Firmware Jobs in the East of England

Firmware
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Firmware over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 185 143
Rank change year-on-year +63 -42 -3
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 113 55 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.85% 1.04% 2.31%
As % of the System Software category 13.22% 6.36% 13.49%
Number of salaries quoted 91 39 4
10th Percentile £32,500 - £54,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £54,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £65,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% +10.64% +2.17%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,125
90th Percentile £76,250 £92,500 £64,250
England median annual salary £52,501 £45,750 £53,500
% change year-on-year +14.76% -14.49% -2.73%

All System Software Skills
East of England

Firmware is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 855 865 1,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 13.97% 16.37% 17.14%
Number of salaries quoted 716 593 576
10th Percentile £24,823 £26,250 £25,861
25th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,500 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year -13.98% +7.51% -8.95%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £60,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 +55 64 £56,500 +2.73% 17
Cambridgeshire +23 28 £60,000 -29.41% 37
Essex +20 16 £40,000 -36.00% 6
Bedfordshire +30 3 £63,750 -1.92% 7
Norfolk - 2 £70,000 - 5
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 (0.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (6.19%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.42%) AWS
1 5 (4.42%) AWS IoT
2 1 (0.88%) GitHub
2 1 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (0.88%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.73%) LTE
1 11 (9.73%) Software-Defined Radio
2 9 (7.96%) Ethernet
3 8 (7.08%) Wireless
4 6 (5.31%) 5G
4 6 (5.31%) 5G NR
4 6 (5.31%) 802.11
4 6 (5.31%) LoRaWAN
4 6 (5.31%) MQTT
5 5 (4.42%) Bluetooth
5 5 (4.42%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.77%) ZigBee
7 1 (0.88%) DECT
7 1 (0.88%) Firewall
7 1 (0.88%) Modbus
7 1 (0.88%) NFC
7 1 (0.88%) NGFW
7 1 (0.88%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.88%) MariaDB
1 1 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (7.96%) Rational Team Concert
2 7 (6.19%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (4.42%) Git
3 5 (4.42%) Jenkins
3 5 (4.42%) LabVIEW
4 3 (2.65%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (1.77%) GitLab
6 1 (0.88%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.88%) JIRA
6 1 (0.88%) Phabricator
6 1 (0.88%) Subversion
6 1 (0.88%) TeamCity
General
1 35 (30.97%) Electronics
2 26 (23.01%) Social Skills
3 10 (8.85%) Manufacturing
4 7 (6.19%) Finance
5 6 (5.31%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.42%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.42%) Automotive
6 5 (4.42%) French Language
6 5 (4.42%) Marketing
6 5 (4.42%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.65%) Retail
8 2 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.88%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.88%) Avionics
9 1 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.88%) Law
9 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (22.12%) Embedded Engineer
2 18 (15.93%) Software Engineer
3 16 (14.16%) Lead
4 13 (11.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 9 (7.96%) Senior
5 9 (7.96%) Systems Engineer
6 8 (7.08%) Architect
7 7 (6.19%) Design Engineer
7 7 (6.19%) Developer
7 7 (6.19%) Electronics Engineer
7 7 (6.19%) Embedded Developer
7 7 (6.19%) Embedded Software Developer
7 7 (6.19%) Firmware Engineer
7 7 (6.19%) Software Developer
8 6 (5.31%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
8 6 (5.31%) Team Leader
9 5 (4.42%) Digital Design Engineer
9 5 (4.42%) Radio Specialist
9 5 (4.42%) Technical Specialist
10 4 (3.54%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.19%) Flask
2 6 (5.31%) 802.1X
3 3 (2.65%) Qt
4 1 (0.88%) CSS
4 1 (0.88%) Django
4 1 (0.88%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.88%) HTML
4 1 (0.88%) HTML5
4 1 (0.88%) LLVM
4 1 (0.88%) OpenCL
4 1 (0.88%) OpenGL
4 1 (0.88%) React
4 1 (0.88%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 1 (0.88%) Vulkan
4 1 (0.88%) Web Services
4 1 (0.88%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 24 (21.24%) FPGA
2 20 (17.70%) Algorithms
3 14 (12.39%) IoT
4 9 (7.96%) Embedded Systems
4 9 (7.96%) PCIe
5 3 (2.65%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.65%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.65%) EPoS
5 3 (2.65%) Robotics
5 3 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.77%) Analogue Electronics
6 2 (1.77%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.77%) Mali
6 2 (1.77%) RISC-V
7 1 (0.88%) Arduino
7 1 (0.88%) ARM Cortex
7 1 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.88%) Raspberry Pi
7 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.88%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 20 (17.70%) Linux
2 11 (9.73%) Windows
3 3 (2.65%) Android
3 3 (2.65%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.88%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (30.97%) Software Engineering
2 22 (19.47%) Signal Processing
3 21 (18.58%) Digital Signal Processing
4 18 (15.93%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (10.62%) Customer Service
6 11 (9.73%) Performance Analysis
6 11 (9.73%) Technical Leadership
7 10 (8.85%) Computer Science
7 10 (8.85%) Machine Learning
7 10 (8.85%) Power Management
7 10 (8.85%) Programme Management
7 10 (8.85%) Software Testing
7 10 (8.85%) UML
8 9 (7.96%) Artificial Intelligence
8 9 (7.96%) Systems Engineering
9 8 (7.08%) Agile
9 8 (7.08%) Requirements Management
10 7 (6.19%) Continuous Integration
10 7 (6.19%) Innovative Thinking
10 7 (6.19%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (23.01%) C
2 18 (15.93%) C++
3 13 (11.50%) MATLAB
3 13 (11.50%) Python
4 7 (6.19%) Embedded C
5 5 (4.42%) C#
6 4 (3.54%) Embedded C++
7 2 (1.77%) Assembly Language
7 2 (1.77%) Bash
7 2 (1.77%) Java
8 1 (0.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (26.55%) BPSS Clearance
1 30 (26.55%) Security Cleared
2 22 (19.47%) Degree
3 6 (5.31%) DV Cleared
4 5 (4.42%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.77%) HNC
5 2 (1.77%) HND
6 1 (0.88%) CCNP
6 1 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.42%) MISRA
2 3 (2.65%) Def Stans
2 3 (2.65%) ECSS
2 3 (2.65%) SLA
3 2 (1.77%) ISO 26262
3 2 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.77%) MISRA C
4 1 (0.88%) JTAG
System Software
1 23 (20.35%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (1.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.77%) Ansible
1 2 (1.77%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.88%) Grafana
2 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.88%) Podman
2 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (5.31%) EMC
1 6 (5.31%) IBM
2 5 (4.42%) Intel
2 5 (4.42%) SAP
2 5 (4.42%) Xilinx
3 3 (2.65%) Dell
3 3 (2.65%) HP
3 3 (2.65%) NetApp
4 1 (0.88%) CheckPoint
4 1 (0.88%) Cisco
4 1 (0.88%) F5
4 1 (0.88%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.88%) Nokia
4 1 (0.88%) Renesas
4 1 (0.88%) Riverbed