Firmware Jobs in Edinburgh

Firmware
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 80 128
Rank change year-on-year -2 +48 +12
Permanent jobs citing Firmware 3 30 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.34% 1.99% 0.87%
As % of the System Software category 4.69% 18.75% 5.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3 28 15
10th Percentile - £27,500 -
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -6.25% +12.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £69,063 £62,500
90th Percentile £53,250 £81,250 £68,500
Scotland median annual salary £66,000 £52,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year +25.71% -0.94% -7.83%

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 64 160 313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 7.32% 10.60% 16.09%
Number of salaries quoted 53 139 158
10th Percentile £44,750 £26,250 £31,025
25th Percentile £51,068 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,870 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.70% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £146,300 £85,000 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £61,250 £48,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +26.29% -11.82% -4.35%

Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Firmware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware in Edinburgh

Firmware
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firmware in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Firmware in Edinburgh

Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Design Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics Design Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Junior
1 2 (66.67%) Junior Electronics Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Schematic Capture
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree