Embedded Firmware Job Trends in England

Embedded Firmware
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 578 547 539
Rank change year-on-year -31 -8 +261
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 116 86 331
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.22% 0.36%
As % of the System Software category 2.58% 1.62% 3.10%
Number of salaries quoted 88 29 199
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £50,938 £43,750 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +19.05% -9.87%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.83% +17.62% -8.70%

All System Software Skills
England

Embedded 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,494 5,318 10,689
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.44% 13.49% 11.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,269 3,317 8,534
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,840 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £97,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Embedded Firmware job vacancy trend in England

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Embedded Firmware.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Embedded Firmware

Embedded Firmware
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Embedded Firmware in England

Embedded Firmware
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded Firmware within the England region over the 6 months to 7 June 2026. 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
South East -21 44 £55,000 -12.00% 41
North of England -12 28 £57,500 +25.00% 10
Yorkshire -28 20 £60,000 +30.43% 3
East of England -17 19 £65,000 -7.14% 15
South West -51 14 £65,000 - 11
Midlands -33 10 £50,000 +8.70% 8
North West -10 8 £57,500 +4.55% 5
West Midlands -17 8 £50,000 +2.04% 4
East Midlands -29 2 £50,000 +11.11% 4
Embedded Firmware
UK

Embedded Firmware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.45%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (10.34%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.66%) Bluetooth
2 13 (11.21%) Wireless
3 10 (8.62%) RS-232
4 9 (7.76%) Modbus
5 7 (6.03%) Profibus
5 7 (6.03%) RS-485
5 7 (6.03%) ZigBee
6 3 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.72%) Ethernet
7 2 (1.72%) HTTP
7 2 (1.72%) MQTT
7 2 (1.72%) RFID
8 1 (0.86%) LTE
Development Applications
1 12 (10.34%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (8.62%) Git
3 4 (3.45%) JIRA
4 3 (2.59%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.72%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.72%) Subversion
6 1 (0.86%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.86%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.86%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.86%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.86%) Polyspace
6 1 (0.86%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.86%) VectorCAST
6 1 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.86%) Zephyr
General
1 61 (52.59%) Electronics
2 22 (18.97%) Manufacturing
3 16 (13.79%) Automotive
3 16 (13.79%) Social Skills
4 7 (6.03%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (5.17%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.86%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.86%) Cyber-Physical System
6 1 (0.86%) Finance
6 1 (0.86%) Marketing
6 1 (0.86%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 72 (62.07%) Embedded Engineer
2 43 (37.07%) Software Engineer
3 38 (32.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 37 (31.90%) Firmware Engineer
5 33 (28.45%) Senior
6 25 (21.55%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 19 (16.38%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 19 (16.38%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 19 (16.38%) Senior Software Engineer
8 17 (14.66%) Design Engineer
9 12 (10.34%) Electronics Engineer
9 12 (10.34%) FPGA Engineer
10 10 (8.62%) Electronics Design Engineer
10 10 (8.62%) Senior Firmware Engineer
11 8 (6.90%) Senior Design Engineer
11 8 (6.90%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
11 8 (6.90%) Senior Electronics Engineer
12 7 (6.03%) FPGA Design Engineer
12 7 (6.03%) Systems Engineer
13 5 (4.31%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.45%) .NET
2 2 (1.72%) WPF
2 2 (1.72%) Yocto
3 1 (0.86%) pytest
3 1 (0.86%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 36 (31.03%) Embedded Systems
2 29 (25.00%) IoT
3 27 (23.28%) FPGA
4 14 (12.07%) PCIe
5 12 (10.34%) Algorithms
5 12 (10.34%) NVMe
5 12 (10.34%) VHDL
6 11 (9.48%) Analogue Electronics
7 4 (3.45%) CAN bus
8 3 (2.59%) ARM Cortex
8 3 (2.59%) Smart Home
9 2 (1.72%) Acoustics
9 2 (1.72%) Photography
9 2 (1.72%) Raspberry Pi
10 1 (0.86%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.86%) Device Driver
10 1 (0.86%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 23 (19.83%) FreeRTOS
2 10 (8.62%) Linux
3 8 (6.90%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (1.72%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.86%) Android
5 1 (0.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (43.97%) Software Engineering
2 15 (12.93%) Collaborative Culture
3 14 (12.07%) Validation
4 13 (11.21%) Configuration Management
5 12 (10.34%) Embedded Software Development
5 12 (10.34%) FPGA Design
5 12 (10.34%) Information Assurance
5 12 (10.34%) Requirements Analysis
5 12 (10.34%) Roadmaps
5 12 (10.34%) Software Testing
5 12 (10.34%) System Testing
5 12 (10.34%) Technology Roadmap
5 12 (10.34%) UVM
6 10 (8.62%) Collaborative Working
6 10 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (7.76%) AI
7 9 (7.76%) Computer Science
7 9 (7.76%) Signal Processing
8 8 (6.90%) Machine Learning
8 8 (6.90%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 62 (53.45%) C
2 48 (41.38%) C++
3 22 (18.97%) Embedded C
4 13 (11.21%) Assembly Language
4 13 (11.21%) Python
5 10 (8.62%) C#
6 4 (3.45%) Embedded C++
7 2 (1.72%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.86%) Bash
8 1 (0.86%) Rust
Qualifications
1 20 (17.24%) Degree
2 10 (8.62%) SC Cleared
2 10 (8.62%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.72%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.86%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.59%) IEC 61508
2 2 (1.72%) JTAG
2 2 (1.72%) MISRA
2 2 (1.72%) MISRA C
3 1 (0.86%) ISO 13485
3 1 (0.86%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 116 (100.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.72%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 12 (10.34%) Altera
1 12 (10.34%) Xilinx
2 3 (2.59%) Google
2 3 (2.59%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.72%) Adobe
3 2 (1.72%) EMC
3 2 (1.72%) NVIDIA
4 1 (0.86%) Xamarin