Firmware Jobs in England

Firmware
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Firmware over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 306 554 596
Rank change year-on-year +248 +42 -59
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 777 403 694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.90% 0.46% 0.51%
As % of the System Software category 7.26% 2.94% 2.84%
Number of salaries quoted 574 295 259
10th Percentile £32,000 £26,850 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,375 £84,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

All System Software Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 10,700 13,723 24,479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.39% 15.54% 18.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8,654 9,285 13,829
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
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 £86,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in England

Firmware
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Firmware in England

Firmware
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firmware in England

Firmware
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the England region over the 6 months to 17 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
South East +102 268 £50,000 +11.11% 115
Midlands +80 122 £52,500 +23.53% 48
East of England +59 113 £56,500 -13.08% 63
North of England +63 112 £52,500 +47.38% 23
South West +30 100 £55,000 -18.52% 39
West Midlands +62 70 £60,750 +35.00% 18
North West 0 65 £55,000 +4.76% 18
London +147 62 £52,500 +23.53% 34
East Midlands +30 52 £50,000 +81.82% 30
Yorkshire +78 37 £42,500 +31.99% 5
North East - 10 £55,000 -
Firmware
UK

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.16%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.90%) Confluence
4 5 (0.64%) Kinematics
5 3 (0.39%) IIS
6 2 (0.26%) Apache
6 2 (0.26%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) CMS
7 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 24 (3.09%) Simulink
2 18 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.16%) OrCAD
4 6 (0.77%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (0.51%) Windchill
6 3 (0.39%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.13%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.13%) LabWindows
1 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 35 (4.50%) Azure
2 22 (2.83%) AWS
3 19 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (1.93%) GitHub
6 8 (1.03%) OneDrive
6 8 (1.03%) Power Platform
7 6 (0.77%) AWS IoT
7 6 (0.77%) SaaS
8 5 (0.64%) Entra ID
8 5 (0.64%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.51%) IaaS
10 2 (0.26%) Akamai
10 2 (0.26%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.26%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.26%) Azure Storage
10 2 (0.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.26%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 66 (8.49%) Wireless
2 35 (4.50%) Ethernet
3 31 (3.99%) Firewall
4 26 (3.35%) TCP/IP
4 26 (3.35%) Wi-Fi
5 25 (3.22%) Bluetooth
6 23 (2.96%) LAN
6 23 (2.96%) WAN
7 21 (2.70%) 5G
8 20 (2.57%) DNS
9 18 (2.32%) MQTT
9 18 (2.32%) RS-232
10 17 (2.19%) Internet
11 16 (2.06%) HTTP
11 16 (2.06%) OSPF
11 16 (2.06%) SD-WAN
12 12 (1.54%) BGP
12 12 (1.54%) LTE
12 12 (1.54%) Software-Defined Radio
13 11 (1.42%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.03%) Power BI
2 5 (0.64%) Big Data
3 4 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.39%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.26%) MariaDB
5 2 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.13%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.13%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.13%) MySQL
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 46 (5.92%) JIRA
2 37 (4.76%) Git
3 22 (2.83%) Jenkins
4 21 (2.70%) Rational DOORS
5 15 (1.93%) Subversion
6 14 (1.80%) LabVIEW
7 9 (1.16%) Rational Team Concert
8 6 (0.77%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.64%) Selenium
9 5 (0.64%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.51%) GitLab
10 4 (0.51%) Rational Rhapsody
11 3 (0.39%) GCC
11 3 (0.39%) GDB
11 3 (0.39%) Postman
12 2 (0.26%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.26%) PetaLinux
12 2 (0.26%) TeamCity
13 1 (0.13%) Bugzilla
13 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
General
1 332 (42.73%) Electronics
2 177 (22.78%) Manufacturing
3 134 (17.25%) Social Skills
4 91 (11.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 70 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
6 49 (6.31%) Automotive
7 47 (6.05%) Finance
8 40 (5.15%) Marketing
9 29 (3.73%) Telecoms
10 28 (3.60%) Legal
10 28 (3.60%) Public Sector
11 27 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
11 27 (3.47%) Retail
12 15 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.80%) Aerospace
14 12 (1.54%) Military
15 10 (1.29%) Law
15 10 (1.29%) Police
16 7 (0.90%) Aviation
16 7 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 196 (25.23%) Embedded Engineer
2 154 (19.82%) Software Engineer
3 139 (17.89%) Electronics Engineer
4 131 (16.86%) Senior
5 100 (12.87%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 97 (12.48%) Graduate
7 87 (11.20%) Firmware Engineer
8 83 (10.68%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
8 83 (10.68%) Junior
9 79 (10.17%) Junior Electronics Engineer
10 74 (9.52%) Development Engineer
11 71 (9.14%) Graduate Development Engineer
