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Job market reports · Skill · September 2026

embedded systems

355 live US technical postings name embedded systems in September 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.

Which roles ask for it

Share of the 355 postings naming embedded systems that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Software Engineer82.5%
  2. 2Security Engineer8.2%
  3. 3DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer5.1%
  4. 4Machine Learning Engineer2.8%

What postings asking for it pay

Across every role, for the postings that both name this skill and disclose a salary. A skill does not cause a salary — senior roles ask for more of everything — so read this as association, not as a raise.

Disclosed pay where embedded systems is named
n = 220
10th
$133k
25th
$156k
Median
$183k
75th
$222k
90th
$246k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1Silicon Valley, CA21.4%
  2. 2San Francisco, CA8.2%
  3. 3Los Angeles, CA5.6%
  4. 4Seattle, WA4.5%
  5. 5Washington, DC3.9%
  6. 6Remote2.8%
  7. 7San Diego, CA2.5%
  8. 8Austin, TX2.3%

How we counted

668,970 live US postings read directly from 79,892 employers’ own careers pages in September 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.