Embedded Firmware
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Embedded Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Firmware over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 546 810 1002
Rank change year-on-year +264 +192 -167
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 374 142 239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.14% 0.15%
As % of the System Software category 3.12% 0.93% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 244 122 55
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £44,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +15.79%

All System Software Skills
UK

Embedded Firmware is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 11,994 15,343 30,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.88% 15.58% 18.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,423 10,001 15,538
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware in the UK

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Embedded Firmware in the UK

Embedded Firmware
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware in the UK

Embedded Firmware
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 Firmware within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 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
UK excluding London +188 355 £52,500 -8.70% 103
England +302 314 £52,500 -12.50% 92
South East +121 140 £50,000 -9.09% 23
Work from Home +104 119 £52,500 -19.23% 40
Midlands +60 70 £52,500 +45.83% 18
Scotland -50 50 £52,500 -3.67% 14
West Midlands +46 39 £60,750 +68.75% 5
North of England +51 36 £55,000 - 7
South West +12 34 £52,500 -2.33% 6
East Midlands - 31 £52,500 - 13
North West +11 30 £55,000 - 5
East of England -2 21 £65,000 - 36
London +126 13 £50,000 +28.21% 6
Wales +8 4 £65,000 +18.18% 3
Yorkshire +80 3 £60,000 +41.18% 1
North East - 3 £60,000 - 1

Embedded Firmware
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:

Applications
1 11 (2.94%) Simulink
2 3 (0.80%) GNU Octave
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.53%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.27%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 7 (1.87%) Azure
1 7 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (1.60%) GitHub
3 4 (1.07%) AWS
3 4 (1.07%) AWS IoT
4 1 (0.27%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (12.83%) Wireless
2 15 (4.01%) 5G
3 14 (3.74%) Ethernet
4 11 (2.94%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.67%) LTE
6 9 (2.41%) Bluetooth
6 9 (2.41%) HTTP
7 8 (2.14%) DNS
7 8 (2.14%) Internet
7 8 (2.14%) SD-WAN
7 8 (2.14%) SMTP
7 8 (2.14%) WAN
8 7 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.60%) 5G NR
9 6 (1.60%) 802.11
9 6 (1.60%) MQTT
9 6 (1.60%) Software-Defined Radio
10 5 (1.34%) LoRaWAN
11 4 (1.07%) Modbus
12 2 (0.53%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.27%) MariaDB
1 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (5.61%) Git
2 12 (3.21%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.67%) JIRA
4 3 (0.80%) GCC
4 3 (0.80%) GDB
4 3 (0.80%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.80%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.53%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.53%) PetaLinux
6 1 (0.27%) CMake
6 1 (0.27%) GitLab
6 1 (0.27%) Phabricator
6 1 (0.27%) Subversion
General
1 185 (49.47%) Electronics
2 121 (32.35%) Manufacturing
3 108 (28.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 53 (14.17%) Social Skills
5 26 (6.95%) Automotive
6 22 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (4.81%) Marketing
8 15 (4.01%) Finance
9 12 (3.21%) Legal
9 12 (3.21%) Public Sector
9 12 (3.21%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.60%) Police
12 4 (1.07%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.80%) Wearables
14 2 (0.53%) Advertising
14 2 (0.53%) Avionics
14 2 (0.53%) Health Technology
14 2 (0.53%) Local Government
14 2 (0.53%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 173 (46.26%) Embedded Engineer
2 96 (25.67%) Electronics Engineer
2 96 (25.67%) Firmware Engineer
3 85 (22.73%) Graduate
4 81 (21.66%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 81 (21.66%) Software Engineer
5 80 (21.39%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
5 80 (21.39%) Junior
6 79 (21.12%) Junior Electronics Engineer
7 74 (19.79%) Development Engineer
8 73 (19.52%) Senior
9 71 (18.98%) Graduate Development Engineer
10 65 (17.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 47 (12.57%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 32 (8.56%) Developer
13 25 (6.68%) Senior Firmware Engineer
14 22 (5.88%) Lead
15 19 (5.08%) Senior Software Engineer
16 18 (4.81%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
16 18 (4.81%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.01%) Yocto
2 8 (2.14%) Middleware
3 6 (1.60%) 802.1X
4 5 (1.34%) Flask
5 4 (1.07%) .NET
6 2 (0.53%) POSIX
6 2 (0.53%) Qt
6 2 (0.53%) React
6 2 (0.53%) React Native
7 1 (0.27%) Django
7 1 (0.27%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.09%) Embedded Systems
2 30 (8.02%) FPGA
3 17 (4.55%) Mobile App
4 16 (4.28%) GNSS
5 15 (4.01%) Device Driver
6 14 (3.74%) IoT
7 12 (3.21%) Analogue Electronics
7 12 (3.21%) VHDL
8 10 (2.67%) Tandem
9 9 (2.41%) Management Information System
10 8 (2.14%) CUDA
10 8 (2.14%) MicroBlaze
10 8 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.87%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.60%) PCIe
13 5 (1.34%) Robotics
14 4 (1.07%) ARM Cortex
15 2 (0.53%) Arduino
15 2 (0.53%) Raspberry Pi
15 2 (0.53%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 61 (16.31%) Linux
2 26 (6.95%) Embedded Linux
3 20 (5.35%) Windows
4 8 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.14%) Unix
5 7 (1.87%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (0.80%) Android
7 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (34.22%) Software Engineering
2 89 (23.80%) Schematic Capture
3 83 (22.19%) Project Planning
4 45 (12.03%) Computer Science
5 30 (8.02%) Agile
6 29 (7.75%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (7.49%) Mentoring
8 26 (6.95%) Test Automation
9 22 (5.88%) SDLC
10 19 (5.08%) Software Testing
11 17 (4.55%) Configuration Management
11 17 (4.55%) FPGA Design
11 17 (4.55%) Software Architecture
12 16 (4.28%) B2B
12 16 (4.28%) Signal Processing
13 15 (4.01%) DevOps
13 15 (4.01%) Mathematics
14 14 (3.74%) Business Intelligence
15 13 (3.48%) Physics
16 12 (3.21%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 190 (50.80%) C
2 100 (26.74%) C++
3 53 (14.17%) Python
4 45 (12.03%) Embedded C
5 16 (4.28%) C#
6 11 (2.94%) Java
6 11 (2.94%) MATLAB
7 10 (2.67%) Embedded C++
8 8 (2.14%) Perl
8 8 (2.14%) Tcl
8 8 (2.14%) VB
9 4 (1.07%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.07%) SQL
10 3 (0.80%) Bash
10 3 (0.80%) Groovy
10 3 (0.80%) Lua
10 3 (0.80%) Rust
11 2 (0.53%) Assembly Language
11 2 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 182 (48.66%) Degree
2 15 (4.01%) Security Cleared
3 10 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (1.60%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.07%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.53%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.21%) QA
2 7 (1.87%) MISRA
2 7 (1.87%) MISRA C
3 6 (1.60%) GDPR
4 2 (0.53%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.53%) IEC 62304
4 2 (0.53%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.27%) JTAG
System Software
1 374 (100.00%) Firmware
2 5 (1.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.07%) Ansible
1 4 (1.07%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.07%) Podman
2 1 (0.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 89 (23.80%) EMC
2 12 (3.21%) SAP
3 10 (2.67%) Xilinx
4 8 (2.14%) Altera
4 8 (2.14%) Green Hills
4 8 (2.14%) Motorola
4 8 (2.14%) Red Hat
5 2 (0.53%) Facebook
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft
5 2 (0.53%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.27%) Atmel
6 1 (0.27%) Freescale