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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 470 494 504
Rank change year-on-year +24 +10 +151
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 269 158 403
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.37% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.09% 0.87% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 195 93 289
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £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 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,000 £73,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 24,752 18,243 34,856
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.67% 42.87% 35.22%
Number of salaries quoted 14,121 8,553 23,055
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £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 £111,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.10% +3.20% -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 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 26 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 +49 242 £55,000 - 158
England +25 237 £56,500 +2.73% 172
South East +15 79 £60,000 +9.09% 52
Work from Home -6 70 £60,000 +9.09% 69
East of England +11 48 £61,500 +0.41% 33
Midlands -30 32 £55,000 +19.57% 13
North of England -26 29 £55,000 - 17
South West -39 29 £60,000 +9.09% 34
West Midlands -33 20 £55,000 +83.33% 7
London -16 18 £100,000 +73.91% 19
Scotland -5 14 £60,000 +26.32% 7
Yorkshire -43 13 £55,000 +19.57% 6
East Midlands -32 12 £55,000 +10.00% 6
North East -32 11 £55,000 -9.84% 5
Wales - 10 £50,000 - 1
North West -12 5 £70,000 +7.69% 6
Northern Ireland -39 1 - - 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 3 (1.12%) Confluence
2 1 (0.37%) Kinematics
Applications
1 4 (1.49%) SOLIDWORKS
2 3 (1.12%) CANalyzer
2 3 (1.12%) Simulink
3 1 (0.37%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (2.60%) AWS
1 7 (2.60%) Azure
2 5 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (1.12%) Google Analytics
3 3 (1.12%) MailChimp
4 2 (0.74%) AWS CodePipeline
4 2 (0.74%) GCP
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.55%) Wireless
2 18 (6.69%) Bluetooth
2 18 (6.69%) Ethernet
3 10 (3.72%) ZigBee
4 9 (3.35%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (2.97%) RS-232
6 6 (2.23%) Modbus
6 6 (2.23%) MQTT
6 6 (2.23%) Profibus
6 6 (2.23%) RS-485
7 3 (1.12%) Software-Defined Radio
8 2 (0.74%) HTTP
8 2 (0.74%) RFID
9 1 (0.37%) LTE
9 1 (0.37%) SpaceWire
9 1 (0.37%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 19 (7.06%) Git
2 11 (4.09%) JIRA
3 8 (2.97%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.97%) Subversion
4 5 (1.86%) GDB
4 5 (1.86%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (1.49%) GitLab
5 4 (1.49%) Robot Framework
5 4 (1.49%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.12%) CANoe
6 3 (1.12%) PetaLinux
6 3 (1.12%) Polyspace
6 3 (1.12%) VectorCAST
7 2 (0.74%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.74%) MLflow
8 1 (0.37%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.37%) GoogleTest
8 1 (0.37%) Selenium
8 1 (0.37%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.37%) Zephyr
General
1 63 (23.42%) Electronics
2 32 (11.90%) Social Skills
3 31 (11.52%) Manufacturing
4 20 (7.43%) Aerospace
5 14 (5.20%) Automotive
6 12 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (2.97%) Finance
8 6 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.23%) Games
8 6 (2.23%) Military
8 6 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.49%) Marketing
9 4 (1.49%) Wearables
10 3 (1.12%) Aviation
11 2 (0.74%) Advertising
11 2 (0.74%) Avionics
11 2 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.74%) Law
11 2 (0.74%) Retail
11 2 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 131 (48.70%) Embedded Engineer
2 101 (37.55%) Software Engineer
3 63 (23.42%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 60 (22.30%) Senior
4 60 (22.30%) Systems Engineer
5 36 (13.38%) Senior Software Engineer
6 35 (13.01%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 28 (10.41%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 26 (9.67%) Lead
9 15 (5.58%) Principal Engineer
10 14 (5.20%) Lead Systems Engineer
