Uart salary and hiring demand
Reviewed by Mark Dickie · Last updated
Uart (Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter) is a core serial communication protocol used across embedded systems, and this report covers salary and hiring-demand data for engineers working with the technology. The market for Uart skills sits in a steady corner of embedded engineering hiring: demand comes from IoT device development and automotive electronics rather than consumer software cycles. Companies building microcontroller-based products need engineers fluent in serial interfaces year-round, which keeps the hiring pattern more even than adjacent software roles. The salary band reflects a mature, hardware-adjacent skill set where employer interest stays persistent rather than spiky.
What does the Uart job market look like in 2026?
| Figure on this page | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Salary percentiles | The spread of compensation across the Uart-related market, from lower to upper bands; not tied to a specific seniority level |
| Hiring-demand series | How job postings referencing Uart have moved over the period tracked |
How should you read the salary and demand data below?
- Check the salary percentiles to see the full compensation band for Uart work; use it as a reference point when negotiating or benchmarking a role.
- Read the hiring-demand series to gauge whether employer interest is rising, holding flat, or cooling over the tracked period.
- Pair both figures together: a steady salary band with consistent demand points to an active but mature market, not a speculative spike.
Uart salary & hiring demand
From live job postings, the median Uart salary is £72,500, across 32 postings in September 2026. These figures are technology-wide across all seniority levels, as of September 2026.
| 25th percentile | £57,500 |
|---|---|
| Median (50th percentile) | £72,500 |
| 75th percentile | £93,125 |
Hiring demand over time
We're not publishing a month-by-month series yet: the number of postings Tarmac collects each month is still growing, so a month-on-month change would measure our coverage rather than the job market.
Vacancy and salary data includes Adzuna.