Firmware Jobs in Derbyshire

Firmware
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Derbyshire 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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 60 73
Rank change year-on-year +11 +13 -10
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 5 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derbyshire 1.39% 0.61% 0.16%
As % of the System Software category 5.49% 4.46% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 -
90th Percentile £63,500 - -
East Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +81.82% -

All System Software Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 91 112 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derbyshire 25.35% 13.74% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 75 97 74
10th Percentile - £23,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £37,500 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% +1.54%
75th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £55,875
East Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -11.11% +14.95%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Derbyshire

Firmware
Salary Trend in Derbyshire

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

Salary trend for Firmware in Derbyshire

Firmware
Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. 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
Derby +24 4 £52,500 -12.50% 2
Belper - 1 £60,000 - 1
Firmware
East Midlands

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire 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 3 (60.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (60.00%) ARM Cortex
3 1 (20.00%) FPGA
3 1 (20.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
2 2 (40.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded C
3 1 (20.00%) R
3 1 (20.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) MISRA
1 1 (20.00%) MISRA C
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Firmware