Embedded Firmware Jobs in the West Midlands

Embedded Firmware
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Embedded Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Firmware over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 209 - 290
Rank change year-on-year - - -74
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 39 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.54% - 0.028%
As % of the System Software category 4.63% - 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 22 0 2
10th Percentile £50,000 - £48,050
25th Percentile £59,750 - £48,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,750 - £53,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.14%
75th Percentile £71,250 - £57,375
90th Percentile - - £58,350
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +2.44%

All System Software Skills
West Midlands

Embedded 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 West Midlands with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 843 801 1,060
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.66% 11.99% 14.62%
Number of salaries quoted 706 541 866
10th Percentile £25,625 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,488
Median % change year-on-year - -1.07% +1.08%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £76,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware in the West Midlands

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Embedded Firmware in the West Midlands

Embedded Firmware
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware in the West Midlands

Embedded Firmware
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
Worcestershire - 17 £60,000 - 4
Warwickshire - 13 £67,500 -
Birmingham - 4 - -
Herefordshire - 4 £61,500 -
Embedded Firmware
England

Embedded Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 1 (2.56%) Simulink
1 1 (2.56%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.26%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) Bluetooth
2 2 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.56%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Git
General
1 23 (58.97%) Electronics
2 10 (25.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 10 (25.64%) Manufacturing
3 7 (17.95%) Automotive
4 2 (5.13%) Finance
Job Titles
1 23 (58.97%) Embedded Engineer
2 12 (30.77%) Electronics Engineer
3 11 (28.21%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
3 11 (28.21%) Firmware Engineer
4 10 (25.64%) Development Engineer
4 10 (25.64%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 10 (25.64%) Graduate
4 10 (25.64%) Graduate Development Engineer
4 10 (25.64%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
4 10 (25.64%) Junior
4 10 (25.64%) Junior Electronics Engineer
4 10 (25.64%) Software Engineer
5 8 (20.51%) Lead
6 6 (15.38%) Senior
6 6 (15.38%) Team Leader
7 5 (12.82%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 3 (7.69%) C++ Team Leader
8 3 (7.69%) Software Team Leader
9 2 (5.13%) Graduate Hardware Engineer
9 2 (5.13%) Junior Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Device Driver
2 4 (10.26%) Algorithms
3 3 (7.69%) Analogue Electronics
4 2 (5.13%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (2.56%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.26%) Embedded Linux
1 4 (10.26%) FreeRTOS
1 4 (10.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 10 (25.64%) Project Planning
2 10 (25.64%) Schematic Capture
3 5 (12.82%) Test Automation
4 4 (10.26%) Code Quality
4 4 (10.26%) Device Driver Development
4 4 (10.26%) OO
4 4 (10.26%) OOD
4 4 (10.26%) Software Testing
4 4 (10.26%) Validation
5 3 (7.69%) Mentoring
5 3 (7.69%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (5.13%) Unit Testing
7 1 (2.56%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (2.56%) UML
Programming Languages
1 16 (41.03%) C
2 13 (33.33%) C++
3 7 (17.95%) Embedded C
4 5 (12.82%) Embedded C++
4 5 (12.82%) Python
5 1 (2.56%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (38.46%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) MISRA
1 4 (10.26%) MISRA C
System Software
1 39 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 12 (30.77%) EMC