Firmware Job Trends in Durham

Firmware
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Durham requiring Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 1.00% - -
As % of the System Software category 22.73% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,939 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,470 - -
75th Percentile £44,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £51,000 - £58,000
% change year-on-year - - +16.00%

All System Software Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 22 34 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 4.42% 16.04% 13.40%
Number of salaries quoted 11 16 34
10th Percentile £28,939 £28,250 -
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £35,000 £35,750
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -2.10% -26.29%
75th Percentile £47,250 £39,688 £46,938
90th Percentile - £74,258 £52,850
North East median annual salary £50,000 £35,000 £37,750
% change year-on-year +42.86% -7.28% -20.67%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in Durham

Firmware
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Firmware

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MLflow
2 1 (20.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 5 (100.00%) Electronics
2 2 (40.00%) Wearables
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) LangChain
1 2 (40.00%) Node.js
1 2 (40.00%) React
1 2 (40.00%) React Native
1 2 (40.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (40.00%) IoT
2 2 (40.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (40.00%) Raspberry Pi
3 1 (20.00%) Arduino
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) AI
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
2 2 (40.00%) SDLC
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (20.00%) Data Collection
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C
1 2 (40.00%) C++
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Embedded Firmware