Firmware Jobs in Chelmsford

Firmware
Essex > Chelmsford

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Chelmsford 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 16 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 3 10 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chelmsford 6.25% 7.63% -
As % of the System Software category 27.27% 43.48% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 0
10th Percentile £60,000 £38,000 -
25th Percentile £61,875 £43,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -
75th Percentile £70,625 £61,250 -
90th Percentile £73,250 £62,500 -
Essex median annual salary £65,000 £40,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +62.50% -36.00% -

All System Software Skills
Chelmsford

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 Chelmsford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 11 23 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chelmsford 22.92% 17.56% 30.14%
Number of salaries quoted 9 23 16
10th Percentile £39,250 £26,250 £25,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £34,909 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% +76.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £46,563
90th Percentile £68,000 £62,500 £51,125
Essex median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £40,250
% change year-on-year +7.69% -19.25% +4.55%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Chelmsford

Firmware
Salary Trend in Chelmsford

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

Salary trend for Firmware in Chelmsford

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chelmsford 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) MATLAB Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA