Firmware Jobs in Devon

Firmware
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Devon 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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 61 64
Rank change year-on-year +27 +3 +6
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 28 16 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 6.17% 1.88% 1.40%
As % of the System Software category 37.84% 14.68% 7.62%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 8
10th Percentile £50,000 - -
25th Percentile £61,875 - £34,605
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £38,279
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.03%
75th Percentile £82,500 - £48,750
90th Percentile - - £56,625
South West median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% -8.33% +29.03%

All System Software Skills
Devon

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 74 109 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 16.30% 12.84% 18.36%
Number of salaries quoted 37 80 79
10th Percentile - £26,188 £27,850
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £39,289
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +1.81% -25.16%
75th Percentile £57,500 £47,716 £47,500
90th Percentile £74,250 £58,967 £65,000
South West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +3.09% -7.62%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Devon

Firmware
Salary Trend in Devon

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

Salary trend for Firmware in Devon

Firmware
Salary Histogram in Devon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in Devon over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Firmware in Devon

Firmware
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the Devon region over the 6 months to 6 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
Torquay - 20 £75,000 -
Paignton +10 8 £60,000 -
Firmware
South West

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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:

General
1 27 (96.43%) Electronics
2 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 7 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 27 (96.43%) Senior
2 19 (67.86%) Design Engineer
2 19 (67.86%) Electronics Design Engineer
2 19 (67.86%) Electronics Engineer
2 19 (67.86%) Senior Design Engineer
2 19 (67.86%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
2 19 (67.86%) Senior Electronics Engineer
3 8 (28.57%) FPGA Engineer
3 8 (28.57%) Senior FPGA Engineer
4 7 (25.00%) Senior VHDL Engineer
4 7 (25.00%) VHDL Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Fibre Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (71.43%) Optoelectronics
2 8 (28.57%) FPGA
2 8 (28.57%) MicroBlaze
2 8 (28.57%) VHDL
3 7 (25.00%) GNSS
3 7 (25.00%) Satnav
4 1 (3.57%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (3.57%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 8 (28.57%) Linux
1 8 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (96.43%) Requirements Analysis
2 20 (71.43%) Prototyping
2 20 (71.43%) Schematic Capture
2 20 (71.43%) Stress Analysis
3 8 (28.57%) FPGA Design
4 7 (25.00%) B2B
4 7 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 7 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
4 7 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
4 7 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
4 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (25.00%) Signal Processing
5 1 (3.57%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) C
1 7 (25.00%) C++
1 7 (25.00%) MATLAB
1 7 (25.00%) Perl
1 7 (25.00%) Tcl
1 7 (25.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (96.43%) Degree
System Software
1 28 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Xilinx
2 7 (25.00%) Altera
2 7 (25.00%) Green Hills