Firmware
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 310 536 593
Rank change year-on-year +226 +57 -59
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 904 514 818
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.92% 0.49% 0.53%
As % of the System Software category 7.38% 3.21% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 675 355 332
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,700 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% +6.80%
75th Percentile £63,250 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £81,500 £79,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +5.00%

All System Software Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 12,249 16,035 28,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.49% 15.32% 18.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,715 10,596 15,794
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £27,825
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,325
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -2.35% +2.41%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the UK

Firmware
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Firmware in the UK

Firmware
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Firmware in the UK

Firmware
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
UK excluding London +130 834 £52,500 +10.53% 305
England +247 760 £52,500 +16.02% 294
Work from Home +156 303 £52,500 -12.50% 115
South East +106 263 £50,000 +11.11% 104
Midlands +84 119 £53,750 +26.47% 40
East of England +56 113 £56,500 -13.08% 72
North of England +68 112 £52,500 +61.54% 21
Scotland -17 96 £52,500 -0.94% 33
South West +31 91 £55,000 -8.33% 44
West Midlands +73 70 £61,500 +36.67% 18
London +159 62 £56,250 +36.36% 26
North West +10 62 £55,000 +4.76% 12
East Midlands +18 49 £50,000 +81.82% 22
Yorkshire +103 40 £42,500 +31.99% 8
Wales +17 24 £60,000 -4.00% 6
Northern Ireland +43 16 £28,000 -13.85% 3
North East +7 10 £55,000 +34.15% 1

