Firmware Jobs in the East of England

Firmware
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 138 172
Rank change year-on-year +23 +34 -57
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 72 44 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.38% 1.21% 1.62%
As % of the System Software category 13.04% 6.71% 9.97%
Number of salaries quoted 56 34 12
10th Percentile £27,500 £44,875 £32,397
25th Percentile £40,000 £49,688 £41,456
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +44.44% -20.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £52,813
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,750 £62,375
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

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 552 656 1,174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 10.60% 18.04% 16.21%
Number of salaries quoted 436 474 611
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £27,438 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -
75th Percentile £53,750 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,375 £72,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in the East of England

Firmware
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firmware in the East of England.

Salary trend for Firmware in the East of England

Firmware
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
Hertfordshire +13 27 £60,000 +9.09% 11
Cambridgeshire +11 19 £52,500 -32.26% 18
Essex +25 14 £32,000 -39.05% 4
Bedfordshire +4 7 £65,000 - 2
Norfolk - 5 £70,000 -
Firmware
England

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (4.17%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.78%) AWS
1 2 (2.78%) AWS IoT
1 2 (2.78%) GitHub
1 2 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
1 2 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (2.78%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.39%) Azure
2 1 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.11%) Wireless
2 5 (6.94%) LTE
2 5 (6.94%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (5.56%) Ethernet
3 4 (5.56%) Firewall
3 4 (5.56%) LAN
3 4 (5.56%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (4.17%) 5G
4 3 (4.17%) 5G NR
4 3 (4.17%) 802.11
4 3 (4.17%) DHCP
4 3 (4.17%) SD-WAN
4 3 (4.17%) VLAN
4 3 (4.17%) VRRP
4 3 (4.17%) WAN
5 2 (2.78%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (2.78%) MQTT
5 2 (2.78%) Network Security
5 2 (2.78%) NFC
5 2 (2.78%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.78%) Power BI
1 2 (2.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (8.33%) Rational DOORS
1 6 (8.33%) Rational Team Concert
2 4 (5.56%) LabVIEW
3 3 (4.17%) GitLab
4 2 (2.78%) JIRA
5 1 (1.39%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.39%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.39%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 19 (26.39%) Social Skills
2 16 (22.22%) Electronics
3 6 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (8.33%) Retail
4 5 (6.94%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.56%) Aerospace
5 4 (5.56%) Automotive
6 3 (4.17%) Finance
6 3 (4.17%) French Language
6 3 (4.17%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.78%) Marketing
7 2 (2.78%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.39%) Avionics
8 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 18 (25.00%) Senior
2 17 (23.61%) Software Engineer
3 13 (18.06%) Firmware Engineer
4 11 (15.28%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 10 (13.89%) Lead
6 7 (9.72%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 6 (8.33%) Field Engineer
7 6 (8.33%) Field Service Engineer
7 6 (8.33%) Senior Field Engineer
7 6 (8.33%) Senior Field Service Engineer
7 6 (8.33%) Senior Firmware Engineer
7 6 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
8 5 (6.94%) Senior Software Engineer
9 4 (5.56%) Developer
10 3 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (4.17%) Network Engineer
10 3 (4.17%) Senior Network Engineer
10 3 (4.17%) Software Team Leader
10 3 (4.17%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.17%) 802.1X
1 3 (4.17%) OpenGL
1 3 (4.17%) Vulkan
2 2 (2.78%) Flask
3 1 (1.39%) OpenCL
3 1 (1.39%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (8.33%) Algorithms
2 6 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 6 (8.33%) EPoS
2 6 (8.33%) FPGA
3 5 (6.94%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (6.94%) IoT
4 4 (5.56%) PCIe
5 3 (4.17%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (2.78%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.78%) Verilog
6 2 (2.78%) VHDL
7 1 (1.39%) Arduino
7 1 (1.39%) ARM Cortex
7 1 (1.39%) Device Driver
7 1 (1.39%) Raspberry Pi
7 1 (1.39%) Robotics
7 1 (1.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (19.44%) Linux
2 13 (18.06%) Windows
3 5 (6.94%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (4.17%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.78%) Android
6 1 (1.39%) VxWorks
6 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (37.50%) Software Engineering
2 14 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (15.28%) Customer Service
4 8 (11.11%) Innovative Thinking
5 7 (9.72%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (9.72%) Physics
5 7 (9.72%) Software Testing
6 6 (8.33%) Break/Fix
6 6 (8.33%) Digital Signal Processing
6 6 (8.33%) ITIL
6 6 (8.33%) Machine Learning
6 6 (8.33%) Requirements Management
6 6 (8.33%) Signal Processing
6 6 (8.33%) Systems Engineering
6 6 (8.33%) Time Management
7 5 (6.94%) Artificial Intelligence
7 5 (6.94%) Computer Science
7 5 (6.94%) Project Management
7 5 (6.94%) UML
8 4 (5.56%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.67%) C
2 10 (13.89%) C++
3 7 (9.72%) Python
4 6 (8.33%) MATLAB
5 3 (4.17%) C#
5 3 (4.17%) Embedded C
6 2 (2.78%) Embedded C++
6 2 (2.78%) Java
6 2 (2.78%) SQL
6 2 (2.78%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 17 (23.61%) BPSS Clearance
2 15 (20.83%) Security Cleared
3 10 (13.89%) Degree
4 4 (5.56%) CCNP
4 4 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.17%) CCNA
6 2 (2.78%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.78%) HNC
6 2 (2.78%) HND
6 2 (2.78%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.78%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (2.78%) PhD
6 2 (2.78%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.39%) MCSA
7 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.33%) SLA
2 3 (4.17%) MISRA
3 2 (2.78%) DO-254
3 2 (2.78%) MISRA C
4 1 (1.39%) Def Stans
4 1 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.39%) JTAG
System Software
1 14 (19.44%) Embedded Firmware
2 3 (4.17%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.17%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (2.78%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.39%) Ansible
1 1 (1.39%) SELinux
1 1 (1.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (11.11%) Dell
2 7 (9.72%) IBM
3 6 (8.33%) HP
3 6 (8.33%) NetApp
4 3 (4.17%) Intel
4 3 (4.17%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.17%) Palo Alto
4 3 (4.17%) Xilinx
5 2 (2.78%) Actel
5 2 (2.78%) Altera
5 2 (2.78%) Aruba
5 2 (2.78%) Mentor Graphics
5 2 (2.78%) Microsemi
5 2 (2.78%) SAP
5 2 (2.78%) VMware
6 1 (1.39%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.39%) Cisco
6 1 (1.39%) F5
6 1 (1.39%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.39%) Nokia