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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Firmware Engineer
Rank 420 432 419
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Firmware Engineer 13 7 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.059% 0.029% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.031% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 4
Average salary £45,000 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.75% +2.50%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20978 22652 21667
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.79% 95.25% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 17417 19544 18626
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Firmware Engineer
England

Firmware Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Firmware Engineer Salary Trend

Firmware Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

South East 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 South East 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
Oxfordshire - 7 £45,000 -
West Sussex - 2 £36,250 -
Berkshire - 2 £35,750 -
Buckinghamshire - 2 £42,500 -
Firmware Engineer
England

Firmware Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 29 (100.00%) C
1 29 (100.00%) Firmware
2 21 (72.41%) Assembly Language
2 21 (72.41%) Embedded C
2 21 (72.41%) Degree
3 20 (68.97%) Electronics
4 15 (51.72%) C++
5 11 (37.93%) Automotive
6 10 (34.48%) Linux
6 10 (34.48%) TCP/IP
7 9 (31.03%) Embedded Systems
8 8 (27.59%) Embedded C++
9 7 (24.14%) Ethernet
10 6 (20.69%) VHDL
11 5 (17.24%) Python
11 5 (17.24%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 5 (17.24%) Embedded Linux
12 4 (13.79%) IC Design
12 4 (13.79%) MPEG
12 4 (13.79%) EMC
12 4 (13.79%) .NET
12 4 (13.79%) C#
12 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
12 4 (13.79%) Wireless
13 3 (10.34%) NEC
13 3 (10.34%) Device Driver
13 3 (10.34%) Cadence
13 3 (10.34%) MFC
13 3 (10.34%) GPRS
13 3 (10.34%) GSM

Firmware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 (13.79%) .NET
2 3 (10.34%) MFC
3 1 (3.448%) POSIX
3 1 (3.448%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 10 (34.48%) TCP/IP
2 7 (24.14%) Ethernet
3 4 (13.79%) Wireless
4 3 (10.34%) GPRS
4 3 (10.34%) GSM
5 1 (3.448%) RFID
General
1 20 (68.97%) Electronics
2 11 (37.93%) Automotive
3 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 29 (100.00%) Firmware
2 9 (31.03%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (20.69%) VHDL
4 5 (17.24%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 4 (13.79%) MPEG
6 3 (10.34%) Device Driver
7 1 (3.448%) CAN bus
7 1 (3.448%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 10 (34.48%) Linux
2 5 (17.24%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (13.79%) IC Design
2 3 (10.34%) Software Engineering
2 3 (10.34%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (3.448%) CAD
3 1 (3.448%) Quality Management
3 1 (3.448%) UML
3 1 (3.448%) Static Code Analysis
3 1 (3.448%) TDD
3 1 (3.448%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 29 (100.00%) C
2 21 (72.41%) Assembly Language
2 21 (72.41%) Embedded C
3 15 (51.72%) C++
4 8 (27.59%) Embedded C++
5 5 (17.24%) Python
6 4 (13.79%) C#
7 1 (3.448%) Java
7 1 (3.448%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 21 (72.41%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.448%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) EMC
2 3 (10.34%) NEC
2 3 (10.34%) Cadence
3 2 (6.897%) i2
4 1 (3.448%) 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
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