Embedded Firmware Jobs in England

Embedded Firmware
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Embedded Firmware skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded Firmware over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 591 551 855
Rank change year-on-year -40 +304 +80
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 67 307 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.36% 0.10%
As % of the System Software category 1.33% 2.83% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 31 176 69
10th Percentile £44,250 £39,375 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,313 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £84,800
UK median annual salary £61,750 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +17.62% -12.50% +14.29%

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 5,020 10,866 14,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.77% 12.75% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,600 8,809 9,644
10th Percentile £28,225 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -1.20%

Embedded Firmware
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded Firmware in England

Embedded Firmware
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Embedded Firmware in England

Embedded Firmware
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded Firmware in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

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 5 May 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
South West +113 29 £75,000 +17.65% 20
East of England +39 15 £70,000 - 29
South East -21 9 £62,500 +25.00% 27
North of England +44 7 £61,000 +10.91% 14
Midlands -1 5 £50,500 -15.83% 8
North East +50 4 £61,000 +1.67% 7
East Midlands +19 3 £53,750 +2.38% 3
London +94 2 £70,000 +40.00% 7
Yorkshire +74 2 £48,000 -23.20% 6
West Midlands +20 2 £49,000 -19.34% 5
North West -6 1 £55,000 - 2
Embedded Firmware
UK

Embedded Firmware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.49%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 11 (16.42%) Bluetooth
2 10 (14.93%) Wireless
3 9 (13.43%) RS-232
4 8 (11.94%) Modbus
4 8 (11.94%) RS-485
4 8 (11.94%) ZigBee
5 7 (10.45%) Profibus
6 3 (4.48%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (2.99%) Ethernet
7 2 (2.99%) MQTT
7 2 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.49%) HTTP
8 1 (1.49%) LTE
8 1 (1.49%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Git
2 1 (1.49%) Appium
2 1 (1.49%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) Subversion
2 1 (1.49%) TestRail
General
1 44 (65.67%) Electronics
2 25 (37.31%) Social Skills
3 11 (16.42%) Manufacturing
4 7 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.45%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (8.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.48%) Finance
6 3 (4.48%) Marketing
7 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.99%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.49%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.49%) Automotive
8 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.49%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 45 (67.16%) Senior
2 24 (35.82%) Design Engineer
2 24 (35.82%) Embedded Engineer
3 22 (32.84%) Electronics Design Engineer
3 22 (32.84%) Electronics Engineer
4 19 (28.36%) Senior Design Engineer
4 19 (28.36%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
4 19 (28.36%) Senior Electronics Engineer
5 17 (25.37%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 17 (25.37%) Software Engineer
6 15 (22.39%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 13 (19.40%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 13 (19.40%) Senior Software Engineer
8 9 (13.43%) FPGA Engineer
9 8 (11.94%) Firmware Engineer
9 8 (11.94%) Senior FPGA Engineer
10 7 (10.45%) Lead
10 7 (10.45%) Senior VHDL Engineer
10 7 (10.45%) VHDL Engineer
11 6 (8.96%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.99%) REST
2 1 (1.49%) HTML
2 1 (1.49%) JSON
2 1 (1.49%) Laravel
2 1 (1.49%) RESTful
2 1 (1.49%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 21 (31.34%) Embedded Systems
2 20 (29.85%) Optoelectronics
3 14 (20.90%) FPGA
4 10 (14.93%) VHDL
5 9 (13.43%) MicroBlaze
6 7 (10.45%) GNSS
6 7 (10.45%) Satnav
7 5 (7.46%) Analogue Electronics
8 2 (2.99%) ARM Cortex
8 2 (2.99%) IoT
8 2 (2.99%) Verilog
9 1 (1.49%) CAN bus
9 1 (1.49%) Device Driver
9 1 (1.49%) e-Learning
9 1 (1.49%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (1.49%) Mobile App
9 1 (1.49%) Raspberry Pi
9 1 (1.49%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 16 (23.88%) Linux
2 8 (11.94%) FreeRTOS
2 8 (11.94%) Windows
3 3 (4.48%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (2.99%) Android
4 2 (2.99%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (40.30%) Requirements Analysis
2 25 (37.31%) Software Engineering
3 22 (32.84%) Prototyping
3 22 (32.84%) Schematic Capture
4 20 (29.85%) Stress Analysis
5 13 (19.40%) Mentoring
6 11 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (16.42%) Signal Processing
7 10 (14.93%) Innovative Thinking
7 10 (14.93%) Unit Testing
8 9 (13.43%) Computer Science
8 9 (13.43%) Defect Tracking
8 9 (13.43%) FPGA Design
8 9 (13.43%) Validation
9 8 (11.94%) Agile
9 8 (11.94%) Project Management
9 8 (11.94%) TDD
9 8 (11.94%) Verification and Validation
10 7 (10.45%) B2B
10 7 (10.45%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 36 (53.73%) C
2 30 (44.78%) C++
3 9 (13.43%) MATLAB
4 7 (10.45%) Perl
4 7 (10.45%) Tcl
4 7 (10.45%) VB
5 6 (8.96%) Ada
6 3 (4.48%) Python
6 3 (4.48%) SQL
7 2 (2.99%) C#
8 1 (1.49%) Embedded C
8 1 (1.49%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.49%) PHP
8 1 (1.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (44.78%) Degree
2 4 (5.97%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.48%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.49%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.96%) QA
2 1 (1.49%) ISO 13485
2 1 (1.49%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.49%) MISRA
2 1 (1.49%) MISRA C
System Software
1 67 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (11.94%) Xilinx
2 7 (10.45%) Altera
2 7 (10.45%) Green Hills
3 2 (2.99%) EMC
3 2 (2.99%) SAP