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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 443 513 516
Rank change year-on-year +70 +3 +105
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 356 176 346
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.36% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.36% 0.87% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 244 101 230
10th Percentile £41,150 £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 £66,375
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 26,100 20,267 30,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.90% 41.25% 33.71%
Number of salaries quoted 16,569 10,129 18,671
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,589 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.79% +3.64% -14.06%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £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 25 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 25 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 +69 332 £60,000 +20.00% 176
England +74 329 £60,000 +9.09% 180
South East +10 115 £60,000 +9.09% 67
Work from Home -9 81 £67,500 +35.00% 73
East of England +53 72 £70,000 +1.82% 37
Midlands -21 46 £53,750 +20.79% 30
South West -30 45 £62,500 +25.00% 13
North of England -23 32 £51,000 +2.00% 20
West Midlands -4 29 £55,000 +83.33% 19
East Midlands -33 17 £50,000 +5.26% 11
North East - 16 £51,000 - 5
London -26 14 £60,000 -7.69% 19
Wales -46 11 £70,000 +3.70% 6
Yorkshire -41 9 £50,000 +8.70% 8
Scotland +13 7 £60,000 +26.32% 5
North West -14 7 £50,000 -9.09% 7
Northern Ireland -64 4 - - 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 (0.84%) Confluence
1 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (0.84%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.28%) Kinematics
Applications
1 14 (3.93%) 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 (3.09%) AWS
1 11 (3.09%) Azure
2 8 (2.25%) 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 (10.96%) Wireless
2 24 (6.74%) Bluetooth
3 19 (5.34%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (4.78%) ZigBee
5 13 (3.65%) RS-232
6 12 (3.37%) MQTT
7 11 (3.09%) Ethernet
8 10 (2.81%) RS-485
9 9 (2.53%) Modbus
9 9 (2.53%) 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 (11.24%) Git
2 13 (3.65%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.25%) GitLab
3 8 (2.25%) JIRA
4 7 (1.97%) GDB
5 6 (1.69%) PetaLinux
5 6 (1.69%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (1.12%) Robot Framework
6 4 (1.12%) Subversion
6 4 (1.12%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.84%) CANoe
7 3 (0.84%) Polyspace
7 3 (0.84%) VectorCAST
8 2 (0.56%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.56%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.56%) MLflow
8 2 (0.56%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.28%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.28%) Selenium
9 1 (0.28%) SonarQube
General
1 92 (25.84%) Electronics
2 59 (16.57%) Manufacturing
3 41 (11.52%) Social Skills
4 32 (8.99%) Aerospace
5 28 (7.87%) Automotive
6 9 (2.53%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (1.97%) Aviation
7 7 (1.97%) Finance
7 7 (1.97%) Military
8 6 (1.69%) Games
9 5 (1.40%) Marketing
10 4 (1.12%) Advertising
10 4 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.84%) Avionics
11 3 (0.84%) Law
11 3 (0.84%) Multimedia
11 3 (0.84%) Retail
11 3 (0.84%) Wearables
12 2 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 190 (53.37%) Embedded Engineer
2 132 (37.08%) Software Engineer
3 91 (25.56%) Systems Engineer
4 79 (22.19%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 60 (16.85%) Senior
6 35 (9.83%) Lead
7 34 (9.55%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 31 (8.71%) Senior Software Engineer
9 26 (7.30%) Principal Engineer
10 23 (6.46%) Firmware Engineer
10 23 (6.46%) Linux Engineer
11 21 (5.90%) Developer
11 21 (5.90%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 21 (5.90%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 20 (5.62%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
12 20 (5.62%) Hardware Engineer
13 19 (5.34%) Lead Systems Engineer
14 12 (3.37%) Principal Software Engineer
15 11 (3.09%) Design Engineer
15 11 (3.09%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.02%) Yocto
2 8 (2.25%) .NET
2 8 (2.25%) pytest
3 7 (1.97%) TensorFlow
4 6 (1.69%) React
5 5 (1.40%) PyTorch
6 4 (1.12%) Middleware
6 4 (1.12%) Qt
6 4 (1.12%) Unity DI Container
7 3 (0.84%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.84%) REST
8 2 (0.56%) HTML
8 2 (0.56%) iOS SDK
8 2 (0.56%) LangChain
8 2 (0.56%) Node.js
8 2 (0.56%) OpenCV
8 2 (0.56%) React Native
8 2 (0.56%) WebSockets
9 1 (0.28%) GStreamer
9 1 (0.28%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 45 (12.64%) IoT
2 38 (10.67%) Algorithms
3 33 (9.27%) Device Driver
4 31 (8.71%) FPGA
5 19 (5.34%) Robotics
6 18 (5.06%) ARM Cortex
7 16 (4.49%) Acoustics
8 15 (4.21%) Verilog
8 15 (4.21%) VHDL
9 9 (2.53%) Raspberry Pi
10 8 (2.25%) Operational Technology
10 8 (2.25%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.69%) Analogue Electronics
11 6 (1.69%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.40%) Driving Licence
12 5 (1.40%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.40%) Social Media
13 4 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (1.12%) Data Centre
13 4 (1.12%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 89 (25.00%) Linux
2 46 (12.92%) Embedded Linux
3 19 (5.34%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (1.97%) Windows
5 5 (1.40%) Android
5 5 (1.40%) Robot Operating System
6 4 (1.12%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.84%) Unix
8 2 (0.56%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.28%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (48.03%) Software Engineering
2 49 (13.76%) Validation
3 46 (12.92%) CI/CD
4 35 (9.83%) Computer Science
4 35 (9.83%) Test Automation
5 33 (9.27%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (8.71%) Technical Leadership
7 30 (8.43%) Software Testing
8 29 (8.15%) Collaborative Culture
8 29 (8.15%) DevOps
9 28 (7.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (6.18%) AI
10 22 (6.18%) Cybersecurity
10 22 (6.18%) Software Architecture
11 21 (5.90%) Agile
11 21 (5.90%) Embedded Software Development
12 20 (5.62%) SDLC
13 19 (5.34%) Mentoring
13 19 (5.34%) Reverse Engineering
13 19 (5.34%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 121 (33.99%) C++
2 114 (32.02%) C
3 75 (21.07%) Python
4 26 (7.30%) Embedded C
5 19 (5.34%) Embedded C++
5 19 (5.34%) Rust
6 18 (5.06%) C#
7 16 (4.49%) MATLAB
8 11 (3.09%) Java
9 9 (2.53%) Go
10 8 (2.25%) Bash
10 8 (2.25%) JavaScript
11 5 (1.40%) SystemVerilog
12 3 (0.84%) Assembly Language
12 3 (0.84%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.28%) Ada
13 1 (0.28%) PHP
13 1 (0.28%) VB
13 1 (0.28%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.28%) VB6
Qualifications
1 66 (18.54%) Degree
2 44 (12.36%) Security Cleared
3 34 (9.55%) SC Cleared
4 21 (5.90%) DV Cleared
5 19 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (4.78%) Master's Degree
7 9 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.53%) CEH
8 8 (2.25%) HND
8 8 (2.25%) OSCP
9 3 (0.84%) HNC
9 3 (0.84%) PhD
10 1 (0.28%) CISMP
10 1 (0.28%) CISSP
10 1 (0.28%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.28%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.65%) QA
2 9 (2.53%) 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%) 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 (27.53%) Firmware
2 56 (15.73%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (2.81%) 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 (2.53%) Google
2 8 (2.25%) Xilinx
3 7 (1.97%) EMC
3 7 (1.97%) 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