Firmware Engineer Jobs in England

Firmware Engineer
UK > England

The median Firmware Engineer salary in England is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 650 754 921
Rank change year-on-year +104 +167 +168
Permanent jobs requiring a Firmware Engineer 20 83 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.042% 0.097% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.10% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 13 56 17
10th Percentile £50,250 £29,125 £42,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £45,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £86,250 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £136,200 £62,500 £82,000
UK median annual salary £66,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +25.71% -19.23% +23.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 43,436 80,761 84,301
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 94.49% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,713 60,391 53,470
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,995 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Firmware Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Firmware Engineer in England

Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Firmware Engineer in England

Firmware Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firmware Engineer in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Firmware Engineer in England

Firmware Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firmware Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 7 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 +84 8 £65,000 -13.33% 24
North of England +47 3 £50,000 -4.76% 16
South West +114 2 - - 15
London +97 2 £70,000 +40.00% 11
Yorkshire +64 2 £64,250 +142.45% 5
East of England +35 2 £130,000 +173.68% 15
West Midlands +33 1 £67,500 +12.50% 4
Midlands +30 1 £67,500 +28.57% 6
North West +5 1 £50,000 -4.76% 6
Firmware Engineer
UK

Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Firmware Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) Firmware
2 16 (80.00%) C
3 8 (40.00%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (35.00%) Linux
4 7 (35.00%) Finance
4 7 (35.00%) FPGA
5 6 (30.00%) Electronics
5 6 (30.00%) C++
6 5 (25.00%) Validation
6 5 (25.00%) Open Source
6 5 (25.00%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
7 4 (20.00%) Analogue Electronics
7 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
7 4 (20.00%) Linux Kernel Development
7 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 4 (20.00%) Mathematics
7 4 (20.00%) Digital Signal Processing
7 4 (20.00%) Signal Processing
7 4 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (20.00%) MATLAB
7 4 (20.00%) Simulink
8 3 (15.00%) Telecoms
8 3 (15.00%) Wireless
8 3 (15.00%) e-Learning
8 3 (15.00%) Git
8 3 (15.00%) Software Testing
8 3 (15.00%) Xilinx
8 3 (15.00%) ZigBee
8 3 (15.00%) Unit Testing

Firmware Engineer Skill Set
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 4 (20.00%) Simulink
2 1 (5.00%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 3 (15.00%) Wireless
1 3 (15.00%) ZigBee
2 2 (10.00%) MQTT
3 1 (5.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (5.00%) HTTP
3 1 (5.00%) Modbus
3 1 (5.00%) RS-232
3 1 (5.00%) RS-485
3 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) GDB
1 3 (15.00%) Git
General
1 7 (35.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Electronics
3 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (15.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (15.00%) Wearables
5 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.00%) Automotive
6 1 (5.00%) Marketing
6 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) OpenEmbedded
1 3 (15.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) FPGA
2 4 (20.00%) Analogue Electronics
2 4 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (15.00%) e-Learning
3 3 (15.00%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (15.00%) Virtual Team
4 2 (10.00%) Smart Energy
4 2 (10.00%) VHDL
5 1 (5.00%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (5.00%) CAN bus
5 1 (5.00%) Device Driver
5 1 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (5.00%) IoT
5 1 (5.00%) Life Science
5 1 (5.00%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Linux
2 5 (25.00%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (5.00%) Android
3 1 (5.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (5.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Open Source
1 5 (25.00%) Validation
1 5 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
2 4 (20.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 4 (20.00%) Linux Kernel Development
2 4 (20.00%) Mathematics
2 4 (20.00%) Signal Processing
2 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (15.00%) Clean Code
3 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (15.00%) Innovative Thinking
3 3 (15.00%) Integration Testing
3 3 (15.00%) Key Management
3 3 (15.00%) Mathematical Modelling
3 3 (15.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (15.00%) Unit Testing
4 2 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (10.00%) Schematic Capture
4 2 (10.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 16 (80.00%) C
2 6 (30.00%) C++
3 4 (20.00%) MATLAB
4 2 (10.00%) Assembly Language
5 1 (5.00%) Bash
5 1 (5.00%) Embedded C
5 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) JTAG
2 1 (5.00%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (5.00%) ISO 13485
2 1 (5.00%) ISO 26262
2 1 (5.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (5.00%) MISRA
2 1 (5.00%) MISRA C
2 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 20 (100.00%) Firmware
2 8 (40.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Xilinx
2 1 (5.00%) EMC
2 1 (5.00%) SAP