Embedded Firmware Engineer Job Trends in Cambridge

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Embedded Firmware Engineer salary in Cambridge is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 40 76
Rank change year-on-year -24 +36 -
Permanent jobs requiring an Embedded Firmware Engineer 1 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.13% 0.39% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.43% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £41,250
75th Percentile £57,500 - £51,250
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 - £47,500

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cambridge with a recognized job title 739 233 955
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.31% 91.37% 97.05%
Number of salaries quoted 503 149 736
10th Percentile £33,500 £30,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,000 £87,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -2.78%

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Embedded Firmware Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Embedded Firmware Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Embedded Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for Embedded Firmware Engineer job vacancies in Cambridge.

Salary distribution trend for Embedded Firmware Engineer job vacancies in Cambridge

Embedded Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 24 April 2026, Embedded Firmware Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cambridge region featuring Embedded Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver Development
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ThreadX
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr

Embedded Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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 1 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Wearables
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) ThreadX
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver Development
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware