Embedded Systems Jobs

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 have cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 533 681 804
Rank change year-on-year +148 +123 -108
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 430 270 521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.29% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.17% 0.67% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 298 133 172
10th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £40,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +15.74% +2.86%

All Generic Skills
UK

Embedded Systems is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 36,675 40,106 83,653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.82% 43.08% 48.67%
Number of salaries quoted 23,359 22,226 34,621
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,570 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Embedded Systems
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Embedded Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Embedded Systems.

Salary trend for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Systems over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Systems in the UK

Embedded Systems
Top 16 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 9 June 2024. 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
England +147 409 £55,000 -18.52% 153
UK excluding London +63 408 £55,000 -12.00% 144
South East +18 140 £55,000 -21.43% 44
Work from Home +46 123 £55,000 -16.98% 43
East of England +13 73 £50,000 -37.50% 33
North of England +76 65 £52,500 - 14
Midlands -1 59 £50,000 -20.00% 16
South West -1 57 £50,000 -20.00% 29
North West +21 41 £55,000 +4.76% 12
West Midlands +1 30 £52,500 -26.32% 10
East Midlands -14 29 £45,000 -18.18% 6
Yorkshire +87 24 £47,500 -17.39% 2
London +62 15 £62,500 -16.67% 15
Scotland -59 11 £65,000 +30.00% 10
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
Wales +7 1 - - 1

