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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 440 507 497
Rank change year-on-year +67 -10 +148
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 347 172 429
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.35% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.36% 0.86% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 242 101 303
10th Percentile £42,750 £32,500 £38,750
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% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £63,125
90th Percentile £81,250 £95,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -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 25,460 20,103 34,605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.00% 41.08% 33.90%
Number of salaries quoted 16,234 9,890 22,281
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £38,918
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -14.10%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,940 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,619 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.24% - -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 10 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 10 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 +75 321 £60,000 +20.00% 142
England +76 318 £60,000 +9.09% 150
South East +7 110 £60,000 +9.09% 49
Work from Home +10 75 £62,500 +25.00% 69
East of England +49 68 £67,500 -1.82% 31
South West -22 44 £62,500 +8.70% 24
Midlands -17 42 £53,750 +26.47% 16
North of England -29 33 £51,000 +2.00% 15
West Midlands +6 28 £55,000 +83.33% 7
London -13 16 £80,000 +28.00% 20
North East - 16 £51,000 - 3
East Midlands -28 14 £50,000 +11.11% 9
Wales -37 12 £60,000 -7.69% 3
Yorkshire -34 9 £50,000 +8.70% 4
Scotland +11 8 £60,000 +26.32% 6
North West -5 8 £55,000 - 8
Northern Ireland -58 4 - - 3

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 (0.86%) Confluence
1 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (0.86%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.29%) Kinematics
Applications
1 14 (4.03%) Simulink
2 5 (1.44%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (0.86%) CANalyzer
3 3 (0.86%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (3.17%) Azure
2 10 (2.88%) AWS
3 8 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (1.44%) GCP
5 4 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (0.86%) AWS IoT
6 3 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.86%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.86%) Google Analytics
6 3 (0.86%) MailChimp
6 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (0.86%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.86%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.86%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.58%) AWS CodePipeline
7 2 (0.58%) GitHub
7 2 (0.58%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.58%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.29%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (10.95%) Wireless
2 25 (7.20%) Bluetooth
3 18 (5.19%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (4.90%) ZigBee
5 13 (3.75%) MQTT
5 13 (3.75%) RS-232
6 11 (3.17%) Ethernet
7 10 (2.88%) RS-485
8 9 (2.59%) Modbus
8 9 (2.59%) Profibus
9 6 (1.73%) Software-Defined Radio
10 5 (1.44%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.58%) HTTP
11 2 (0.58%) LoRaWAN
11 2 (0.58%) RFID
11 2 (0.58%) UWB
12 1 (0.29%) LTE
12 1 (0.29%) NFC
12 1 (0.29%) SpaceWire
12 1 (0.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 37 (10.66%) Git
2 13 (3.75%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.31%) GitLab
3 8 (2.31%) JIRA
4 7 (2.02%) GDB
5 6 (1.73%) PetaLinux
6 5 (1.44%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (1.15%) Robot Framework
7 4 (1.15%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.86%) CANoe
8 3 (0.86%) Polyspace
8 3 (0.86%) Subversion
8 3 (0.86%) VectorCAST
9 2 (0.58%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.58%) LabVIEW
9 2 (0.58%) MLflow
9 2 (0.58%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.29%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.29%) Selenium
10 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
General
1 89 (25.65%) Electronics
2 58 (16.71%) Manufacturing
3 36 (10.37%) Social Skills
4 30 (8.65%) Aerospace
5 27 (7.78%) Automotive
6 9 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (2.31%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (2.02%) Aviation
8 7 (2.02%) Military
9 6 (1.73%) Games
10 5 (1.44%) Finance
11 4 (1.15%) Advertising
11 4 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.15%) Law
11 4 (1.15%) Marketing
11 4 (1.15%) Retail
12 3 (0.86%) Avionics
12 3 (0.86%) Wearables
13 2 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.58%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 183 (52.74%) Embedded Engineer
2 133 (38.33%) Software Engineer
3 83 (23.92%) Systems Engineer
4 82 (23.63%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 64 (18.44%) Senior
