Firmware Jobs in the Midlands

Firmware
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 202 283 310
Rank change year-on-year +81 +27 -89
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 119 41 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.02% 0.43% 0.34%
As % of the System Software category 8.52% 3.10% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 88 21 10
10th Percentile £38,750 - £40,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £26,250 £43,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £42,500 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% -17.07% +11.41%
75th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 £55,188
90th Percentile £71,250 £110,000 £56,075
England median annual salary £52,500 £45,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year +16.02% -13.81% -4.55%

All System Software Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,397 1,323 1,631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.99% 13.75% 15.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,196 801 1,297
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,500 £24,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +2.27%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £79,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,325
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.35% +2.41%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the Midlands

Firmware
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Firmware in the Midlands

Firmware
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Firmware in the Midlands

Firmware
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
West Midlands +73 70 £61,500 +36.67% 18
East Midlands +14 49 £50,000 +81.82% 22
Firmware
England

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.84%) Simulink
2 1 (0.84%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 11 (9.24%) GitHub
2 4 (3.36%) Azure
3 2 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.84%) AWS
4 1 (0.84%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 23 (19.33%) Wireless
2 16 (13.45%) Bluetooth
3 15 (12.61%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (5.88%) BGP
4 7 (5.88%) EIGRP
4 7 (5.88%) HSRP
4 7 (5.88%) LAN
4 7 (5.88%) MPLS
4 7 (5.88%) OSPF
4 7 (5.88%) SD-WAN
4 7 (5.88%) Spanning Tree
4 7 (5.88%) VLAN
4 7 (5.88%) VoIP
4 7 (5.88%) VRRP
4 7 (5.88%) WAN
4 7 (5.88%) Wireshark
4 7 (5.88%) WLAN
5 6 (5.04%) ZigBee
6 5 (4.20%) GSM
6 5 (4.20%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 8 (6.72%) JIRA
2 3 (2.52%) Git
3 2 (1.68%) Jenkins
General
1 57 (47.90%) Electronics
2 18 (15.13%) Manufacturing
3 13 (10.92%) Automotive
4 12 (10.08%) Social Skills
5 10 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (7.56%) Retail
7 6 (5.04%) Finance
8 4 (3.36%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.36%) Marketing
8 4 (3.36%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.36%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (52.10%) Embedded Engineer
2 38 (31.93%) Software Engineer
3 28 (23.53%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
3 28 (23.53%) Firmware Engineer
4 27 (22.69%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 27 (22.69%) Senior
5 17 (14.29%) Electronics Engineer
6 13 (10.92%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 12 (10.08%) Development Engineer
7 12 (10.08%) Graduate
8 11 (9.24%) Lead
9 10 (8.40%) Graduate Development Engineer
9 10 (8.40%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
9 10 (8.40%) Junior
9 10 (8.40%) Junior Electronics Engineer
10 9 (7.56%) Team Leader
11 7 (5.88%) Analyst
11 7 (5.88%) Network Analyst
12 6 (5.04%) Operations Analyst
12 6 (5.04%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.40%) Yocto
2 6 (5.04%) Qt
3 2 (1.68%) Boost C++ Libraries
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.08%) Embedded Systems
2 11 (9.24%) IoT
3 7 (5.88%) FMCG
4 5 (4.20%) ARM Cortex
4 5 (4.20%) Augmented Reality
4 5 (4.20%) Device Driver
4 5 (4.20%) Smart Home
4 5 (4.20%) Virtual Reality
5 4 (3.36%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.36%) Analogue Electronics
5 4 (3.36%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.68%) Arduino
7 2 (1.68%) EPoS
7 2 (1.68%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.84%) FPGA
8 1 (0.84%) Robotics
8 1 (0.84%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 27 (22.69%) Linux
2 16 (13.45%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (7.56%) Windows
4 5 (4.20%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (1.68%) Debian
5 2 (1.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (47.90%) Software Engineering
2 16 (13.45%) Computer Science
3 15 (12.61%) Agile
4 12 (10.08%) Schematic Capture
5 10 (8.40%) Project Planning
6 9 (7.56%) Change Management
6 9 (7.56%) Linux Kernel Development
6 9 (7.56%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (7.56%) Release Management
7 8 (6.72%) Software Testing
7 8 (6.72%) Test Automation
8 7 (5.88%) Business Analysis
8 7 (5.88%) Demand Management
8 7 (5.88%) High Availability
8 7 (5.88%) Network Architecture
8 7 (5.88%) Network Virtualisation
8 7 (5.88%) Project Delivery
8 7 (5.88%) Scrum
8 7 (5.88%) Validation
9 5 (4.20%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 64 (53.78%) C
2 41 (34.45%) C++
3 18 (15.13%) Embedded C
4 12 (10.08%) C#
5 9 (7.56%) Python
6 5 (4.20%) Embedded C++
7 3 (2.52%) Groovy
7 3 (2.52%) Rust
8 2 (1.68%) SQL
9 1 (0.84%) Bash
9 1 (0.84%) Lua
Qualifications
1 43 (36.13%) Degree
2 7 (5.88%) CCDP
2 7 (5.88%) CCIE
2 7 (5.88%) CCIE Routing and Switching
2 7 (5.88%) CCNP
2 7 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (4.20%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.52%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.68%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (1.68%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.76%) MISRA
2 9 (7.56%) MISRA C
3 4 (3.36%) Automotive SPICE
3 4 (3.36%) AUTOSAR
4 2 (1.68%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.68%) SLA
5 1 (0.84%) JTAG
System Software
1 68 (57.14%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.68%) Nessus
Vendors
1 16 (13.45%) EMC
2 7 (5.88%) Cisco
2 7 (5.88%) Ekahau
3 4 (3.36%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.36%) SAP
4 2 (1.68%) Dell
4 2 (1.68%) Forcepoint
4 2 (1.68%) HP
4 2 (1.68%) IBM
4 2 (1.68%) NetApp
5 1 (0.84%) Sitecore