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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 421 504 494
Rank change year-on-year +83 -10 +87
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 445 168 312
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.34% 0.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.55% 0.83% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 296 95 178
10th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £39,860
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,875 £102,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -12.50%

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 28,775 20,293 25,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.90% 41.14% 32.19%
Number of salaries quoted 18,077 10,203 13,912
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,925 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -7.56% -4.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £46,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.13% -12.38% -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 5 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 5 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 +85 417 £60,000 +9.09% 340
England +90 403 £60,000 +9.09% 376
South East +27 137 £60,000 +9.09% 103
Work from Home -13 99 £67,500 +22.73% 142
East of England +33 77 £70,000 -6.67% 102
Midlands 0 66 £67,500 +38.46% 30
South West -32 58 £62,500 +47.06% 54
North of England -38 43 £55,000 +14.58% 30
West Midlands -2 42 £46,250 -28.85% 17
East Midlands -27 24 £67,500 +50.00% 13
North East - 20 £53,000 - 4
Scotland +11 18 £57,500 -39.47% 22
London -40 14 £60,000 - 59
Yorkshire -44 14 £55,000 +19.57% 8
Wales -54 14 £70,000 +3.70% 5
North West -9 9 £52,500 -19.23% 18
Northern Ireland - 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 5 (1.12%) Confluence
2 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.22%) IIS
Applications
1 19 (4.27%) Simulink
2 12 (2.70%) SOLIDWORKS
3 7 (1.57%) Solid Edge
4 3 (0.67%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.67%) Lightworks
5 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.22%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (2.92%) AWS
2 12 (2.70%) Azure
3 8 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (1.12%) GCP
5 4 (0.90%) Google Analytics
5 4 (0.90%) MailChimp
5 4 (0.90%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (0.90%) SaaS
6 3 (0.67%) AWS IoT
6 3 (0.67%) Datadog
6 3 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.67%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.67%) GitHub
6 3 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (0.67%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.67%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.67%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.45%) AWS CodePipeline
7 2 (0.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 36 (8.09%) Wireless
2 20 (4.49%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (4.04%) Bluetooth
4 17 (3.82%) ZigBee
5 15 (3.37%) Ethernet
6 14 (3.15%) RS-232
7 11 (2.47%) MQTT
7 11 (2.47%) RS-485
8 9 (2.02%) Modbus
8 9 (2.02%) Profibus
9 7 (1.57%) TCP/IP
10 5 (1.12%) Software-Defined Radio
11 3 (0.67%) LTE
11 3 (0.67%) X.509
12 2 (0.45%) 5G
12 2 (0.45%) DHCP
12 2 (0.45%) DNS
12 2 (0.45%) LoRaWAN
12 2 (0.45%) UWB
12 2 (0.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.22%) InfluxDB
2 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 43 (9.66%) Git
2 14 (3.15%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.25%) JIRA
4 9 (2.02%) GitLab
5 7 (1.57%) GDB
6 6 (1.35%) PetaLinux
6 6 (1.35%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.90%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.90%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.67%) CANoe
8 3 (0.67%) LabVIEW
8 3 (0.67%) Polyspace
8 3 (0.67%) Subversion
8 3 (0.67%) VectorCAST
8 3 (0.67%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.45%) MLflow
9 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.22%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.22%) GoogleTest
General
1 125 (28.09%) Electronics
2 76 (17.08%) Manufacturing
3 55 (12.36%) Social Skills
4 53 (11.91%) Aerospace
5 49 (11.01%) Automotive
6 19 (4.27%) Finance
7 16 (3.60%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (2.70%) Aviation
9 9 (2.02%) Military
9 9 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.35%) Avionics
11 6 (1.35%) Games
12 5 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.12%) Marketing
13 4 (0.90%) Legal
14 3 (0.67%) Advertising
14 3 (0.67%) Multimedia
14 3 (0.67%) Retail
14 3 (0.67%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 206 (46.29%) Embedded Engineer
2 141 (31.69%) Software Engineer
3 95 (21.35%) Systems Engineer
4 84 (18.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 69 (15.51%) Senior
6 54 (12.13%) Lead
7 39 (8.76%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 35 (7.87%) Senior Software Engineer
9 29 (6.52%) Principal Engineer
