Embedded Systems Jobs with Work from Home Options

Embedded Systems
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Embedded Systems in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Systems over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 480 503 746
Rank change year-on-year +23 +243 -221
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Systems 123 131 155
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.35% 0.35% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.99% 0.90% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 96 56 47
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £55,000 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £66,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.98% +20.45% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £77,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £130,000 £85,000 £65,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,386 14,549 35,885
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.84% 38.82% 47.42%
Number of salaries quoted 9,322 10,904 17,354
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £49,364 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,977 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £109,531 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Embedded Systems
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Embedded Systems as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Embedded Systems trend for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Systems
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Embedded Systems.

Embedded Systems salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Systems
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Embedded Systems over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Embedded Systems salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Embedded Systems
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (0.81%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 16 (13.01%) Simulink
2 7 (5.69%) OrCAD
2 7 (5.69%) Stateflow
3 1 (0.81%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.44%) WhatsApp
2 1 (0.81%) Azure
2 1 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.88%) Software-Defined Radio
2 5 (4.07%) Wireless
3 4 (3.25%) RS-232
4 2 (1.63%) Internet
4 2 (1.63%) MQTT
4 2 (1.63%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.81%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.81%) Firewall
5 1 (0.81%) HTTP
5 1 (0.81%) Modbus
5 1 (0.81%) RS-422
5 1 (0.81%) Wireless Security
5 1 (0.81%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.25%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 11 (8.94%) Git
2 8 (6.50%) JIRA
3 7 (5.69%) ClearCase
3 7 (5.69%) ClearQuest
3 7 (5.69%) LabVIEW
3 7 (5.69%) Plastic SCM
4 4 (3.25%) Subversion
5 2 (1.63%) Appium
5 2 (1.63%) UI Automator
6 1 (0.81%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.81%) CMake
6 1 (0.81%) GCC
6 1 (0.81%) GDB
6 1 (0.81%) Metasploit
General
1 35 (28.46%) Electronics
2 31 (25.20%) Automotive
3 25 (20.33%) Social Skills
4 16 (13.01%) Manufacturing
5 13 (10.57%) Aerospace
6 9 (7.32%) Marketing
7 8 (6.50%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.25%) Avionics
9 4 (3.25%) Multimedia
10 3 (2.44%) Aviation
10 3 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.63%) French Language
11 2 (1.63%) German Language
11 2 (1.63%) Japanese Language
11 2 (1.63%) Korean Language
11 2 (1.63%) Retail
12 1 (0.81%) Finance
12 1 (0.81%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 70 (56.91%) Software Engineer
2 54 (43.90%) Embedded Engineer
3 43 (34.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 25 (20.33%) Senior
5 10 (8.13%) Developer
6 9 (7.32%) C++ Software Engineer
7 8 (6.50%) Electronics Engineer
7 8 (6.50%) Senior Electronics Engineer
7 8 (6.50%) Senior Software Engineer
7 8 (6.50%) Software Developer
7 8 (6.50%) Software Manager
8 7 (5.69%) Embedded C++ Engineer
9 6 (4.88%) Development Manager
9 6 (4.88%) Embedded C Engineer
9 6 (4.88%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
9 6 (4.88%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
9 6 (4.88%) Software Development Manager
10 5 (4.07%) Design Engineer
10 5 (4.07%) Senior Developer
10 5 (4.07%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.88%) Yocto
2 5 (4.07%) FFmpeg
2 5 (4.07%) GStreamer
2 5 (4.07%) OpenEmbedded
2 5 (4.07%) PyTorch
2 5 (4.07%) TensorFlow
3 2 (1.63%) QML
3 2 (1.63%) Qt
4 1 (0.81%) .NET
4 1 (0.81%) Boost C++ Libraries
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.63%) Algorithms
2 13 (10.57%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (8.94%) Analogue Electronics
3 11 (8.94%) RISC-V
4 10 (8.13%) IoT
5 9 (7.32%) Device Driver
6 8 (6.50%) FPGA
7 7 (5.69%) Hackathon
7 7 (5.69%) SCADA
8 6 (4.88%) Mobile App
9 5 (4.07%) CUDA
10 4 (3.25%) Client/Server
10 4 (3.25%) Smart Energy
11 3 (2.44%) Acoustics
11 3 (2.44%) Data Structures
11 3 (2.44%) Driving Licence
12 1 (0.81%) ARM Cortex
12 1 (0.81%) CAN bus
12 1 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.81%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 47 (38.21%) Linux
2 16 (13.01%) FreeRTOS
3 14 (11.38%) Windows
4 11 (8.94%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (4.88%) Android
6 3 (2.44%) Windows Embedded Compact
7 2 (1.63%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.63%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.63%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.81%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.81%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (72.36%) Software Engineering
2 28 (22.76%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (21.95%) Agile
4 24 (19.51%) Multithreading
5 22 (17.89%) Mentoring
6 18 (14.63%) Roadmaps
7 16 (13.01%) Code Quality
7 16 (13.01%) Open Source
8 14 (11.38%) Software Testing
9 12 (9.76%) Computer Science
10 11 (8.94%) Coaching
10 11 (8.94%) Collaborative Culture
10 11 (8.94%) Containerisation
10 11 (8.94%) Schematic Capture
10 11 (8.94%) Test Automation
11 10 (8.13%) Configuration Management
12 9 (7.32%) Collaborative Working
13 8 (6.50%) CI/CD
13 8 (6.50%) Customer Requirements
13 8 (6.50%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (60.98%) C
2 53 (43.09%) C++
3 37 (30.08%) Python
4 36 (29.27%) Embedded C
5 17 (13.82%) C#
6 9 (7.32%) MATLAB
7 7 (5.69%) Embedded C++
8 4 (3.25%) Java
8 4 (3.25%) R
9 2 (1.63%) SQL
10 1 (0.81%) Ada
10 1 (0.81%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.81%) Bash
10 1 (0.81%) Ladder Logic
10 1 (0.81%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 46 (37.40%) Degree
2 11 (8.94%) Master's Degree
3 10 (8.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (5.69%) PhD
5 4 (3.25%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.44%) HND
7 1 (0.81%) CHECK Team Member
7 1 (0.81%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.81%) OSCP
7 1 (0.81%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.69%) MISRA
2 3 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 31 (25.20%) Firmware
2 13 (10.57%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (8.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (8.94%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.81%) Grafana
2 1 (0.81%) Kibana
2 1 (0.81%) Nmap
Vendors
1 7 (5.69%) IBM
1 7 (5.69%) Lauterbach
1 7 (5.69%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.07%) Intel
2 5 (4.07%) NVIDIA
2 5 (4.07%) Xilinx
3 3 (2.44%) Samsung
4 1 (0.81%) SAP
4 1 (0.81%) Siemens