Firmware Job Trends in Bridgend

Firmware
South Wales > Bridgend

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bridgend requiring Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - 34
Rank change year-on-year - - -9
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Bridgend 0.93% - 1.62%
As % of the System Software category 12.50% - 10.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £73,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - -
75th Percentile £81,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £77,500 £52,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +47.62% -16.00% -

All System Software Skills
Bridgend

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 Bridgend.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 8 3 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bridgend 7.41% 14.29% 15.68%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 10
10th Percentile £29,750 £37,500 -
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £35,195
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £50,000 £38,488
Median % change year-on-year -23.00% +29.91% -
75th Percentile £45,688 £55,625 £42,250
90th Percentile £64,375 £57,500 £43,275
South Wales median annual salary £45,000 £51,949 £40,500
% change year-on-year -13.38% +28.27% -20.75%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgend

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in Bridgend

Firmware
Salary Trend in Bridgend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bridgend citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bridgend citing Firmware

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgend 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 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Design Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware