Embedded Firmware Jobs in England

Embedded Firmware
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Embedded Firmware skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded Firmware over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 543 835 942
Rank change year-on-year +292 +107 -146
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 312 91 210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.10% 0.16%
As % of the System Software category 2.89% 0.65% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 181 69 51
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £84,800 £65,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +7.69%

All System Software Skills
England

Embedded 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 England with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 10,806 13,921 24,059
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.59% 15.39% 18.07%
Number of salaries quoted 8,746 9,458 13,892
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,484
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,687
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.23% +1.25%

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 8 May 2024.

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 8 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
South East +127 136 £50,000 -16.67% 22
Midlands - 70 £52,500 - 12
West Midlands - 39 £60,750 - 5
North of England +57 37 £55,000 - 3
South West 0 33 £52,500 -2.33% 7
East Midlands - 31 £52,500 - 7
North West +18 30 £55,000 - 2
East of England +4 23 £67,500 +3.85% 27
London +131 13 £50,000 -8.26% 3
Yorkshire +81 4 £62,500 +47.06% 1
North East - 3 £60,000 -
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 11 (3.53%) Simulink
2 3 (0.96%) GNU Octave
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.64%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.32%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 7 (2.24%) Azure
1 7 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (1.92%) GitHub
3 5 (1.60%) AWS
3 5 (1.60%) AWS IoT
4 1 (0.32%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.41%) Wireless
2 15 (4.81%) 5G
3 11 (3.53%) LTE
4 10 (3.21%) Ethernet
4 10 (3.21%) TCP/IP
5 9 (2.88%) Bluetooth
5 9 (2.88%) HTTP
6 8 (2.56%) DNS
6 8 (2.56%) Internet
6 8 (2.56%) MQTT
6 8 (2.56%) SD-WAN
6 8 (2.56%) SMTP
6 8 (2.56%) WAN
7 7 (2.24%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.92%) 5G NR
8 6 (1.92%) 802.11
8 6 (1.92%) LoRaWAN
8 6 (1.92%) Software-Defined Radio
9 3 (0.96%) Modbus
10 2 (0.64%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
1 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (7.69%) Git
2 12 (3.85%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.53%) JIRA
4 3 (0.96%) GCC
4 3 (0.96%) GDB
4 3 (0.96%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.64%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.64%) PetaLinux
5 2 (0.64%) Subversion
5 2 (0.64%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.32%) CMake
6 1 (0.32%) GitLab
6 1 (0.32%) Phabricator
General
1 174 (55.77%) Electronics
2 120 (38.46%) Manufacturing
3 86 (27.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 26 (8.33%) Automotive
4 26 (8.33%) Social Skills
5 23 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.81%) Finance
7 14 (4.49%) Marketing
8 12 (3.85%) Legal
8 12 (3.85%) Public Sector
8 12 (3.85%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.92%) Police
11 4 (1.28%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.96%) Wearables
13 2 (0.64%) Advertising
13 2 (0.64%) Avionics
13 2 (0.64%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.64%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 134 (42.95%) Embedded Engineer
2 96 (30.77%) Electronics Engineer
3 85 (27.24%) Graduate
4 80 (25.64%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
4 80 (25.64%) Junior
5 79 (25.32%) Junior Electronics Engineer
6 77 (24.68%) Software Engineer
7 74 (23.72%) Development Engineer
8 71 (22.76%) Graduate Development Engineer
9 63 (20.19%) Firmware Engineer
10 61 (19.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 55 (17.63%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
12 52 (16.67%) Senior
13 34 (10.90%) Senior Embedded Engineer
14 28 (8.97%) Developer
15 22 (7.05%) Lead
16 18 (5.77%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
16 18 (5.77%) Hardware Engineer
16 18 (5.77%) Senior Firmware Engineer
17 16 (5.13%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.81%) Yocto
2 8 (2.56%) Middleware
3 6 (1.92%) 802.1X
3 6 (1.92%) Flask
4 5 (1.60%) .NET
5 2 (0.64%) POSIX
5 2 (0.64%) Qt
5 2 (0.64%) React
5 2 (0.64%) React Native
6 1 (0.32%) Django
6 1 (0.32%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.32%) Web Services
6 1 (0.32%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.22%) Embedded Systems
2 29 (9.29%) FPGA
3 17 (5.45%) IoT
3 17 (5.45%) Mobile App
4 16 (5.13%) GNSS
5 15 (4.81%) Device Driver
6 12 (3.85%) VHDL
7 10 (3.21%) Tandem
8 8 (2.56%) Analogue Electronics
8 8 (2.56%) CUDA
8 8 (2.56%) MicroBlaze
8 8 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.24%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.92%) PCIe
11 5 (1.60%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.28%) ARM Cortex
13 2 (0.64%) Arduino
13 2 (0.64%) Mali
13 2 (0.64%) Raspberry Pi
13 2 (0.64%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 63 (20.19%) Linux
2 26 (8.33%) Embedded Linux
3 19 (6.09%) Windows
4 8 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.56%) Unix
5 7 (2.24%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (1.28%) Android
7 2 (0.64%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (33.97%) Software Engineering
2 85 (27.24%) Schematic Capture
3 83 (26.60%) Project Planning
4 26 (8.33%) Agile
4 26 (8.33%) Computer Science
4 26 (8.33%) Test Automation
5 23 (7.37%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (7.05%) SDLC
7 19 (6.09%) Software Testing
8 18 (5.77%) Software Architecture
9 17 (5.45%) Configuration Management
9 17 (5.45%) FPGA Design
10 16 (5.13%) B2B
10 16 (5.13%) Signal Processing
11 15 (4.81%) DevOps
11 15 (4.81%) Mentoring
12 14 (4.49%) Business Intelligence
13 12 (3.85%) Digital Marketing
13 12 (3.85%) Functional Testing
13 12 (3.85%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 154 (49.36%) C
2 90 (28.85%) C++
3 48 (15.38%) Python
4 23 (7.37%) Embedded C
5 16 (5.13%) C#
6 11 (3.53%) Java
6 11 (3.53%) MATLAB
7 10 (3.21%) Embedded C++
8 8 (2.56%) Perl
8 8 (2.56%) Tcl
8 8 (2.56%) VB
9 4 (1.28%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.28%) Rust
9 4 (1.28%) SQL
10 3 (0.96%) Bash
10 3 (0.96%) Groovy
10 3 (0.96%) Lua
11 2 (0.64%) Assembly Language
11 2 (0.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 156 (50.00%) Degree
2 15 (4.81%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.21%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (1.92%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.28%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.64%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.85%) QA
2 7 (2.24%) MISRA
2 7 (2.24%) MISRA C
3 6 (1.92%) GDPR
4 2 (0.64%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.64%) IEC 62304
4 2 (0.64%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.32%) JTAG
System Software
1 312 (100.00%) Firmware
2 5 (1.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.28%) Ansible
1 4 (1.28%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.28%) Podman
2 1 (0.32%) Grafana
Vendors
1 89 (28.53%) EMC
2 12 (3.85%) SAP
3 10 (3.21%) Xilinx
4 8 (2.56%) Altera
4 8 (2.56%) Green Hills
4 8 (2.56%) Motorola
4 8 (2.56%) Red Hat
5 2 (0.64%) Facebook
5 2 (0.64%) Microsoft
5 2 (0.64%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.32%) Atmel
6 1 (0.32%) Freescale