Firmware Jobs in Scotland

Firmware
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 178 208
Rank change year-on-year -4 +30 -50
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 96 50 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.43% 1.06% 0.77%
As % of the System Software category 13.11% 6.84% 4.81%
Number of salaries quoted 90 43 20
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,750 £30,875
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,875 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -1.40% +19.44%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £61,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% +4.76%

All System Software Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 732 731 915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 10.87% 15.49% 15.95%
Number of salaries quoted 421 370 579
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £26,680
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £61,250 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,715 £86,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Scotland

Firmware
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Firmware in Scotland

Firmware
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in Scotland over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Firmware in Scotland

Firmware
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 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
Edinburgh +48 27 £52,500 -0.94% 11
Aberdeen +4 24 £52,500 +23.53% 5
Glasgow -102 11 £57,500 +35.29% 7
Dundee -6 8 £50,000 -
Fife - 6 £50,000 - 1
West Lothian -1 3 £70,000 +35.92%
Lanarkshire - 3 £40,000 - 2
Inverclyde - 1 £50,000 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £32,500 - 1
Aberdeenshire - 1 £35,000 -
Firmware
UK

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 59 (61.46%) Wireless
2 8 (8.33%) HTTP
2 8 (8.33%) MQTT
3 5 (5.21%) Ethernet
4 2 (2.08%) Bluetooth
5 1 (1.04%) Modbus
5 1 (1.04%) SNMP
5 1 (1.04%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 9 (9.38%) Git
2 1 (1.04%) Subversion
2 1 (1.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 62 (64.58%) Social Skills
2 50 (52.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (20.83%) Electronics
4 11 (11.46%) Manufacturing
5 10 (10.42%) Finance
5 10 (10.42%) Marketing
5 10 (10.42%) Public Sector
5 10 (10.42%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.08%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.08%) Automotive
6 2 (2.08%) Tech for Good
7 1 (1.04%) Law
Job Titles
1 62 (64.58%) Embedded Engineer
2 35 (36.46%) Firmware Engineer
3 28 (29.17%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 25 (26.04%) Graduate
5 24 (25.00%) Junior
5 24 (25.00%) Junior Embedded Engineer
6 16 (16.67%) Senior
7 15 (15.63%) Developer
8 12 (12.50%) Software Engineer
9 10 (10.42%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 7 (7.29%) Embedded Developer
10 7 (7.29%) Embedded Software Developer
10 7 (7.29%) Senior Firmware Engineer
10 7 (7.29%) Software Developer
11 6 (6.25%) Senior Software Engineer
12 4 (4.17%) Electronics Engineer
12 4 (4.17%) JavaScript Developer
12 4 (4.17%) Python Developer
12 4 (4.17%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 4 (4.17%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.33%) CSS
1 8 (8.33%) Django
1 8 (8.33%) Flask
1 8 (8.33%) HTML
1 8 (8.33%) React
2 1 (1.04%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.33%) Arduino
1 8 (8.33%) Raspberry Pi
2 7 (7.29%) IoT
3 2 (2.08%) Device Driver
3 2 (2.08%) FPGA
4 1 (1.04%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.04%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.08%) Windows
2 1 (1.04%) Android
2 1 (1.04%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.04%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (1.04%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (1.04%) Linux
2 1 (1.04%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (68.75%) Software Engineering
2 54 (56.25%) Computer Science
3 42 (43.75%) Physics
4 41 (42.71%) Mathematics
5 15 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (11.46%) Mentoring
7 10 (10.42%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (10.42%) Digital Marketing
7 10 (10.42%) Programme Management
7 10 (10.42%) SDLC
8 8 (8.33%) Analytics
8 8 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence
8 8 (8.33%) Computer Vision
8 8 (8.33%) Creative Thinking
8 8 (8.33%) Data Analytics
8 8 (8.33%) Front End Development
8 8 (8.33%) Machine Learning
8 8 (8.33%) Performance Optimisation
8 8 (8.33%) User Experience
8 8 (8.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 66 (68.75%) C
2 55 (57.29%) Embedded C
3 16 (16.67%) Python
4 8 (8.33%) C++
4 8 (8.33%) JavaScript
4 8 (8.33%) SQL
5 7 (7.29%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.04%) Assembly Language
6 1 (1.04%) Bash
6 1 (1.04%) C#
6 1 (1.04%) Perl
Qualifications
1 61 (63.54%) Degree
2 8 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.04%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 53 (55.21%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 10 (10.42%) SAP
2 8 (8.33%) NVIDIA
3 2 (2.08%) EMC