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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 583 751 1035
Rank change year-on-year +168 +284 -133
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 224 83 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.29% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the System Software category 2.65% 0.73% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 182 70 56
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,750 £40,625 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £65,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% - +8.91%

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 8,463 11,392 24,880
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.80% 16.03% 16.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,390 8,265 13,701
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £28,189
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £38,117
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,968 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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 26 July 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 26 July 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
Midlands +44 71 £60,000 +66.67% 5
South East +35 50 £50,000 - 10
North of England +31 43 £55,000 +4.76%
East Midlands - 39 £60,000 - 5
South West +26 38 £60,000 +16.50% 8
West Midlands +22 32 £61,500 +70.83%
North West +6 28 £55,000 +2.33%
East of England -12 14 £52,500 -19.23% 12
North East -3 9 £56,000 +24.44%
London +84 8 £51,250 +6.22%
Yorkshire +58 6 £60,000 +41.18%
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 12 (5.36%) OrCAD
2 9 (4.02%) Simulink
3 3 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.45%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 8 (3.57%) GitHub
2 3 (1.34%) AWS
2 3 (1.34%) Azure
3 2 (0.89%) AWS IoT
3 2 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (0.89%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.27%) Wireless
2 13 (5.80%) 5G
3 12 (5.36%) Bluetooth
4 11 (4.91%) TCP/IP
5 9 (4.02%) HTTP
6 8 (3.57%) DNS
6 8 (3.57%) Internet
6 8 (3.57%) SD-WAN
6 8 (3.57%) SMTP
6 8 (3.57%) WAN
7 6 (2.68%) Ethernet
8 5 (2.23%) LTE
8 5 (2.23%) MQTT
9 4 (1.79%) LoRaWAN
9 4 (1.79%) Modbus
10 3 (1.34%) 5G NR
10 3 (1.34%) 802.11
10 3 (1.34%) GSM
10 3 (1.34%) Software-Defined Radio
10 3 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 22 (9.82%) Git
2 11 (4.91%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.23%) JIRA
4 2 (0.89%) GitLab
4 2 (0.89%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.89%) Subversion
5 1 (0.45%) GDB
5 1 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 84 (37.50%) Electronics
2 46 (20.54%) Manufacturing
3 29 (12.95%) Automotive
4 20 (8.93%) Social Skills
5 18 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (7.14%) Marketing
7 12 (5.36%) Finance
7 12 (5.36%) Telecoms
8 11 (4.91%) Public Sector
9 9 (4.02%) Aerospace
10 8 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.89%) Advertising
12 2 (0.89%) Avionics
12 2 (0.89%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.89%) Police
12 2 (0.89%) Wearables
13 1 (0.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 141 (62.95%) Embedded Engineer
2 73 (32.59%) Software Engineer
3 68 (30.36%) Senior
4 65 (29.02%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 58 (25.89%) Firmware Engineer
6 55 (24.55%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 52 (23.21%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
8 27 (12.05%) Senior Software Engineer
9 23 (10.27%) Developer
9 23 (10.27%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 21 (9.38%) Lead
11 18 (8.04%) Team Leader
12 17 (7.59%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 17 (7.59%) Systems Engineer
13 16 (7.14%) Senior Firmware Engineer
14 15 (6.70%) Electronics Engineer
15 14 (6.25%) Software Team Leader
16 11 (4.91%) Design Engineer
17 9 (4.02%) Graduate
17 9 (4.02%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.36%) Yocto
2 5 (2.23%) .NET
3 3 (1.34%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.89%) Flask
4 2 (0.89%) Middleware
4 2 (0.89%) OpenGL
4 2 (0.89%) React
4 2 (0.89%) React Native
4 2 (0.89%) Vulkan
5 1 (0.45%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 43 (19.20%) Embedded Systems
2 25 (11.16%) FPGA
3 17 (7.59%) IoT
4 16 (7.14%) GNSS
5 15 (6.70%) Device Driver
6 11 (4.91%) VHDL
7 9 (4.02%) Mobile App
7 9 (4.02%) Tandem
8 8 (3.57%) CUDA
8 8 (3.57%) Management Information System
8 8 (3.57%) MicroBlaze
8 8 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.23%) Robotics
10 4 (1.79%) Analogue Electronics
11 3 (1.34%) PCIe
11 3 (1.34%) Verilog
12 2 (0.89%) Arduino
12 2 (0.89%) NB-IoT
12 2 (0.89%) Raspberry Pi
12 2 (0.89%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 57 (25.45%) Linux
2 26 (11.61%) Embedded Linux
3 18 (8.04%) Windows
4 8 (3.57%) Unix
5 2 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.89%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (44.64%) Software Engineering
2 34 (15.18%) Agile
3 31 (13.84%) Mentoring
4 29 (12.95%) Computer Science
5 26 (11.61%) Test Automation
6 21 (9.38%) Software Architecture
7 19 (8.48%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (7.14%) B2B
9 13 (5.80%) FPGA Design
10 12 (5.36%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (5.36%) SDLC
10 12 (5.36%) Signal Processing
11 11 (4.91%) Digital Marketing
11 11 (4.91%) Open Source
11 11 (4.91%) Programme Management
12 10 (4.46%) OO
13 9 (4.02%) Software Testing
14 8 (3.57%) Device Driver Development
14 8 (3.57%) Requirements Analysis
14 8 (3.57%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 125 (55.80%) C
2 94 (41.96%) C++
3 35 (15.63%) Python
4 20 (8.93%) Embedded C
5 13 (5.80%) C#
6 10 (4.46%) Embedded C++
7 9 (4.02%) MATLAB
8 8 (3.57%) Perl
8 8 (3.57%) Tcl
8 8 (3.57%) VB
9 5 (2.23%) Java
10 4 (1.79%) Bash
10 4 (1.79%) SQL
11 3 (1.34%) Groovy
11 3 (1.34%) Rust
12 2 (0.89%) Assembly Language
12 2 (0.89%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 80 (35.71%) Degree
2 7 (3.13%) Master's Degree
2 7 (3.13%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (1.79%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.89%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.45%) HNC
6 1 (0.45%) HND
6 1 (0.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.57%) MISRA
1 8 (3.57%) MISRA C
2 6 (2.68%) QA
3 3 (1.34%) GDPR
3 3 (1.34%) IEC 62304
4 2 (0.89%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.89%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 224 (100.00%) Firmware
2 3 (1.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) Ansible
1 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.45%) Podman
Vendors
1 11 (4.91%) SAP
2 8 (3.57%) Altera
2 8 (3.57%) Green Hills
2 8 (3.57%) Motorola
2 8 (3.57%) Xilinx
3 7 (3.13%) EMC
4 3 (1.34%) Freescale
4 3 (1.34%) Microsoft
5 2 (0.89%) Atmel
5 2 (0.89%) Red Hat
5 2 (0.89%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.45%) Facebook
6 1 (0.45%) Google