Market evidence report — embedded-systems-software-developer

Source: 50 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 50), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-11. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

Seniority distribution

Seniority	Ads	Share
mid	33	66 %
senior	12	24 %
lead	3	6 %
junior	1	2 %
n/a	1	2 %

Tools — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	Linux	15	30 %
2	Git	14	28 %
3	Python	14	28 %
4	VxWorks	10	20 %
5	C++	9	18 %
6	Jira	9	18 %
7	Yocto	9	18 %
8	logic analyzers	6	12 %
9	MATLAB	5	10 %
10	oscilloscopes	5	10 %
11	Visual Studio	5	10 %
12	Bitbucket	4	8 %
13	CMake	4	8 %
14	Docker	4	8 %
15	Jenkins	4	8 %
16	Bash	3	6 %
17	C/C++	3	6 %
18	Eclipse	3	6 %
19	GCC	3	6 %
20	National Instruments data acquisition cards	3	6 %
21	Petalinux	3	6 %
22	Rust	3	6 %
23	SonarQube	3	6 %
24	Windows	3	6 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	embedded software development	27	54 %
2	debugging	11	22 %
3	software testing	11	22 %
4	system integration	11	22 %
5	software design	10	20 %
6	software development	10	20 %
7	technical documentation	9	18 %
8	firmware development	8	16 %
9	software integration	8	16 %
10	device driver development	5	10 %
11	real-time systems programming	5	10 %
12	requirements analysis	5	10 %
13	code review	4	8 %
14	embedded software design	4	8 %
15	embedded systems development	4	8 %
16	hardware interfacing	4	8 %
17	low-level programming	4	8 %
18	signal processing	4	8 %
19	software debugging	4	8 %
20	code optimization	3	6 %
21	fpga development	3	6 %
22	hardware integration	3	6 %
23	hardware-software integration	3	6 %
24	performance optimization	3	6 %
25	reverse engineering	3	6 %
26	software architecture	3	6 %
27	system analysis	3	6 %
28	system design	3	6 %
29	test automation	3	6 %
30	troubleshooting	3	6 %

Methods — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	scrum	7	14 %
2	devsecops	6	12 %
3	agile development	5	10 %
4	agile	3	6 %
5	Agile methodologies	3	6 %
6	continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD)	3	6 %
7	model-based engineering	3	6 %
8	Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA)	3	6 %
9	version control	3	6 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	software development	14	28 %
2	software design	11	22 %
3	system integration	6	12 %
4	code development	4	8 %
5	test execution	4	8 %
6	code debugging	3	6 %
7	code implementation	3	6 %
8	defect resolution	3	6 %
9	design documentation preparation	3	6 %
10	documentation creation	3	6 %
11	firmware implementation	3	6 %
12	hardware integration	3	6 %
13	junior engineer mentoring	3	6 %
14	software implementation	3	6 %
15	software integration	3	6 %
16	software testing	3	6 %
17	system debugging	3	6 %
18	technical documentation	3	6 %
19	troubleshooting	3	6 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 50 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

50 ads.

Top hard skills:

embedded software development — 54 % (27 ads)
debugging — 22 % (11 ads)
software testing — 22 % (11 ads)
system integration — 22 % (11 ads)
software design — 20 % (10 ads)
software development — 20 % (10 ads)
technical documentation — 18 % (9 ads)
firmware development — 16 % (8 ads)
software integration — 16 % (8 ads)
device driver development — 10 % (5 ads)

Top tools:

Linux — 30 % (15 ads)
Git — 28 % (14 ads)
Python — 28 % (14 ads)
VxWorks — 20 % (10 ads)
C++ — 18 % (9 ads)
Jira — 18 % (9 ads)
Yocto — 18 % (9 ads)
logic analyzers — 12 % (6 ads)
MATLAB — 10 % (5 ads)
oscilloscopes — 10 % (5 ads)

Seniority: mid 66 % · senior 24 % · lead 6 % · junior 2 % · n/a 2 %

UK (gb)

Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)