Firmware Job Trends in the East of England

Firmware
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 134 118
Rank change year-on-year 0 -16 +31
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 55 38 103
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.83% 1.10% 1.60%
As % of the System Software category 14.71% 9.95% 12.97%
Number of salaries quoted 26 35 79
10th Percentile £50,000 £31,250 £28,300
25th Percentile £58,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £60,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +6.19% -13.08%
75th Percentile £98,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £72,000 £75,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -2.78% +20.00%

All System Software Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 374 382 794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 5.64% 11.02% 12.32%
Number of salaries quoted 286 271 647
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £24,807
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +1.01% -10.00%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in the East of England

Firmware
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Firmware

Firmware
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the East of England over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Firmware in the East of England

Firmware
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware within the East of England region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
Cambridgeshire -2 46 £80,000 +77.78% 21
Essex -15 4 £90,000 +38.46% 4
Hertfordshire -22 3 £46,160 -34.06% 10
Bedfordshire +6 1 £65,000 +13.04% 11
Norfolk - 1 £62,500 - 1
Firmware
England

Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 6 (10.91%) Simulink
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (7.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.82%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (1.82%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (1.82%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (1.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (23.64%) Wireless
2 10 (18.18%) Bluetooth
3 9 (16.36%) Modbus
3 9 (16.36%) Profibus
3 9 (16.36%) RS-232
3 9 (16.36%) RS-485
3 9 (16.36%) ZigBee
4 4 (7.27%) Ethernet
5 2 (3.64%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.82%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (1.82%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (1.82%) LAN
6 1 (1.82%) LTE
6 1 (1.82%) Network Security
6 1 (1.82%) Spanning Tree
6 1 (1.82%) VLAN
6 1 (1.82%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (7.27%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.82%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.82%) Git
2 1 (1.82%) JIRA
2 1 (1.82%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.82%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (1.82%) Zephyr
General
1 25 (45.45%) Electronics
2 22 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 18 (32.73%) Manufacturing
4 9 (16.36%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (5.45%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.64%) Automotive
7 1 (1.82%) Advertising
7 1 (1.82%) Marketing
7 1 (1.82%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 21 (38.18%) Software Engineer
2 15 (27.27%) Embedded Engineer
3 14 (25.45%) Senior
4 12 (21.82%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 11 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
6 9 (16.36%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 9 (16.36%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 6 (10.91%) FPGA Engineer
8 5 (9.09%) Lead
8 5 (9.09%) Technical Leader
9 4 (7.27%) Configuration Specialist
10 3 (5.45%) Developer
10 3 (5.45%) Rust Engineer
10 3 (5.45%) Rust Software Engineer
10 3 (5.45%) Systems Engineer
11 2 (3.64%) C# Software Engineer
11 2 (3.64%) Hardware Engineer
11 2 (3.64%) Senior FPGA Engineer
12 1 (1.82%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
12 1 (1.82%) Senior Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.64%) WPF
2 1 (1.82%) Micronaut
2 1 (1.82%) Spring
2 1 (1.82%) Spring Boot
2 1 (1.82%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 15 (27.27%) FPGA
2 14 (25.45%) Embedded Systems
3 7 (12.73%) Algorithms
4 4 (7.27%) Onboarding
4 4 (7.27%) PCIe
5 3 (5.45%) RISC-V
6 2 (3.64%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (3.64%) IoT
6 2 (3.64%) Verilog
6 2 (3.64%) VHDL
7 1 (1.82%) ARM Cortex
7 1 (1.82%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.82%) Device Driver
7 1 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.82%) NB-IoT
7 1 (1.82%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 10 (18.18%) FreeRTOS
2 2 (3.64%) Linux
2 2 (3.64%) Windows
3 1 (1.82%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.82%) ThreadX
3 1 (1.82%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (47.27%) Software Engineering
2 17 (30.91%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (25.45%) Software Testing
4 11 (20.00%) Validation
5 10 (18.18%) Machine Learning
6 9 (16.36%) AI
6 9 (16.36%) Line Management
6 9 (16.36%) TDD
6 9 (16.36%) Technical Leadership
6 9 (16.36%) Unit Testing
7 8 (14.55%) Computer Science
7 8 (14.55%) Test Automation
8 7 (12.73%) Embedded Software Development
9 6 (10.91%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (10.91%) Signal Processing
10 5 (9.09%) Change Control
10 5 (9.09%) Project Planning
10 5 (9.09%) Regression Testing
10 5 (9.09%) Schematic Capture
11 4 (7.27%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 25 (45.45%) C
2 21 (38.18%) C++
3 8 (14.55%) Python
4 7 (12.73%) C#
5 6 (10.91%) MATLAB
6 3 (5.45%) Rust
7 2 (3.64%) Embedded C
8 1 (1.82%) Embedded C++
8 1 (1.82%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (30.91%) Degree
2 5 (9.09%) PhD
2 5 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 5 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.64%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.82%) ISEB
4 1 (1.82%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.82%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 27 (49.09%) Embedded Firmware
2 3 (5.45%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 1 (1.82%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (7.27%) Altera
1 4 (7.27%) SAP
2 2 (3.64%) EMC
2 2 (3.64%) Xilinx
3 1 (1.82%) Cisco
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.82%) SolarWinds