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 13 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (1.11%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.66%) Confluence
4 2 (0.22%) Apache
4 2 (0.22%) IIS
4 2 (0.22%) Kinematics
4 2 (0.22%) nginx
4 2 (0.22%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.11%) CMS
Applications
1 23 (2.54%) Simulink
2 21 (2.32%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.88%) OrCAD
4 6 (0.66%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (0.44%) Windchill
6 3 (0.33%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.11%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 35 (3.87%) Azure
2 24 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (2.43%) AWS
4 16 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (1.66%) GitHub
6 8 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (0.88%) OneDrive
6 8 (0.88%) Power Platform
7 7 (0.77%) AWS IoT
8 5 (0.55%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.33%) Entra ID
9 3 (0.33%) IaaS
9 3 (0.33%) SaaS
10 2 (0.22%) Akamai
10 2 (0.22%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.22%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.22%) Azure Storage
10 2 (0.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.22%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 128 (14.16%) Wireless
2 47 (5.20%) Ethernet
3 36 (3.98%) TCP/IP
4 32 (3.54%) Firewall
5 28 (3.10%) Bluetooth
6 27 (2.99%) MQTT
6 27 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
7 25 (2.77%) LAN
8 23 (2.54%) HTTP
9 22 (2.43%) WAN
10 20 (2.21%) DNS
11 19 (2.10%) 5G
12 17 (1.88%) RS-232
13 16 (1.77%) OSPF
14 15 (1.66%) SD-WAN
15 14 (1.55%) VPN
16 13 (1.44%) Internet
16 13 (1.44%) LTE
16 13 (1.44%) Wireshark
17 12 (1.33%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (0.88%) Power BI
2 7 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (0.66%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.22%) Big Data
4 2 (0.22%) MariaDB
4 2 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.22%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.11%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.11%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 56 (6.19%) Git
2 44 (4.87%) JIRA
3 26 (2.88%) Jenkins
4 19 (2.10%) Rational DOORS
5 17 (1.88%) Subversion
6 13 (1.44%) LabVIEW
7 9 (1.00%) Rational Team Concert
8 6 (0.66%) Team Foundation Server
8 6 (0.66%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.55%) Selenium
10 4 (0.44%) Rational Rhapsody
11 3 (0.33%) GCC
11 3 (0.33%) GDB
11 3 (0.33%) GitLab
12 2 (0.22%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.22%) PetaLinux
12 2 (0.22%) Postman
12 2 (0.22%) TeamCity
13 1 (0.11%) Bugzilla
13 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
General
1 355 (39.27%) Electronics
2 215 (23.78%) Social Skills
3 184 (20.35%) Manufacturing
4 141 (15.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 73 (8.08%) Analytical Skills
6 61 (6.75%) Finance
7 50 (5.53%) Automotive
8 49 (5.42%) Marketing
9 39 (4.31%) Telecoms
10 38 (4.20%) Public Sector
11 27 (2.99%) Legal
11 27 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
12 24 (2.65%) Retail
13 16 (1.77%) Aerospace
14 14 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
15 12 (1.33%) Military
16 11 (1.22%) Law
17 10 (1.11%) Police
18 7 (0.77%) Aviation
18 7 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 277 (30.64%) Embedded Engineer
2 183 (20.24%) Software Engineer
3 174 (19.25%) Senior
4 142 (15.71%) Electronics Engineer
5 122 (13.50%) Firmware Engineer
6 121 (13.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 120 (13.27%) Graduate
8 105 (11.62%) Junior
9 85 (9.40%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
10 83 (9.18%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
11 78 (8.63%) Junior Electronics Engineer
12 77 (8.52%) Development Engineer
13 75 (8.30%) Senior Embedded Engineer
14 71 (7.85%) Graduate Development Engineer
15 63 (6.97%) Systems Engineer
16 55 (6.08%) Developer
17 51 (5.64%) Lead
18 47 (5.20%) Senior Software Engineer
19 41 (4.54%) Hardware Engineer
20 35 (3.87%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.99%) HTML
2 16 (1.77%) CSS
2 16 (1.77%) Flask
2 16 (1.77%) Yocto
3 14 (1.55%) 802.1X
4 13 (1.44%) .NET
4 13 (1.44%) Node.js
4 13 (1.44%) Qt
5 12 (1.33%) Middleware
6 11 (1.22%) React
7 9 (1.00%) Django
8 7 (0.77%) Web Services
9 5 (0.55%) FFmpeg
9 5 (0.55%) Flash
9 5 (0.55%) GStreamer
9 5 (0.55%) OpenCV
9 5 (0.55%) REST
10 4 (0.44%) ARM Templates
11 3 (0.33%) POSIX
11 3 (0.33%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 93 (10.29%) FPGA
2 75 (8.30%) Embedded Systems
3 56 (6.19%) Data Centre
3 56 (6.19%) IoT
