Embedded Firmware Job Trends in Devon

Embedded Firmware
South West > Devon

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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 49 37
Rank change year-on-year -23 -12 -
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 1 3 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 0.094% 0.69% 4.14%
As % of the System Software category 2.08% 4.76% 36.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £76,875
25th Percentile £39,000 - £87,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 - £90,000
75th Percentile £43,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £54,250 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.50% -23.08% +26.21%

All System Software Skills
Devon

Embedded 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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 48 63 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 4.51% 14.58% 11.21%
Number of salaries quoted 47 46 46
10th Percentile £26,700 £25,000 £25,375
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,688 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £31,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% -30.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £33,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £54,375 £80,625
South West median annual salary £52,500 £41,355 £53,250
% change year-on-year +26.95% -22.34% +6.50%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in Devon

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Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Embedded Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Embedded Firmware

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Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the Devon region over the 6 months to 6 September 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
Plymouth - 1 £41,000 -
Embedded Firmware
South West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware