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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 557 815 1000
Rank change year-on-year +258 +185 -172
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 376 137 239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the System Software category 3.14% 0.90% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 247 118 54
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £44,125
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,063 £45,625
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% +17.65%

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 11,977 15,223 30,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.67% 15.64% 18.41%
Number of salaries quoted 9,369 9,898 15,651
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 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -0.90% +0.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £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 28 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 28 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 +182 357 £52,500 -8.70% 97
England +285 316 £52,500 -12.50% 89
South East +116 141 £50,000 -9.09% 21
Work from Home +112 121 £52,500 -19.23% 40
Midlands +66 72 £56,250 +56.25% 22
Scotland -48 50 £52,500 -0.94% 13
West Midlands +48 39 £60,750 +68.75% 5
North of England +66 37 £55,000 - 6
South West +1 34 £52,500 -2.33% 9
East Midlands - 33 £52,500 - 17
North West +21 30 £55,000 - 5
East of England -15 19 £65,000 - 26
London +152 13 £50,000 +3.63% 4
Wales +2 4 £65,000 +18.18% 3
North East - 4 £60,000 -
Yorkshire +78 3 £60,000 +41.18% 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 (2.93%) Simulink
2 3 (0.80%) GNU Octave
2 3 (0.80%) OrCAD
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.27%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 7 (1.86%) Azure
1 7 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (1.60%) GitHub
3 4 (1.06%) AWS
3 4 (1.06%) AWS IoT
4 1 (0.27%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (12.77%) Wireless
2 15 (3.99%) 5G
3 13 (3.46%) Ethernet
4 11 (2.93%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.66%) LTE
6 9 (2.39%) Bluetooth
6 9 (2.39%) HTTP
7 8 (2.13%) DNS
7 8 (2.13%) Internet
7 8 (2.13%) SD-WAN
7 8 (2.13%) SMTP
7 8 (2.13%) WAN
8 7 (1.86%) 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 (1.33%) LoRaWAN
11 4 (1.06%) Modbus
12 2 (0.53%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.27%) MariaDB
1 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (5.59%) Git
2 12 (3.19%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.66%) 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
1 186 (49.47%) Electronics
2 121 (32.18%) Manufacturing
3 108 (28.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 54 (14.36%) Social Skills
5 26 (6.91%) Automotive
6 21 (5.59%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (4.79%) Marketing
8 15 (3.99%) Finance
9 12 (3.19%) Legal
9 12 (3.19%) Public Sector
9 12 (3.19%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.60%) Police
12 4 (1.06%) 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
1 176 (46.81%) Embedded Engineer
2 97 (25.80%) Firmware Engineer
3 96 (25.53%) Electronics Engineer
4 85 (22.61%) Graduate
5 82 (21.81%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 82 (21.81%) Software Engineer
6 80 (21.28%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
6 80 (21.28%) Junior
7 79 (21.01%) Junior Electronics Engineer
8 74 (19.68%) Development Engineer
9 73 (19.41%) Senior
10 71 (18.88%) Graduate Development Engineer
11 66 (17.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 48 (12.77%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 31 (8.24%) Developer
14 25 (6.65%) Senior Firmware Engineer
15 22 (5.85%) Lead
16 19 (5.05%) Senior Software Engineer
17 18 (4.79%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
17 18 (4.79%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.26%) Yocto
2 8 (2.13%) Middleware
3 6 (1.60%) 802.1X
4 5 (1.33%) Flask
5 4 (1.06%) .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 (9.04%) Embedded Systems
2 30 (7.98%) FPGA
3 17 (4.52%) Mobile App
4 16 (4.26%) GNSS
5 15 (3.99%) Device Driver
6 14 (3.72%) IoT
7 12 (3.19%) Analogue Electronics
7 12 (3.19%) VHDL
8 10 (2.66%) Tandem
9 9 (2.39%) Management Information System
10 8 (2.13%) CUDA
10 8 (2.13%) MicroBlaze
10 8 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.86%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.60%) PCIe
13 5 (1.33%) Robotics
14 4 (1.06%) ARM Cortex
15 2 (0.53%) Arduino
15 2 (0.53%) Raspberry Pi
15 2 (0.53%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 61 (16.22%) Linux
2 27 (7.18%) Embedded Linux
3 20 (5.32%) Windows
4 8 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.13%) Unix
5 7 (1.86%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.53%) Android
6 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (34.04%) Software Engineering
2 89 (23.67%) Schematic Capture
3 83 (22.07%) Project Planning
4 46 (12.23%) Computer Science
5 31 (8.24%) Mentoring
6 30 (7.98%) Agile
7 29 (7.71%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (6.91%) Test Automation
9 22 (5.85%) SDLC
10 19 (5.05%) Software Testing
11 17 (4.52%) Configuration Management
11 17 (4.52%) FPGA Design
12 16 (4.26%) B2B
12 16 (4.26%) Signal Processing
12 16 (4.26%) Software Architecture
13 15 (3.99%) DevOps
13 15 (3.99%) Mathematics
14 14 (3.72%) Business Intelligence
15 13 (3.46%) Physics
16 12 (3.19%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 188 (50.00%) C
2 99 (26.33%) C++
3 54 (14.36%) Python
4 45 (11.97%) Embedded C
5 16 (4.26%) C#
6 11 (2.93%) Embedded C++
6 11 (2.93%) Java
6 11 (2.93%) MATLAB
7 8 (2.13%) Perl
7 8 (2.13%) Tcl
7 8 (2.13%) VB
8 4 (1.06%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.06%) SQL
9 3 (0.80%) Bash
9 3 (0.80%) Groovy
9 3 (0.80%) Lua
9 3 (0.80%) Rust
10 2 (0.53%) Assembly Language
10 2 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 185 (49.20%) Degree
2 15 (3.99%) Security Cleared
3 10 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (1.60%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.06%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.53%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.19%) QA
2 7 (1.86%) MISRA
2 7 (1.86%) 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
1 376 (100.00%) Firmware
2 5 (1.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.06%) Ansible
1 4 (1.06%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.06%) Podman
2 1 (0.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 89 (23.67%) EMC
2 12 (3.19%) SAP
3 10 (2.66%) Xilinx
4 8 (2.13%) Altera
4 8 (2.13%) Green Hills
4 8 (2.13%) Motorola
4 8 (2.13%) 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