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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 132 149
Rank change year-on-year -18 +17 +30
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 39 90 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.02% 1.46% 1.16%
As % of the System Software category 8.74% 11.97% 6.47%
Number of salaries quoted 35 68 36
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £45,625
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -14.23% +44.44%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 -
90th Percentile £72,000 £75,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £45,750
% change year-on-year -7.41% +18.03% -16.82%

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 446 752 711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 11.67% 12.16% 17.93%
Number of salaries quoted 269 610 523
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,801 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £59,250 £53,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,000 £65,000 £74,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £49,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.01% -10.00% -

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 17 July 2025.

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 17 July 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
Cambridgeshire +22 20 £45,000 -25.00% 34
Hertfordshire -7 7 £70,000 +16.67% 24
Suffolk - 6 £32,500 - 1
Bedfordshire -6 3 £57,500 -20.69% 10
Essex -8 3 £65,000 +116.67% 2
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 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.38%) Azure
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.13%) AWS
2 2 (5.13%) Firebase
2 2 (5.13%) GCP
3 1 (2.56%) Amazon Alexa
3 1 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (2.56%) BigCommerce
3 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (17.95%) DHCP
1 7 (17.95%) VLAN
2 6 (15.38%) DNS
2 6 (15.38%) TCP/IP
3 3 (7.69%) Wireless
4 2 (5.13%) Bluetooth
4 2 (5.13%) Firewall
4 2 (5.13%) Internet
4 2 (5.13%) LAN
4 2 (5.13%) Modbus
4 2 (5.13%) Profibus
4 2 (5.13%) RS-232
4 2 (5.13%) RS-485
4 2 (5.13%) ZigBee
5 1 (2.56%) MQTT
5 1 (2.56%) Network Security
5 1 (2.56%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.56%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (2.56%) VXLAN
5 1 (2.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Git
2 4 (10.26%) JIRA
3 1 (2.56%) GDB
3 1 (2.56%) GitLab
3 1 (2.56%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.56%) LabVIEW
General
1 13 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Electronics
3 7 (17.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (10.26%) Manufacturing
5 3 (7.69%) Finance
6 2 (5.13%) Automotive
6 2 (5.13%) Marketing
6 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.13%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.56%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Aviation
7 1 (2.56%) Law
Job Titles
1 15 (38.46%) FPGA Engineer
2 8 (20.51%) Design Engineer
3 7 (17.95%) Lead
4 6 (15.38%) Embedded Engineer
4 6 (15.38%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 6 (15.38%) Project Leader
4 6 (15.38%) Software Project Leader
5 5 (12.82%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (12.82%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 5 (12.82%) Analyst
5 5 (12.82%) Senior
5 5 (12.82%) Software Engineer
5 5 (12.82%) Support Analyst
6 4 (10.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 4 (10.26%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) Developer
8 2 (5.13%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) React
2 1 (2.56%) CSS
2 1 (2.56%) HTML
2 1 (2.56%) Laravel
2 1 (2.56%) OpenEmbedded
2 1 (2.56%) React Native
2 1 (2.56%) REST
2 1 (2.56%) WSH
2 1 (2.56%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 15 (38.46%) FPGA
1 15 (38.46%) Verilog
1 15 (38.46%) VHDL
2 3 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (7.69%) IoT
3 2 (5.13%) Algorithms
3 2 (5.13%) Mobile App
3 2 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.56%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (2.56%) Home Automation
4 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (20.51%) Windows
2 7 (17.95%) Windows Server
3 4 (10.26%) Linux
4 3 (7.69%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (5.13%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (2.56%) Android
6 1 (2.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (38.46%) FPGA Design
2 13 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 10 (25.64%) Prototyping
4 9 (23.08%) Agile
5 8 (20.51%) Validation
6 7 (17.95%) Project Management
6 7 (17.95%) Verification and Validation
7 6 (15.38%) Budgeting
7 6 (15.38%) Coaching
7 6 (15.38%) Cost Control
7 6 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (15.38%) Mentoring
7 6 (15.38%) Planning and Forecasting
7 6 (15.38%) Scrum
7 6 (15.38%) Security Management
7 6 (15.38%) UML
7 6 (15.38%) Waterfall
8 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (7.69%) Unit Testing
10 2 (5.13%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 11 (28.21%) C
1 11 (28.21%) C++
2 9 (23.08%) C#
3 6 (15.38%) Ada
4 2 (5.13%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.56%) Java
5 1 (2.56%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.56%) PHP
5 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.56%) Python
5 1 (2.56%) Rust
5 1 (2.56%) SQL
5 1 (2.56%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) Degree
2 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.56%) CCNA
2 1 (2.56%) CCNP
2 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.56%) MCITP
2 1 (2.56%) MCSA
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) ISO 13485
1 1 (2.56%) ISO 9001
1 1 (2.56%) JTAG
1 1 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 15 (38.46%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.56%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.13%) EMC
2 2 (5.13%) SAP
3 1 (2.56%) Aruba
3 1 (2.56%) Cisco
3 1 (2.56%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.56%) Google
3 1 (2.56%) HP
3 1 (2.56%) Meru Networks
3 1 (2.56%) Mitel
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle
3 1 (2.56%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.56%) VMware