4 41 (4.54%) Self-Motivation
5 37 (4.09%) Algorithms
6 35 (3.87%) Driving Licence
7 28 (3.10%) Analogue Electronics
8 26 (2.88%) VHDL
9 21 (2.32%) Management Information System
10 20 (2.21%) Replication
11 19 (2.10%) Device Driver
12 18 (1.99%) Mobile App
13 16 (1.77%) GNSS
14 13 (1.44%) EPoS
14 13 (1.44%) PCIe
14 13 (1.44%) Video\Live Streaming
15 11 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (1.22%) Raspberry Pi
16 10 (1.11%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 147 (16.26%) Linux
2 118 (13.05%) Windows
3 44 (4.87%) Embedded Linux
4 38 (4.20%) Windows Server
5 29 (3.21%) Windows 10
6 22 (2.43%) Windows Server 2012
6 22 (2.43%) Windows Server 2016
6 22 (2.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (1.66%) Unix
8 14 (1.55%) FreeRTOS
8 14 (1.55%) Windows NT
9 11 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 11 (1.22%) Windows 7
10 9 (1.00%) Android
11 8 (0.88%) AIX
11 8 (0.88%) Solaris
12 4 (0.44%) VxWorks
13 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.22%) Debian
13 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (33.63%) Software Engineering
2 137 (15.15%) Computer Science
3 131 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (11.84%) Schematic Capture
5 83 (9.18%) Project Planning
6 82 (9.07%) Agile
7 75 (8.30%) Software Testing
8 63 (6.97%) ITIL
9 57 (6.31%) Customer Service
9 57 (6.31%) SDLC
10 55 (6.08%) Mathematics
11 52 (5.75%) Mentoring
12 50 (5.53%) Physics
13 46 (5.09%) Validation
14 45 (4.98%) Customer Requirements
15 43 (4.76%) Business Intelligence
16 42 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 41 (4.54%) Programme Management
18 40 (4.42%) Signal Processing
19 39 (4.31%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 352 (38.94%) C
2 166 (18.36%) C++
3 113 (12.50%) Python
4 110 (12.17%) Embedded C
5 49 (5.42%) C#
6 35 (3.87%) SQL
7 25 (2.77%) MATLAB
8 24 (2.65%) Java
9 22 (2.43%) Bash
10 20 (2.21%) Embedded C++
11 17 (1.88%) Perl
12 16 (1.77%) JavaScript
13 10 (1.11%) RPG
14 9 (1.00%) Tcl
15 7 (0.77%) TypeScript
15 7 (0.77%) VB
16 6 (0.66%) Assembly Language
17 4 (0.44%) Rust
18 3 (0.33%) Groovy
18 3 (0.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 341 (37.72%) Degree
2 106 (11.73%) Security Cleared
3 51 (5.64%) BPSS Clearance
4 39 (4.31%) DV Cleared
5 33 (3.65%) SC Cleared
6 17 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (1.55%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.88%) CCNA
9 8 (0.88%) CCNP
9 8 (0.88%) HND
10 7 (0.77%) CCDP
10 7 (0.77%) CCIE
10 7 (0.77%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (0.55%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.55%) PhD
12 5 (0.55%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.44%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (3.98%) QA
2 26 (2.88%) SLA
3 18 (1.99%) MISRA
4 14 (1.55%) JTAG
5 11 (1.22%) ISO 13485
6 10 (1.11%) GDPR
6 10 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.11%) MISRA C
7 8 (0.88%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 6 (0.66%) PMO
9 5 (0.55%) ISO 26262
10 4 (0.44%) Automotive SPICE
10 4 (0.44%) AUTOSAR
10 4 (0.44%) IEC 61508
11 3 (0.33%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.33%) ECSS
11 3 (0.33%) IEC 62304
12 2 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.22%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 368 (40.71%) Embedded Firmware
2 41 (4.54%) Active Directory
3 39 (4.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (2.65%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (2.10%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (1.99%) Hyper-V
7 12 (1.33%) Docker
8 6 (0.66%) vSphere
9 5 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.22%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 34 (3.76%) SCCM
2 24 (2.65%) SCOM
3 19 (2.10%) Ansible
4 18 (1.99%) WSUS
5 14 (1.55%) Sysprep
6 11 (1.22%) Kubernetes
7 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.77%) Functional Safety
8 7 (0.77%) NetBackup
8 7 (0.77%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.55%) Failover Clustering
9 5 (0.55%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 4 (0.44%) Podman
10 4 (0.44%) Terraform
11 3 (0.33%) Grafana
12 2 (0.22%) PowerCLI
12 2 (0.22%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.22%) vRealize
Vendors
1 117 (12.94%) EMC
2 68 (7.52%) Microsoft
3 48 (5.31%) VMware
4 37 (4.09%) SAP
5 29 (3.21%) HP
5 29 (3.21%) IBM
6 26 (2.88%) Veeam
7 25 (2.77%) Dell
7 25 (2.77%) NetApp
8 23 (2.54%) Cisco
9 19 (2.10%) Xilinx
10 18 (1.99%) Red Hat
11 13 (1.44%) Citrix
11 13 (1.44%) Fortinet
12 9 (1.00%) Intel
13 8 (0.88%) McAfee
13 8 (0.88%) NVIDIA
13 8 (0.88%) Oracle
14 7 (0.77%) Ekahau
14 7 (0.77%) Meraki