11 13 (4.83%) Linux Engineer
12 12 (4.46%) Developer
13 11 (4.09%) Development Engineer
13 11 (4.09%) Embedded Linux Engineer
13 11 (4.09%) Firmware Engineer
13 11 (4.09%) Test Engineer
14 9 (3.35%) Embedded Developer
15 8 (2.97%) Design Engineer
15 8 (2.97%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.46%) Yocto
2 10 (3.72%) .NET
3 8 (2.97%) pytest
4 7 (2.60%) TensorFlow
5 5 (1.86%) PyTorch
6 4 (1.49%) React
6 4 (1.49%) Unity DI Container
7 3 (1.12%) Node.js
7 3 (1.12%) React Native
8 2 (0.74%) LangChain
8 2 (0.74%) OpenCV
8 2 (0.74%) Qt
9 1 (0.37%) GStreamer
9 1 (0.37%) HTML
9 1 (0.37%) HTML5
9 1 (0.37%) Next.js
9 1 (0.37%) Playwright
9 1 (0.37%) Redux
9 1 (0.37%) WebSockets
9 1 (0.37%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.78%) FPGA
2 26 (9.67%) Algorithms
3 24 (8.92%) IoT
4 17 (6.32%) Robotics
5 16 (5.95%) Acoustics
6 15 (5.58%) Device Driver
7 11 (4.09%) CAN bus
8 9 (3.35%) ARM Cortex
9 7 (2.60%) Raspberry Pi
10 6 (2.23%) Analogue Electronics
10 6 (2.23%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.86%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.86%) Operational Technology
12 4 (1.49%) Data Centre
13 3 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
13 3 (1.12%) Self-Driving Car
13 3 (1.12%) Smart Home
13 3 (1.12%) Social Media
13 3 (1.12%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 59 (21.93%) Linux
2 23 (8.55%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (3.35%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (2.23%) Robot Operating System
5 5 (1.86%) Windows
6 2 (0.74%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.37%) Android
7 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.37%) Unix
7 1 (0.37%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (49.07%) Software Engineering
2 33 (12.27%) Validation
3 26 (9.67%) Test Automation
4 25 (9.29%) Computer Science
5 24 (8.92%) CI/CD
6 23 (8.55%) Agile
6 23 (8.55%) SDLC
7 21 (7.81%) DevOps
7 21 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (7.81%) Software Testing
8 20 (7.43%) Embedded Software Development
9 19 (7.06%) Roadmaps
9 19 (7.06%) Systems Engineering
9 19 (7.06%) Technical Leadership
10 18 (6.69%) Cybersecurity
11 16 (5.95%) AI
12 15 (5.58%) Collaborative Culture
13 14 (5.20%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (5.20%) Machine Learning
13 14 (5.20%) Safety Engineering
Programming Languages
1 88 (32.71%) C++
2 77 (28.62%) C
3 49 (18.22%) Python
4 17 (6.32%) C#
5 15 (5.58%) Embedded C
6 12 (4.46%) Embedded C++
7 8 (2.97%) MATLAB
8 7 (2.60%) Bash
8 7 (2.60%) Rust
9 5 (1.86%) Go
9 5 (1.86%) Java
10 3 (1.12%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.37%) PHP
11 1 (0.37%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.37%) VB
11 1 (0.37%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.37%) VB6
Qualifications
1 42 (15.61%) Degree
2 26 (9.67%) Security Cleared
3 23 (8.55%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.20%) Master's Degree
5 12 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (3.35%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.86%) CEH
7 5 (1.86%) OSCP
8 4 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.49%) PhD
9 3 (1.12%) HNC
9 3 (1.12%) HND
10 1 (0.37%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.20%) IEC 61508
2 12 (4.46%) MISRA
3 11 (4.09%) MISRA C
4 6 (2.23%) JTAG
4 6 (2.23%) QA
5 5 (1.86%) Def Stans
6 4 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 4 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 3 (1.12%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.12%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.37%) ECSS
8 1 (0.37%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 64 (23.79%) Firmware
2 35 (13.01%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (2.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (5.58%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.74%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (2.23%) EMC
1 6 (2.23%) Google
2 5 (1.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.12%) Atlassian
3 3 (1.12%) HubSpot
3 3 (1.12%) YouTube
4 2 (0.74%) Adobe
4 2 (0.74%) Motorola
4 2 (0.74%) NVIDIA
4 2 (0.74%) Oracle
4 2 (0.74%) SAP
5 1 (0.37%) Xamarin