Firmware Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Firmware
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 62 25
Rank change year-on-year +30 -37 +51
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 2 3 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 0.69% 0.74% 2.66%
As % of the System Software category 11.76% 4.29% 12.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £69,375 - £53,250
25th Percentile £70,313 £53,750 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.61% - +27.78%
75th Percentile £82,813 £61,250 £59,375
90th Percentile £84,125 - £59,750
East of England median annual salary £71,250 £51,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +39.71% -7.27% -

All System Software Skills
Bedfordshire

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 17 70 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 5.86% 17.24% 21.81%
Number of salaries quoted 16 36 36
10th Percentile - £28,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +21.43% -17.65%
75th Percentile £49,375 £61,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £68,500 £73,750 £93,125
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -10.53%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Firmware
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Firmware

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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Development
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) EMC