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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 421 498 493
Rank change year-on-year +77 -5 +58
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 472 173 300
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.35% 0.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.53% 0.86% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 314 105 147
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £41,860
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £89,250 £109,250 £69,850
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.82% +4.76% -8.70%

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 30,817 20,183 24,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.41% 41.21% 32.16%
Number of salaries quoted 19,118 10,123 12,507
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,182 £36,925 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,350 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%

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 23 September 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 23 September 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 +79 443 £61,500 +11.82% 464
England +99 429 £60,000 +9.09% 569
South East +26 150 £60,000 +9.09% 127
Work from Home -25 101 £67,500 +22.73% 173
East of England +35 79 £72,500 -3.33% 113
Midlands -16 66 £67,500 +42.11% 48
South West -27 64 £62,500 +47.06% 88
North of England -33 47 £55,000 +19.57% 45
West Midlands -6 42 £47,500 -26.92% 27
East Midlands -25 24 £67,500 +58.82% 21
Scotland +17 20 £57,500 -39.47% 29
North East -52 19 £51,000 +5.70% 13
Yorkshire -32 16 £55,000 +19.57% 11
London -53 15 £60,000 - 91
Wales -69 13 £73,750 +13.46% 13
North West -27 12 £53,750 -28.33% 21
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 11

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 5 (1.06%) Confluence
2 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.64%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (4.45%) Simulink
2 12 (2.54%) SOLIDWORKS
3 7 (1.48%) Solid Edge
4 4 (0.85%) Lightworks
5 3 (0.64%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.21%) CANalyzer
7 1 (0.21%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.21%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (2.75%) AWS
2 12 (2.54%) Azure
3 8 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (1.06%) GCP
4 5 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (0.85%) Google Analytics
5 4 (0.85%) MailChimp
5 4 (0.85%) SaaS
6 3 (0.64%) AWS IoT
6 3 (0.64%) Datadog
6 3 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.64%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.64%) GitHub
6 3 (0.64%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (0.64%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.64%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.64%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.42%) AWS CodePipeline
7 2 (0.42%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 41 (8.69%) Wireless
2 20 (4.24%) Ethernet
2 20 (4.24%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (3.60%) Bluetooth
3 17 (3.60%) ZigBee
4 15 (3.18%) RS-232
5 13 (2.75%) RS-485
6 12 (2.54%) MQTT
7 9 (1.91%) Modbus
7 9 (1.91%) Profibus
7 9 (1.91%) Software-Defined Radio
8 7 (1.48%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.64%) X.509
10 2 (0.42%) 5G
10 2 (0.42%) DHCP
10 2 (0.42%) DNS
10 2 (0.42%) LoRaWAN
10 2 (0.42%) LTE
10 2 (0.42%) UWB
10 2 (0.42%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.21%) InfluxDB
2 1 (0.21%) MySQL
2 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.21%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 43 (9.11%) Git
2 14 (2.97%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.91%) GitLab
3 9 (1.91%) JIRA
4 8 (1.69%) PetaLinux
5 7 (1.48%) GDB
6 6 (1.27%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.85%) LabVIEW
7 4 (0.85%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.85%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.64%) Polyspace
8 3 (0.64%) Subversion
8 3 (0.64%) VectorCAST
9 2 (0.42%) MLflow
9 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.42%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.21%) CANoe
10 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.21%) Selenium
10 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
General
1 146 (30.93%) Electronics
2 89 (18.86%) Manufacturing
3 60 (12.71%) Social Skills
4 58 (12.29%) Aerospace
5 50 (10.59%) Automotive
6 19 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (4.03%) Finance
7 12 (2.54%) Aviation
7 12 (2.54%) Military
8 9 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.48%) Avionics
9 7 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.27%) Advertising
11 5 (1.06%) Marketing
12 4 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.85%) Games
12 4 (0.85%) Legal
13 3 (0.64%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.64%) Police
13 3 (0.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 206 (43.64%) Embedded Engineer
2 142 (30.08%) Software Engineer
3 91 (19.28%) Systems Engineer
4 88 (18.64%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 76 (16.10%) Senior
6 54 (11.44%) Lead
