Firmware Job Trends in Edinburgh

Firmware
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 94 105
Rank change year-on-year +3 +11 +43
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 13 6 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 1.25% 0.52% 0.87%
As % of the System Software category 9.22% 5.04% 5.23%
Number of salaries quoted 13 6 8
10th Percentile - - £46,250
25th Percentile £48,000 £43,750 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -25.93% +20.54%
75th Percentile £54,000 £65,938 £77,813
90th Percentile - £71,250 £97,500
Scotland median annual salary £80,000 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +28.00% +19.05% -12.50%

All System Software Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 141 119 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 13.60% 10.23% 16.68%
Number of salaries quoted 46 70 158
10th Percentile £25,750 £34,850 £39,175
25th Percentile £28,000 £45,889 £46,335
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £58,721 £65,033
Median % change year-on-year -15.70% -9.71% +9.25%
75th Percentile £54,000 £79,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £76,895 £94,400 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.27% +4.76% -4.55%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Firmware job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

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Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Firmware

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Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Firmware in Edinburgh

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Communications & Networking
1 12 (92.31%) Bluetooth
1 12 (92.31%) RS-232
1 12 (92.31%) Wireless
General
1 12 (92.31%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 13 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 13 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 13 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Senior
2 1 (7.69%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (92.31%) C
1 12 (92.31%) C++
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Embedded Firmware