Firmware Jobs in Cambridge

Firmware
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge requiring Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 63 75
Rank change year-on-year +21 +12 +31
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 2 22 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 0.81% 2.16% 2.09%
As % of the System Software category 4.55% 13.84% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1 15 9
10th Percentile - £36,500 -
25th Percentile £115,000 £42,500 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £60,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +116.67% -29.41% +41.67%
75th Percentile £145,000 £64,375 £92,500
90th Percentile - £71,000 -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% -29.41% +41.67%

All System Software Skills
Cambridge

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 44 159 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 17.74% 15.63% 16.74%
Number of salaries quoted 30 115 116
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,807 £28,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,945 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +11.11% -16.28%
75th Percentile £63,438 £73,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -7.78% -10.00%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Cambridge

Firmware
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for Firmware in Cambridge

Firmware
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
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
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 1 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) EMC
1 1 (50.00%) SAP