7 45 (9.53%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 38 (8.05%) Senior Software Engineer
9 37 (7.84%) Electronics Engineer
10 34 (7.20%) Principal Engineer
11 31 (6.57%) Hardware Engineer
12 27 (5.72%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 24 (5.08%) Linux Engineer
14 23 (4.87%) Embedded Linux Engineer
15 22 (4.66%) Architect
15 22 (4.66%) Design Engineer
16 18 (3.81%) Firmware Engineer
17 17 (3.60%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
18 16 (3.39%) Developer
19 13 (2.75%) Lead Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (6.78%) Yocto
2 10 (2.12%) React
3 9 (1.91%) .NET
4 8 (1.69%) pytest
5 6 (1.27%) TensorFlow
5 6 (1.27%) Terraform
6 5 (1.06%) REST
7 4 (0.85%) Middleware
7 4 (0.85%) PyTorch
7 4 (0.85%) Qt
7 4 (0.85%) Unity DI Container
8 3 (0.64%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 3 (0.64%) WebSockets
9 2 (0.42%) CSS
9 2 (0.42%) HTML
9 2 (0.42%) iOS SDK
9 2 (0.42%) JWT
9 2 (0.42%) LangChain
9 2 (0.42%) Node.js
9 2 (0.42%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 50 (10.59%) IoT
2 42 (8.90%) Algorithms
3 41 (8.69%) FPGA
4 35 (7.42%) Device Driver
5 26 (5.51%) Analogue Electronics
5 26 (5.51%) Robotics
6 19 (4.03%) ARM Cortex
7 18 (3.81%) VHDL
8 17 (3.60%) Verilog
9 9 (1.91%) Acoustics
9 9 (1.91%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.69%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.48%) Life Science
12 6 (1.27%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.27%) Raspberry Pi
13 5 (1.06%) Driving Licence
13 5 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (1.06%) Mobile App
13 5 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.06%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 105 (22.25%) Linux
2 51 (10.81%) Embedded Linux
3 18 (3.81%) FreeRTOS
4 9 (1.91%) Windows
5 6 (1.27%) Android
6 5 (1.06%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.06%) Unix
7 3 (0.64%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.42%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.42%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.21%) Debian
9 1 (0.21%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (39.19%) Software Engineering
2 69 (14.62%) Validation
3 61 (12.92%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (11.65%) CI/CD
5 50 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 46 (9.75%) Test Automation
7 37 (7.84%) Computer Science
8 32 (6.78%) AI
8 32 (6.78%) Collaborative Culture
8 32 (6.78%) Prototyping
9 30 (6.36%) DevOps
9 30 (6.36%) Technical Leadership
10 29 (6.14%) Signal Processing
11 28 (5.93%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
11 28 (5.93%) Software Testing
12 24 (5.08%) Cybersecurity
12 24 (5.08%) Software Architecture
13 23 (4.87%) Collaborative Engineering
13 23 (4.87%) Schematic Capture
14 22 (4.66%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 144 (30.51%) C++
2 138 (29.24%) C
3 87 (18.43%) Python
4 30 (6.36%) Embedded C
5 27 (5.72%) MATLAB
6 25 (5.30%) Rust
7 23 (4.87%) C#
8 22 (4.66%) Embedded C++
9 17 (3.60%) Java
10 14 (2.97%) Go
11 11 (2.33%) JavaScript
12 8 (1.69%) Bash
13 7 (1.48%) Ada
14 6 (1.27%) SystemVerilog
15 4 (0.85%) TypeScript
16 3 (0.64%) Ada 95
16 3 (0.64%) PowerShell
17 2 (0.42%) Assembly Language
18 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
18 1 (0.21%) SQL
Qualifications
1 82 (17.37%) Degree
2 69 (14.62%) Security Cleared
3 40 (8.47%) SC Cleared
4 27 (5.72%) DV Cleared
5 21 (4.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (3.39%) Master's Degree
8 10 (2.12%) HND
9 9 (1.91%) CEH
10 8 (1.69%) OSCP
11 5 (1.06%) HNC
11 5 (1.06%) PhD
12 2 (0.42%) CISMP
12 2 (0.42%) CISSP
13 1 (0.21%) CISA
13 1 (0.21%) CISM
13 1 (0.21%) EMC Certification
13 1 (0.21%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.21%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.60%) QA
2 9 (1.91%) JTAG
3 6 (1.27%) Def Stans
4 5 (1.06%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.85%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.85%) ECSS
5 4 (0.85%) IEC 61508
5 4 (0.85%) ISO 26262
5 4 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 4 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 4 (0.85%) MIL-STD-1553
6 3 (0.64%) Automotive SPICE
6 3 (0.64%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.42%) NIST
8 1 (0.21%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.21%) DO-254
8 1 (0.21%) GRC
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 116 (24.58%) Firmware
2 57 (12.08%) Embedded Firmware
3 13 (2.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.48%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.85%) Grafana
2 4 (0.85%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.64%) Functional Safety
4 2 (0.42%) Ansible
5 1 (0.21%) Consul
Vendors
1 21 (4.45%) EMC
2 12 (2.54%) Microsoft
3 11 (2.33%) Xilinx
4 9 (1.91%) Google
5 4 (0.85%) HubSpot
5 4 (0.85%) Intel
5 4 (0.85%) Microsemi
5 4 (0.85%) Motorola
5 4 (0.85%) NVIDIA
5 4 (0.85%) YouTube
6 3 (0.64%) Cadence
7 2 (0.42%) Adobe
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle
7 2 (0.42%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.42%) SAP
7 2 (0.42%) Yahoo!
8 1 (0.21%) Altera
8 1 (0.21%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.21%) Cisco
8 1 (0.21%) IBM