Firmware Engineer Jobs in Cambridge

Firmware Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Firmware Engineer salary in Cambridge is £130,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 78 -
Rank change year-on-year +36 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Firmware Engineer 2 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 0.78% 0.50% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 0.52% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £115,000 £32,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £35,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +271.43% - -
75th Percentile £145,000 £44,375 -
90th Percentile - £48,500 -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £130,000 £41,250 -
% change year-on-year +215.15% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 234 966 855
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.41% 97.18% 85.50%
Number of salaries quoted 146 744 404
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,188 £31,075
25th Percentile £38,785 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,625 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,375 £85,000 £91,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%

Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings that featured Firmware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware Engineer in Cambridge

Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firmware Engineer in Cambridge.

Salary trend for Firmware Engineer in Cambridge

Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Firmware Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cambridge region featuring Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) EMC
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) JTAG
2 1 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) GDB
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) IoT
2 1 (50.00%) MQTT
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Linux Kernel Development

Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) MQTT
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) GDB
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) OpenEmbedded
1 1 (50.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Key Management
1 1 (50.00%) Linux Kernel Development
1 1 (50.00%) Non-Blocking Code
1 1 (50.00%) Open Source
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 13485
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (50.00%) JTAG
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) EMC
1 1 (50.00%) SAP