Firmware Job Trends in Central London

Firmware
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 155 185
Rank change year-on-year -4 +30 +43
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 3 3 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.068% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the System Software category 1.38% 1.02% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile - £66,550 £43,900
25th Percentile £67,500 £74,875 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £92,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% +76.19% +23.53%
75th Percentile £72,500 £98,125 £77,500
90th Percentile - £99,250 £80,500
London median annual salary £62,000 £85,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -27.06% +58.88% +12.63%

All System Software Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 217 295 476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 4.93% 12.75% 13.06%
Number of salaries quoted 160 235 405
10th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £35,200
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,625 £100,000 £105,750
London median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% +3.70% -

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in Central London

Firmware
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Firmware

Firmware
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Central London region over the 6 months to 10 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -17 3 £70,000 -24.32% 5
Firmware
London

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) PCB Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Hardware Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) PCB Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Robotics
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) PLM
1 3 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C++
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) EMC