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

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	372	479	492
Rank change year-on-year	+107	+13	+40
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems	605	174	271
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.49%	0.33%	0.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	1.76%	0.87%	1.23%
Number of salaries quoted	420	117	102
10^th Percentile	£39,000	£39,281	£40,000
25^th Percentile	£48,750	£43,000	£44,063
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£62,500	£56,500	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+10.62%	+2.73%	-8.33%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£73,750	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£85,000	£100,000	£72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£65,000	£55,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+18.18%	-	-7.95%

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 citing generic IT skills.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills	34,316	19,969	21,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	27.79%	38.14%	32.59%
Number of salaries quoted	20,353	10,666	10,565
10^th Percentile	£31,000	£27,750	£33,618
25^th Percentile	£40,250	£35,953	£45,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£53,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+2.80%	-10.83%	-4.00%
75^th Percentile	£78,750	£77,500	£83,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£101,250	£110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£51,500	£45,000	£54,000
% change year-on-year	+14.44%	-16.67%	-1.82%

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 Salary Trend

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 12 November 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 12 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
UK excluding London	+88	564	£65,000	+18.18%	446
England	+116	535	£62,500	+13.64%	552
South East	+26	159	£60,000	+9.09%	125
Work from Home	-11	131	£67,500	+22.73%	186
Midlands	+8	110	£67,500	+35.00%	53
East of England	+29	96	£70,000	-6.67%	100
South West	-7	90	£54,806	+28.96%	58
West Midlands	+1	72	£70,000	+16.67%	32
North of England	-52	57	£55,000	-2.65%	50
East Midlands	-31	38	£67,500	+110.94%	21
Scotland	+18	34	£67,500	-28.95%	45
North East	-47	29	£51,000	-9.73%	6
London	-54	18	£60,000	-	113
North West	-62	16	£55,000	-8.33%	31
Wales	-56	15	£62,500	-3.85%	12
Yorkshire	-32	12	£80,000	+73.91%	13
Northern Ireland	-81	4	-	-	13

Embedded Systems Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, job vacancies citing Embedded Systems also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads citing Embedded Systems.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Software Engineering	29.6%	179
2	C	28.4%	172
2	C++	28.4%	172
4	Firmware	25.0%	151
5	Degree	22.1%	134
6	Linux	19.5%	118
7	Problem-Solving	16.4%	99
8	Security Cleared	16.0%	97
9	Validation	15.2%	92
10	Python	14.7%	89
11	Continuous Improvement	13.4%	81
12	Embedded Firmware	12.6%	76
13	Embedded Linux	10.7%	65
14	Test Automation	9.1%	55
15	Computer Science	8.9%	54
16	Schematic Capture	8.8%	53
17	Prototyping	8.6%	52
17	Technical Leadership	8.6%	52
19	EMC	8.1%	49
20	CI/CD	7.9%	48
21	SC Cleared	7.6%	46
22	Signal Processing	7.3%	44
22	Wireless	7.3%	44
24	Embedded C	7.1%	43
24	Git	7.1%	43
24	Mentoring	7.1%	43
27	AI	6.8%	41
28	Mathematics	6.4%	39
29	Cybersecurity	6.1%	37
30	Collaborative Culture	6.0%	36

Embedded Systems Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	FPGA	12.2%	74
2	IoT	8.9%	54
3	Analogue Electronics	8.1%	49
4	Algorithms	7.1%	43
5	Device Driver	6.1%	37
6	VHDL	5.6%	34
7	Robotics	4.1%	25
7	Verilog	4.1%	25
9	Onboarding	3.6%	22
10	ARM Cortex	3.3%	20
11	PCIe	2.0%	12
12	Life Science	1.2%	7
12	Self-Motivation	1.2%	7
14	Management Information System	1.0%	6
15	CUDA	0.8%	5
15	Distributed Systems	0.8%	5
15	GNSS	0.8%	5
15	Raspberry Pi	0.8%	5
19	3D Printing	0.7%	4
19	Legacy Systems	0.7%	4