10 27 (6.07%) Hardware Engineer
11 23 (5.17%) Linux Engineer
11 23 (5.17%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 22 (4.94%) Embedded Linux Engineer
13 20 (4.49%) Electronics Engineer
14 19 (4.27%) Architect
14 19 (4.27%) Design Engineer
14 19 (4.27%) Developer
15 18 (4.04%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
15 18 (4.04%) Firmware Engineer
16 15 (3.37%) Lead Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (6.07%) Yocto
2 9 (2.02%) React
3 8 (1.80%) .NET
3 8 (1.80%) pytest
4 6 (1.35%) TensorFlow
4 6 (1.35%) Terraform
5 5 (1.12%) REST
6 4 (0.90%) Middleware
6 4 (0.90%) PyTorch
6 4 (0.90%) Qt
6 4 (0.90%) Unity DI Container
7 3 (0.67%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (0.67%) WebSockets
8 2 (0.45%) CSS
8 2 (0.45%) HTML
8 2 (0.45%) iOS SDK
8 2 (0.45%) JWT
8 2 (0.45%) LangChain
8 2 (0.45%) Node.js
8 2 (0.45%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 47 (10.56%) IoT
2 37 (8.31%) Algorithms
3 33 (7.42%) Device Driver
4 31 (6.97%) FPGA
5 24 (5.39%) Robotics
6 20 (4.49%) Analogue Electronics
7 19 (4.27%) ARM Cortex
8 17 (3.82%) VHDL
9 16 (3.60%) Verilog
10 11 (2.47%) Acoustics
11 9 (2.02%) Product Ownership
12 8 (1.80%) Operational Technology
13 7 (1.57%) Life Science
14 6 (1.35%) Driving Licence
14 6 (1.35%) Onboarding
14 6 (1.35%) Raspberry Pi
15 5 (1.12%) Data Centre
15 5 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (1.12%) Mobile App
15 5 (1.12%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 100 (22.47%) Linux
2 48 (10.79%) Embedded Linux
3 18 (4.04%) FreeRTOS
4 7 (1.57%) Windows
5 6 (1.35%) Android
5 6 (1.35%) Unix
6 5 (1.12%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.67%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.45%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.45%) ThreadX
8 2 (0.45%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.22%) Debian
9 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (40.90%) Software Engineering
2 65 (14.61%) Validation
3 52 (11.69%) CI/CD
4 48 (10.79%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 44 (9.89%) Test Automation
7 36 (8.09%) Computer Science
8 32 (7.19%) Collaborative Culture
8 32 (7.19%) Software Testing
9 29 (6.52%) AI
9 29 (6.52%) DevOps
9 29 (6.52%) Technical Leadership
10 27 (6.07%) Prototyping
11 26 (5.84%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
12 23 (5.17%) Cybersecurity
12 23 (5.17%) Signal Processing
12 23 (5.17%) Software Architecture
13 22 (4.94%) Embedded Software Development
13 22 (4.94%) SDLC
14 21 (4.72%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 133 (29.89%) C++
2 129 (28.99%) C
3 81 (18.20%) Python
4 29 (6.52%) Embedded C
5 23 (5.17%) Rust
6 22 (4.94%) C#
7 21 (4.72%) MATLAB
8 19 (4.27%) Embedded C++
9 18 (4.04%) Java
10 13 (2.92%) Go
11 11 (2.47%) JavaScript
12 8 (1.80%) Bash
13 7 (1.57%) Ada
14 6 (1.35%) SystemVerilog
15 3 (0.67%) Ada 95
15 3 (0.67%) Assembly Language
15 3 (0.67%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.67%) TypeScript
16 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.22%) VB6
Qualifications
1 76 (17.08%) Degree
2 64 (14.38%) Security Cleared
3 39 (8.76%) SC Cleared
4 27 (6.07%) DV Cleared
5 20 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (4.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (3.60%) Master's Degree
8 9 (2.02%) CEH
9 8 (1.80%) HND
9 8 (1.80%) OSCP
10 6 (1.35%) PhD
11 3 (0.67%) HNC
12 2 (0.45%) CISMP
12 2 (0.45%) CISSP
13 1 (0.22%) CISA
13 1 (0.22%) CISM
13 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.22%) PCI QSA
13 1 (0.22%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.04%) QA
2 9 (2.02%) JTAG
3 5 (1.12%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.12%) Def Stans
4 4 (0.90%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (0.90%) MIL-STD-1553
5 3 (0.67%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (0.67%) ECSS
5 3 (0.67%) IEC 61508
5 3 (0.67%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.45%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.45%) NIST
7 1 (0.22%) DO-160
7 1 (0.22%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.22%) DO-254
7 1 (0.22%) GRC
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 110 (24.72%) Firmware
2 54 (12.13%) Embedded Firmware
3 13 (2.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.57%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.90%) Grafana
2 4 (0.90%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.45%) Ansible
3 2 (0.45%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.22%) Consul
Vendors
1 14 (3.15%) EMC
2 11 (2.47%) Microsoft
3 9 (2.02%) Google
3 9 (2.02%) Xilinx
4 4 (0.90%) HubSpot
4 4 (0.90%) Intel
4 4 (0.90%) Microsemi
4 4 (0.90%) NVIDIA
4 4 (0.90%) YouTube
5 3 (0.67%) Atlassian
6 2 (0.45%) Adobe
6 2 (0.45%) Motorola
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle
6 2 (0.45%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.45%) SAP
6 2 (0.45%) Yahoo!
7 1 (0.22%) Cisco
7 1 (0.22%) IBM
7 1 (0.22%) Lattice Semiconductor
7 1 (0.22%) Xamarin