Embedded Firmware Job Trends in Cambridge

Embedded Firmware
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 49 65
Rank change year-on-year -9 +16 +23
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 1 1 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.16% 0.29% 1.65%
As % of the System Software category 3.70% 1.82% 8.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £32,500
25th Percentile £52,500 - £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £58,750
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 - £75,000
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -35.29%

All System Software Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 27 55 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 4.22% 16.08% 20.15%
Number of salaries quoted 17 34 135
10th Percentile £42,300 £26,250 £24,840
25th Percentile £46,250 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £46,875 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -14.77% +15.79%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,250 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £41,686
% change year-on-year -5.26% +13.95% -16.63%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Embedded Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
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
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
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%) Firmware