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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 579 535 814
Rank change year-on-year -44 +279 +152
Permanent jobs citing Embedded Firmware 84 313 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.36% 0.11%
As % of the System Software category 1.47% 2.92% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 32 183 75
10th Percentile £43,000 £36,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,125 £45,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.24% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,375 £68,125
90th Percentile £71,800 £75,000 £84,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +9.52%

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 5,731 10,708 13,713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.86% 12.36% 15.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,286 8,611 9,222
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.38% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £87,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -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 23 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 23 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 East -9 35 £62,500 +25.00% 65
East of England +35 17 £70,000 +7.69% 42
South West +87 16 £52,500 - 35
Midlands +10 8 £47,500 -9.52% 31
North of England +13 7 £50,000 -9.09% 23
East Midlands +11 6 £47,500 -9.52% 20
Yorkshire +63 4 £46,000 -23.33% 9
North East +46 2 £61,000 +1.67% 7
West Midlands +31 2 £49,000 -19.34% 10
London +97 1 - - 15
North West -29 1 £55,000 - 7
Embedded Firmware
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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:

Communications & Networking
1 28 (33.33%) Software-Defined Radio
2 20 (23.81%) Wireless
3 9 (10.71%) Modbus
3 9 (10.71%) RS-485
4 8 (9.52%) Bluetooth
5 7 (8.33%) RS-232
6 6 (7.14%) Profibus
6 6 (7.14%) ZigBee
7 2 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.19%) Ethernet
8 1 (1.19%) LTE
8 1 (1.19%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Git
2 1 (1.19%) Appium
2 1 (1.19%) JIRA
2 1 (1.19%) Subversion
2 1 (1.19%) TestRail
General
1 31 (36.90%) Electronics
2 22 (26.19%) Social Skills
3 15 (17.86%) Finance
4 10 (11.90%) Manufacturing
5 6 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.57%) Marketing
7 2 (2.38%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.38%) Retail
7 2 (2.38%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.19%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.19%) Automotive
8 1 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (38.10%) Embedded Engineer
2 31 (36.90%) Senior
3 25 (29.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 25 (29.76%) Software Engineer
4 22 (26.19%) Design Engineer
5 17 (20.24%) Electronics Design Engineer
5 17 (20.24%) Electronics Engineer
6 16 (19.05%) Systems Engineer
7 15 (17.86%) Radio Engineer
8 11 (13.10%) Senior Design Engineer
8 11 (13.10%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
8 11 (13.10%) Senior Electronics Engineer
8 11 (13.10%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 10 (11.90%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 10 (11.90%) Senior Software Engineer
10 9 (10.71%) Firmware Engineer
11 8 (9.52%) FPGA Engineer
12 7 (8.33%) Lead
13 6 (7.14%) Project Leader
13 6 (7.14%) Software Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.38%) REST
2 1 (1.19%) HTML
2 1 (1.19%) JSON
2 1 (1.19%) Laravel
2 1 (1.19%) RESTful
2 1 (1.19%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 35 (41.67%) Embedded Systems
2 25 (29.76%) FPGA
3 17 (20.24%) MicroBlaze
4 13 (15.48%) e-Learning
4 13 (15.48%) RISC-V
5 12 (14.29%) Optoelectronics
6 9 (10.71%) Analogue Electronics
7 8 (9.52%) VHDL
8 4 (4.76%) Verilog
9 3 (3.57%) CAN bus
9 3 (3.57%) GNSS
9 3 (3.57%) Satnav
10 2 (2.38%) IoT
11 1 (1.19%) ARM Cortex
11 1 (1.19%) Fibre Optics
11 1 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (1.19%) Mobile App
11 1 (1.19%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 22 (26.19%) Linux
2 16 (19.05%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (7.14%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (4.76%) Windows
5 2 (2.38%) Android
5 2 (2.38%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (39.29%) Software Engineering
2 31 (36.90%) Innovative Thinking
2 31 (36.90%) Signal Processing
3 28 (33.33%) Digital Signal Processing
4 20 (23.81%) Agile
5 15 (17.86%) Physics
5 15 (17.86%) Requirements Analysis
6 14 (16.67%) Prototyping
6 14 (16.67%) Schematic Capture
7 13 (15.48%) Mentoring
8 12 (14.29%) Stress Analysis
9 10 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (10.71%) Validation
11 8 (9.52%) FPGA Design
11 8 (9.52%) Project Management
11 8 (9.52%) Verification and Validation
12 7 (8.33%) TDD
12 7 (8.33%) Unit Testing
13 6 (7.14%) Scrum
13 6 (7.14%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 42 (50.00%) C
2 37 (44.05%) C++
3 18 (21.43%) MATLAB
4 6 (7.14%) Ada
5 3 (3.57%) Perl
5 3 (3.57%) Python
5 3 (3.57%) SQL
5 3 (3.57%) Tcl
5 3 (3.57%) VB
6 2 (2.38%) C#
7 1 (1.19%) Embedded C
7 1 (1.19%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.19%) PHP
7 1 (1.19%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (34.52%) Security Cleared
2 28 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 18 (21.43%) Degree
4 1 (1.19%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.76%) QA
2 1 (1.19%) ISO 13485
2 1 (1.19%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.19%) MISRA
2 1 (1.19%) MISRA C
System Software
1 84 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (4.76%) Xilinx
2 3 (3.57%) Altera
2 3 (3.57%) Green Hills
3 2 (2.38%) EMC
3 2 (2.38%) SAP