6 36 (10.37%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 35 (10.09%) Senior Software Engineer
8 31 (8.93%) Lead
9 25 (7.20%) Principal Engineer
9 25 (7.20%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 22 (6.34%) Firmware Engineer
11 21 (6.05%) Linux Engineer
12 20 (5.76%) Developer
13 19 (5.48%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
13 19 (5.48%) Embedded Linux Engineer
14 17 (4.90%) Lead Systems Engineer
15 14 (4.03%) Hardware Engineer
16 12 (3.46%) Principal Software Engineer
17 11 (3.17%) Development Engineer
18 10 (2.88%) Embedded C++ Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.92%) Yocto
2 10 (2.88%) .NET
3 8 (2.31%) pytest
3 8 (2.31%) TensorFlow
4 6 (1.73%) PyTorch
5 5 (1.44%) Qt
5 5 (1.44%) React
6 4 (1.15%) Unity DI Container
7 3 (0.86%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.86%) Middleware
7 3 (0.86%) OpenCV
7 3 (0.86%) REST
8 2 (0.58%) HTML
8 2 (0.58%) iOS SDK
8 2 (0.58%) LangChain
8 2 (0.58%) Node.js
8 2 (0.58%) React Native
8 2 (0.58%) WebSockets
9 1 (0.29%) ONNX
9 1 (0.29%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 43 (12.39%) IoT
2 38 (10.95%) Algorithms
3 31 (8.93%) FPGA
4 30 (8.65%) Device Driver
5 19 (5.48%) Robotics
6 17 (4.90%) ARM Cortex
7 16 (4.61%) Acoustics
8 14 (4.03%) Verilog
8 14 (4.03%) VHDL
9 9 (2.59%) Raspberry Pi
10 8 (2.31%) Operational Technology
11 7 (2.02%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.73%) Analogue Electronics
13 5 (1.44%) Driving Licence
13 5 (1.44%) Mobile App
13 5 (1.44%) Onboarding
14 4 (1.15%) Data Centre
14 4 (1.15%) Data Structures
15 3 (0.86%) CAN bus
15 3 (0.86%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 80 (23.05%) Linux
2 44 (12.68%) Embedded Linux
3 19 (5.48%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (1.73%) Robot Operating System
4 6 (1.73%) Windows
5 4 (1.15%) Android
6 3 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.86%) Unix
7 2 (0.58%) ThreadX
8 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.29%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (49.28%) Software Engineering
2 50 (14.41%) Validation
3 41 (11.82%) CI/CD
4 36 (10.37%) Computer Science
5 35 (10.09%) Test Automation
6 31 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (8.36%) DevOps
8 28 (8.07%) Software Testing
9 27 (7.78%) Technical Leadership
10 26 (7.49%) Collaborative Culture
11 25 (7.20%) Continuous Improvement
12 23 (6.63%) Cybersecurity
13 22 (6.34%) AI
14 21 (6.05%) Embedded Software Development
14 21 (6.05%) Roadmaps
14 21 (6.05%) SDLC
15 20 (5.76%) Signal Processing
15 20 (5.76%) Software Architecture
16 19 (5.48%) Agile
16 19 (5.48%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 120 (34.58%) C++
2 110 (31.70%) C
3 74 (21.33%) Python
4 24 (6.92%) Embedded C
5 19 (5.48%) C#
5 19 (5.48%) Embedded C++
6 17 (4.90%) MATLAB
6 17 (4.90%) Rust
7 10 (2.88%) Java
8 8 (2.31%) Bash
8 8 (2.31%) Go
9 7 (2.02%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.15%) SystemVerilog
11 3 (0.86%) Assembly Language
11 3 (0.86%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.29%) PHP
12 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.29%) VB
12 1 (0.29%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.29%) VB6
Qualifications
1 68 (19.60%) Degree
2 40 (11.53%) Security Cleared
3 33 (9.51%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.76%) DV Cleared
5 19 (5.48%) Master's Degree
6 18 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.59%) CEH
8 8 (2.31%) HND
8 8 (2.31%) OSCP
9 4 (1.15%) PhD
10 3 (0.86%) HNC
11 1 (0.29%) CISMP
11 1 (0.29%) CISSP
11 1 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.29%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.29%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.46%) QA
2 10 (2.88%) JTAG
3 6 (1.73%) IEC 61508
4 5 (1.44%) Def Stans
5 4 (1.15%) ECSS
5 4 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 4 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 4 (1.15%) MISRA
6 3 (0.86%) Automotive SPICE
6 3 (0.86%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.86%) ISO 26262
6 3 (0.86%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.29%) DO-160
7 1 (0.29%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.29%) DO-254
7 1 (0.29%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.29%) MIL-STD-1553
7 1 (0.29%) NIST
7 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
System Software
1 97 (27.95%) Firmware
2 56 (16.14%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (2.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.44%) Functional Safety
2 4 (1.15%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.29%) Ansible
3 1 (0.29%) Grafana
3 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (2.59%) Google
2 8 (2.31%) EMC
2 8 (2.31%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.31%) Xilinx
3 4 (1.15%) Intel
3 4 (1.15%) Microsemi
4 3 (0.86%) Atlassian
4 3 (0.86%) HubSpot
4 3 (0.86%) YouTube
5 2 (0.58%) Adobe
5 2 (0.58%) Motorola
5 2 (0.58%) NVIDIA
5 2 (0.58%) Oracle
5 2 (0.58%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.58%) SAP
5 2 (0.58%) Yahoo!
6 1 (0.29%) IBM
6 1 (0.29%) Xamarin