Embedded Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.09%) nginx
2 5 (1.16%) Confluence
3 1 (0.23%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.23%) Kinematics
Applications
1 52 (12.09%) Simulink
2 24 (5.58%) Stateflow
3 8 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.63%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.23%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.23%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 7 (1.63%) AWS
1 7 (1.63%) Azure
2 4 (0.93%) GCP
3 3 (0.70%) WhatsApp
4 1 (0.23%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.23%) GitHub
4 1 (0.23%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 41 (9.53%) Wireless
2 21 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
3 20 (4.65%) Bluetooth
4 17 (3.95%) Ethernet
5 12 (2.79%) Software-Defined Radio
6 10 (2.33%) Firewall
6 10 (2.33%) J1939
6 10 (2.33%) RS-232
7 8 (1.86%) ZigBee
8 7 (1.63%) FlexRay
9 6 (1.40%) Modbus
9 6 (1.40%) MQTT
10 5 (1.16%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.93%) 5G
11 4 (0.93%) Multicast
12 3 (0.70%) LTE
13 2 (0.47%) DECT
13 2 (0.47%) Internet
13 2 (0.47%) NFC
13 2 (0.47%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.02%) MySQL
1 13 (3.02%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (0.93%) Big Data
2 4 (0.93%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 51 (11.86%) Git
2 23 (5.35%) JIRA
3 20 (4.65%) LabVIEW
4 15 (3.49%) Subversion
5 10 (2.33%) ClearCase
5 10 (2.33%) Plastic SCM
6 9 (2.09%) GNU Toolchain
7 7 (1.63%) ClearQuest
7 7 (1.63%) GDB
7 7 (1.63%) Jenkins
8 6 (1.40%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.47%) Appium
9 2 (0.47%) CMake
9 2 (0.47%) TestRail
9 2 (0.47%) UI Automator
9 2 (0.47%) VectorCAST
10 1 (0.23%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.23%) GCC
10 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 140 (32.56%) Electronics
2 93 (21.63%) Automotive
3 71 (16.51%) Social Skills
4 60 (13.95%) Manufacturing
5 35 (8.14%) Telecoms
6 24 (5.58%) Marketing
7 22 (5.12%) Aerospace
7 22 (5.12%) Legal
8 21 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
9 18 (4.19%) Finance
10 16 (3.72%) Public Sector
11 8 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.63%) Military
13 6 (1.40%) Avionics
14 5 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.16%) Retail
15 4 (0.93%) Multimedia
15 4 (0.93%) Tech for Good
16 3 (0.70%) German Language
16 3 (0.70%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 200 (46.51%) Embedded Engineer
2 195 (45.35%) Software Engineer
3 130 (30.23%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 83 (19.30%) Senior
5 76 (17.67%) Systems Engineer
6 43 (10.00%) Developer
7 40 (9.30%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 28 (6.51%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 27 (6.28%) Senior Software Engineer
9 27 (6.28%) Software Developer
10 25 (5.81%) Electronics Engineer
11 24 (5.58%) C Software Engineer
12 23 (5.35%) C++ Software Engineer
13 19 (4.42%) Embedded C Engineer
13 19 (4.42%) Embedded C++ Engineer
14 17 (3.95%) Embedded C Software Engineer
14 17 (3.95%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
15 16 (3.72%) Design Engineer
15 16 (3.72%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
15 16 (3.72%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.33%) Node.js
1 10 (2.33%) Yocto
2 9 (2.09%) HTML
2 9 (2.09%) HTML5
2 9 (2.09%) POSIX
2 9 (2.09%) Qt
3 6 (1.40%) React
3 6 (1.40%) Redux
4 5 (1.16%) FFmpeg
4 5 (1.16%) GStreamer
4 5 (1.16%) OpenEmbedded
4 5 (1.16%) PyTorch
4 5 (1.16%) TensorFlow
5 4 (0.93%) .NET
5 4 (0.93%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 3 (0.70%) CSS
6 3 (0.70%) Gherkin
6 3 (0.70%) Svelte
7 2 (0.47%) PyQt
7 2 (0.47%) QML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (12.09%) Algorithms
2 36 (8.37%) IoT
3 29 (6.74%) FPGA
4 16 (3.72%) Analogue Electronics
4 16 (3.72%) Renewable Energy
5 15 (3.49%) Device Driver
6 14 (3.26%) Acoustics
6 14 (3.26%) Robotics
6 14 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (2.56%) RISC-V
9 10 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (2.09%) VHDL
11 7 (1.63%) Hackathon
11 7 (1.63%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.63%) SCADA
12 6 (1.40%) CAN bus
12 6 (1.40%) Management Information System
12 6 (1.40%) Verilog
13 5 (1.16%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 128 (29.77%) Linux
2 28 (6.51%) Embedded Linux
3 25 (5.81%) Windows
4 20 (4.65%) FreeRTOS
5 14 (3.26%) Android
6 13 (3.02%) Unix
7 6 (1.40%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.70%) Windows Embedded Compact
9 2 (0.47%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.47%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.47%) Solaris
10 1 (0.23%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.23%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 73 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (14.42%) Agile
4 60 (13.95%) Computer Science
5 35 (8.14%) Software Testing
6 34 (7.91%) Mentoring
6 34 (7.91%) Open Source
7 32 (7.44%) Test Automation
8 26 (6.05%) Multithreading
9 25 (5.81%) Code Quality
10 23 (5.35%) SDLC
11 22 (5.12%) Validation
12 21 (4.88%) FPGA Design
12 21 (4.88%) Roadmaps
13 20 (4.65%) Embedded Software Development
14 19 (4.42%) Artificial Intelligence
14 19 (4.42%) TDD
15 18 (4.19%) Coaching
15 18 (4.19%) Cybersecurity
15 18 (4.19%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 242 (56.28%) C
2 138 (32.09%) C++
3 101 (23.49%) Python
4 79 (18.37%) Embedded C
5 49 (11.40%) MATLAB
6 40 (9.30%) C#
7 24 (5.58%) Java
8 13 (3.02%) Bash
9 11 (2.56%) Rust
10 10 (2.33%) SQL
11 9 (2.09%) Embedded C++
12 5 (1.16%) JavaScript
12 5 (1.16%) Perl
13 4 (0.93%) R
14 3 (0.70%) Ada
14 3 (0.70%) Assembly Language
14 3 (0.70%) Go
14 3 (0.70%) Groovy
14 3 (0.70%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.47%) Ada 83
Qualifications
1 151 (35.12%) Degree
2 30 (6.98%) Security Cleared
3 19 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (4.19%) Master's Degree
4 18 (4.19%) SC Cleared
5 14 (3.26%) PhD
6 4 (0.93%) CESG Certified Professional
6 4 (0.93%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.70%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.70%) HND
7 3 (0.70%) ISTQB
7 3 (0.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.23%) CHECK Team Member
8 1 (0.23%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.23%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.02%) ISO 26262
1 13 (3.02%) MISRA
2 11 (2.56%) Automotive SPICE
3 8 (1.86%) IEC 62304
3 8 (1.86%) ISO 13485
4 7 (1.63%) QA
5 6 (1.40%) Def Stans
5 6 (1.40%) IEC 61508
6 4 (0.93%) AUTOSAR
7 3 (0.70%) JTAG
7 3 (0.70%) MISRA C
8 2 (0.47%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 82 (19.07%) Firmware
2 38 (8.84%) Embedded Firmware
3 13 (3.02%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (3.95%) Functional Safety
2 12 (2.79%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.23%) Grafana
3 1 (0.23%) Kibana
3 1 (0.23%) Nmap
Vendors
1 16 (3.72%) Microsoft
1 16 (3.72%) SAP
2 13 (3.02%) Lauterbach
3 10 (2.33%) IBM
4 7 (1.63%) Xilinx
5 6 (1.40%) Intel
6 5 (1.16%) NVIDIA
7 4 (0.93%) EMC
7 4 (0.93%) Google
8 3 (0.70%) F5
8 3 (0.70%) Facebook
8 3 (0.70%) Instagram
8 3 (0.70%) Samsung
9 2 (0.47%) Atmel
9 2 (0.47%) MathWorks
10 1 (0.23%) Freescale
10 1 (0.23%) Siemens