Embedded Firmware Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Embedded Firmware
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 0.21% - -
As % of the System Software category 5.26% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £63,250 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.64% +7.69% -

All System Software Skills
Bedfordshire

Embedded Firmware falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 19 39 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 3.93% 6.93% 7.63%
Number of salaries quoted 13 27 28
10th Percentile - £32,750 £21,250
25th Percentile £26,500 £32,975 £24,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £47,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +48.44% -41.82%
75th Percentile £43,000 £54,750 £62,188
90th Percentile £62,600 £66,000 £68,375
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -13.98%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Embedded Firmware relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Embedded Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 27 May 2026. 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
Bedford - 1 £65,000 - 1
Embedded Firmware
East of England

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Chemistry
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Market Surveillance
1 1 (100.00%) QMS
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft