Embedded Firmware Job Trends in Bristol

Embedded Firmware
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 - 137
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 2 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.073% - 0.14%
As % of the System Software category 2.04% - 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - £39,275
25th Percentile £38,750 - £55,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +44.44%
75th Percentile £41,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £62,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -16.67% +16.50%

All System Software Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 98 85 284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 3.58% 7.83% 10.27%
Number of salaries quoted 58 72 227
10th Percentile £34,325 £36,250 £27,650
25th Percentile £44,063 £43,438 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +9.52% -16.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £90,944 £77,500
90th Percentile £76,625 £102,410 £87,500
South West median annual salary £50,000 £45,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year +9.89% -9.90% +1.00%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in Bristol

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Embedded Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Embedded Firmware

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) ARM Cortex
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware