The first table below looks at the demand for the Firmware Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the England 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 24 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware Engineer
Rank 794 830 818
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Firmware Engineer 47 36 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.046% 0.032% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.033% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 42 28 17
Average salary £35,000 £41,750 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.16% +4.37%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £33,000 £33,700
10% offered a salary of more than £49,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95490 107493 111049
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.41% 94.82% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 80297 92843 94497
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,925 £27,500 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Firmware Engineer
UK

Firmware Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Firmware Engineer Salary Trend

Firmware Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firmware Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Firmware Engineer Salary Histogram

Firmware Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South East +12 13 £45,000 +9.75%
London +62 12 £33,000 -23.25%
East of England +1 11 £50,000 -
North East +1 4 £33,000 -7.69%
East Midlands - 3 £32,500 -
West Midlands -27 1 £35,000 -12.50%
South West - 1 £40,000 -
North West - 1 £20,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 £35,000 -
Firmware Engineer
UK

Firmware Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 81 (100.00%) Firmware
2 79 (97.53%) C
3 46 (56.79%) Electronics
4 42 (51.85%) Degree
4 42 (51.85%) Assembly Language
5 41 (50.62%) C++
6 40 (49.38%) Embedded C
7 22 (27.16%) Embedded Systems
8 19 (23.46%) Linux
9 17 (20.99%) Ethernet
9 17 (20.99%) TCP/IP
10 16 (19.75%) Embedded Software Development
11 15 (18.52%) Atmel
11 15 (18.52%) Wireless
11 15 (18.52%) Subversion
12 14 (17.28%) Embedded C++
12 14 (17.28%) Python
13 13 (16.05%) C#
13 13 (16.05%) Embedded Linux
14 11 (13.58%) Google
14 11 (13.58%) Automotive
14 11 (13.58%) Bugzilla
14 11 (13.58%) Management Information System
14 11 (13.58%) iPhone
14 11 (13.58%) Mechatronics
14 11 (13.58%) iPad
14 11 (13.58%) GCC
15 9 (11.11%) Mathematics
16 8 (9.877%) Continuous Improvement
16 8 (9.877%) VHDL

Firmware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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.

Application Development
1 4 (4.938%) .NET
2 3 (3.704%) MFC
3 1 (1.235%) POSIX
3 1 (1.235%) XML
Applications
1 1 (1.235%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (1.235%) MS Office
1 1 (1.235%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (20.99%) Ethernet
1 17 (20.99%) TCP/IP
2 15 (18.52%) Wireless
3 7 (8.642%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (8.642%) Bluetooth
3 7 (8.642%) GPRS
3 7 (8.642%) GSM
4 6 (7.407%) ZigBee
5 4 (4.938%) 3G
6 1 (1.235%) RFID
Development Applications
1 15 (18.52%) Subversion
2 11 (13.58%) Bugzilla
2 11 (13.58%) GCC
3 6 (7.407%) Visual Studio
4 4 (4.938%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (2.469%) JIRA
6 1 (1.235%) FitNesse
General
1 46 (56.79%) Electronics
2 11 (13.58%) Automotive
3 4 (4.938%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.235%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 81 (100.00%) Firmware
2 22 (27.16%) Embedded Systems
3 11 (13.58%) Management Information System
3 11 (13.58%) iPhone
3 11 (13.58%) Mechatronics
3 11 (13.58%) iPad
4 9 (11.11%) Mathematics
5 8 (9.877%) VHDL
6 7 (8.642%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 7 (8.642%) Mobile App
6 7 (8.642%) Computer Science
7 5 (6.173%) Device Driver
8 4 (4.938%) MPEG
9 2 (2.469%) Physics
9 2 (2.469%) Smart Meter
10 1 (1.235%) CAN bus
10 1 (1.235%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 19 (23.46%) Linux
2 13 (16.05%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (8.642%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (19.75%) Embedded Software Development
2 8 (9.877%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (8.642%) Unit Testing
4 6 (7.407%) Change Control
4 6 (7.407%) Software Testing
5 5 (6.173%) Configuration Management
6 4 (4.938%) IC Design
7 3 (3.704%) Software Engineering
8 2 (2.469%) Quality Management
8 2 (2.469%) Scrum
8 2 (2.469%) QMS
9 1 (1.235%) Data Protection
9 1 (1.235%) Test Scripting
9 1 (1.235%) Static Code Analysis
9 1 (1.235%) Signal Processing
9 1 (1.235%) User Stories
9 1 (1.235%) Project Planning
9 1 (1.235%) Automated Testing
9 1 (1.235%) TDD
9 1 (1.235%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 79 (97.53%) C
2 42 (51.85%) Assembly Language
3 41 (50.62%) C++
4 40 (49.38%) Embedded C
5 14 (17.28%) Embedded C++
5 14 (17.28%) Python
6 13 (16.05%) C#
7 7 (8.642%) Perl
8 4 (4.938%) Java
9 2 (2.469%) MATLAB
10 1 (1.235%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 42 (51.85%) Degree
2 1 (1.235%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.235%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.469%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.235%) JTAG
Vendors
1 15 (18.52%) Atmel
2 11 (13.58%) Google
3 4 (4.938%) EMC
4 3 (3.704%) Cadence
4 3 (3.704%) NEC
5 2 (2.469%) i2
6 1 (1.235%) Motorola
Littlehampton, West Sussex
Embedded C Microcontrollers Firmware Engineer - Worthing/Brighton Area required for global leader in the design and manufacture of High Voltage Power Supplies providing complete solutions UK wide.
Real Time Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Worcestershire
Essen tail skills include: FPGA VHDL Coding Simulation (ModelSim or ISIM) Embedded processor design (ARM) Firmware C or C++ JTAG DSP Bachelors degree of equivalent qualifications This is...
Roc Search
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Rugeley, Staffordshire
This large international group requires a Firmware Design Engineer for its current expansion plans working in the company's centre of excellence... You… You'll be responsible for...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum + Pension, Shares & Flexible Hours
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridgeshire Hertfordshire, South East
They are seeking ambitious electronics / firmware engineers to work on a variety of development projects, ranging from one-off process equipment to high-volume consumer products... The team...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: Very competitive + VG benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Durham, County Durham
Embedded C/C++, Assembler, Firmware, Embedded Software, Embedded Linux, UART, I2C, RS232, RS485, PIC, ARM, LCD development... As a Firmware Engineer / Embedded Software Engineer you will have 4+...
Saxon Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £28000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Littlehampton, West Sussex
Suitable Embedded Firmware Engineers will have firmware development experience for embedded systems, PIC micros familiarity and a hardware background... - C programming fluency... Desirables include Labview, Visual Basic, Assembler,...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £35000 to £42000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
A Senior Embedded Firmware Applications Engineer is required for an innovative and world leading Technology Company... As Senior Embedded Firmware Applications Engineer you'll become a pivotal member...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
My Nottinghamshire based client is looking for a Firmware Engineer to come into their organisation. Key Responsibilities:-Embedded software development in C/C++ -Active participation in: oSprint planning...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Experience of automated testing techniques. Unit testing and acceptance testing. Excellent attention to detail Good communicator both verbally & in writing Quick thinker Good planning & estimating skills Desire to...
Proteus Europe
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013