12 68 (8.75%) Systems Engineer
13 57 (7.34%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
14 54 (6.95%) Senior Embedded Engineer
15 52 (6.69%) Lead
16 44 (5.66%) Hardware Engineer
17 39 (5.02%) Developer
18 33 (4.25%) Design Engineer
18 33 (4.25%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.06%) Yocto
2 14 (1.80%) 802.1X
3 13 (1.67%) .NET
3 13 (1.67%) Qt
4 12 (1.54%) Middleware
5 10 (1.29%) HTML
6 8 (1.03%) CSS
7 7 (0.90%) Flask
7 7 (0.90%) Node.js
8 5 (0.64%) Flash
8 5 (0.64%) WPF
9 4 (0.51%) ARM Templates
10 3 (0.39%) POSIX
10 3 (0.39%) React
11 2 (0.26%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 2 (0.26%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.26%) React Native
11 2 (0.26%) Web Services
11 2 (0.26%) wxWidgets
11 2 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 96 (12.36%) FPGA
2 75 (9.65%) Embedded Systems
3 48 (6.18%) IoT
4 46 (5.92%) Data Centre
5 39 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
6 37 (4.76%) Algorithms
7 35 (4.50%) Driving Licence
8 31 (3.99%) Analogue Electronics
9 29 (3.73%) VHDL
10 25 (3.22%) Management Information System
11 21 (2.70%) GNSS
11 21 (2.70%) Replication
12 19 (2.45%) Mobile App
13 16 (2.06%) Device Driver
14 15 (1.93%) EPoS
15 13 (1.67%) PCIe
16 10 (1.29%) ARM Cortex
16 10 (1.29%) Tandem
16 10 (1.29%) Verilog
17 8 (1.03%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 139 (17.89%) Linux
2 113 (14.54%) Windows
3 37 (4.76%) Embedded Linux
4 31 (3.99%) Windows Server
5 24 (3.09%) Windows 10
6 17 (2.19%) Windows Server 2016
6 17 (2.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (2.06%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (1.42%) Windows NT
9 10 (1.29%) FreeRTOS
10 9 (1.16%) Android
10 9 (1.16%) Unix
10 9 (1.16%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.26%) Debian
11 2 (0.26%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.13%) CentOS
12 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.13%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (28.44%) Software Engineering
2 109 (14.03%) Schematic Capture
3 107 (13.77%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (10.68%) Project Planning
5 79 (10.17%) Agile
6 77 (9.91%) Software Testing
7 75 (9.65%) Computer Science
8 59 (7.59%) ITIL
9 54 (6.95%) Customer Service
10 50 (6.44%) Validation
11 49 (6.31%) Customer Requirements
12 43 (5.53%) Test Automation
13 42 (5.41%) Signal Processing
14 40 (5.15%) SDLC
15 38 (4.89%) DevOps
15 38 (4.89%) Technical Leadership
16 36 (4.63%) Cybersecurity
16 36 (4.63%) FPGA Design
17 35 (4.50%) UML
18 34 (4.38%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 274 (35.26%) C
2 157 (20.21%) C++
3 88 (11.33%) Python
4 57 (7.34%) Embedded C
5 52 (6.69%) C#
6 29 (3.73%) SQL
7 27 (3.47%) MATLAB
8 26 (3.35%) Java
9 17 (2.19%) Embedded C++
10 11 (1.42%) Perl
11 10 (1.29%) RPG
11 10 (1.29%) Tcl
12 9 (1.16%) Bash
13 8 (1.03%) JavaScript
13 8 (1.03%) VB
14 6 (0.77%) Assembly Language
15 5 (0.64%) XAML
16 4 (0.51%) PowerShell
17 3 (0.39%) Groovy
17 3 (0.39%) Lua
Qualifications
1 281 (36.16%) Degree
2 102 (13.13%) Security Cleared
3 53 (6.82%) BPSS Clearance
4 34 (4.38%) DV Cleared
5 31 (3.99%) SC Cleared
6 18 (2.32%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (1.29%) CCNA
7 10 (1.29%) CCNP
7 10 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.16%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (0.90%) CCDP
9 7 (0.90%) CCIE
9 7 (0.90%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 7 (0.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (0.77%) MCSE
11 5 (0.64%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (0.64%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.51%) HNC
12 4 (0.51%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.60%) QA
2 25 (3.22%) SLA
3 19 (2.45%) MISRA
4 11 (1.42%) MISRA C
5 10 (1.29%) GDPR
6 9 (1.16%) JTAG
7 6 (0.77%) PMO
8 5 (0.64%) ISO 26262
9 4 (0.51%) IEC 61508
10 3 (0.39%) Automotive SPICE
10 3 (0.39%) AUTOSAR
10 3 (0.39%) Def Stans
10 3 (0.39%) ECSS
10 3 (0.39%) IEC 62304
10 3 (0.39%) ISO 13485
10 3 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 313 (40.28%) Embedded Firmware
2 37 (4.76%) Active Directory
3 29 (3.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (2.57%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (1.42%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.03%) Docker
6 8 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.90%) vSphere
8 5 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.26%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 29 (3.73%) SCCM
2 22 (2.83%) SCOM
3 15 (1.93%) WSUS
4 11 (1.42%) Sysprep
5 8 (1.03%) vCenter Server
6 7 (0.90%) Ansible
6 7 (0.90%) Functional Safety
6 7 (0.90%) NetBackup
7 6 (0.77%) Kubernetes
7 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.51%) Podman
8 4 (0.51%) Terraform
9 3 (0.39%) Grafana
9 3 (0.39%) SCOrch
9 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.26%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 2 (0.26%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.26%) vRealize
Vendors
1 116 (14.93%) EMC
2 58 (7.46%) Microsoft
3 34 (4.38%) VMware
4 32 (4.12%) IBM
5 29 (3.73%) HP
6 27 (3.47%) NetApp
7 26 (3.35%) Dell
7 26 (3.35%) SAP
8 23 (2.96%) Veeam
9 21 (2.70%) Cisco
10 20 (2.57%) Xilinx
11 14 (1.80%) Fortinet
12 10 (1.29%) Citrix
12 10 (1.29%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.16%) Intel
14 8 (1.03%) Altera
14 8 (1.03%) Green Hills
14 8 (1.03%) Motorola
14 8 (1.03%) SolarWinds
15 7 (0.90%) Meraki