Firmware Job Trends in Cheshire

Firmware
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 55 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 8 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.61% 0.35% -
As % of the System Software category 15.69% 2.13% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £57,125 - -
25th Percentile £61,250 £51,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £46,500 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.71% -1.90% +5.00%

All System Software Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 51 94 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.89% 16.58% 13.82%
Number of salaries quoted 36 56 72
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £26,216
25th Percentile £39,875 £32,750 £30,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £47,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.68% +9.20% +16.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £48,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,750 £53,125 £100,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +6.24%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Firmware
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Firmware

Firmware
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Chester - 1 £62,500 - 4
Crewe - 1 - -
Firmware
North West

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Broadband
1 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Big Data
1 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Electronics
4 1 (12.50%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Help Desk Manager
1 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Manager
1 5 (62.50%) IT Infrastructure Manager
1 5 (62.50%) IT Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Data Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Design Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics Design Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) IoT Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Design Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Electronics Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) IoT
2 1 (12.50%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
1 5 (62.50%) Windows Server
2 1 (12.50%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 5 (62.50%) Coaching
2 5 (62.50%) Patch Management
2 5 (62.50%) People Management
2 5 (62.50%) Server Management
2 5 (62.50%) Service Delivery
3 3 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 1 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (12.50%) Data Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (12.50%) Feasibility Study
5 1 (12.50%) Insurtech
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 1 (12.50%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (12.50%) Schematic Capture
5 1 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Vehicle Telematics
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C
1 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
1 5 (62.50%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) Google
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