 37 (10.34%) Algorithms
3 33 (9.22%) Device Driver
4 31 (8.66%) FPGA
5 18 (5.03%) ARM Cortex
5 18 (5.03%) Robotics
6 16 (4.47%) Acoustics
7 15 (4.19%) Verilog
7 15 (4.19%) VHDL
8 9 (2.51%) Raspberry Pi
9 8 (2.23%) Operational Technology
9 8 (2.23%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.68%) Analogue Electronics
10 6 (1.68%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.40%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.40%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.40%) Social Media
12 4 (1.12%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.12%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.12%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 89 (24.86%) Linux
2 46 (12.85%) Embedded Linux
3 19 (5.31%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (1.96%) Windows
5 5 (1.40%) Android
6 4 (1.12%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.12%) Robot Operating System
7 3 (0.84%) Unix
8 2 (0.56%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.28%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (47.77%) Software Engineering
2 48 (13.41%) Validation
3 46 (12.85%) CI/CD
4 35 (9.78%) Test Automation
5 34 (9.50%) Computer Science
6 33 (9.22%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (8.66%) Technical Leadership
8 30 (8.38%) Software Testing
9 29 (8.10%) Collaborative Culture
9 29 (8.10%) DevOps
10 28 (7.82%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (6.15%) Agile
11 22 (6.15%) Cybersecurity
11 22 (6.15%) Software Architecture
12 21 (5.87%) AI
12 21 (5.87%) Embedded Software Development
12 21 (5.87%) SDLC
13 19 (5.31%) Mentoring
13 19 (5.31%) Roadmaps
13 19 (5.31%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 120 (33.52%) C++
2 114 (31.84%) C
3 74 (20.67%) Python
4 26 (7.26%) Embedded C
5 19 (5.31%) Embedded C++
5 19 (5.31%) Rust
6 18 (5.03%) C#
7 16 (4.47%) MATLAB
8 12 (3.35%) Java
9 9 (2.51%) Go
10 8 (2.23%) Bash
10 8 (2.23%) JavaScript
11 5 (1.40%) SystemVerilog
12 3 (0.84%) Assembly Language
12 3 (0.84%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.56%) Ada
14 1 (0.28%) PHP
14 1 (0.28%) VB
14 1 (0.28%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.28%) VB6
Qualifications
1 65 (18.16%) Degree
2 45 (12.57%) Security Cleared
3 35 (9.78%) SC Cleared
4 22 (6.15%) DV Cleared
5 19 (5.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (4.47%) Master's Degree
7 10 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.51%) CEH
9 8 (2.23%) HND
9 8 (2.23%) OSCP
10 3 (0.84%) HNC
11 2 (0.56%) PhD
12 1 (0.28%) CISMP
12 1 (0.28%) CISSP
12 1 (0.28%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.28%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.63%) QA
2 9 (2.51%) JTAG
3 5 (1.40%) Def Stans
4 4 (1.12%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.12%) IEC 61508
4 4 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 3 (0.84%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (0.84%) ECSS
5 3 (0.84%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.56%) MISRA
7 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.28%) DO-160
7 1 (0.28%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.28%) DO-254
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.28%) MIL-STD-1553
7 1 (0.28%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.28%) NIST
7 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
System Software
1 98 (27.37%) Firmware
2 56 (15.64%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (2.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.40%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.84%) Functional Safety
3 2 (0.56%) Grafana
3 2 (0.56%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.56%) Terraform
4 1 (0.28%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (2.51%) Google
2 8 (2.23%) Xilinx
3 7 (1.96%) EMC
3 7 (1.96%) Microsoft
4 4 (1.12%) HubSpot
4 4 (1.12%) Intel
4 4 (1.12%) Microsemi
4 4 (1.12%) YouTube
5 3 (0.84%) Atlassian
6 2 (0.56%) Adobe
6 2 (0.56%) Motorola
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle
6 2 (0.56%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.56%) SAP
6 2 (0.56%) Yahoo!
7 1 (0.28%) IBM
7 1 (0.28%) NVIDIA
7 1 (0.28%) Xamarin