The first table below looks at the demand for the Firmware Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firmware Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware Engineer
Rank 120 122 117
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Firmware Engineer 2 6 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.108% 0.300% 0.234%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.113% 0.312% 0.247%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 5
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1763 1924 2021
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 95.40% 96.25% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1560 1635 1844
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Firmware Engineer
Cambridgeshire

Firmware Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Firmware Engineer across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridge Firmware Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Firmware Engineer across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Firmware Engineer Salary Trend

Firmware Engineer
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Firmware Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Firmware Engineer in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware
2 3 (75.00%) C++
3 2 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) Embedded C
3 2 (50.00%) ZigBee
3 2 (50.00%) Smart Meter
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (25.00%) Physics
4 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (25.00%) Windows
4 1 (25.00%) Linux
4 1 (25.00%) C#
4 1 (25.00%) Device Driver

Firmware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Firmware Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Firmware Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) ZigBee
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware
2 2 (50.00%) Smart Meter
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (25.00%) Device Driver
3 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (25.00%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
2 3 (75.00%) C++
3 2 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) Embedded C
4 1 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree